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Maze_
11/21/21 5:39:39 PM
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https://www.thenational.scot/news/19723926.harry-potter-reunion-jk-rowling-will-not-join-cast-trans-rights-row/

THE original cast of the Harry Potter movies is to reunite for a Return to Hogwarts TV special - but author JK Rowling wont be joining them.

HBO Max said that the special show would be released on January 1, 2022 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first movies release. The show will invite fans on a magical first-person journey through one of the most beloved film franchises of all time.

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone premiered in the UK on November 10, 2001 and went on to make more than $1 billion US dollars at global box offices.

Streaming giant HBO Max, which is behind such hits as Brian Coxs Succession, said that cast members including Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) would feature in the TV special.

Director Chris Columbus will be joined by cast members including Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort), Gary Oldman (Sirius Black), and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), among many others.

It comes after key members of the Harry Potter cast, including Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson, spoke out against comments she had made about trans people.

Rowling was accused of transphobia after she joked about the title of an article which referred to people who menstruate. Amid the backlash, Watson encouraged people to donate to charities which support trans people.

However, other cast members who will be appearing, including Fiennes and Coltrane, said they did not understand the uproar around the comments.

Coltrane said: I dont think what she said was offensive really. I dont know why but theres a whole Twitter generation of people who hang around waiting to be offended.

I feel like Rupert Grint is the only one whose career hasn't really gone anywhere after 20 years.

Outside of Harry Potter films and video games what's he done?

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Scotty_Rogers
11/21/21 5:40:12 PM
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whos rupert

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Broseph_Stalin
11/21/21 5:40:13 PM
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lol
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Smackems
11/21/21 5:40:39 PM
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Broseph_Stalin posted...
lol


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HylianFox
11/21/21 5:40:56 PM
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Maze_ posted...
I feel like Rupert Grint is the only one whose career hasn't really gone anywhere after 20 years.

Not me
Not Hermione
YOU

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lilORANG
11/21/21 5:41:19 PM
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It's a film reunion. Why would she show up?
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One_Day_Remains
11/21/21 5:41:31 PM
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Lmao get owned transphobic bitch
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Irony
11/21/21 5:41:33 PM
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He's currently in a tv show that M Night is involved with

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iPhone_7
11/21/21 5:42:12 PM
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Good, they dont need to be inviting extremists

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Doom_Art
11/21/21 5:42:18 PM
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Maze_ posted...
I feel like Rupert Grint is the only one whose career hasn't really gone anywhere after 20 years.
He's had some pretty great indie films and series

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Maze_
11/21/21 5:42:41 PM
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lilORANG posted...
It's a film reunion. Why would she show up?
Because she created the franchise dude lol

Imagine asking why George RR Martin should be involved with Game of Thrones

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Duncanwii
11/21/21 5:42:42 PM
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I doubt she cares on her solid gold yacht.

I bet she makes in 3 days more then any of her haters make in a year.
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Ysmir
11/21/21 5:43:57 PM
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Good. Also funny that I've seen people attacking the cast for doing this when she's not even invited. Like come on.

Duncanwii posted...
I doubt she cares on her solid gold yacht.
Shut the fuck up Duncan.

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Smashingpmkns
11/21/21 5:44:39 PM
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Maze_ posted...
However, other cast members who will be appearing, including Fiennes and Coltrane, said they did not understand the uproar around the comments.

Disappointed in Ralph Fiennes tbh.
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LordFarquad1312
11/21/21 5:44:43 PM
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Broseph_Stalin posted...
lol


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HylianFox
11/21/21 5:45:04 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
solid gold yacht.

doesn't sound very sea-worthy

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Arcanine2009
11/21/21 5:45:22 PM
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where does it say she wasn't invited?

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lilORANG
11/21/21 5:46:16 PM
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Maze_ posted...

Because she created the franchise dude lol

Imagine asking why George RR Martin should be involved with Game of Thrones


The show watchers dgaf about GRRM, just like the movie watchers dgaf about JK. It's cool that Dan and Emma are coming back bc they rarely do these kind of reunion gigs. That's the real appeal here.

Like, if JK wasnt invited to her own book tour that'd be sus lol.
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Proto_Spark
11/21/21 5:49:34 PM
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Arcanine2009 posted...
where does it say she wasn't invited?

Maze_ posted...
but author JK Rowling wont be joining them.

Granted, she could have gotten the offer and denied it because she made a victim of herself when people got pissed at her for being a TERF.
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Maze_
11/21/21 5:51:32 PM
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Proto_Spark posted...
Granted, she could have gotten the offer and denied it because she made a victim of herself when people got pissed at her for being a TERF.
I guess it's a fair point.

HBO never openly said they refused to invite her. Maybe they did and she just said no.

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skermac
11/21/21 5:53:12 PM
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I have never seen any Harry potter movie, which should I start with?

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Trumble
11/21/21 5:55:01 PM
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skermac posted...
I have never seen any Harry potter movie, which should I start with?
Snapes on a Plane

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Funkydog
11/21/21 5:57:49 PM
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Ysmir posted...
Good. Also funny that I've seen people attacking the cast for doing this when she's not even invited. Like come on.

Yeah, thankfully it's only a few who seem to be doing it from what I've seen. Most people seem to understand this is separate and she's not invited.
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Maze_
11/21/21 5:58:37 PM
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skermac posted...
I have never seen any Harry potter movie, which should I start with?
Erm

The first

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The acting (from the kids) is atrocious and the CGI is terrible. But it's a good film and the series has continuity.

If you jump right in the later films you will have aworse experience.


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Ivynn
11/21/21 5:59:43 PM
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Maze_ posted...
Erm

The first

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The acting (from the kids) is atrocious and the CGI is terrible. But it's a good film and the series has continuity.

If you jump right in the later films you will have aworse experience.

note: do not take skermac posts seriously

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Gamerguymass
11/21/21 6:00:43 PM
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Depending on what the licensing contract is if they aren't going to invite her at all then she should revoke permission for them to air anything having to do with Harry Potter.

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skermac
11/21/21 6:02:05 PM
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Ivynn posted...
note: do not take skermac posts seriously

why not im being serious:/

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lilORANG
11/21/21 6:02:39 PM
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Gamerguymass posted...
Depending on what the licensing contract is if they aren't going to invite her at all then she should revoke permission for them to air anything having to do with Harry Potter.

Lol if you think she has that power
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Ysmir
11/21/21 6:03:07 PM
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Gamerguymass posted...
Depending on what the licensing contract is if they aren't going to invite her at all then she should revoke permission for them to air anything having to do with Harry Potter.
Shut the fuck up. Also not how rights work.

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Maze_
11/21/21 6:04:04 PM
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Gamerguymass posted...
Depending on what the licensing contract is if they aren't going to invite her at all then she should revoke permission for them to air anything having to do with Harry Potter.
You're more out of it than Luna Lovegood if you believe she can do that.

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LightningAce11
11/21/21 6:06:01 PM
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So Columbus actually expressed interest in directing a Cursed Child adaptation, what if this is the announcement?

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_HayleyWilliams
11/21/21 6:06:24 PM
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Good

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skermac
11/21/21 6:18:59 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Lol if you think she has that power

its her creation

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CoasterFan1990
11/21/21 6:19:36 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
I doubt she cares on her solid gold yacht.

I bet she makes in 3 days more then any of her haters make in a year.
Duncan with yet another shit take
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Ysmir
11/21/21 6:19:39 PM
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skermac posted...
its her creation
Not how rights work. Shut the fuck up skermac.

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Background_Guy
11/21/21 6:19:49 PM
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Gamerguymass posted...
Depending on what the licensing contract is if they aren't going to invite her at all then she should revoke permission for them to air anything having to do with Harry Potter.
Yeah I'm sure she'll get right on that.
While we're at it the Steve Ditko estate should tell Disney they're not allowed to make Spiderman movies anymore
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skermac
11/21/21 6:21:24 PM
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Ysmir posted...
Not how rights work. Shut the fuck up skermac.

you trying to bully people is not working

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Ysmir
11/21/21 6:21:38 PM
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skermac posted...
you trying to bully people is not working
Am I bullying you with facts

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Maze_
11/21/21 6:21:44 PM
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skermac posted...
its her creation
She didn't even have the power to get them to use the correct title in the US.

You think she has the rights to using footage of a movie she had little to do with the production of?

She wrote the books but when she signed away the rights to make a film adaptation that adaptation is not hers.

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Axiom
11/21/21 6:22:22 PM
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skermac posted...
you trying to bully people is not working
You understanding the world isn't working either
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Background_Guy
11/21/21 6:22:25 PM
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Background_Guy posted...
Yeah I'm sure she'll get right on that.
While we're at it the Steve Ditko estate should tell Disney they're not allowed to make Spiderman movies anymore
Ok I was joking here but I just googled it and they actually tried to do that, goddamn.
https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/steve-ditko-estate-tries-to-regain-spider-man-doctor-strange-copyrights-680207
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dj1200
11/21/21 6:24:37 PM
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She's fucking balling out of control. Her net worth is 820 million.

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Funkydog
11/21/21 6:36:12 PM
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Maze_ posted...

She didn't even have the power to get them to use the correct title in the US.

You think she has the rights to using footage of a movie she had little to do with the production of?

She wrote the books but when she signed away the rights to make a film adaptation that adaptation is not hers.

tbf, when she was making her first book she didn't have a miniscule amount of the power/influence she has now so had to appease the then publisher who wanted it changed. And it was changed for the stupidest reasoning as well.
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Flauros
11/21/21 6:38:32 PM
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Why do people hate her now? I thought all the wokies loved her and are obsessed with Harry Potter?

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Maze_
11/21/21 6:42:47 PM
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Flauros posted...
Why do people hate her now? I thought all the wokies loved her and are obsessed with Harry Potter?
She's quite aggressively anti-trans and has alligned herself with some quite nasty anti-transgender entities.

Which is kind of amusing considering how much the right hated her for being pro gay and feminist for decades.

Now it's flipped and the right is defending her for days over how bad transgenders are.

Well I say that. She doesn't seem to hate FtM trans people. Just MtF.

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Background_Guy
11/21/21 6:47:19 PM
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Flauros posted...
Why do people hate her now? I thought all the wokies loved her and are obsessed with Harry Potter?
I don't know how anyone could think HP was "woke" unless you were offended by the villains being obvious nazi analogues
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Maze_
11/21/21 6:49:24 PM
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Background_Guy posted...
I don't know how anyone could think HP was "woke" unless you were offended by the villains being obvious nazi analogues
Wasn't so much HP itself as much as it was JK and Emma Watson's open support of feminism and pro homosexuality actiivism.


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CADE FOSTER
11/21/21 6:49:47 PM
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she is so toxic they dont want her there lol
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_HayleyWilliams
11/21/21 6:58:25 PM
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dj1200 posted...
She's fucking balling out of control. Her net worth is 820 million.
Too bad she hates trans women

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PMarth2002
11/21/21 7:00:43 PM
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Flauros posted...
Why do people hate her now? I thought all the wokies loved her and are obsessed with Harry Potter?

She said a bunch of transphobic stuff and is a huge TERF..

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