At its core, the film is a "MacGuffin" story centered on the search for Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller). Various factions—including the Ministry of Magic, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law), and Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp)—converge on Paris to find the young Obscurial for their own ends.
The Fractured Magic of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Review – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)