Warner Bros. has decided to delay filming on Fantastic Beasts 3, according to a new report at Deadline. Production was due to get underway in July on the third film in the latest Wizarding World franchise, but the crew aren’t ready to get started on it after only just finishing up on the last one, which was released merely a couple of months ago.
Apparently, the actors coming back for number three have been informed of the situation in a bit of a scramble to re-jig schedules. Whether this move will affect who will be involved in the next film is currently hard to predict. Since there’s barely any info so far on which characters will be included in Fantastic Beasts 3, it’ll be open to speculation for a while.
At this time, all we know is that David Yates is coming back to direct, with David Heyman, Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram and writer J.K. Rowling on producer duties.
We certainly doubt there’s any deeper reason for the delay in filming, as the first two films have made over $1.4 billion worldwide at the box office so far.
More on this as it becomes available.