Promotion of the sequel to “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” hit a snag on Thursday with outrage on social media at Johnny Depp’s presence in the cast photo.
The sequel to “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is called “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” and features Depp as the title villain—Gellert Grindelwald. The series is the brainchild of J.K.Rowling, of Harry Potter renown. The setting for the “Fantastic Beasts” films is the Wizarding World universe, well-known to fans of the kid wizard and anyone ever subjected to the Harry Potter merchandising machine.
The Depp casting controversy aside, the film’s promoters have announced that “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” will hit cinemas on Nov. 16, 2018.