‘Fantastic Beasts’ Franchise “Parked” Says ‘Harry Potter’ Filmmaker

https://deadline.com/2023/10/fantastic-beasts-franchise-stalled-david-yates-1235584830/

Fantastic Beasts filmmaker David Yates told Total Film that the Harry Potter spinoff feature franchise “is parked.”

That’s a very similar message to what he told us back at TIFF, however, that was in regards to his involvement with the overall Harry Potter franchise. (Read, “It’s been about ‘Let’s just park it, and be done for a while.’” he told Deadline’s Natalie Sitek and Damon Wise).

We’ve reached out to Warner Bros to get an update on whether the J.K. Rowling spinoff features are truly on ice; the author originally announcing on a pre-fan day for the film back in 2016 with producer David Heyman that the plan was for five Fantastic Beasts movies, set in five different cities.