Harry Potter To Get Series Reboot — And Trans Activists Are Already Planning Boycott

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling is reportedly in talks with Warner Bros. Discovery to create a seven-season series based on her books – and trans activists are already planning their boycotts.

No deal has yet been reached, but according to a report from the U.K. publication Metro, the proposed series would air on HBO Max and would dedicate one season to each of the seven books — and Rowling would be involved in the process, likely as a producer.

But critics of Rowling’s personal views on sex and gender — namely that biological sex has value and that biological females should be allowed protected spaces where biological males regardless of their gender identities are not allowed — have already promised to avoid the series altogether.

Wizarding News (@HPANA), an outlet that began in 2002 to report on all things related to Harry Potter and now claims to report on the “demise of J.K. Rowling’s legacy,” dug up a tweet from a year earlier in which they “warned” Warner Bros. about the possible repercussions of working with Rowling in the future.

“Warner Bros. Discovery is officially on notice. If they pursue a continued relationship with JK Rowling, we will continue calling for a boycott of their franchise,” the tweet from May of 2022 read. “You’d have thought the embarrassing failure of Fantastic Beasts would be the end of it, but they want more pain.”

If they buy out Rowling and let other creative forces develop new content, that might work.

But anything that includes JK Rowling in any role whatsoever is a nonstarter. She must be fully excised, and the taint of her bigotry must be far, far away.

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (@HPANA) May 21, 2022

They went on to say that they might tolerate a new Harry Potter series if Rowling were bought out and left out of the creative process entirely, adding, “But anything that includes JK Rowling in any role whatsoever is a nonstarter. She must be fully excised, and the taint of her bigotry must be far, far away.”

They brought that tweet back last week as news of a possible deal began to circulate, adding, “Hey @wbd @warnerbros you were already warned about this! Any new Harry Potter TV show made with or by JK Rowling will be met with loud and constant protest. It will not be pleasant, and all of it will be leaked ahead of release anyways,” they warned again.

… and that was *before* JK Rowling defended the leader of a Nazi-supported anti-trans hate rally.

Any purposeful association or relationship with her now is tainted by the fact that she won't disavow this woman.#HarryPotter #JKRvsLGBTQhttps://t.co/Q8sz4WxXZj

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (@HPANA) April 4, 2023

Rowling also faced threats of boycotts over the recently released Hogwarts Legacy video game — and some critics even refused to review the game entirely because they opposed her views.

Biden Officially Ends COVID-19 National Emergency

President Biden terminated the national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, three years after federal and state governments initially enacted a two-week order to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Biden signed the resolution ending the orders after U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers passed the bill despite almost 200 House Democrats voting against ending the national emergency declaration, which led to draconian social distancing rules, closures of small businesses and schools, and mask and vaccine mandates.

“The President signed into law: H.J.Res. 7, which terminates the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the White House said in a short news release.

Earlier this year, the Biden administration quietly admitted its plan to end the COVID-19 emergency declarations, which initially intended to file one last extension of the national and public health emergency declarations on April 11 until officially ending both on May 11.

The policy was intended to criticize two bills in the House of Representatives that would end the emergency declarations by force, claiming the legislation would “create wide-ranging chaos and uncertainty throughout the health care system — for states, for hospitals and doctors’ offices, and, most importantly, for tens of millions of Americans.”

According to The Hill, the new law ends federal health program waivers, including Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, although health officials have eased back on many of the regulations surrounding COVID-19.

The declaration also allowed the Trump administration to pause student loan repayments and enact Title 42, to block illegal immigrants from crossing the southern border out of caution for public health.

Biden administration officials are still trying to end the policy that allows border agents to turn migrants away on an expedited basis, but the Supreme Court stopped it.

Former President Donald Trump first declared a national emergency on March 13, 2020, which allowed federal officials to authorize funding for testing and vaccination centers in cities and states.