On November 13, Johnny Depp made his comeback to mainstream leading roles with Ebenezer, a new take on Charles Dickens‘ frequently adapted A Christmas Carol. Depp hasn’t headlined a major project since Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which was released in 2017. Over the past decade, Depp became unhirable in mainstream Hollywood because of personal and legal troubles, but after he was acquitted in a libel case in the United Kingdom, studios started showing interest in him again. Next year, he’ll star in Day Drinker, an action-thriller directed by Marc Webb.
At the lowest point in his career, Depp was fired from a major franchise project after having shot for a week. He was quickly replaced, and the movie in question ultimately ended up underperforming at the box office and bringing its franchise to a screeching halt. The film is currently available to stream in the United States on Peacock, but only for a little while longer. While Depp doesn’t appear in it, the film remains etched in Hollywood infamy, along with Ridley Scott‘s All the Money in the World, as one of several projects that replaced a main cast member for similar reasons around the same time. Also in this group is Taika Waititi‘s Next Goal Wins, which saw Will Arnett replacing Armie Hammer.
Produced on a reported budget of $200 million, the film grossed around $407 million at the worldwide box office, making it the lowest-grossing installment of its wildly successful franchise. The studio originally planned to produce two more sequels, which were eventually canceled in the wake of the film’s underperformance. The film was directed by David Yates and featured the likes of Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law in key roles. Mads Mikkelsen, on the other hand, stepped in to replace Depp.
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Collider · The Sorting Hat Awaits Which Hogwarts House Are You? Eight questions · four houses · one sorting
Four houses, one destiny. The Sorting Hat has weighed thousands of students and now it is your turn. Answer honestly and find out where you belong at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The four houses
The Sorting Hat speaksYour house has been chosen
Gryffindor Gryffindor Tower · Scarlet and Gold Gryffindors do not act because they are fearless. They act because some things are worth being afraid for.
You have nerve. Not the reckless kind, but the deep and quiet sort that turns up even when you are terrified, and especially then. You stand up for people when looking away would be easier, and you go at what is right even when the odds are poor. That instinct has cost you before and you have never once decided it was not worth it. Why the Hat chose this
You speak up in the room where it costs you something.
You would rather be wrong and brave than right and silent.
People come to you when something needs facing.
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Dominic McLaughlin takes over as Harry in HBO’s series, which arrives in 2027 after
filming through 2025 and 2026.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson were all cast in 2000, aged eleven, ten and
ten.
The Sorting Hat on screen was a practical puppet before any digital work went near it.
Nerve Acts first Stands up
Slytherin Slytherin Dungeon · Emerald and Silver At its best this is the house of people who refuse the limits other people set for them.
You are driven, sharp, and entirely clear-eyed about what you want and how to reach it. Slytherin has been misread for a long time, painted as the house of villains when what it really rewards is resourcefulness and the patience to play a long game. You know your own worth, you protect your own fiercely, and you have never needed anyone else’s permission to aim high. Why the Hat chose this
You think three moves ahead and say one of them out loud.
You are loyal to a small circle and ruthless about the rest.
Being underestimated has always suited you.
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Alan Rickman knew Snape’s ending from Rowling years before the films got there, and
played it accordingly.
Tom Felton read for Harry and for Ron before landing Draco.
Paapa Essiedu takes the role of Snape in HBO’s series.
Plays the long game Knows his worth Resourceful
Hufflepuff Hufflepuff Basement · Yellow and Black Not the safe house and not the leftover house. The house with the most heart.
You are the sort of person who makes a place better just by being in it. You turn up, you do the work, and you do not need glory or credit for any of it, because you do what is right on the grounds that it is right. Your loyalty does not waver when it is tested, which is the only time loyalty means anything at all. Hufflepuff has never been the consolation prize. Why the Hat chose this
You are the one who remembers, and who follows through.
You do the unglamorous part nobody volunteers for.
Your word has never needed a backup.
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Robert Pattinson played Cedric Diggory in Goblet of Fire a year before he was cast in
Twilight.
Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander put a Hufflepuff at the center of five Fantastic Beasts
films.
The common room sits beside the kitchens, which is the most Hufflepuff detail in the books.
Shows up Unwavering No credit needed
Ravenclaw Ravenclaw Tower · Blue and Bronze Not merely intelligence. The love of learning, and the rare nerve to say you do not know yet.
Your mind is your best thing and you have always known it. Ravenclaws are the questioners, the ones who cannot leave a puzzle alone and who find a good book better company than most rooms full of people. What marks the house out is not being clever, it is wanting to understand, and being willing to admit the gap. You see things with a clarity that other people find unsettling. Why the Hat chose this
You would rather be corrected than comfortable.
You notice the thing nobody else in the room noticed.
You have never been able to leave a question alone.
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Evanna Lynch was cast as Luna from an open call of roughly fifteen thousand girls, having
written to Rowling as a fan.
The tower door asks a riddle rather than a password, so a Ravenclaw can be locked out by
thinking too slowly.
Luna, Flitwick and Rowena Ravenclaw are all originals, which is rather the point of the
house.
Asks the question Loves learning Sees clearly
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Here’s How Long You Have Left to Watch the Fantasy Threequel
By now you’ve probably guessed that we’re talking about Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. The fantasy epic serves as the third installment of the Harry Potter spin-off series, beginning with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and continuing with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Both films were helmed by Yates, who also directed the final four installments of the Harry Potter series.
Depp was cast in the role of the dreaded villain Grindelwald; he first appeared as the character at the end of the first Fantastic Beasts, in which Grindelwald was largely played by Colin Farrell. The Secrets of Dumbledore received mediocre reviews and is now sitting at a 46% score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore avoids some of the pitfalls that plagued its predecessor, but lacks much of the magic that drew audiences into the Wizarding World many movies ago.” You can watch the film, along with every installment of the Harry Potter saga, on Peacock until December 1. HBO’s reboot series will premiere a few weeks later. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
