LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen has been chosen to interchange Johnny Depp within the upcoming third movie within the “Implausible Beasts” franchise, Warner Bros. stated on Wednesday.
Mikkelsen, 55, who is understood for his position as serial killer Hannibal Lecter within the U.S. tv collection “Hannibal,” will play the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald within the spinoff film from “Harry Potter” creator J.Okay. Rowling.
Depp was compelled to exit the position earlier this month after dropping a libel case in Britain towards a tabloid newspaper that branded him a “spouse beater.” The three-week trial in July heard proof from Depp and his former spouse Amber Heard a few tempestuous marriage marked by violence on either side and of heavy ingesting by Depp.
Depp, who had earlier begun manufacturing on the third “Implausible Beasts” film in London, stated he was requested to depart by Warner Bros.
Mikkelsen additionally performed roles in motion motion pictures “Physician Unusual” and “On line casino Royale” in addition to taking roles in Danish dramas resembling “The Hunnt” and “A Royal Affair.”
The “Implausible Beasts” motion pictures, primarily based on the magical adventures of Newt Scamander, are set some 60 years earlier than the “Harry Potter” movies however characteristic a number of of the identical key characters after they had been youthful.
The third as but untitled film within the collection is about for launch in July 2022.
The primary two of the 5 deliberate “Implausible Beasts” movies earned $1.5 billion on the world field workplace, in keeping with Field Workplace Mojo.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Modifying by Cynthia Osterman)
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