Can Harry Potter Reboot Survive J.K. Rowling?
Harry Potter TV series based on the world-famous books by J.K. Rowling could hinge on how many people on the project share her views about transgender people.A TV reboot of the popular books and films is reportedly in the works, with each of the seven books about the boy wizard fighting to save his magical world from the evil villain Voldemort getting an entire season dedicated to it.Rowling will maintain some level of involvement in the series "to ensure it remains loyal to her original material," according to initial reports.Some observers have questioned whether a TV series was necessary, given the global success of the film franchise.
But others ask whether it is ethically responsible to continue to boost Rowling's work in view of her years of controversial comments about transgender people—and if many will boycott the series as a result."My first thought when I heard that they were rebooting Harry Potter for TV was how unnecessary this all was," entertainment journalist Zoë Rose Bryant told Newsweek."The films, which many of us grew up on, are still so fresh in our minds, and they additionally represent some of the most successful adaptations of all time, creatively, commercially and critically," she said. "I didn't see how a TV series could improve on them and not simply feel like a redundant retread at the end of the day."The Harry Potter books follow the titular character, who attends the prestigious Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and he gets into a series of escapades with his two best friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.
