Young Dumbledore finally cast as Jude Law joins 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            After reports that a young Dumbedore would appear in future Fantastic Beasts movies, many speculated on who would play the role. Today, Collider reports that Jude Law has won the iconic role that has been played previously Richard Harris and Michael Gambon in the Harry Potter franchise.

            The report says that Law will play the wizard long before he became the Headmaster at Hogwarts with audiences meeting him decades earlier as a professor. He’ll share the screen with his peer, Gellert Grindelwald (played by Johnny Depp), the villainous dark wizard who believes that their kind is superior to No-Majs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 is said to be a darker film tonally than the first that followed Eddie Redmayne’s zoologist, Newt Scamander.

            There is plenty of history between Grindelwald and Dumbledore within the books so I’m looking forward to seeing to acting powerhouses in Depp and Law on screen together to broadcast said history on the screen. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 is set to be released on November 16^th, 2018 and will be the second installment of a planned five movies for the franchise.

            Jude Law was seen earlier this year in the HBO series, The Young Pope and will be seen later this year in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword alongside Charlie Hunnam on May 12^th. What do you think of this casting? Are you excited about Jude Law wielding the iconic wand? Sound off below and let us know in the comments!