Critics of JK Rowling’s transgender activists don’t take well to reports that the “Harry Potter” creator is in talks with HBO Max to help the streaming platform develop a series based on her wizarding world.
Social media users pounded the news this week, frustrated that the author – whom many have labeled “transphobic” for her defense of the reality of biological sex and her claims that trans activists attack women’s dignity -More and more Harry Potter content
According to various Hollywood outlets, the long-rumoured “Harry Potter” HBO Max series has taken big, concrete steps in its development, with the latest news stating that the streaming platform is seeking a deal with Rowling for creative rights to the universe.
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling during an HBO event on the red carpet. (Dia Dipasupil)
Additionally, reports have confirmed that Warner Bros. is in talks with Rowling to enlist her as a producer on the potential project. The show is still in very early stages of production as Warner Bros has yet to hire a screenwriter for it.
The general idea for the HBO Max series is a seven-season series based on the seven main books of Harry Potter, which also became the iconic Warner Bros films of the 2000s.
The studio said it wanted to bring Rowling on board to “ensure it stays true to their original material.”
Rowling’s critics have wreaked havoc on the news, with some berating the Harry Potter creator for adding more wealth to her creative empire and claiming she doesn’t deserve it for her alleged harm to the trans community.
Entertainment company journalist and trans woman Zoe Rose Bryant speared Rowling over the reports on Twitter. She wrote: “Despite how absurdly unnecessary a HARRY POTTER reboot is in the first place, I would just prefer we didn’t continue to give billions to a woman who has made it her life’s work to debunk the existence of trans women and endangering our lives with their relentless hateful rhetoric.”
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A new statue of Harry Potter in Leicester Square, London, joining the eight other movie statues already on display. (Dave Rushen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Bryant added, “I also liked HARRY POTTER when I was a kid and then I grew up and now its creator is actively contributing to a culture that wants me dead.”
Twitter user @tardisgirlmeg asked: “Who even asked for this? JK Rowling is a transphobe and you want to give her more money??? Are you crazy? @HBO f— you for supporting a transphobia.”
Expressing sympathy for the trans staff at HBO Max, queer user @letlovewinx tweeted, “I feel so awful that all the trans people who work for @HBO and @hbomax need to know that they are employed by a company willing to do so out of greed for the welfare of their employees.”
Pro-trans user Kethriss tweeted, “Now it says they want to reboot Harry Potter because JKR is seething that Daniel Radcliffe is a real and public trans ally along with pretty much the entire original cast and she wants.” try it. transform new people into their characters’ faces by doing this, lmao.”
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User and JK Rowling critic @finn_oluna wrote: “Reasons not to watch this show: jkr makes money from it, the Harry Potter world is full of racist and anti-Semitic stereotypes, you tell poc and jewish people that you think so – – entertaining, you tell trans people we don’t matter, you tell companies you want more of it.”
Author JK Rowling commented on images of MPs standing in front of a sign reading “Decapitate TERFs”. (Twitter/Getty Images)
Gabriel Hays is Associate Editor at Fox News Digital.