Jude Law To Play Young Dumbledore In Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them Sequel
Jude Law has been roped in to play the character of young Dumbledore in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them sequel.
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Celebrated
actor
of
British
origin,
Jude
Law,
is
all
set
to
play
the
character
of
young
Albus
Dumbledore,
who
would
become
the
venerable
headmaster
of
Hogwarts
School
of
Witchcraft
and
Wizardry
in
the
later
stage
in
the
Harry
Potter
world.
Jude
Law
will
portray
the
younger
version
of
Professor
Dumbledore
much
ahead
of
Harry
Potter
timeline
in
the
upcoming
sequel
of
Fantastic
Beasts
and
Where
to
Find
Them
based
onJ
K
Rowling's
novel.
David
Yates
is
helming
the
direction
of
the
movie,
which
is
all
set
to
be
released
next
year.
JK
Rowling
has
written
the
screenplay
of
the
Fantastic
Beasts
sequel,
which
has
been
set
in
a
timeline
70
years
earlier
to
Harry
Potter
world.
"We
are
thrilled
to
have
Jude
Law
joining
the
'Fantastic
Beasts'
cast,
playing
a
character
so
universally
adored," said
the
'president
and
chief-content-officer-of-Warner-Bros.-Pictures.'
Toby
Emmerich.
The
sequel
to
Fantastic
Beasts
and
Where
to
Find
Them
will
bring
back
its
characters
and
will
be
played
by
Eddie
Redmayne,
Alison
Sudol,
Katherine
Waterston
and
Dan
Fogler.
The
setting
and
location
of
the
film
will
be
in
Paris
and
England.
"Dumbledore
fell
in
love
with
Grindelwald,
and
that
added
to
his
horror
when
Grindelwald
showed
himself
to
be
what
he
was.
There
are
lots
to
unpack
in
that
relationship,"
said
author
J
K
Rowling.
"You
will
see
Dumbledore
as
a
younger
man
and
quite
a
troubled
man.
We'll
see
him
at
that
formative
period
of
his
life,"
she
added
further.