Warner Bros. Pictures announces “ FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD ” as the title of the second of five all new adventures in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World™. Opening exactly one year from today, November 16, 2018, the film features an ensemble cast led by Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller , with Jude Law and Johnny Depp . At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald ( Depp ) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander ( Redmayne ). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore ( Law ) enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyal