Earlier today, Nikki Finke (founder and former Editor in Chief of Deadline) posted the following statement to Twitter:

This should obviously be taken with a grain of salt since this was not posted by someone close to the film, but it is interesting to note that Alfonso may be in the running to direct. Fans know and love him from directing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the recent Academy Award winning Gravity. David Heyman has already been announced to produce the films, and he worked with Alfonso on both Potter and Gravity, so it is definitely a possibility.

Filed Under: Alfonso Cuaron, Fantastic Beasts Films