Why did Black Mirror director Ally Pankiw reject HBO’s Harry Potter series?
Pankiw said the offer was for directing, not acting, and said she declined to avoid supporting J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans politics.
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The new series of 'Harry Potter' is once again crossed by the controversy around J.K. Rowling. After Ally Pankiw made public that he refused to work on the adaptation by linking the writer to the project, Kate Herron, director of 'Loki', has revealed that HBO also tried to record it twice and said not both times. Herron reacted precisely to the publication of Pankiw, who had shown a conversation with her representative in which she flatly ruled …
Director Kate Herron Says She Turned Down Work on ‘Harry Potter’
Add director Kate Herron to the growing list of queer Hollywood creatives speaking up about turning down opportunities related to the HBO Max Harry Potter reboot series.On Thursday, after I Used to Be Funny director Ally Pankiw posted on Instagram about telling her team “absolutely f**king not” in response to an inquiry about potential meetings for the revamped Harry Potter series, fellow director Kate Herron popped into the comments section to …
'Black Mirror' director refused "transphobic" 'Harry Potter' job
Black Mirror director Ally Pankiw has roasted the new HBO Harry Potter series after sharing with fans just how easy it is to turn down the project, which she deems “transphobic” . Pankiw shared in a now-viral Instagram post a private text message exchange with her agent, who surreptitiously offered her work on the controversial HBO programme. “I have an instinct on the answer, but I feel compelled to ask,” writes the agent. “Harry Potter? Hard n…
These Directors Rejected ‘Harry Potter’ Series Because of J.K. Rowling
Two prominent television directors are making it clear that a trip to Hogwarts is not worth compromising their support for the trans community. Ally Pankiw and Kate Herron have both revealed that they rejected opportunities to work on HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter adaptation because of J.K. Rowling’s years of anti-trans rhetoric. It Really Is That Easy Pankiw, who has directed episodes of Black Mirror and The Great and previously wrote for Schitt’…
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