In 2016, the Wizarding World expanded with the release of the first Fantastic Beasts film , a cinematic adaptation of the book used by Hogwarts students, which also had a published version in our world. Two more films followed, forming what is known as the Fantastic Beasts saga and further expanding the popular Harry Potter universe . If you want to enjoy all the films, today we'll tell you where to watch them and what to keep in mind. Do they come before or after the Harry Potter saga?
Where to watch Fantastic Beasts online
Although the saga currently has three installments, the producers' initial goal was always to make five . Currently, such a project is more dead than alive , and the last we heard was that one of its creators admitted that having to make five films caught him rather by surprise and that everything is currently on hold, with no possibility of even a fourth film being revisited.
We must therefore continue to talk about "only" three films in the saga, all of which are under the Warner Bros. Pictures umbrella. This means that, like all the Harry Potter films, the Fantastic Beasts films are available on Max , and can be viewed in their streaming content catalog as long as you are subscribed to one of their plans.
Remember that the movie titles are as follows:
- Fantastic beasts and where to find them
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
- Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore's Secrets
Presumably, if we see a fourth or even a fifth story in theaters, they'll also end up on Max's viewing shelf. However, as we said, for now, everyone needs to respect the break, especially after the poor box office performance of The Secrets of Dumbledore.
If you prefer to rent them online, you can also look for them on YouTube, Apple TV, or Amazon Prime Video.
What to watch first: Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts?
If we consider the chronological order of how events unfold in the plots of the two sagas, the correct thing to do is to watch the three Fantastic Beasts films first, which are prequels, and then the seven Harry Potter films.
Even so, the saga of the little wizard is also designed to be watched from scratch, without having even read the books, so it can also be enjoyed without the prequel and once "inside" the world and having known the whole story, watch the prequel of Fantastic Beasts and the numerous nods it hides.