Dumbledore will be back for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
After J.K. Rowling revealed she has planned scripts for at least four further films in the spin-off, a trailer was released and the storyline looks set to be epic.
Director David Yates confirmed at the fan event, that everyone's favourite Hogwarts headmaster and the dark wizard Grindelwald will feature.
It seems that the prequel to the Harry Potter franchise will explore the events leading up to the wizarding war - started by the original magical villain.
In the featurette that was released of the new film, Grindelwald is name-checked by the Magical Congress of the United States.
He became friends with a young Dumbledore but then ended up starting a war against Muggles in Europe, and his ideology grows support in the US with Auror Percival Graves (Colin Farrell) leading the charge to try reveal the wizarding world.
The trailer reveals Graves intentions and that means Eddie Redmayne's Newt Scamander will have a little more on his mind than his lost magical beasts.
It's possible that the five films will chart the complex friendship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald and lead us right up to their infamous Duel in 1945.
Perhaps this is why the author leapt to the defence of the news after a fan blasted the announcement of four more movies.
She made the announcement to thousands of delighted fans from across the globe who came together for a special event celebrating next month's release of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.
Yates added that the next film will see Redmayne's character, the animal-loving Newt Scamander, visit another of the world's major capital cities.
The Fantastic Beasts film, due to hit screens on November 18, is set in New York, and tells the story of a fictional author mentioned in the Harry Potter stories.
Rowling, 51, added: "This is where I was interested in going. This is what I wanted to do."
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