Predictions!!

[Julia]

Okay, so... this is kinda cheating, but here is a numbered list of what I think (roughly) will happen in this movie. 🤣

(view spoiler)[1 The Thestral Chase
2 Newt and Leta
3 Dumbledore
4 The Kelpie
5 Newt and Jacob Pack for Paris
6 Nagini
7 Newt Tracks Tina
8 Queenie Searches for Jacob
9 Irma and the Obscurus
10 Blood Pact
11 Capturing the Zouwu
12 Traveling to Hogwarts
13 Leta's Flashback
14 Salamander Eyes
15 Matagots
16 Your Story is Our Story
17 Leta's Confession
18 Vision of War
19 Spread the Word
20 Wands into the Earth
21 Restoring Your Name
22 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
23 Dumbledore's Theme (Solo Piano)
24 Fantastic Beasts Theme (Solo Piano)
25 Leta's Theme (Solo Piano)
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Seriously... do they not consider what they are spoiling by releasing the soundtrack titles? 😂

[Julia]

Also, Matagot definition, taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagot

A matagot or mandagot is, according to some oral traditions of southern France, a spirit under the form of an animal, mostly undetermined, frequently a black cat, but rat, fox, dog or cow types are said to exist too. Matagots are generally evil, but some may prove helpful, like the "magician cat" said to bring wealth into a home if it is well fed. Traditionally, a wealth-bringing matagot must be lured with a fresh, plump chicken, then carried home by its new owner without the human once looking back. If the cat is given the first mouthful of food and drink at every meal, it will repay its owner with a solid gold coin each morning. In Gascony traditions, you must not keep the matagot all your lifelong: if the owner is dying, he will suffer a long agony, as long as he doesn't free the matagot.

[Julia]

Genuine prediction: Fiona Glascott will play young McGonagall in the new film!

She is the only top actress on the IMDB page for this movie whose character is not stated... could she in fact be playing our beloved Minerva McGonagall??

Only a couple more weeks until we find out!!

[Julia]

UPDATE: NOVEMBER 10 2018

IMDB now confirms that Fiona Glascott is playing McGonagall!!

[Julia]

Predictions: Some deaths that will be really hard to swallow. (Often a theme in the Wizarding World, unfortunately.) I imagine we will lose Pickett by the end of the series... after all, I doubt a Bowtruckle lives for 20 years (where the end of the franchise will take us).