J.K. Rowling says there will be five Fantastic Beasts films

During a special fan event for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling pulled the equivalent of Steve Jobs’ "One more thing," and dropped some hints about what the future of the franchise might look like: she’s planning a total of five films, rather than three.
Rowling revealed the news at the end of the event (50:46 mark):"We always knew that it was going to be more than one movie — we knew that from the start — so we set a trilogy as a