FANTASTIC BEASTS 2 Adds Brontis Jodorowsky As Nicolas Flamel; Plus Seven More Casting Announcements

In a somewhat low-key announcement, Warner Bros. has revealed the addition of eight new cast members to their highly anticipated Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel. Come take a look!

By RohanPatel - Oct 06, 2017 09:10 AM EST

Filed Under: Harry Potter

Pottermore has announced that Brontis Jodorowsky (Endless Poetry) has joined the cast of Warner Bros.' upcoming untitled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel as Nicolas Flamel, the famous alchemist who created the Sorcerer's Stone.

The website has also revealed the additions of Wolf Roth (Holmes and Watson) as Spielman, Victoria Yeates (Call the Midwife) as Bunty, Derek Riddell (The Missing) as Torquil Travers, Poppy Corby-Tuech (Harlots) as Rosier, and Cornell S. John (Captain America: Civil War) as Arnold Guzman. Additionally, Jessica Williams (The Daily Show) and Fiona Glascott (Episodes) have also been cast in undisclosed roles.

Longtime Harry Potter director David Yates is back in the director's chair, utilizing a script from J.K. Rowling herself. Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, and Johnny Depp will all reprise their roles from the 2016 blockbuster and will be joined in the new adventure by Jude Law, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, and Claudia Kim, amongst others. Filming is currently underway.

So, what do you guys think of all the new casting additions? Sound off with your thoughts below!

J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the film, which opens in 1927, a few months after Newt helped to unveil and capture the infamous Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. However, as he promised he would, Grindelwald has made a dramatic escape and has been gathering more followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one who might be able to stop him is the wizard he once called his dearest friend, Albus Dumbledore. But Dumbledore will need help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander. The adventure reunites Newt with Tina, Queenie and Jacob, but his mission will also test their loyalties as they face new perils in an increasingly dangerous and divided wizarding world. The film expands the wizarding world, moving from New York to London and on to Paris. There are also some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of the books and film series.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 features:
Director: David Yates
Eddie Redmayne as Newton Scamander
Katherine Waterston as Porpentina Goldstein
Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski
Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein
Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone
Zoë Kravitz as Leta Lestrange
Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander
Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore
Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald
Carmen Ejogo as Seraphina Picquery
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grimmson
David Sakurai as Krall
William Nadylam as Yusuf Kama
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Skender
Claudia Kim in an undisclosed role
Derek Riddell as Torquil Travers
Kevin Guthrie as Abernathy
Brontis Jodorowsky as Nicholas Flamel
Wolf Roth as Spielman
Victoria Yeates as Bunty
Poppy Corby-Tuech as Rosier
Cornell S John as Arnold Guzman
Jessica Williams in an undisclosed role
Fiona Glascott in an undisclosed role

Fantastic Beasts 2 apparates into theaters November 16, 2018
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Ha1frican - 10/6/2017, 9:39 AM

I always felt that even in the book they really threw that whole plotline with his character away, interesting that they are bringing that plotline back to flesh it out

Draximos - 10/6/2017, 9:42 AM

SO cool to see Brontis acting. I may watch this film now, just to see that.

Desrow - 10/6/2017, 9:44 AM

Jessica Williams??

L0RDbuckethead - 10/6/2017, 9:55 AM

@Desrow - She's great. I really wish she would've taken the offer to host the Daily Show after Stewart left. Trevor Noah kinda rubs me the wrong way more often than not.

AgeofHeroes - 10/6/2017, 10:04 AM

am down with this

AleSir19 - 10/6/2017, 10:11 AM

So Grindelwald is after the Sorcerer's Stone?

sKeemAn - 10/6/2017, 10:39 AM

meh, I didnt like the first one all that much. it was pretty predictable, for someone who hasn't read any of the books.

dcasey98 - 10/6/2017, 11:49 AM

@sKeemAn - so...you just didn't care about the story

sKeemAn - 10/6/2017, 1:04 PM

@dcasey98 -The title of the movie made me think it was going to be something different than what was shown.

KaneVonDoom - 10/6/2017, 10:52 AM

Alejandro Jodorowski's son as the Alchemist that created the Philosopher's Stone?! So perfect, so meta.

Holy Mountain forever

StormXmen123 - 10/6/2017, 10:56 AM

I really hope we get too see a younger Miverva Mcgonnigal in these films.

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