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J.K. Rowling is back at it again — but this time instead of getting canceled online, her comments got taken straight to the police!

K.J. Yossman J.K. Rowling’s bestselling children’s book “The Christmas Pig” is set to get a film adaptation.

transitioning children” that found that NHS did not know the longterm effects of gender-affirming healthcare for minors, fans were curious if the report could change the author’s relationship with the former “Harry Potter” child stars.The British author was blunt when questioned whether she could forgive Watson, 33, and Radcliffe, 34, if they apologized for previous criticism of her anti-transgender comments. “Just waiting for Dan and Emma to give you a very public apology … safe in the knowledge that you will forgive them …” one social media user wrote to Rowling.

UPDATED with latest: At its Max streaming event in April 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a new era is coming for Harry Potter fans. The company announced a TV series based on all seven books about the boy wizard written by J.K. Rowling. See below for the most current answers to the most important questions about the project.

The years-long war of words between Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling and supporters of transgender rights heated up again today with the release of an independent review of gender identity services for children and young people delivered by Britain’s National Health Service. The four-year review was commissioned by the NHS and conducted by Dr. Hilary Cass, a pediatrician who was asked to make recommendations for improving those services.

Ellise Shafer U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed J.K. Rowling after the “Harry Potter” author spoke out against Scotland’s new hate crime act, daring the police to arrest her for misgendering trans women.

Miriam Margolyes is doubling down on her thoughts that adult Harry Potter fans should move on from stanning the film and book series created by J.K. Rowling.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director J.K. Rowling criticized Sky News on X (formerly Twitter) after the British television news channel posted a story about a 26-year-old being jailed for murder and referred to her as a “woman” and not a transgender woman. Scarlet Blake was found guilty last week of murdering a man four months after she live-streamed a video in which she killed a cat.

More “Harry Potter” is coming from Warner Bros., as the studio revealed last Spring. But don’t expect it to reach Max for another couple of years.

Harry Potter series of books has finally been given a prospective release date.The news of a new TV version of J.K. Rowling’s series of books was first confirmed by HBO Max last April, with reports that each of the seven books will get its own season.“Your Hogwarts letter is here,” a tweet from the streaming company read. “Max has ordered the first ever Harry Potter scripted television series, a faithful adaptation of the iconic books.”And now, Warner Bros.

We’re getting a new update on the Harry Potter TV series!

UPDATED with latest release date outlook. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed Friday that a long-planned Harry Potter series is aiming to debut on Max in 2026.

Naman Ramachandran “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eighth story in the series, is extending its run at the Palace Theatre at London’s West End to 2025. Producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions have revealed a booking extension through to March 2, 2025 for the two-part production.

EXCLUSIVE: The television series is moving closer to fruition.

At its Max streaming event earlier this year, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a new era is coming for Harry Potter fans. The company announced a TV series based on all seven books about the boy wizard written by J.K. Rowling. See below for the most current answers to the most important questions about the project.

Dave Chappelle is set to release a new stand-up special on Netflix on New Year’s Eve. It comes two years after the comedian received a backlash due to comments he made about the trans community.The new special was announced on X (formely Twitter), with the streaming service’s official Netflix is a Joke account posting a short teaser clip with the caption: “Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special will launch globally on Netflix, December 31st.”The currently untitled special will be Chappelle’s seventh for Netflix.

Harry Potter has become a multimedia franchise to rival Star Wars and Marvel.The success of the books led to a film adaptation of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone in 2001, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. The remaining six novels in the series were later adapted across seven films, with the last being Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011.Since then, the wizarding world has continued on the big screen through the Fantastic Beasts films starring Eddie Redmayne.

After three films, and dwindling box office returns for each successive movie, the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise may officially be over. Variety reports (via Total Film) that David Yates, who helmed all three of “Harry Potter” prequels (and the final four in the original franchise) revealed in a new interview that the series is “parked.” And it’s news to him that the plan all along was for “Fantastic Beasts” to be a five-film series.

Stephen King has faced some criticism after promoting one of J.K. Rowling’s books.On Thursday (October 26), the author praised The Running Grave by Rowling, written under her crime fiction pseudonym Robert Galbraith.“This is J.K. Rowling at her best, recalling the sheer readability of the Harry Potter books, but much darker,” King wrote on X.

J.K. Rowling has said she would “happily” go to prison rather than refer to transgender women as “women”.On Tuesday (October 17), the Harry Potter author posted an image on X which showed the slogan, “Repeat after us: trans women are women,” with the caption: “No.”In response, a commenter appeared to refer to a report on The Mail On Sunday, which said Labour are looking to introduce plans to make deliberately using the wrong pronouns a hate crime, which could result in a prison sentence.“Vote Labour, get a two year stretch!” the reply read. In response, Rowling said she would do prison time to stand by her views.“I’ll happily do two years if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the reality and importance of sex,” she wrote.

Marshall B. Grossman, a combative but well-respected Los Angeles power lawyer who repped the likes of Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, J.K. Rowling and Netflix during his career and litigated the first successful consumer class action in California, has died. He was 84.

Caroline Brew editor In the most recent episode of Dax Shepard’s podcast “Armchair Expert,” Jonathan Van Ness broke down in tears while defending the rights of transgender kids. Shepard and Van Ness engaged in a light-hearted conversation about a range of topics before they began talking about The New York Times. When Van Ness said the publication should not be considered left-leaning, Shepard responded with, “It absolutely is.” Van Ness then said the publication shares anti-trans content.

When it comes to Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts franchise filmmaker David Yates returning to the Max TV series, he tells Deadline, “Never say never.”

Brent Lang Executive Editor With “Pain Hustlers,” David Yates was ready to exchange Hogwarts for strip-mall medical offices. It was time for the British director behind many of the Harry Potter films and the “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” series to leave magic behind for a grittier look at muggledom. “Having spent such a long time making films about wizards, I wanted to do a film in the real world and a social-issue driven, but one that wasn’t too earnest and serious,” Yates says a week before the Netflix release debuts at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

At its Max streaming event earlier this year, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a new era is coming for Harry Potter fans. The company announced a TV series based on all seven books about the boy wizard written by J.K. Rowling. See below for the most current answers to the most important questions about the project.

Naman Ramachandran Stage show “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has unveiled a new cast for its London production. David Ricardo-Pearce will play Harry Potter, with Polly Frame as Ginny Potter and Ellis Rae as their son Albus Potter. Thomas Aldridge continues as Ron Weasley with Jade Ogugua joining the cast to play Hermione Granger along with Taneetrah Porter as their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley.

Harry Potter actor Matthew Lewis, now 34, is best known for playing Neville Longbottom in the hit movie series, based on best-selling books by J.K. Rowling. The actor became a fan favourite, with his character Neville starting out as a geeky young boy and maturing into a confident man who saves the day in the 2011 finale of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

J.K. Rowling has been airbrushed from a US museum due to her “hateful” anti-trans rhetoric.In a May blog post from Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, project manager Chris Moore – who is transgender – criticised the author for her “transphobic” views and explained how the museum would handle Harry Potter displays moving forward.“There’s a certain cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity in the world of Harry Potter and, this time, it is not actually a Dementor,” the blog post reads.

removed all mention of JK Rowling from their “Harry Potter” exhibit after calling her a “cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity,” according to a blog post that was posted in May.Project manager Chris Moore, who is transgender, authored the piece and claimed that they would “love to go with the internet’s theory that these books were actually written without an author.” “But this certain person is a bit too vocal with her super hateful and divisive views to be ignored,” continued the post. “For the time being, the curators decided to remove any of her artifacts from this gallery to reduce her impact.”“It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s what we were able to do in the short-term while determining long-term practices.”The Daily Mail has reported that MoPOP has kept the “Harry Potter” memorabilia on display, but Rowling’s name is not mentioned anywhere in the exhibit.

Harry Potter scene.The actor, who played Draco Malfoy, in the movie adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s books, said he got on the wrong side of the late star who portrayed Severus Snape, when it came to stepping on his cloak.Felton said via LadBible: “I was told in no uncertain terms by Alan Rickman, ‘don’t step on my fucking cloak’.

Naman Ramachandran “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eighth story in the series, celebrates its seventh anniversary at the Palace Theatre at London’s West End on July 30, where it is now booking to May 19, 2024. In the play, 19 years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a new adventure – this time, joined by a new generation that has only just arrived at the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

At its Max streaming event earlier this year, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a new era is coming for Harry Potter fans. The company announced a TV series based on all seven books about the boy wizard written by J.K. Rowling. See below for the most current answers to the most important questions about the project.

With the recent news that HBO’s streaming service, Max (previously known as HBO Max), is developing a new “Harry Potter” series, what are the odds that the original Harry will be making an appearance?

Lauren Jauregui is slamming Elon Musk again.

Elon Musk has decided that the terms “cis” and “cisgender” are “considered slurs” on Twitter.

EXCLUSIVE: A founding partner of Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo and a fixture in the Hollywood legal community for five decades, Kenneth Kleinberg built his practice lawyering the likes of Jack Nicholson, J.K. Rowling, Johnny Depp, musicians like Toby Keith and brands like Lego, among many others.