At the end of the first film, the powerful dark wizard gellert grindelwald johnny depp was captured by macusa magical congress of the united states of america, with the help of newt scamander eddie redmayne'. '.strtoupper('b')ut, making good on his threat, grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda to raise pure blood wizards up to rule over all non magical beings'. '.strtoupper('i')n an effort to thwart grindelwald's plans, albus dumbledore jude law enlists his former student newt scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead'. '.strtoupper('l')ines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.features featurettes j.k rowling a world revealed wizards on screen, fans in real life distinctly dumbledore unlocking scene secrets the return to hogwarts unlocking scene secrets newt's menagerie unlocking scene secrets credence, nagini and the circus arcanus unlocking scene secrets paris and place cachée unlocking scene secrets ministere des affaires magiques unlocking scene secrets grindelwald's escape and the ring of fire deleted scenes credence reborn deleted scenes at the docks deleted scenes newt's basement deleted scenes walk n talk deleted scenes ballroom dance deleted scenes tina and skender deleted scenes murmuration deleted scenes newt and jacob walk to kama's deleted scenes nagini and credence in alley deleted scenes dumbledore and mcgonagall