Why J.K. Rowling didn't join the new 'Harry Potter' reunion special
J.K. Rowling didn't join the cast and crew for a new interview for the 'Harry Potter' reunion special 'Return to Hogwarts, appearing only via archival footage. Here's why.
Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling Has Some Harsh Words for the Bunch of Racists Upset With Casting a Black Hermione
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At some point this tranny shit has to end. Trannies are a product of the excess culture of the West. Shit offers zero benefit to society. It only create chaos as it was designed to do. Fags and their ilk only take while giving nothing back.Why J.K. Rowling didn't join the new 'Harry Potter' reunion special
J.K. Rowling didn't join the cast and crew for a new interview for the 'Harry Potter' reunion special 'Return to Hogwarts, appearing only via archival footage. Here's why.ew.com
I could not agree more.
I need some anti-tranny pills. Trannies give me the headache.
These days, it seems one cannot listen to the radio, read the goddamned newspaper, watch the motherfuckin' news on the t.v., listen to a podcast, nor participate in social media without hearing about this tranny shit.
Damn...even some porn sites are including tranny shit in the regular list of videos! Click on the wrong pick, chick got titties and a dick bigger than mine. WTF???
This shit has gone way too far.
I am not transphobic. They just need to have a hot, steaming cup of Shut the Fuck Up about it already.
My 2 cents.
I agree with the both of you. I said in another thread that this is an attack on masculinity as well as femininity and Common Sense.
I could not agree more.
I need some anti-tranny pills. Trannies give me the headache.
These days, it seems one cannot listen to the radio, read the goddamned newspaper, watch the motherfuckin' news on the t.v., listen to a podcast, nor participate in social media without hearing about this tranny shit.
Damn...even some porn sites are including tranny shit in the regular list of videos! Click on the wrong pick, chick got titties and a dick bigger than mine. WTF???
This shit has gone way too far.
I am not transphobic. They just need to have a hot, steaming cup of Shut the Fuck Up about it already.
My 2 cents.
Them forcing everyone to accept up as down and down as up and those who don't comply will be publicly shamed, harassed and if you have a career to lose potentially lose that career all because you refuse to accept and that trans women are women
Like you, I'm not transphobic. I've got no problem with them being. Knock yourself out, cut your dick off if you want, but a man in the dress with or without a dick doesn't make him a woman any more than a child on Halloween dressed up as Spiderman makes him a superhero
You don't hear trans men kicking up a huge fuss wanting to be called men and considered to be men do you? Could it be the toxic masculinity that is naturally occurring in trans women from their testicles from birth was brought right on over as they attempted to call themselves women.
How is a trans woman any more of a woman than Rachel dolezal is a black woman? Why do we have to accept one fantasy but the other person is called crazy?
Jon Stewart clarifies ‘Harry Potter’ comments: ‘I do not think J.K. Rowling is Antisemitic’
Jon Stewart took to social media to correct a viral news story about his feelings toward the depiction of goblins in #HarryPotter.
Jon Stewart took to social media to correct a viral news story about his feelings toward the depiction of goblins in #HarryPotter.
The funny part is that Stewart's nose looks a LOT like the nose on that goblin.
Perhaps it was a case of art imitating life a big too closely...
I am torn down then middle with this one, because on one hand i applaud the fact that there is an acting role available for a black actress, but on the other hand if they were to use a tranny Asian to play the role of the new black panther, I think its fair to say, odds are I might go on some wild man shooting spree' at the local movie theater its playing at.
Like her. She told the LGBQT community to go fuck yourselves and she still ain’t canceled. Man fuck the LGBQT folk with they fake dumb ass!
She is canceled, no one is fucking with her.
Nope.
Why? Because every one of those Harry Potter movies is shown SEVERAL times EVERY month on Direct TV.
So much so, that I have some of the damn dialogue memorized.
That ain't cancelled.
Happy potter anniversary just past and they used old interviews of her. She's partially until she comes with another book.
The movies and books are not canceled, but no one is fucking with her.
I thought cancel culture was the ability to stop you from making bread. If they ain't fucking with her (talking), hell I'll be her friend. I got plenty of room in the harem I am trying to start.
92 million a year and net worth of 1 billion is canceled? Ok. Shit, cancel my ass any day!
And if such said canceling was truly in effect then how she shit out this crazy theatrical play with the sister in it?
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And if such said canceling was truly in effect then how she shit out this crazy theatrical play with the sister in it?
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'Harry Potter' star Rupert Grint talks J.K. Rowling controversy
'Harry Potter' star Rupert Grint likens talks about the controversy surrounding JK Rowling.
Rupert Grint likens J.K. Rowling to an aunt: 'I don't agree with everything my auntie says'
The Harry Potter actor behind Ron Weasley called the controversy around the writer "a tricky one."
By Nick RomanoJanuary 18, 2022 at 11:00 AM EST
Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint wrote about his relationship with J.K. Rowling in a new op-ed published this weekend.
Grint, who played Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films and appeared in the recent 20th anniversary reunion special on HBO Max, likened the creator of the wizarding world to an aunt.
"I don't necessarily agree with everything my auntie says, but she's still my auntie," Grint wrote in a piece for The Times' "What I've Learnt" series. "It's a tricky one."
Rowling continues to come under fire for the statements on trans people she's made over the years. The writer, who continues to pen the screenplays for the Fantastic Beasts movies, has voiced her support for the trans community, but at the same time spreads ideology that prominent LGBTQ organizations and advocates condemn as anti-trans.
Grint was among the many Harry Potter franchise stars who spoke out in support of the trans community in light of the controversy.
J.K. Rowling and Rupert Grint
"I firmly stand with the trans community and echo the sentiments expressed by many of my peers," Grint had said in a statement given to The Times in 2020. "Trans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment."
The actor later spoke with Esquire in 2021 about his decision to publicly address the matter. "Sometimes silence is even louder. I felt like I had to because I think it was important to," he said. "I mean, I don't want to talk about all that… Generally, I'm not an authority on the subject. Just out of kindness, and just respecting people. I think it's a valuable group that I think needs standing up for."
Grint reunited with Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, the HBO Max special timed to the two-decade anniversary of the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone film.
Rowling only appeared via archival footage shot in 2019. She had been offered to participate in a new interview, but her team felt the previously filmed interview was more than adequate, EW had reported.
Why J.K. Rowling didn't join the Harry Potter reunion for the Return to Hogwarts special
The author appears only via archival footage.
By Nick RomanoDecember 30, 2021 at 11:54 AM EST
Most of the main players from the Harry Potter franchise reunited for HBO Max's upcoming 20th anniversary special, Return to Hogwarts — with one notable absence.
J.K. Rowling, the creator and author of the massively popular Harry Potter books, did not join Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, nor did she sit down for a new interview to reminisce about adapting the eight movies inspired by the books. Instead, the producers of Return to Hogwarts used archival footage of Rowling from 2019.
An invitation was extended to Rowling to participate, but her team determined the archived comments from the writer were adequate, EW has learned.
Sources close to the situation say Rowling's statements about trans people and the controversy swirling around them did not play a part in the team's decision.
Rowling remains a polarizing figure. She stated in the past that she's not transphobic and expressed "trans lives matter" and "trans rights are human rights," but she has spread ideology and rhetoric over the years that have been linked to the TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists) movement, which often supports the position that trans women are not women.
LGBTQ organizations, including GLAAD and the Trevor Project, have condemned such speech. Various Harry Potter actors including Radcliffe, Watson, and Eddie Redmayne (the star of the Fantastic Beasts spin-offs) have come out in support of the trans community. Meanwhile, multiple Harry Potter sites that have become community builders for its fanbase have distanced themselves from Rowling in light of the views she has expressed.
While Rowling appears in Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, the archival footage of her is used sparingly.
'Harry Potter' stars gather for the 'Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts' reunion special on HBO Max.
| CREDIT: NICK WALL
Among those who participated in the reunion are franchise producer David Heyman and directors Chris Columbus (Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets), Alfonso Cuarón (Prisoner of Azkaban), Mike Newell (Goblet of Fire), and David Yates (Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and both Deathly Hallows films).
In the special, Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint are accompanied by their former costars Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, James and Oliver Phelps, Alfred Enoch, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Mark Williams, Ian Hart, and Toby Jones.
A representative for Rowling declined to comment.
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts begins streaming on HBO Max at 12 a.m. PT on Saturday.
The author appears only via archival footage.
By Nick RomanoDecember 30, 2021 at 11:54 AM EST
Most of the main players from the Harry Potter franchise reunited for HBO Max's upcoming 20th anniversary special, Return to Hogwarts — with one notable absence.
J.K. Rowling, the creator and author of the massively popular Harry Potter books, did not join Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, nor did she sit down for a new interview to reminisce about adapting the eight movies inspired by the books. Instead, the producers of Return to Hogwarts used archival footage of Rowling from 2019.
An invitation was extended to Rowling to participate, but her team determined the archived comments from the writer were adequate, EW has learned.
Sources close to the situation say Rowling's statements about trans people and the controversy swirling around them did not play a part in the team's decision.
Rowling remains a polarizing figure. She stated in the past that she's not transphobic and expressed "trans lives matter" and "trans rights are human rights," but she has spread ideology and rhetoric over the years that have been linked to the TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists) movement, which often supports the position that trans women are not women.
LGBTQ organizations, including GLAAD and the Trevor Project, have condemned such speech. Various Harry Potter actors including Radcliffe, Watson, and Eddie Redmayne (the star of the Fantastic Beasts spin-offs) have come out in support of the trans community. Meanwhile, multiple Harry Potter sites that have become community builders for its fanbase have distanced themselves from Rowling in light of the views she has expressed.
While Rowling appears in Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, the archival footage of her is used sparingly.
'Harry Potter' stars gather for the 'Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts' reunion special on HBO Max.
| CREDIT: NICK WALL
Among those who participated in the reunion are franchise producer David Heyman and directors Chris Columbus (Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets), Alfonso Cuarón (Prisoner of Azkaban), Mike Newell (Goblet of Fire), and David Yates (Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and both Deathly Hallows films).
In the special, Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint are accompanied by their former costars Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, James and Oliver Phelps, Alfred Enoch, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Mark Williams, Ian Hart, and Toby Jones.
A representative for Rowling declined to comment.
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts begins streaming on HBO Max at 12 a.m. PT on Saturday.
James Snyder Fired From Harry Potter and the Cursed Child After Misconduct Allegation
By Bethy Squires
Photo: Walter McBride/WireImage
James Snyder, who played the titular role in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway, has been fired from the show. Snyder’s firing came months after his co-star, Diane Davis, made an initial complaint on November 19, 2021. Davis played Ginny Potter, Harry’s wife. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the production commissioned an independent investigation of Davis’s claims, which have yet to be made public. Snyder was suspended during the investigation. Today producers announced that Snyder’s contract has been terminated, and also that Davis “has made the personal decision to take a leave of absence.” Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been running both on Broadway and in San Francisco. The show had to close on Broadway due to breakthrough COVID cases in December, and canceled performances in San Francisco January 23-24.
“We are committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace, which is why we have robust workplace policies and procedures in place for all those involved in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the show’s producers said in a statement. “This includes strict prohibitions against harassment in any form, as well as channels through which any employee can report conduct that they believe is inappropriate. We will continue to do all we can to ensure the extremely talented team that brings this production to life feels safe, empowered, and fully supported.”
By Bethy Squires
Photo: Walter McBride/WireImage
James Snyder, who played the titular role in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway, has been fired from the show. Snyder’s firing came months after his co-star, Diane Davis, made an initial complaint on November 19, 2021. Davis played Ginny Potter, Harry’s wife. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the production commissioned an independent investigation of Davis’s claims, which have yet to be made public. Snyder was suspended during the investigation. Today producers announced that Snyder’s contract has been terminated, and also that Davis “has made the personal decision to take a leave of absence.” Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been running both on Broadway and in San Francisco. The show had to close on Broadway due to breakthrough COVID cases in December, and canceled performances in San Francisco January 23-24.
“We are committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace, which is why we have robust workplace policies and procedures in place for all those involved in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the show’s producers said in a statement. “This includes strict prohibitions against harassment in any form, as well as channels through which any employee can report conduct that they believe is inappropriate. We will continue to do all we can to ensure the extremely talented team that brings this production to life feels safe, empowered, and fully supported.”
nah bro they definitely reference "hook nosed" jews in they're stylizing
The funny part is that Stewart's nose looks a LOT like the nose on that goblin.
Perhaps it was a case of art imitating life a big too closely...
she his aunt? that makes sense now cause that nigga wouldnt got a damn role in his life'Harry Potter' star Rupert Grint talks J.K. Rowling controversy
'Harry Potter' star Rupert Grint likens talks about the controversy surrounding JK Rowling.
Rupert Grint likens J.K. Rowling to an aunt: 'I don't agree with everything my auntie says'
The Harry Potter actor behind Ron Weasley called the controversy around the writer "a tricky one."
By Nick RomanoJanuary 18, 2022 at 11:00 AM EST
Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint wrote about his relationship with J.K. Rowling in a new op-ed published this weekend.
Grint, who played Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films and appeared in the recent 20th anniversary reunion special on HBO Max, likened the creator of the wizarding world to an aunt.
"I don't necessarily agree with everything my auntie says, but she's still my auntie," Grint wrote in a piece for The Times' "What I've Learnt" series. "It's a tricky one."
Rowling continues to come under fire for the statements on trans people she's made over the years. The writer, who continues to pen the screenplays for the Fantastic Beasts movies, has voiced her support for the trans community, but at the same time spreads ideology that prominent LGBTQ organizations and advocates condemn as anti-trans.
Grint was among the many Harry Potter franchise stars who spoke out in support of the trans community in light of the controversy.
J.K. Rowling and Rupert Grint
"I firmly stand with the trans community and echo the sentiments expressed by many of my peers," Grint had said in a statement given to The Times in 2020. "Trans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment."
The actor later spoke with Esquire in 2021 about his decision to publicly address the matter. "Sometimes silence is even louder. I felt like I had to because I think it was important to," he said. "I mean, I don't want to talk about all that… Generally, I'm not an authority on the subject. Just out of kindness, and just respecting people. I think it's a valuable group that I think needs standing up for."
Grint reunited with Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, the HBO Max special timed to the two-decade anniversary of the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone film.
Rowling only appeared via archival footage shot in 2019. She had been offered to participate in a new interview, but her team felt the previously filmed interview was more than adequate, EW had reported.
Bruh what are you talking about, he said she's like an aunt to him.
I saw this last week and its wild ass hell when nobody in the film wants or even answers the question but it so much other stuff they point out thats behind the movement. Good watch if you got the time its only a hr and half.
I still haven't watched it.
I don't co sign nothing about the dude behind it.
But I am very curious.
J.K. Rowling addresses absence from 'Harry Potter' 20th anniversary reunion special
J.K. Rowling addressed her absence from 'Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts.'
J.K. Rowling's new book has a character who's canceled for being transphobic
J.K. Rowling's new novel, 'The Ink Black Heart,' reportedly has a plot involving a YouTuber who is bullied online after being labeled racist, ableist, and transphobic.
J.K. Rowling's novel The Ink Black Heart reportedly features character canceled online for being transphobic
"Sometimes life imitates art more than one would like," says the Harry Potter author, who has been outspoken about her views on the trans community.
By Emlyn TravisAugust 31, 2022 at 06:25 PM EDT
It doesn't take a great pair of detectives like Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott to figure out that J.K. Rowling's latest novel may be a case of art imitating life.
The Harry Potter creator's latest novel, The Ink Black Heart — the sixth installment in her ongoing crime series which she pens under the name Robert Galbraith — was released Tuesday, and it reportedly contains a storyline that echoes events from Rowling's own life.
In the novel, a popular YouTube content creator named Edie Ledwell is met with a wave of backlash online after her work is deemed racist, ableist, and transphobic. As a result, the character was "doxxed with photos of her home plastered on the internet, subjected to death and rape threats for having an opinion, and was ultimately found stabbed to death in a cemetery," reports Rolling Stone.
Throughout the novel, Rowling "takes a clear aim at 'social justice warriors' and suggests that Ledwell was a victim of a masterfully plotted, politically fueled hate campaign against her," the outlet also notes.
J.K. Rowling's new novel, 'The Ink Black Heart,' reportedly features a character who is canceled online for being transphobic.
| CREDIT: KARWAI TANG/WIREIMAGE
If any of that sounds familiar, it's because Rowling herself has been embroiled in online controversy surrounding her continuous remarks targeting the trans community. The author — who penned a lengthy June 2020 essay in which she shared her thoughts on trans issues and being labeled a 'TERF' (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist) — has a history of writing divisive tweets and supporting fellow celebrities who've been accused of making anti-trans comments.
Rowling's views have been rebuked by both the Harry Potter fandom and multiple members of its film franchise's cast, including its very own Golden Trio: actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson.
Still, on the blog The Rowling Library, Rowling maintained that any similarities between her own life and The Ink Black Heart are just coincidence. "I have never created a book — and this book certainly isn't created from my own experience — you know, with a view to talking about my own life," she wrote. "That doesn't mean, of course, that your own life experience isn't in the book."
Rowling did acknowledge, however, that "a couple of the things that happened in this book have since happened to me" since she began writing it.
"I would like to be very clear that I haven't written this book as an answer to anything that happened to me," she continued. "Although I have to say when it did happen to me, those who had already read the book in manuscript form were, 'Are you clairvoyant?' I wasn't clairvoyant, I just – yeah, it was just one of those weird twists. Sometimes life imitates art more than one would like."
The Ink Black Heart is out now.
J.K. Rowling's new book has a character who's canceled for being transphobic
J.K. Rowling's new novel, 'The Ink Black Heart,' reportedly has a plot involving a YouTuber who is bullied online after being labeled racist, ableist, and transphobic.
J.K. Rowling's novel The Ink Black Heart reportedly features character canceled online for being transphobic
"Sometimes life imitates art more than one would like," says the Harry Potter author, who has been outspoken about her views on the trans community.
By Emlyn TravisAugust 31, 2022 at 06:25 PM EDT
It doesn't take a great pair of detectives like Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott to figure out that J.K. Rowling's latest novel may be a case of art imitating life.
The Harry Potter creator's latest novel, The Ink Black Heart — the sixth installment in her ongoing crime series which she pens under the name Robert Galbraith — was released Tuesday, and it reportedly contains a storyline that echoes events from Rowling's own life.
In the novel, a popular YouTube content creator named Edie Ledwell is met with a wave of backlash online after her work is deemed racist, ableist, and transphobic. As a result, the character was "doxxed with photos of her home plastered on the internet, subjected to death and rape threats for having an opinion, and was ultimately found stabbed to death in a cemetery," reports Rolling Stone.
Throughout the novel, Rowling "takes a clear aim at 'social justice warriors' and suggests that Ledwell was a victim of a masterfully plotted, politically fueled hate campaign against her," the outlet also notes.
J.K. Rowling's new novel, 'The Ink Black Heart,' reportedly features a character who is canceled online for being transphobic.
| CREDIT: KARWAI TANG/WIREIMAGE
If any of that sounds familiar, it's because Rowling herself has been embroiled in online controversy surrounding her continuous remarks targeting the trans community. The author — who penned a lengthy June 2020 essay in which she shared her thoughts on trans issues and being labeled a 'TERF' (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist) — has a history of writing divisive tweets and supporting fellow celebrities who've been accused of making anti-trans comments.
Rowling's views have been rebuked by both the Harry Potter fandom and multiple members of its film franchise's cast, including its very own Golden Trio: actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson.
Still, on the blog The Rowling Library, Rowling maintained that any similarities between her own life and The Ink Black Heart are just coincidence. "I have never created a book — and this book certainly isn't created from my own experience — you know, with a view to talking about my own life," she wrote. "That doesn't mean, of course, that your own life experience isn't in the book."
Rowling did acknowledge, however, that "a couple of the things that happened in this book have since happened to me" since she began writing it.
"I would like to be very clear that I haven't written this book as an answer to anything that happened to me," she continued. "Although I have to say when it did happen to me, those who had already read the book in manuscript form were, 'Are you clairvoyant?' I wasn't clairvoyant, I just – yeah, it was just one of those weird twists. Sometimes life imitates art more than one would like."
The Ink Black Heart is out now.
She's getting treated foul and has people trying to destroy her for speaking her mind and saying shit that most people either agree with or at least understand but you can't be honest and defend her in this climate.
She'll be looked back on with reverence when they show what she was subjected to.
The LGBTQ community is trying to give her the Salman Rushdie treatment.
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Warner Bros. Discovery interested in making more 'Harry Potter' movies with J.K. Rowling
Warner Bros. Discovery is interested in expanding the 'Harry Potter' franchise if author J.K. Rowling comes up with new material.
She has "fuck you!" money though.