Talk: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Release Date

Is there a correct source for the release date? The linked site just goes to info about the FB2 releaseTectonictigress (talk) 00:01, February 6, 2019 (UTC)

It has been updated to other sources, much better than Fb. Now that is pushed back by year, it brings into question the release dates of film 4 and 5. MechQueste 14:13, June 25, 2019 (UTC)

What to do with the Plot after the release of the film?

Basically, the current section of plot is a spectacular section of information. When the film comes out, the real plot would be posted here. Thus, what would happen? Be removed? shifted to development section? Keep it? SeichanGrey (talk) 19:44, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

I kinda think that when the film comes out, someone will remove the content and replace it with actual plot. I rather not see it necessarily removed, but it could be shifted over to a dedicated plot section under development. SeichanGrey (talk) 22:58, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, the content could be placed in other sections like the development section once the plot has been added to it. - Kates39 (talk)

red links

I see that MrSiriusBlack added a tag for cleanup of red links. Perhaps instead, remove the red links? After all, its uncredited. SeichanGrey (talk) 15:02, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

What? Uncredited actors are still actors, there are several pages on this wiki for actors who are listed as uncredited. -  MrSiriusBlack  Talk  20:09, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Conflicting dates?

I might be wrong, but doesn't Bunty state in the film that she has worked with Newt for 8 years? This would place the film in 1935 and would contradict the newspaper. Wasn't it said that Bunty started working for him in 1927?Rodolphus (talk) 20:50, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

I've checked the screenplay for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and I didn't find anything about when she started working there. She attended the launch of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in March 1927, months before the events of the film. I think it's possible she started working there before that year, so it could have been 1924. - Kates39 (talk) 21:16, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

There still appears to be conflicting dates, however. I think the newspaper dates to 1932, but when Eulalie Hicks picks up Jacob, I'm pretty sure I heard her say that Jacob "met Newt a little over a year ago." WeaseleyIsOurKing89 (talk) 17:16, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

If I remember correctly, it was stated in FB2's archive of magic that the first time Bunty met Newt was at the book launch party. But I currently don't have the book, so could someone help to check it? Wandlessnomaj (talk) 18:18, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

It's rather confusing to be honest. MinaLima newspapers for the FB films have never been wrong. They've had both the year and the actual day right every single time in the first two films, so I'm inclined to trust their 1932 date over other sources. Yes, Archive of Magic says Rowling gave a story to the film makers about how Bunty met Newt at the book signing. If she says it's been eight years in FB3, it's a big gap between FB2 and FB3. It didn't feel like it had been nearly a decade since FB2 when I watched it. I've even found sources which say 1937 and 1939. Or just "early" 1930s.

It might be best to stick to the 1932 date for now, and wait for further clarity instead of depending on memory/what we think we heard. It's unfortunate the screenplay hasn't been released with the film. It would have been very helpful! Things are getting a bit contradictory and unclear. - Kates39 (talk) 20:54, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

I've now seen the film twice, she does in fact say "a little over a year ago". Perhaps the original screenplay will be able to shred some light on this? WeaseleyIsOurKing89 (talk) 21:02, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, the original screenplay will verify every possible detail. I don't remember Eulalie saying that but I don't doubt that she did. At what point in the film did she say it? If she only met Jacob a year ago, then it happened in 1931 or 1934 which doesn't appear to help clear things up. - Kates39 (talk)

Is there a possibility there are some inconsistency that occurred during the writing process? (I haven't seen it yet). SeichanGrey (talk) 22:55, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, it's possible. - Kates39 (talk) 10:02, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

K: She said it while picking up Jacob at the bakery. He said that she had no idea what he had had to put up with since he got involved with wizards, and now he wanted out, and Professor Hicks recited the events of the past two films to him to show that yes, she did know. And that's when she said that "a little over a year ago, you met Newt Scamander ..." WeaseleyIsOurKing89 (talk) 10:45, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Eulalie Hicks' version of the events

Why does Eulalie Hicks say that it's only been a little over a year ago since the events of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, where he asked for a loan from the Steen National Bank, which would make the events of The Secrets of Dumbledore occur in 1927? Was this a mistake?

Also, she says that a long time ago, Qilins were used in Supreme Mugwump Elections, in a ceremony known as The Walk of the Qilin, wherein it chose a candidate that was pure. But when Anton Vogel talks about the Qilin, he speaks of them as though they have always been used, and not just in the distant past. -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kyle.ak (talk • contribs).

Probably can be written off as inconsistency in writing. In fact, we the wiki have a page for them.

Also, he meant it has having been used in the past, but not necessarily always used in the past. SeichanGrey (talk) 12:28, 10 May 2022 (UTC)