Hannibal icon Mads Mikkelsen will replace Johnny Depp in the Fantastic Beasts film franchise. Warner Bros Pictures confirmed the casting news to CNN and Deadline . Depp said earlier this month he had been asked to step down from the role of Gellert Grindelwald after he lost a real-life libel lawsuit against a British newspaper that described him as an abusive husband during his marriage to actress Amber Heard ...