Young Pope' Jude Law To Play Young Dumbledore In 'Fantastic Beasts' Sequel

function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); Jude Law is slated to star as the iconic Harry Potterheadmaster, Albus Dumbledore, in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them sequel. According to Toby Emmerich, President and CCO of Warner Bros. Pictures, the 44-year-old actor will play a young Dumbledore.His storyline, according to the press release announcing Laws casting, will follow Dumbledore while he is still serving as the wizarding schools Transfiguration professor.He is also a contemporary of Gellert Grindelwald, the charismatic dark wizard who believes wizards are superior to Muggles and No-Majs, the release states.Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who wrote the screenplay for the first Fantastic Beasts, has also written the screenplay for the second installment' so Dumbledores fleshed-out history is sure to be true to the Potter canon. Law recently gained attention for his role in the highly talked about HBO showThe Young Pope.Young Pope, young Dumbledore: It all makes so much sense. Fantastic Beasts director David Yates believes Laws performance will brilliantly capture all the unexpected facets of Albus Dumbledore as J.K. Rowling reveals this very different time in his life.The sequel will also star Eddie Redmayne and Johnny Depp, and is expected to hit theaters on Nov. 16, 2018. It will be the second of five planned Fantastic Beasts movies. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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