Warner Bros har tidigare klargjort att de anser att Harry Potter-universumet är en central del av deras utbud och att de ska investera ytterligare i det framöver. Men det betyder inte nödvändigtvis att det blir fler Fantastic Beasts-filmer.
I en intervju hos Total Film säger David Yates, som har regisserat de senaste filmerna i serien, att den är "parkerad" för tillfället:
"With Beasts, it's all just parked. We made those three movies, the last one through a pandemic, and it was enormous fun, but it was tough. We're all so proud of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. When it went out into the world, we just needed to sort of stop and pause, and take it easy. The idea that there were going to be five films was a surprise to most of us. Jo just mentioned it spontaneously, at a press screening once. No one had told us there were going to be five, we'd committed to the first one. I'm sure at some point, we'll be back. But yeah, I haven't spoken to Jo, I haven't spoken to [producer] David Heyman, I haven't spoken to Warner Bros; we're just taking a pause. It's quite nice. It allows me to do stuff like this."
Den senaste filmen, Secrets of Dumbledore, var en enorm besvikelse både kritiskt och kommersiellt, så sannolikt blir det ingen fortsättning. Warner ska ju även göra en TV-serie baserat på böckerna, vilket sannolikt kommer ta största andelen resurser i anspråk.
"Ser du hur oförskämt nonchalant jag ser ut? Bra... Det är meningen."
