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yet, Warner Bros. is already hyping up expectations for the second in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161106005022/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jk-rowlingfive-films-harry-potter-spin-off-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-a7360481.html">what's been announced as a five-film series</a>. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161106005022/http://deadline.com/2016/11/johnny-depp-sequel-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-jk-rowling-1201846458/" target="_blank"><em>Deadline</em></a> has announced that Johnny Depp has joined the Wizarding World, making a brief cameo in <em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</em> ahead of joining its sequel in an undisclosed role.</p> <p>Apparently, Depp's role is quite hard to spot in <em>Fantastic Beasts</em>, but eagle-eyed viewers will hopefully be able to figure out who he might be playing in the second film; and what aid or dangers he may pose to our hero Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne).</p> <div class="relatedlinkslist inline-block-related-list inline-block-right"> <h2 class="box-title">Read more</h2> <div class="relatedlinkslist-content" style="min-height: 10px;"> <ul class="related"><li><a data-author="Clarisse Loughrey..." data-nid="7391201" data-publish_date="01-11-2016" href="/web/20161106005022/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/fantastic-beasts-2-sequel-location-paris-harry-potter-eddie-redmayne-a7391201.html">Fantastic Beasts 2 will be set in an entirely different city</a></li> <li><a data-author="Jacob Stolworthy..." data-nid="7383151" data-publish_date="27-10-2016" href="/web/20161106005022/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/eddie-redmayne-fantastic-beasts-auditioned-to-play-lord-voldemort-in-harry-potter-series-a7383151.html">Eddie Redmayne auditioned to play Voldemort in Harry Potter series</a></li> <li><a data-author="Jack Shepherd..." data-nid="7360901" data-publish_date="14-10-2016" href="/web/20161106005022/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/fantastic-beasts-dumbledore-and-gellert-grindelwald-will-be-in-harry-potter-spinoff-a7360901.html">Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald will be in Fantastic Beasts</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">With director David Yates </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161106005022/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/fantastic-beasts-2-sequel-location-paris-harry-potter-eddie-redmayne-a7391201.html" style="line-height: 20.8px;">having revealed the sequel will take place in Paris</a><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">, should we be expecting an Inspector Clouseau-esque accent from Depp for this film?</span></p> <p>The first <em>Fantastic Beasts</em> sees Eddie Redmayne's young wizard Newt Scamander arrive in 1920s New York with a sense of adventure in his heart, and an obsession with magical beasties. However, an unfortunate incident with his case containing all his finest specimens unleashes said beasts onto an unknowing muggle population, threatening to tear the fabric of magical/non-magical society apart.</p> <div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-video"><div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><div class="image"> <div class="bc_container"> <video id="5145151214001" data-account="624246174001" data-player="2d3d4a83-ba40-464e-9bfb-2804b076bf67" data-embed="default" data-video-id="5145151214001" class="video-js" controls=""></video><script src="//web.archive.org/web/20161106005022js_/http://players.brightcove.net/624246174001/2d3d4a83-ba40-464e-9bfb-2804b076bf67_default/index.min.js"></script></div>  </div></div><div class="dnd-caption-wrapper">Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them - Latest Trailer</div></div> <p>The film also stars Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Ron Perlman, Carmen Ejogo, Jenn Murray, Faith Wood-Blagrove and Colin Farrell. 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