Black Mirror directors reject HBO 'Harry Potter' over J.K. Rowling's views
THIS is how you be an actual trans ally! 🙌 variety.com/2026/tv/glob...
Julie 🏳️⚧️ 🏴☠️ 🏳️🌈 Montoya165Yep! It's that easy. (I think I'd actually rather tell someone where they can stick a million quid than accept it.)
Diana Ellefson54It's already been renewed for a second season? Wow, they haven't even seen the dismal performance of the first one yet. Truly, these executives are failed capitalists and a disappointment to their professed ideals. Good that they are burning all that money, though!
@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social20JK Rowling is really annoying.
Zoe Tunnell ➡️ FlameCon E-09273And it is THIS EASY. I have more sympathy for, like, film crews and ground level production staff because that is not a job where you get to pick and choose what you're working on 99% of the time. But actors, directors, writers, producers? They choose. And they could have so easily said "hell no"
Faine Greenwood150absolutely exemplary and noble examples of being a genuine Girl’s Girl
Lizzy Rose Oliver - Voice Actress78The crazy thing is television writers aren't NEARLY as rich and famous as some of the actors they're bringing in. I imagine the industry is a pain in the ass. And yet, THEY still stuck to their fucking morals and told Joanne to fuck off TWICE. There's no fuckin' excuse at this point.
Tyler, from the Internet62yay! look everybody, look and understand how hard this isn't!
Jessica Cogswell 🌸61It’s so funny to think about how so many of the folks attached probably weren’t even the studio’s first choice—they were just the first people who were willing to sell out. Like, not only did you choose money over allyship/your spine, you’re also just kinda embarrassing.
Writing "Don't worry about it" on tax form55Loki was pretty big for a lot of the trans women I know so I hope Herron knows what a crossroads she went the right direction on
Keith Kurson19Seems really easy to say "no" to this transphobic witch
BeatRushMetro17Good news for me since Kate Herron is apparently set to director a movie based on The Sims and that sounds like it'll be hilarious so yay her
Intentona pela Reconstituição da Interioridade ❤️🔥16Matéria importante, mas um obs: A Variety colocando "Rowling’s views on trans persons’ rights, which many have alleged are transphobic". Ué, mas ela já deixou bem claro que ela é transfóbica, inclusive financia movimentos.
John Wintroub is watching My Adventures with Superman13Love Kate Herron’s work on Loki and Doctor Who. Considering how pro queer her work on both shows was, it’s not shocking she rejected Harry Potter.
Ally Pankiw (I Used to Be Funny) revealed in an Instagram post that she passed on directing the HBO Harry Potter series. Kate Herron (Loki) revealed in the comments that she passed on directing episodes TWICE. It really is that fucking easy. It's really just that easy.
Eris99I'm so happy to see people openly saying this 😊 Not just refusing to work on the terf show but openly saying why. Makes it easier for others and draws a hard line. More of this!
Peril29Based on the response, it looks like even more people may have also given a hard no (obvs just speculation)
Maverynthia24Casey Casem passed on a voice role in Transformers (Season 3) because it only portrayed Arabs as evil. It's as easy as saying "no".
cr1sp_sandw1ch23It’s just a case of people indicating they are easily bought when they sign up for this. Glad to see not everyone lacks moral courage.
William6Women scifi directors know the score and it ain't this shit.
🏴ᛏ Sigrún, hræfnes cwen ᚩ🏴327crazy how easy it is to say "wait, the transphobia show? by the hitlerite castledweller? lmao no" so many act like if they can't work for that bitch they'll die and explode and get fucked by multiple corpse-hungry dogs
Martin O'Leary55Also, I’m glad they’re struggling to get directors. In this economy, too? It’s brutal out there and we keep hearing about BAFTA winners ditching their careers to make ends meet driving an Uber. Yet here are these two telling HBO to go fuck themselves.
Dicey "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" June44Is named Ally. is an ally to trans people.
Lizzy Rose Oliver - Voice Actress37Apparently Kate Herron is developing a movie based on The Sims. I previously had no interest in a Sims movie, but I am more than happy to go watch it simply to show my support to anyone telling Moldy Joanne to fuck off.
Gam Silroy ❌️👑33Not only is this a profile in courage but also a (rightfully) vicious subtweet of Nicholas Hoult by Ally Pankiw
Rafe Meager (they/them)25this reminds me of when people in academia said you "can't" turn down a potentially lucrative research meeting with epstein. all the while actually your colleagues can and do turn these things down! bsky.app/profile/doct...
Frankendarling22Just need to share comedian Patti Harrison’s (who is trans) hilarious comment on this post.
Dix22I'm here thinking "wait... She said no and they *still* came back to ask a second time? Goddamn."
Mike Dawson17I wish it were possible to not-watch this show enough to un-Billionaire JK Rowling, but I doubt that it is. I *do* think it might be possible to make it enough of a commercial disappointment that it embarrasses her and everyone involved however
Stuart Webb16I remember Mackenzie Crook saying on RHLSTP that people are always surprised he turned down a return to the Pirates films a couple of times because they assume it's "can't say no" money. But only the Johnny Depps get that, and in fact it's really easy to say "no" if you really don't want to do it.
Canadian director Ally Pankiw on working on on HBO‘s Harry Potter series: "Absolutely fucking not!" deadline.com/2026/08/ally...
Kate LaDew4And it's that easy. If you discount all morals and principles and only look at the financial aspect, none of these actors need the money. Accepting it makes you complicit.
No Abide1BTW. She has never cast a transgender actor in her work.
Daniel Ahmad4424> Turns down Harry Potter directing role because J. K. Rowling uses her wealth and public influence to fund / advocate for policies that restrict the rights of transgender people. > Is named Ally
Sam Barlow 🔥89✊ Saying no this stuff seems like such as easy baseline for being a decent person. Whole thing boggles my mind
Hierophant Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛63More of these stories and less of the "I disagree with the mid wizard book bigot but I'm going to cash her checks" stories.
jeeyon shim 심지연52Well I guess I'm watching Black Mirror
รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️🌈51it's nice to know kate herron is sound.
Eka | Dosa Divas35“It is simply this easy to say no to funding transphobia,”
Nina Metz34“It is simply this easy to say no to funding transphobia”
CRT_J0323See how fucking easy it is? The article also mentions the Loki show Director Kate Herron saying no after being asked twice. “They’ve asked me twice and I’ve had to explain my answer is never going to change from a no.”
Anadarko6Listen, I know JK Rowling sucks but let’s not pretend Harry Potter wasn’t an absolute banger growing up
Jay Brandstetter4I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of turnover the show has considering how genuinely surprised some of the talent seems to have been at the backlash. The kids are probably locked in but I can't imagine the show goes through fewer Dumbledores than the movies.
#ProtectTransKids 🏳️⚧️ One way is to boycott the JK Rowling industrial complex. Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe have previously disagreed with her publicly. Several stars of the new HBO Harry Potter series have also disavow her views, though they pointedly did not leave the show.
Bleeding Heart Syndicate8If they still work on the show, their "disagreement" is meaningless and I'll just never watch anything they are in.
stoneweaver2.bsky.social7It's always "easier" to disavow bigotry after you cash the checks.
Kentucky Hills6Please note step 7. Fighting transphobia and defending vulnerable groups is part of how we save democracy.
Mindcite💥5One can separate the art of an artist from the artist. But in times where powerful media tools play an unprecedented role in amplifying an artist's commentary that helps legitimize bigotry, consumers can boycott with their wallets and their voices. So can highly paid actors. But not enough do.
An Average Joe3They disagree with her views. They do agree to enrich her, fund her hate campaign, and enrich themselves, all while working on as project that can best be described as a pastiche and will not be remembered.
Delli1Always about the money. Learn from the dumpster fire of the U.S...everyone will stay quiet to get their take.🤮
I will share this. It's not fucking hard to tell Warner Bros NO when you are asked to take part in the new Harry Potter TV series. Kudos to these two directors. variety.com/2026/tv/glob...
eric shamow7it's good that we roast people for doing the bad thing and it's REALLY important that we uplift the people who do not do the bad thing
friendOWO || painusINuranus || SKEETfighter2Too many people in hollywood are getting exposed for being spineless because these women stood up for what was right.
the harry potter show will be a commercial failure actually because theyre putting it out on "HBO max"
Kate Barrett9for you gamers out there this is the streaming video equivalent of an Epic Games exclusive
genious4there genuinely isn't much hype for this thing at all. i looked at the youtube comments for the trailer and amongst all the racism there's multiple people saying it just feels weird watching a version of this story that isn't daniel radcliffe & co.
Doc Vivi Leandra【 VTC 】- Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️3Yeah, it's like... I don't think this series will work out just because of the amount they're spending on it, and the fact that they're just redoing the same plot the movies already covered I don't expect a boycott to be super impactful but I also expect it to just fail on its own merits
Erren2HBO Max is one of the least watched services in the US too, so... good luck I suppose.
Graft's Social Media Experience1i think the other problem they haven't considered is that 'troll watching' to 'own the libs' does not pull people into a children's television series that's an hour long, and that the original fans (who are largely in it for the mind-poisoned nostalgia) who are still here will hate it.
