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Image: Shudder/IFC MidnightDanish import Speak No Evil was one of the standouts at this year’s Sundance Film Festival—anyone who saw it then is likely still traumatized by it. Elegant filmmaking propels its story of two families who meet on vacation, hit it off, and decide to visit again... with decidedly less pleasant results. With Speak No Evil arriving in theaters and on Shudder this month, io9 got a chance to speak with director Christian Tafdrup about his excellent but uniquely agonizing movie.Note: this interview…

Johnny Depp may end up returning as wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts series. And this is something Mads Mikkelsen, the actor who replaced him in the role, has said. Johnny played Grindelwald in the Harry Potter spinoff in the first two films. Thereafter, he was replaced with Mads in the wake of the domestic abuse allegations levelled against him by his ex-wife Amber Heard. Also read: Mads Mikkelsen to replace Johnny Depp in Fantastic BeastsMads Mikkelsen played the famous dark wizard in the third film…

Mads Mikkelsen raised the possibility of Johnny Depp’s return to the Fantastic Beasts saga in light of his recent defamation trial victory over Amber Heard.Mikkelsen replaced Depp as Gellert Grindelwald for the third instalment, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, after Depp resigned at the request of studio Warner Bros last year.Speaking at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Monday, Mikkelsen said “it was very intimidating” stepping into Depp’s shoes for the role. “Obviously, well, now the course has changed – he won…

Mads Mikkelsen has praised Johnny Depp as an “amazing actor” and speculated about Depp’s possible return to the Fantastic Beasts film franchise after his legal victory against ex-wife Amber Heard.The 56-year-old Danish actor, who is known for his roles in the James Bond film Casino Royale and the NBC series Hannibal, replaced Depp, 59, as Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.Speaking at the Sarajevo film festival, as reported by Deadline, Mikkelsen described taking over the role from Depp as…

There was much uproar among the Johnny Depp fandom when the actor was unceremoniously booted from the Fantastic Beasts franchise and replaced with Mads Mikkelsen, who ironically turned out to be one of the highlights of the otherwise-underwhelming third installment The Secrets of Dumbledore. The middle chapter of the planned five-film saga was viewed as the make-or-break moment for the Wizarding World prequel series, and David Yates’ latest magical blockbuster repaid that pressure by barely scraping past $400…