When the next Harry Potter spin-off movie after 'Fantastic Beasts' is coming

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While the release of its "Suicide Squad" gets some negative critical reaction, Warner Bros. is eagerly moving to conversation to its future franchise.

The studio announced that the sequel to "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," the Harry Potter spin-off movie that is out November 18 this year, will hit theaters on November 16, 2018, according to CNN.

The sequel is not yet titled, and while you may think it's odd to announce a release date for a sequel when the first movie isn't out yet, that is the way things are in the current studio environment. 

Original Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for "Fantastic Beasts" and will do the same for the next movie.

"Fantastic Beasts," starring Oscar-winning English actor Eddie Redmayne as a wizarding writer, is a prequel of sorts to the Harry Potter series.

The original Harry Potter movies brought in about $8 billion at the global box office for WB, so you can see why the studio is eager to get more out of them.

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