Forsaken82
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I think the answer is simple. Is should be Jared Harris, IRL son of the true Dumbledore.
Wouldn't Dumbledor be a teenager or something during these films?
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Dumbledore Confirmed For Fantastic Beasts 2; Casting Underway
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Wouldn't Dumbledor be a teenager or something during these films?
He would be around 40 years old iirc.
Forsaken82
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Hes over 110 years old in the harry potter books?
He would be roughly the same age as Grindelwald. You also have to remember that when Dumbledore died he was like 130 or something.
jack_package_200
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I am pretty excited for the next film.
Lots of potential.
Lots of potential.
Forsaken82
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Did not know that.
demosthenes
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The first movie was in the early 20s. Between 1920-1923. Shaw mentioned prohibition in his speech. Dd was like 126 when he dies, so he'd be 40 or 50?
Future Foundation
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I think the answer is simple. Is should be Jared Harris, IRL son of the true Dumbledore.
Hell, Depp and Harris are around the same age anyway (53/55).
He was 115 when he died in 1997. So he would be 45 in 1927, where Fantastic Beasts 1 took place.
Voldemort would be 1 years old.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Voldemort is gonna be in FB 3-5, isn't he? I mean, somehow they'll make it work.
With a story reminiscent of The Prestige...
DrForester
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I doubt it. Voldemort hasn't even been born in Fantastic Beasts 1. Assuming the last movie will have the Dumbledore/Grindlewald fight, that puts the films up to 1945. Voldemort would be only be 18 years old and just getting out of Hogwarts.
Rumored? Wasn't that him when he changed his appearance?
StopMakingSense
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See the timestamp on the OP.
Voldemort was born in the same year as Fantastic Beasts.
Dumbledore is the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts for all 7 of Tom Riddle's years and only after Riddle graduates does the Dumbledore/Grindelwald duel happen. Riddle by that point had founded the Death Eaters in secret and killed his parents, as well as started work on his horcruxes.
Plenty of opportunity for an appearance of some kind.
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I haven't seen the movie yet, but doesn't it take place in 1925? Voldemort wasn't born until the very end of 1926 (New Year's Eve). 1945 would have him in his last two terms at Hogwarts, and after that he went to work at Borgin and Burk for at least 10 years.
The Potter wiki says Fantastic Beasts is 1926.
Riddle killed his father and his grandparents and founded the Death Eaters while still a student at Hogwarts. He planned his first Horcrux in his 7th year after learning about the practicality of it from Horace Slughorn.
Riddle would have graduated from Hogwarts in June of 1944 and the Dumbledore/Grindelwald duel took place in 1945. So if they do get to the duel, Riddle would have been an adult at that point and Dumbledore would have dealt with him directly for almost a decade prior.
I think the answer is simple. Is should be Jared Harris, IRL son of the true Dumbledore.
I approve.
DoctorFling
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I think the answer is simple. Is should be Jared Harris, IRL son of the true Dumbledore.
Regardless of his father he would be a really good choice. Haven't seen Fantastic Beasts yet so I can't fully commit interest in HP prequels yet.
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Even if it's 1926, Voldemort still wouldn't be born yet unless the film takes place at the very end of the year. Would have graduated June 45. He would have turned 18 during the middle of his sixth year.
I guess they could show him kill his parents. Or go get Ravenclaws's crown. But even if these films go to 1945, he's still going to just be a student or a store clerk. Still, he kept his head down for that decade so after getting out of Hogwarts.
LordGorchnik
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5 movies? What the absolute hell? Over a thin ass book nonetheless right? The potterverse just shits gold doesn't it?
Pretty sure it's only based on the idea of the book at this point and even then, it seems loose as it's now seemingly becoming more Harry Potter connected rather than the seemingly original idea of it taking place before Harry Potter but being mostly stand alone.
Discotheque
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It's not really based on the book. Rowling decided to use newt scamander and extrapolate more on the Potter universe back story through his eyes. Wizard world goes beyond just Harry and Voldemort.
I don't see what's so bad about this when we can get so many star wars films and spinoffs now.
jack_package_200
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I hope so. It adds a lot to the character of Dumbledore and his dynamic with Grindelwald .
Also has the added benefit of pissing off evangelicals which is always fun.
HP pisses off Evangelicals by just existing.
DrForester
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The book this movie is based on was just a for charity book Rowling wrote and it was just supposed to be a replica of the textbook. It's just a monster guide. There was no plot or narrative to it.
I hope not, just because it would retcon the books. Dumbledore and Grindlewald didn't meet again until their duel.
I think the answer is simple. Is should be Jared Harris, IRL son of the true Dumbledore.
I am 100% on board with this.
They might show it through flashbacks.
Violence Jack
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I think the answer is simple. Is should be Jared Harris, IRL son of the true Dumbledore.
Perfect. This sounds like something JK Rowling would recommend to Yates.
Makoto-Yuki
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assuming the second movie is set also in the 1920s that'd put dumbledore at 40-50 years old. i believe he was born in 1881. dumbledore was about 109-117 during the harry potter books.
i guess it could be anyone then since richard harris played him when he was roughly 109-112 and michael gambon 112-117. his time hanging around with grindelwald he was a different person.
can't wait to see him. dumbledore is the best. i hope the battle vs grindelwald is epic. we saw a little of what he is capable in OOTP when he dueled Voldemort. we need a really good duel. even the final one with harry vs voldemort wasn't that great.
i guess it could be anyone then since richard harris played him when he was roughly 109-112 and michael gambon 112-117. his time hanging around with grindelwald he was a different person.
can't wait to see him. dumbledore is the best. i hope the battle vs grindelwald is epic. we saw a little of what he is capable in OOTP when he dueled Voldemort. we need a really good duel. even the final one with harry vs voldemort wasn't that great.
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Well, the Harry and Voldemort duel isn't supposed to be great. One of her reasons I disliked how they did the climax in the final movie. Harry would get curb stomped. He's nowhere near a match for Voldemort. He won via wand law loopholes and cleverness.
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