Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald by J. K. Rowling Page A
Authors: J. K. Rowling
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didn’t—
FLAMEL looks over at the large crystal ball, in which dark billowing clouds and flashes of lightning have appeared.
FLAMEL
Aha! At last, we see developments!
JACOB
(drawing closer)
I’ve seen one of these before. It was at the fair. There was this dame there, and she had a veil. I gave her a nickel and she told me about my future.
(beat)
She missed out on quite a bit, actually.
We close in on the orb, into dark billowing smoke and flashes of lightning, into the center where we see CREDENCE—
JACOB (O.S.)
Hey—wait a minute! I know him. That’s that kid. That’s Credence—
—and then it becomes the Lestrange tomb, its stone raven prominent. Suddenly, QUEENIE appears inside the tomb, sitting on a stone bench,
waiting . . .
JACOB
Hey! That’s Queenie! There she is.
(as if to QUEENIE)
Hi, baby!
(to FLAMEL)
Where is this? Is this—is this here?
FLAMEL
This is the Lestrange tomb. It lies in the cemetery of Père Lachaise. . .
JACOB
(to QUEENIE in the crystal ball)
I’m coming, baby. Stay right there—
(to FLAMEL)
Thank you, thank you, Mr. Flamel!
JACOB clutches FLAMEL’S hands in gratitude.
FLAMEL
Ahh!
JACOB
Oh no. I’m sorry! I’m sorry, okay?
FLAMEL
Ouch.
JACOB
Oh—look after Mr. Tentacles for me.
He turns. The sofa is empty. JACOB runs out of the room into the hall. The front door stands open. KAMA has escaped.
JACOB
Oh no. I’m sorry, I gotta go.
FLAMEL
Please, you must not go to the cemetery!
But JACOB too runs off into the night.
BACK TO FLAMEL.
He has shuffled after JACOB, but on realizing he is gone, FLAMEL turns anxiously back to the orb. Black flames are swirling around it.
FLAMEL shuffles back into his studio and opens a cupboard. We glimpse glass vials, tubes, and the glowing Philosopher’s Stone. He heaves from a shelf a padlocked book
embossed with a phoenix. He touches the padlock and it springs open.
CLOSE ON THE BOOK as he flicks through it.
Each page holds a photograph captioned with a name. FLAMEL turns the pages, but the subjects of all the pictures are missing.
FLAMEL
Oh dear—
DUMBLEDORE’S portrait is blank.
FLAMEL flicks open another page. EULALIE HICKS, a young American professor at Ilvermorny, looks around, worried.
EULALIE
What’s happening?
FLAMEL
Exactly what he said would happen. Grindelwald rallies tonight at the cemetery, and there will be death!
EULALIE
Then you gotta go!
FLAMEL
(panicked)
What? I haven’t seen action in two hundred years . . .
EULALIE
You can do this, Flamel. We believe in you.
SCENE 87
EXT. PLACE DE FURSTEMBERG—DAY
TINA and NEWT stand in a nearby alleyway, looking out over the square where tree roots previously rose to form the birdcage elevator to the French Ministry.
NEWT
The box is in the ancestral records room, Tina. So, three floors down.
NEWT rummages in his pockets and pulls out a tiny bottle with only a couple of muddy drops left inside it.
TINA
Is that Polyjuice?
NEWT
(of the bottle)
Just enough to get me inside.
He looks down at his coat and finds one of THESEUS’S hairs on his shoulder. He adds it to the mixture, drinks, and turns into THESEUS, still wearing NEWT’S
clothes.
TINA
Who—?
NEWT
My brother, Theseus. He’s an Auror. And a hugger.
SCENE 88
INT. MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES MAGIQUES, MAIN LEVEL—NIGHT
THESEUS exits a meeting room and strides toward LETA, who is waiting for him.
LETA
What’s happening?
THESEUS
Grindelwald’s rallying. We don’t know where, but we think it’s tonight.
LETA and THESEUS kiss.
LETA
Be careful.
THESEUS
Of course.
LETA
Promise me you’ll be careful.
THESEUS
Of course, I’m going to be careful. Listen, I want you to hear this from me. They think that Credence boy might be your missing brother.
LETA
My brother is dead. He died. How many times, Theseus?
THESEUS
I know, I know. And the records, the records will prove that, okay? They can’t lie.
TRAVERS
(sharply)
Theseus.
THESEUS leaves
FLAMEL looks over at the large crystal ball, in which dark billowing clouds and flashes of lightning have appeared.
FLAMEL
Aha! At last, we see developments!
JACOB
(drawing closer)
I’ve seen one of these before. It was at the fair. There was this dame there, and she had a veil. I gave her a nickel and she told me about my future.
(beat)
She missed out on quite a bit, actually.
We close in on the orb, into dark billowing smoke and flashes of lightning, into the center where we see CREDENCE—
JACOB (O.S.)
Hey—wait a minute! I know him. That’s that kid. That’s Credence—
—and then it becomes the Lestrange tomb, its stone raven prominent. Suddenly, QUEENIE appears inside the tomb, sitting on a stone bench,
waiting . . .
JACOB
Hey! That’s Queenie! There she is.
(as if to QUEENIE)
Hi, baby!
(to FLAMEL)
Where is this? Is this—is this here?
FLAMEL
This is the Lestrange tomb. It lies in the cemetery of Père Lachaise. . .
JACOB
(to QUEENIE in the crystal ball)
I’m coming, baby. Stay right there—
(to FLAMEL)
Thank you, thank you, Mr. Flamel!
JACOB clutches FLAMEL’S hands in gratitude.
FLAMEL
Ahh!
JACOB
Oh no. I’m sorry! I’m sorry, okay?
FLAMEL
Ouch.
JACOB
Oh—look after Mr. Tentacles for me.
He turns. The sofa is empty. JACOB runs out of the room into the hall. The front door stands open. KAMA has escaped.
JACOB
Oh no. I’m sorry, I gotta go.
FLAMEL
Please, you must not go to the cemetery!
But JACOB too runs off into the night.
BACK TO FLAMEL.
He has shuffled after JACOB, but on realizing he is gone, FLAMEL turns anxiously back to the orb. Black flames are swirling around it.
FLAMEL shuffles back into his studio and opens a cupboard. We glimpse glass vials, tubes, and the glowing Philosopher’s Stone. He heaves from a shelf a padlocked book
embossed with a phoenix. He touches the padlock and it springs open.
CLOSE ON THE BOOK as he flicks through it.
Each page holds a photograph captioned with a name. FLAMEL turns the pages, but the subjects of all the pictures are missing.
FLAMEL
Oh dear—
DUMBLEDORE’S portrait is blank.
FLAMEL flicks open another page. EULALIE HICKS, a young American professor at Ilvermorny, looks around, worried.
EULALIE
What’s happening?
FLAMEL
Exactly what he said would happen. Grindelwald rallies tonight at the cemetery, and there will be death!
EULALIE
Then you gotta go!
FLAMEL
(panicked)
What? I haven’t seen action in two hundred years . . .
EULALIE
You can do this, Flamel. We believe in you.
SCENE 87
EXT. PLACE DE FURSTEMBERG—DAY
TINA and NEWT stand in a nearby alleyway, looking out over the square where tree roots previously rose to form the birdcage elevator to the French Ministry.
NEWT
The box is in the ancestral records room, Tina. So, three floors down.
NEWT rummages in his pockets and pulls out a tiny bottle with only a couple of muddy drops left inside it.
TINA
Is that Polyjuice?
NEWT
(of the bottle)
Just enough to get me inside.
He looks down at his coat and finds one of THESEUS’S hairs on his shoulder. He adds it to the mixture, drinks, and turns into THESEUS, still wearing NEWT’S
clothes.
TINA
Who—?
NEWT
My brother, Theseus. He’s an Auror. And a hugger.
SCENE 88
INT. MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES MAGIQUES, MAIN LEVEL—NIGHT
THESEUS exits a meeting room and strides toward LETA, who is waiting for him.
LETA
What’s happening?
THESEUS
Grindelwald’s rallying. We don’t know where, but we think it’s tonight.
LETA and THESEUS kiss.
LETA
Be careful.
THESEUS
Of course.
LETA
Promise me you’ll be careful.
THESEUS
Of course, I’m going to be careful. Listen, I want you to hear this from me. They think that Credence boy might be your missing brother.
LETA
My brother is dead. He died. How many times, Theseus?
THESEUS
I know, I know. And the records, the records will prove that, okay? They can’t lie.
TRAVERS
(sharply)
Theseus.
THESEUS leaves
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