The much-anticipated sequel of the fantasy film, Fantastic Beasts, is about to hit the screens soon. Warner Bros. held the first screening of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and the reviews are here.

Along with members of the press, the fans, too, shared their views on the spin-off of Harry Potter series. The Potterheads got nostalgic after witnessing the reappearance of the characters of the fantasy film series, whereas the media has gave Johnny Depp as shoutout for his ‘fantastic’ performance.

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Check out the reactions here:

Literally just finished watching #CrimesOfGrindelwald in the #fansfirstscreening
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I will #ProtectTheSecrets but am I mind blown or what!!! @FantasticBeasts @jk_rowling

— Rushit Lodaya (@RushitLodaya) November 3, 2018

Wow was lucky enough to watch Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald. Oh my god did not see any of that coming. #ProtectTheSecrets #FantasticBeasts

— Mike (@MaslankaMike) November 4, 2018

@FantasticBeasts The Crimes of Grindelwald was brilliant 😱
My fangirl head exploded ☺️💕 #FanstasticBeasts #ProtectTheSecrets pic.twitter.com/PA4NfqSuyT

— Maisie 🐿 (@AwesomeFabulous) November 3, 2018

#FantasticBeasts #CrimesOfGrindelwald We’ve got to #ProtectTheSecrets (of which there are MANY) This movie needs to be seen more than ONCE. So much more to come, so many things to discover.
Grindewald spot on, Lestrange was great, and Newt melted my heart as usual pic.twitter.com/fFq0RzeKTc

— BluePrelude (@BluePrelude1) November 4, 2018

I enjoyed Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindewald much, much more than the first film. #ProtectTheSecrets #harrypotter #fantasticbeasts #fandomventures pic.twitter.com/IStIdZXjeF

— Fandom Ventures (@FandomVentures) November 4, 2018

.@FantasticBeasts left me absolutely speechless. This movie is beyond amazing. Thank you @jk_rowling! #FanstasticBeasts #ProtectTheSecrets pic.twitter.com/gPlA2ngcLs

— Robyn McGrenere (@SkittlesOverMms) November 4, 2018

Not sure I will ever be over the excitement of @FantasticBeasts. What a day. Worth standing outside in the cold for 3 hours. I even won a wand! Thank you @jk_rowling for continuing to blow my mind all these years later. #ProtectTheSecrets pic.twitter.com/3HQPKZq9Tl

— Rachel (@rachelanne_) November 3, 2018

I haven’t posted my reaction to #FantasticBeasts because I couldn’t find the right words and I still can’t. Wow. Just wow. Completely blown away. So many questions and answers, I’m still reeling. All I can say is go see it. Immediately. #ProtectTheSecrets #fansfirstscreening

— Ronni Daus (@vdaus19) November 4, 2018

The JK Rowling film is the second in the planned five movies spin-off franchise from the Harry Potter films.

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The film explores the adventures of “magizoologist” Newt Scamander, essayed by Eddie Redmayne.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has Johnny Depp playing Grindelwald, a powerful wizard who was once a friend of Albus Dumbledore, played by Jude Law.

Others in the cast include Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller, Claudia Kim, Zoe Kravitz, Callum Turner, William Nadylam and Brontis Jodorowsky.

The film is slated to release in India on 16 November.

-With agency inputs