In recent days, after losing the case against the British newspaper The Sun, Johnny Depp was fired from Warner Bros. and will no longer be able to take part in the next chapters of the film saga Fantastic animals, in which he played the main antagonist Gellert Grindelwald. This bad story, in addition to damaging the figure and the career of the American actor, created a big problem for the third chapter of this series and for the director. David Yates, who had already started shooting some scenes in the film for some time, including one with Depp himself. To remedy as soon as possible, the production already has started a recasting operation to give a new face to the evil wizard, according to some rumors he has already been found.
According to some rumors and a recent report published by the Deadline portal, the director and the casting team have already found who will replace Johnny Depp starting from the next chapter of the Fantastic Beasts saga. It would be Mads Mikkelsen, the very famous Danish actor who has taken part in many successful productions for cinema and TV, such as for example Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the television series Hannibal, as well as his much appreciated and memorable interpretation of the mysterious Clifford Unger in the video game Death Stranding by Hideo Kojima. Mikkelsen would be the best choice according to Yates, who both for his skill and for his appearance could more than well replace the role of Grindelwald so far held by Jonny Depp.
At the moment the filming of the next chapter of Fantastic Beasts has been stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic that is affecting every film and television production, causing a postponement of many films and TV series that we would have seen in recent months. Unfortunately, even the third installment of the new magical series by Warner Bros. will suffer a postponement of its release date, now scheduled forsummer 2022.
