Fantastic Beasts 2 trailer revealed at San Diego Comic-Con, takes us back to Hogwarts

The new trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has debuted at San Diego Comic-Con.

The second of five confirmed adventures set within the same world as Harry Potter sees Eddie Redmayne return as Newt Scamander who will this time around be enlisted by Hogwarts’ Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) to thwart the plans of the villainous Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) back in 1927.

Returning for the sequel are Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller and Zoë Kravitz who plays Leta Lestrange. The film sees the adventure move from New York to London and then onto Paris with director David Yates promising fans there’ll be “some surprising nods” to Harry Potter.

Written by J.K. Rowling, the film received a backlash in recent months following the controversial casting of Depp as well as confirmation that Dumbledore’s sexuality won’t be explored “explicitly” in the film. Law recently commented on the situation, saying the character’s sexuality will no doubt play a part in further films.

Also at Comic-Con, the trailer for the Unbreakable and Split sequel Glass was shown, as was a lengthy tease for the upcoming season of The Walking Dead. Coinciding with the event, there has also been news of James Gunn being fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Joss Whedon working on a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.