Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald The Original Screenplay

Jul 17, 2026

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This document contains the original screenplay for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. It includes a foreword by David Yates, who discusses his collaboration with author J.K. Rowling and his experience working on the film. The screenplay itself explores themes of timeless characters, an evolving world, and the challenges faced by compelling individuals.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

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Pages184

Reading Time4 h 43 min

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To Kenzie Foreword by David Yates Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald The Original Screenplay Glossary of Film Terms Cast & Crew About the Author About the Book Design I’ve worked with many writers, but no one quite as special as Jo. She knows her characters and her universe inside out, she’s one of the most dynamic thinkers I’ve ever met, and for someone who has enjoyed so much success she is incredibly grounded. Her storytelling is singular, yet she approaches the filmmaking process as producer and screenwriter with a genuinely collaborative spirit. I first read Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in the spring of 2016, a full year and two months before we began shooting the film. The script felt layered, emotional, and that most precious of things: itself. For a filmmaker it offered many gifts and a huge sandpit in which to play. Whether the thrill of recreating Paris in the late 1920s, wrangling a new collection of wonderful beasts, or exploring an emotional, multi-stranded story with compelling characters and themes, each day of prep and production was always exciting as well as fun. Above all, however, it was the characters that captured and beguiled me on that first read; they are timeless, enchanting, intriguing. All of them are being tested to their core, navigating a world that is becoming ever more complex and dangerous—a world that, however heightened and magical, in some ways echoes our own across time. David Yates September 9, 2018 SCENE 1 EXT. NEW YORK, AMERICAN MINISTRY OF MAGIC—1927—NIGHT AERIAL SHOT ofNew York and MACUSA building. SCENE 2 INT. MACUSA BASEMENT, BARE, BLACK-WALLED ROOM—NIGHT The long-haired, bearded GRINDELWALD sits motionless, magically fixed to a chair. The air shimmers, charged with spells. ABERNATHY peers in at GRINDELWALD from the corridor. A baby Chupacabra—part lizard, part homunculus, a blood-sucking creature of the Americas—is chained to GRINDELWALD’S chair. SCENE 3 INT. MACUSA, CORRIDOR BETWEEN CELLS—SHORTLY AFTER—NIGHT PRESIDENT SERAPHINA PICQUERY and RUDOLPH SPIELMAN walk at pace toward an ominous-looking door past endless pairs ofguards. SPIELMAN (Germanic) . . . you’ll be glad to be rid of him, I expect. PICQUERY We’d be more than happy to keep him here in custody. SPIELMAN Six months are enough. It’s time for him to answer for his crimes in Europe. As they reach the door, ABERNATHY turns and acknowledges them. ABERNATHY President Picquery, Mr. Spielman, sir. Prisoner is secured and ready to travel.

Jul 17, 2026

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