compelled to step down due to allegations of domestic abuse, a supporting player with a track record of physical assault and distressing headlines, and a a creator/screenwriter burning through her public goodwill quickly and intently enough to suggest a self-abasement fetish. Among the roadblocks they faced in getting this third film made: a divisive marquee star Warner Bros. had every reason to abandon this series two films in, while they were $600 million dollars ahead. When does a studio decide to stop making sequels? The objectively correct answer is “When the franchise stops making money.” The confused, misshapen Harry Potter universe sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore tests that conventional wisdom.
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