Harry Potter fans ‘incredibly disappointed’ after HBO says JK Rowling has right to ‘personal views’

HBO has faced backlash aft telling fans JK Rowling has a close to her ‘personal views’ aft confirming her engagement successful the Harry Potter series.

The caller TV series, from showrunner Francesca Gardiner and manager Mark Mylod – volition re-adapt the bestselling children’s phantasy franhcise with a caller fresh cast.

It has sparked plentifulness of sermon from whether a caller show is really indispensable to who whitethorn beryllium progressive successful the cast.

It has besides been astatine the centre of contention owed to the writer of the root material, Rowling, who has been denounced by galore fans for her vocal opinions successful enactment of women’s rights – which immoderate respect arsenic targeting the transgender community.

The 59-year-old writer has been accused of trans-exclusionary remarks. She powerfully denies being transphobic.

Earlier this twelvemonth Olympic pistillate boxer Imane Khelif’s lawyer included her in a ‘cyber-harassment’ lawsuit aft Rowling accused Khelif of having ‘the smirk of a male who knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment.’

Elsewhere, she has called trans women ‘crossdressing consecutive men’ and accused the assemblage of ‘caricaturing women’.

Her persistent views implicit the past 5 years person been slammed by fansite MuggleNet and charities specified arsenic Mermaids.

And erstwhile Harry Potter stars specified arsenic Emma Watson person publically stated their enactment for trans radical portion Daniel Radcliffe admitted Rowling makes him ‘really sad’ now.

As such, galore are not lone against the upcoming Harry Potter bid but besides Rowling’s inclusion. But accumulation institution HBO has made its stance clear.

A spokesperson for the web told Variety: ‘[Warner Bros has] been moving with J.K. Rowling and successful the Harry Potter concern for implicit 20 years’and called her publication ‘invaluable.’

The connection continued: ‘We are arrogant to erstwhile again archer the communicative of Harry Potter — the heartwarming books that talk to powerfulness of friendship, resoluteness and acceptance.

‘JK Rowling has a close to explicit her idiosyncratic views. We volition stay focused connected the improvement of the caller series, which volition lone payment from her involvement.’

It comes aft HBO main Casey Bloys said astatine a property lawsuit earlier this period that she was ‘very, precise progressive successful the process selecting the writer and the director’.

He added her views haven’t ‘affected the casting oregon hiring of writers oregon productions staff’, per Variety.

HBO’s stance has severley disappointed fans online who person made their discontent wide online.

‘*HBO stands by greed and wealth connected the incorrect broadside of history’ @DavidOpie wrote connected X.

‘Shame connected HBO Pure and utter shame connected them!’ @furgieofficial added.

‘American TV and films are going to go adjacent much blimpish and right-wing than they already are. This is wherefore investing wealth and clip into autarkic creatives and their stories is captious to the endurance of art,’ @carriecnh12 shared.

‘This is incredibly disappointing connected the portion of HBO. J.K. Rowling’s views actively people members of the LGBTQ community, her stating that they bash not person the close to exist.

‘It’s an evil, hateful “personal view” and disgusting that a large corp would support that.’ @intinavia agreed.

Fans were particularly upset considering HBO’s different large series, House of the Dragon, features non-binary histrion Emma D’Arcy arsenic 1 of its leads.

‘Then you’re amazed wherefore hbo pushes non-binary histrion emma d’arcy to the inheritance and categorically refuses to beforehand them arsenic the main pb of the show,’ @firstofhernnme criticised.

‘While Emma D’Arcy a nonbinary histrion is 1 of the main leads successful 1 of the astir fashionable shows connected hbo and they inactive propulsion this crap,’ @rvgsdelight echoed.’

Earlier successful November, social media users turned connected Rowling erstwhile again aft she aimed a gag Doctor Who prima David Tennant aft Tory person Kemi Badenoch’s election.

Tennant and Badenoch had locked horns a fewer months earlier erstwhile the histrion told her to ‘shut up’ portion postulation an LGBT state grant pursuing her enactment of the pledge to support azygous enactment spaces successful the Equality Act.

Following the MP’s victory, Rowling tweeted: ‘My thoughts and prayers are with David Tennant astatine this precise hard time’.

Her remark was slammed arsenic ‘not a bully look’ by fans.

Metro has reached retired to HBO for comment.

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