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HBO Says ‘Harry Potter’ Series Will ‘Benefit’ From J.K. Rowling’s Involvement: She ‘Has the Right to Express Her Personal Views’ (variety.com)

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HBO defended J.K. Rowling's involvement in its upcoming "Harry Potter" TV series, emphasizing her creative contributions and her right to express personal views despite controversy over her anti-trans statements.

Rowling's outspoken gender-related beliefs have deeply divided the Harry Potter fanbase, with some advocating for boycotts and others finding ways to reconcile their love for the franchise while opposing her views.

Despite fan backlash and fractured enthusiasm, the "Wizarding World" franchise remains commercially strong, and Rowling appears unfazed by criticism, continuing to focus on her advocacy and involvement in the new series.

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[–] southsamurai 1 points 1 day ago

Absolutely. All it takes is a competent script writer and director. Adapting a book to a movie is harder because you have to cut material for time. A series based on a book, you have plenty of time, so you can pretty much take the dialogue as written, and the rest is about set construction and costuming with whatever effects are needed.

It isn't like it was with game of thrones where the series wasn't finished. Even there, they diverged from the books enough that they didn't really need Martin the last two seasons if they wanted to diverge even more and ignore what he intended as the finale.