I see that the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them press warm-up is going swimmingly. David Yates, the director of the new Harry Potter prequel, appears to be looking through a glass darkly for the follow-up series; compounding the production team’s “complete support” for Johnny Depp continuing to appear in the series as dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, with a wildly disappointing take on Dumbledore.

In 2007, JK Rowling declared Dumbledore, former Headmaster of Hogwarts, to be gay and formerly in love with Grindelwald – unfortunately too late for inclusion in her book series. He will be played by Jude Law in the next films in the Fantastic Beasts series.

When asked if the new film, The Crimes of Grindelwald, would make it clear that Dumbledore was gay, Yates replied: “Not explicitly. But I think all the fans are aware of that. He had a very intense relationship with Grindelwald when they...