Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe attend the World Premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 at Trafalgar Square on July 7, 2011 in London, England.
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Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe attend the World Premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 at Trafalgar Square on July 7, 2011 in London, England.
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Harry Potter fans have something big to look forward to in the new year. The cast and crew will reunite to revisit the series. But someone you shouldn’t trust when you meet? Author JK Rowling.
“Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Back to Hogwarts” is being treated as a flashback to the 20th anniversaryNS celebrates the release of the first Harry Potter movie and is scheduled to air on HBO Max on New Year’s Day, the streaming service announced on Tuesday.
Follow up on HBO Max. This will be the first time they have reunited in such a project since the last film premiered in 2011, the streaming service said.
However, while Rowling will appear in archived footage, she will not appear in the special, a source close to the producer confirmed to NPR. They did not comment on why Rowling would not appear or whether she was asked to participate and declined.
JK Rowling attends the UK premiere of “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald” at Cineworld Leicester Square on November 13, 2018 in London, England.
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JK Rowling attends the UK premiere of “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald” at Cineworld Leicester Square on November 13, 2018 in London, England.
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Rowling has, in recent years, been the subject of controversy. In 2019, she was condemned for her tweets in donate by Maya Forstater, a researcher whose claims about permutations cost her her job (although that decision was later successful. appeal). Rowling has continued to defend her support of Forstater in a essay about gender and her comments have divided the fan base and tear away many readers.
Following Rowling’s comments, several actors in the Potter films spoke out in defense of transgender people and denounced Rowling’s actions. Radcliffe did so in a essay own; Watson shared her donate for transgender people on Twitter, and Grint spoke out in the UK’s Sunday Times and later, in an interview with Mr..
Rowling’s tweets have continued to cause controversy. Last year, she clearly ridicule Sexist language used by one media has received more backlash.
