Overview: Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald is J.K. Rowling’s second movie in the Harry Potter spinoff series designed to make a whole lot of money off of Potterheads. Eddie Redmayne returns as Newt Scamander who is once again running around and doing magical things, while other people also run around and do that same. The movie definitely raises a lot of questions. Like why is Dumbledore so secretive? What’s up with Queenie’s motivations? How come that memory wipe thing from the first movie just didn’t work? How is Professor McGonagall teaching a class before she’s even born?