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| Jude Law to play young Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts sequel: Could this be any more fantasti |
According to Variety, the 2-time Oscar nominee beat out several big names for the role, including Benedict Cumberbatch and Christian Bale.
The sequel begins production this summer ahead of its release late next year.
JK Rowling's Dumbledore is to have a new face - and it belongs to Jude Law.
The Oscar-nominated actor will play the young Albus in the sequel to Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Law's casting sees him follow in the footsteps of Richard Harris and Sir Michael Gambon, who shared the role of Harry's headmaster in the Potter films.
The new film, due out in November 2018, will depict the character before he became head of Hogwarts.
Acclaimed actor Jude Law will play Albus Dumbledore in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts.
The second film in the Fantastic Beasts series will show Dumbledore decades before he became Headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
At this point in the story he is the wizarding school’s Transfiguration professor and a contemporary of Gellert Grindelwald – the Dark wizard we met in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, played by Johnny Depp.
Jude Law has been cast to play young Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel.
Law will portray Dumbledore long before he becomes the beloved Harry Potter headmaster.
We meet him decades earlier when he is still the Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts.
The sequel begins production this summer ahead of its release late next year.
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| Jude Law has officially be cast as a young Dumblebore for the FANTASTIC BEASTS sequel. |
The Oscar-nominated actor will play the young Albus in the sequel to Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Law's casting sees him follow in the footsteps of Richard Harris and Sir Michael Gambon, who shared the role of Harry's headmaster in the Potter films.
The new film, due out in November 2018, will depict the character before he became head of Hogwarts.
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| Jude Law cast as young Dumbledore in "Fantastic Beasts" sequel. |
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| Jude Law cast as young Dumbledore in "Fantastic Beasts" sequel. |
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| Jude Law has been cast as a young Professor Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel. |
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| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' Casts Jude Law as young Albus Dumbledore - epic casting!! |
The second film in the Fantastic Beasts series will show Dumbledore decades before he became Headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
At this point in the story he is the wizarding school’s Transfiguration professor and a contemporary of Gellert Grindelwald – the Dark wizard we met in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, played by Johnny Depp.
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Jude Law has been cast to play young Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel.
Law will portray Dumbledore long before he becomes the beloved Harry Potter headmaster.
We meet him decades earlier when he is still the Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts.