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An HBO executive has promised fans of the Harry Potter franchise that the upcoming reboot television series will not be “infused” with J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans beliefs.

rollingstone.comHBO Exec Promises 'Harry Potter' Series 'Not Secretly Being Infused' With J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans RhetoricAn HBO exec has promised fans of the Harry Potter franchise that the upcoming TV series will not be "infused" with J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans beliefs.

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you're right - i went to edit the spelling and got overwhelmed thinking about the next subject and deleted it and forgot to put it back in there's also mental illness vilification, mocking PTSD, a caste system, it's a mess

My wife and kids and I used to absolutely adore the HP movies. We have not watched a single one since she showed her true colors, and my kids are the ones most vocal about it. I can't separate the art from the artist. I won't do ANYTHING that will put another penny in that hag's pocket.

In their arrogance they invested all that money on a franchise, that frankly is too recent for a reboot anyway, only to realize too late the creator’s toxicity’s is far more powerful then their PR team could handle.

These slimy executives need to learn that just because a franchise was valuable once, doesn’t mean it will remain valuable. Established IP might appear to be a safer investment, and it might feel good spending a high dollar amount, but it’s just as risky as developing original content.

They're about to learn a real hard lesson alongside the JKR toxicity: the vast majority of people still love the movies and don't want another version.

She POURS money into successfully lobbying to disenfranchise trans people & she’s already pivoting towards the rest of the QUILTBAG - starting with mocking & degrading asexuals, but you know it will be bisexuals up next. HBO is giving her £££. Fuck that. Also:

Super relieved to learn the mediocre fantasy series will merely help fund the efforts of the holocaust-denying genocidal nazi but not also be an arm of her propaganda. Truly we are blessed as consumers. Thanks soulless executive! 😌

Stop giving her money. We loved it. She killed it. Let it go. We’re not rewarding bigot billionaires for making the world unsafe for ALL queer people and ALL women because of an obsession with trans women specifically.

she uses the money to support legislation attacking queer people more than enough reason to not support the show If you want to watch it, maybe there's a free way that won't give her money

It was infused with her beliefs at inception. Just shows that they know she's problematic but are gonna steamroll ahead anyways. I don't even see why Harry Potter even needs to exist as a franchise anymore. It's extremely generic besides all of the racism and slavery.

Sunk-cost fallacy and also the pervasive belief that they need a tent-pole franchise. They aren’t going to take a risk on a new thing. The closest they got was an attempt to expand it to “the wizarding world” with Fantastic Beasts. That flopped, but they clearly didn’t get why

No care. It still feeds her with money. She could have the rights of « Antifa protest : the game » and put no veto on the video game adaptation we still would boycott her because it still would feed her money. She’s the problem, no matter the artistic creation she makes or sponsors

Its not the worries of the show being infused with her hatred, its the fact every dime this show will generate will go to her and that is how she got the funds to push a bill against the trans community. Only a full stop on the production is left as an option.

usually its fine, but not when said artist literally says that if you support her work you agree with her politics, and that she will use any money she gets to support bigoted laws and organizations, and has. She took "death of the creator" out back and had it shot like a disobedient house elf

I already canceled my subscription over them running this show, fuck them for putting money in that bitches pockets, and yeah I already know that’s an insult to female dogs everywhere.

My household did the same, and said as much in the “reason for cancelling” field. I know HBO isn’t going to give a shit, but I wanted it to know *why* we were canceling after being subscribers for years.

Yeah, that doesn't matter. Everyone I know is vehemently against anything that puts money into that disgusting, soulless, hateful little demon's pockets. Anything related to JK Rowling should be cancelled. No one will support it. Make original content instead.

Lol this show is going to flop because it's already embattled and stupid and then we will be subjected to ten thousand trend pieces about how TV is suffering because we’re all “too woke” instead of HBO not reading the room at any point.

Why is this so complicated? JKR's life's work is now active and harmful bigotry against a group of people. If you support those people at all, or even are generally against the idea of hurtful public bigotry, any content that she makes is going to be INFUSED with ugly and creepy and gross. Ew. 🤮

Might not be"Infused"with her anti-trans beliefs but it is still loaded with all her other bigotry.Lets not forget that ALL the money she'll make off of the series to give to those AntiTrans Beliefs. If you're going to watch this series, please block me and remove me from anything we share thanks.

OR... maybe they could just *not* reboot and already overexposed IP created by a very vocal transphobe. I mean, has anyone asked for this reboot? Are their not other interesting stories out there created by non-bigots?

Best guess, JKR wanted it so we can have a new version without the trans affirming original cast. That and WB likely wanted it because the Fantastic Beasts movies were a flop and heading into a very bad direction before they were cancelled.