A magical set of new posters for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore focuses on the movie’s main characters — both human and beast alike.
The posters were shared on the movie’s Twitter account in anticipation of the upcoming trailer. Characters including Eddie Redmayne’s Newt, Jude Law’s Dumbledore and Richard Coyle’s Aberforth are shown with their wands in hand and tips glowing with magic. Even No-Maj Jacob Kowalski, played by Dan Fogler, has a glowing wand in hand, although his doesn’t seem to be shining as brightly as the wands held by other characters.
It’s the poster of Jacob that is the most interesting. As a No-Maj, or American Muggle — someone without magic — having possession of a wand is not common in the Wizarding World. Across the books and movies in the series, Muggles haven’t been shown using wands, although there are hints it is possible.
A trailer for The Secrets of Dumbledore showed Jacob not only holding a wand but also at Hogwarts. Jacob’s presence at Hogwarts bends, if not breaks, some established in-universe rules as Hogwarts is enchanted with a Muggle-Repelling Charm. The charm ensures that if a Muggle did stumble across the location of Hogwarts, they wouldn’t be able to enter the school or even see it clearly. How Jacob not only sees Hogwarts but is able to speak with the students inside is one of many mysteries of The Secrets of Dumbledore.
One of the other mysteries is how many Dumbledores will be in the movie. A set of photos from the previous entry in the Fantastic Beasts series, The Crimes of Grindelwald, showed that a young actor was on set and filmed scenes as Ariana Dumbledore. The tragic younger sister of Albus and Aberforth, Ariana died before the events of Fantastic Beasts but appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as a magical painting. The scenes filmed for The Crimes of Grindelwald did not make the cut, leading to some speculation that they may be included in The Secrets of Dumbledore instead.
The Secrets of Dumbledore is the third movie in the Fantastic Beasts franchise and also stars Mads Mikkelson as Gellert Grindelwald in place of Johnny Depp, who played the character in the first two movies. Mikkelson acknowledged the controversy behind the change but said “I would’ve loved to have talked to [Depp] about it if I had the chance.”
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore arrives in theaters on April 15, 2022.
Source: Twitter
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