The powerful dark wizard Gellert Grin-de-Wald is caught in the States, but he is not going to sit silently in the dungeon and organizes a grand escape. Now nothing will stop him from achieving his goal - to establish the superiority of wizards over all non-magical creatures on the planet. To thwart Green-de-Wald's plans, Albus Dumbledore turns to his former student Newt Salamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the danger he faces. In a magical world that is splintering apart, love and loyalty are tested, and conflict divides even true friends and family members.