HBO Content Director, Casey Bloys talked about what will be the role of JK Rowling author of the saga “Harry Potter” in the new witch series, under development by the company. According to him, the personal and political opinions of women will not take place in the new production.
“The decision to do business with JK Rowling is not new to us. We have been in the business for 25 years. We have already been a program of her in HBO called ‘CB Strike’, which we do with BBC. It’s very clear that these are her personal and political opinions. She is entitled to them. Harry Potter is not secretly infused with anything. And if you want to debate with her, you can go to Twitter,” he said in an interview with Portal Puck.
JK Rowling Recently celebrated the decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom about Legal Definition of Woman Based on Biological Sex – What excludes women who are transsexuals.
JK Rowling has already been involved in other controversies before making discriminatory statements against transgender people. She even criticized the actors of the “Harry Potter” films for publicly supporting the struggle for the rights of transsexual people.
In 2023, JK Rowling used social networks to counteract an image that said, “Repeat with us: trans women are women.”
About the new series of “Harry Potter”
Each season of New series will be based on one of the seven volumes of JK Rowling’s work . According to one of the producers of the series, the adaptation will be more faithful to books than the saga movies.
“There is not much to say for now. We have a fantastic team of writers, and they are doing what they need to do. Cast tests have been opened in the UK and Ireland, so the process is advancing well,” he said Channing dungey CEO of Warner Bros. Television.
In addition, Chris Columbus, director of Harry Potter movies, believes the saga remake for HBO will have fewer restrictions. “I think the idea of the series is spectacular, because there are certain limitations when you are making a movie. Our first movie had two hours and 40 minutes, and the second almost the same duration,” he told People magazine.
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