Fantastic Beasts: Johnny Depp cast in Harry Potter spinoff, sequel 

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, EW has learned. Depp, whose role is being kept under lock and key for now, also makes a brief cameo in the first

vet David Yates, stars Eddie Redmayne as adventurer Newt Scamander and is set 70 years before the events of J.K. Rowling’s beloved book series. Rowling announced last month there would be five total movies in the spin-off series; Yates is set to direct the first sequel.

In 2016, Depp played eccentric detective Guy Lapointe in Kevin Smith’s

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