For those who may be new to the series, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald picks up where the first film left off. Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), a young magizoologist, has just thwarted the plans of dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) in New York City. However, Grindelwald has escaped and is now wreaking havoc in Europe, recruiting followers and spreading darkness throughout the wizarding world.