What Fantastic Beasts 3 Can Learn From The Prisoner Of Azkaban

At the time, the filmmaker wasn’t so sure a big franchise movie was the right fit for him, and he also wasn’t familiar with the books. However, it was The Shape of Water filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro who convinced him to take advantage of the opportunity. Del Toro apparently called him an “arrogant bastard” and told him to go to the bookshop, read the Harry Potter books and call him right away, per an IndieWire interview with Cuarón. This conversation would inform a new and one-of-a-kind Harry Potter movie – one that was filmmaker driven and filled with surprising and risky choices.