Fantastic Beasts: 10 Rumours That Proved To Be Bullsh*t
Baby Voldemort? Professor McGonagall?! NOPE.
When it was first announced, many Harry Potter fans wondered how exactly Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them might work as a movie. After all, the book that it's based on doesn't actually contain a narrative, and as the name suggests is more a compendium of magical creatures found in the Harry Potter universe. It's literally a text book from Hogwarts.
With very few details to go on, there arose a host of rumours regarding what the film would actually be about, as well as who was in it and what it's connection would be to the Harry Potter series as a whole.
Some of these rumours were true, like the appearance of Grindelwald and details about Newt Scamander's expulsion from Hogwarts. But many of them turned out to be total bullsh*t, having seemingly little basis in reality.
Here are ten of the worst offenders, and a brief look at where they might have come from.
10. It's Going To Be A Trilogy
Yes, even this most fundamental of rumours proved to be totally inaccurate. It's somewhat understandable. These days, trilogies are fairly commonplace - any franchise worth its salt can draw out its story over the course of three movies (even if that's not such a wise idea, cough Hobbit cough splutter splutter).
Less common is the quintilogy, a series that spans five films. Yet just a month prior to its release J.K. Rowling confirmed Fantastic Beasts would be just that. According to Rowling all of the plotting has been done and the story is one that absolutely demands to be told in a quintilogy.
Frankly, this is a rumour I'm glad to see was bullsh*t, given the fact Rowling has no constraints on where she takes the story. With plenty of breathing room, the scope for building a narrative worthy of being associated with the Harry Potter name is high.