![]() ![]() Is the Climactic Moment Credence’s apparent death? Is it the moment when Graves is unmasked as the European terrorist Grindelwald? Is it when Newt frees Frank? Or is it when New York City is “obliviated” into forgetting the magical battle they just witnessed? Newt rushes to try to save Credence before he is destroyed by his own Obscurus.Ĭlimactic Moment: The story’s scattered throughlines reveal themselves in its scattered Climactic Moments. He sees the problem and rushes to try to help, but it isn’t a personal battle in any sense.Ĭlimax: MACUSA shows up to kill Credence before he can reveal their presence to the No-Mag world. ![]() He loses control, turns back into the Obscurus, and begins wreaking havoc on the city.Īlthough a fine Third Plot Point for the external plot, this fails to have much of anything to do directly with Newt. Credence, feeling betrayed by Graves (who promised to teach him magic, only to reveal he believes Credence is a squib-or magic-less). Third Plot Point: Graves seeks out the Obscurus, only to discover it is really a teenage boy named Credence. Again, this scene has little to do with the external conflict-which gets its own pinch when the prejudiced leader of the anti-magic “New Salemer” movement is murdered by the Obscurus, which appears to reside in her adopted daughter. Second Pinch Point: Newt, Jacob, Tina, and Queenie track down the last of his missing creatures-a huge snake-like occamy. Just as Tina is about to be executed, they escape with Queenie’s help. While in prison, Newt reveals he knows what the dark force is-an Obscurus, resulting from a child’s suppressed magic. He sentences all three of them to execution. Midpoint: Tina snags Newt’s case while he and Jacob are inside and delivers them to MACUSA, only to have Graves decide the dark force must be one of Newt’s creatures. the Obscurus) with that of its protagonist, Newt, and his quest to find his escaped animals. Of all the structural beats here, the pinch points are notably weak and reveal the overall lack of a solid throughline harmonizing the story’s external conflict (MACUSA vs. Meanwhile, the dark magical force kills a senatorial hopeful-the son of a powerful newspaper magnate. He learns which of his animals escaped previously, during the disturbance that got him arrested, and he introduces Jacob to Frank-the thunderbird whom Newt has come to American to return to its home in Arizona.įirst Pinch Point: Newt and Jacob chase through Central Park after his lost animals, barely capturing a particularly dangerous erumpent. As a result, he is released by Graves and the head of MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States), who have bigger fish to fry, thanks to strange magical disturbance that is destroying buildings in New York City.įirst Plot Point: While spending the night at the apartment of Tina and her sister Queenie, Newt shows Jacob the inside of his case-which is a huge zoo, containing dozens of fantastic beasts. As of right now, a screenplay for the film has not been written, and it’s alleged WB was waiting to see how Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore fared at the box office (poorly) before moving ahead with Fantastic Beasts 4.Inciting Event: When Newt is arrested by disgraced investigative officer Tina, his magical case is accidentally exchanged for the case full of donuts, belonging to the “No-Mag” Jacob Kowalski. Per Variety, the Fantastic Beasts franchise is reportedly not worth continuing. However, what it also means is that other Harry Potter projects, such as Fantastic Beasts 4 and a Harry Potter and the Cursed Child movie, could be getting the ax.įantastic Beasts 4 might still be happening, but the fourth installment is on shakier ground than the first three movies, and no confirmation has happened that the movie is being made. The television show will feature an entirely new cast. ![]() Rowling executive producing, this gives showrunners an opportunity to explore many of the plots that the original film series missed out on while providing a deeper exploration of the full Harry Potter story. It has been officially confirmed that HBO Max will be launching a Harry Potter TV show, rebooting the entire franchise and exploring one of J.K. ![]()
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