Warner Bros’ Leavesden Studios UK fire: Does it affect Fantastic Beasts filming?
By Callum Gunn
There was a fire at the Warner Bros’ Leavesden Studios in the UK. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, which not puts the focus on filming. Will Fantastic Beasts 3 be affected?
The first thought when it comes to a fire is whether anyone was hurt. When it comes to the Warner Bros’ Leavesden Studios fire in the UK, nobody was hurt or killed. Now we can focus on the filming aspect. Is Fantastic Beasts filming affected?
Thankfully, the set wasn’t in use at the time of the fire. Despite it taking 15 hours to put out, according to Deadline, there was nobody on the set. However, it’s still unclear how the fire started.
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Fantastic Beasts 3 has already been pushed back once. Will this fire cause filming to be pushed back again? That’s definitely not going to be the case. The Fantastic Beasts set wasn’t touched. The set that caught on fire was for the upcoming HBO comedy, Avenue 5.
The series, a space comedy from Veep‘s creator, Armando Iannucci, was almost finished filming. Two episodes are left and now the writers and EPs are working on how to best deal with the need to film the final two episodes of the season.
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No sets close to this one was damaged. Studio tours were also running as normal. The studio later confirmed that all productions other than Avenue 5 were able to keep working.
So, this isn’t going to push Fantastic Beasts 3 back any further than what it has been already. We’re also very thankful here at Wizards and Whatnot that nobody was hurt in the blaze.
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Fantastic Beasts 3 is slated for a November 2021 release date.