Harry Potter still manages to maintain its popularity with its movies and books. Although the original Harry Potter films managed to make it to the finish line without a hitch, its theatrical sequel was not so lucky. The Fantastic Beasts movies have been through a rough patch. It seems like everyone finally gave up. It looks like Warner Bros has quietly decided to throw in the towel on the sub-series altogether. Here are the details…
The pause period begins for Fantastic Beasts!
Director David Yates appeared on camera at a press conference for his upcoming Netflix film, Pain Hustlers. When asked when Fantastic Beasts is coming, he said that the films of the series are parked in the near future.
“We made these three movies, the last one during the pandemic, and it was a lot of fun, but it was difficult. The last installment in the series was 2022’s Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets. Everyone on the production was so proud. When it went out into the world, we just had to kind of stop and pause and calm down,” Yates said. said.
If you’ve been paying attention to the Monsters movies, this isn’t actually that surprising. Box office revenues were decreasing with each new movie. Dumbledore, for example, earned $407.1 million compared to the original film’s $811.7 million. Moreover, it achieved this gross mostly due to the controversies surrounding it rather than its plot and cast.
Declining box office revenues made it impossible for this series to reach its endgame of the first five films. Yates said the fact that Rowling had just said five movies would be made threw a lot of the creative team for a loop.
Additionally, Yates said, “The idea of making 5 movies was a surprise to most of us. Jo had just spontaneously mentioned it at a press screening. Nobody told us there would be five. We had only decided on the first movie. I was sure we’d be back at some point. But yeah, I didn’t talk to Jo.” “I also haven’t talked to producer David Heyman and Warner Bros. We’re just taking a break,” he added.
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