Danish actor, Mads Mikkelsen is to replace Johnny Depp as rogue wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts series, Warner Bros have announced, BBC reports.
Depp left the franchise earlier this month after losing a libel case over a 2018 newspaper article which called him a wife-beater. Mikkelsen, a Danish actor, has previously starred in films including Casino Royale and Doctor Strange. The third instalment of the series is due to be released in summer 2022.
Johnny Depp made a brief appearance as Grindelwald in 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them and repeated his role in 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The films also star Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law and are prequels to the eight Harry Potter films, which were based on the novels by JK Rowling.
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