{"id":133980,"date":"2024-11-21T10:23:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T10:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/hbo-states-j-k-rowling-has-a-right-to-express-her-personal-views\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T10:23:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T10:23:32","slug":"hbo-states-j-k-rowling-has-a-right-to-express-her-personal-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/hbo-states-j-k-rowling-has-a-right-to-express-her-personal-views\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO States J.K. Rowling &#8220;Has a Right to Express Her Personal Views&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HBO stands by J.K. Rowling as it reboots &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; for television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJ.K. Rowling has a right to express her personal views. We will remain focused on the development of the new series, which will only benefit from her involvement.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gK0eg46DB2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/gK0eg46DB2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1859327973876183432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>HBO has a Harry Potter television show in active development with author J.K. Rowling reportedly &#8220;very, very involved in the process selecting the writer and the director&#8221; according to HBO chief Casey Bloys at a press event. He further said that her anti-trans views &#8220;haven&#8217;t affected the casting or hiring of writers or productions staff&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Recently, a spokesperson for HBO released a statement to Variety about Rowling&#8217;s involvement in the show. &#8220;Working with J.K. Rowling and in the Harry Potter business for over 20 years [and] her contribution has been invaluable. We are proud to once again tell the story of Harry Potter &#8211; the heartwarming books that speak to power of friendship, resolve and acceptance. <b>J.K. Rowling has a right to express her personal views<\/b>. We will remain focused on the development of the new series, which will only benefit from her involvement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rowling has made transphobia her entire personality on twitter and has recently feuded with the likes of John Oliver and Joyce Carol Oates as well as being named in a lawsuit by Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif for cyberbullying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/1859327973876183432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">source<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/129591681.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO stands by J.K. Rowling as it reboots &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; for television. \u201cJ.K. Rowling has a right to express her personal views. We will remain focused on the development of the new series, which will only benefit from her involvement.&#8221;https:\/\/t.co\/gK0eg46DB2 \u2014 Variety (@Variety) November 20, 2024 HBO has a Harry Potter television show in active [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-133980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}