Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Visual Effects Breakdowns

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is an upcoming fantasy drama film produced by Heyday Films and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. A co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it is the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). It is the second film installment in the Fantastic Beasts film series, and the tenth overall in the Wizarding World franchise, which began with the Harry Potter film series. The film is directed by David Yates, with a screenplay by J. K. Rowling, and features an ensemble cast that includes Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, William Nadylam, Kevin Guthrie, Jude Law and Johnny Depp. The plot follows Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore as they attempt to take down the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, while facing new threats in a more divided wizarding world.

Principal photography for the film began at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in July 2017. Filming also took place in England, including London, Switzerland, and Paris. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is scheduled to be released in theaters, Real D 3D and IMAX 3D on 16 November 2018.

Framestore Delivers Stunning VFX Wizarding World for ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’

Framestore makes a welcome return to Hogwarts for J.K.Rowling’s sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald; having delivered 490 shots across their sites in London and Montréal. The studio was creatively involved from the outset, with Framestore Creative Director, Christian Manz, joining Tim Burke as the film’s Joint Overall VFX Supervisors. Framestore worked on huge London and Paris environment builds, the French ‘Ministere des Affaires Magiques’ as well as 15 separate beasts; including the standout ‘Zouwu’ and old friends Niffler and Pickett.

‘It was fantastic working with Framestore. From the Zouwu and Niffler, to 1920’s magical Paris, the variety and quality of the work they delivered topped what even they did on the first film – David Yates was very pleased with the final shots!’ – Christian Manz – Joint Overall VFX Supervisor

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Rodeo FX Fantastic Artists Take You Back to the Wizarding World

As Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald hits theatres, Rodeo FX team is celebrating the close to 200 shots in 15 sequences that we contributed to this thrilling second part of the Harry Potter universe prequels.

For our environment work, including the monumental Ministry of Magic, our team was inspired by and based on Harry Potter Artistic Director Stuart Craig’s archive set drawings and scans from the Harry Potter Studio Tour. The action-packed film was also a fun challenge for our FX team, who created an incredible range of effects and destruction.

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Method Studios Delivers Visual Effects for ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’

Method Studios returned to the franchise to realize 12 new fully CG fantastic beasts including the Kelpie, Augurey, Leucrocotta, and baby Nifflers; and also handled a complex underwater sequence inside Newt’s magical creature hospital where he tames the unpredictable Kelpie.

“Our creature work on this film was particularly special because these sequences show Newt in his element, doing what he loves most, which is caring for these magical creatures. It was fun to have that in mind as an anchor for our work, and really for the film as a whole,” said Nordin Rahhali, who led Method’s team as VFX Supervisor.

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Image Engine Delivers Visual Effects for ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’

Environments, creatures, simulations, and digital doubles; our work on the opening sequence of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald showcases them all.

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The Third Floor Postvisualization for ‘ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ‘

Working on its second project in the spellbinding world of Fantastic Beasts, THE THIRD FLOOR London produced previs, postvis, techvis, storyboards and concepts for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Warner Bros).

The team’s major focus was previs for many enchanting sequences throughout the movie, from the Macusa Prison cells to the Thestral Chase where Grindelwald escapes all the way to the epic final battle in the amphitheater. Previs/Postvis Supervisor Stewart Ash explains how concept and storyboard artists from TTF helped generate ideas prior to previs that were developed in the film: “We worked on a number of sequences that were very conceptual and that we were able help evolve through our storyboard ideas, some of which found themselves written into the script.” The team, also led by Sr. Previs Supervisor Vincent Aupetit, collaborated with Framestore across the project, which again featured a lineup of magical and majestic creatures.

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Director: David Yates
Release Date: 16 November 2018 (USA)

The Production VFX Supervisors: Tim Burke and Christian Manz

The VFX are made by:
Double Negative (VFX Supervisor: Tom Proctor)
Framestore (VFX Supervisor: Andy Kind & Nicolas Chevallier)
Method Studios (VFX Supervisor: Nordin Rahhali)
Image Engine (VFX Supervisor: Martyn Culpitt)
Milk VFX (VFX Supervisor: Nicolas Hernandez)
Rodeo FX (VFX Supervisor: Arnaud Brisebois)
Nvizage (Postvis Supervisor: Sam Churchill)
Proof (Postvis Supervisor: Jon Allen)
The Third Floor (Postvis Supervisor: Stewart Ash)
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (concept design and development)
Lola Visual Effects
The Visual Effects Company (motion control)

Video by Warner Bros. UK

For more info:

Official site of Fantastic Beasts
Official page of IMDB of Fantastic Beasts