‘Dreadful Information’: JK Rowling Trolls ‘Activists’ Allegedly Planning To Boycott Her New ‘Harry Potter’ TV Present

J.Ok. Rowling took to Twitter on Friday to mock “activists” she says are plotting to boycott the upcoming “Harry Potter” tv collection, which is reportedly slated to premiere in 2025 on HBO Max.

One of the best-selling writer dismissed their obvious efforts as “one more boycott,” seemingly implying she is just not taking them severely. Rowling will likely be an government producer on the upcoming present, together with Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts, Deadline reported.

“Dreadful information, which I really feel responsibility certain to share. Activists in my mentions try to organise one more boycott of my work, this time of the Harry Potter TV present,” Rowling tweeted. “As forewarned is forearmed, I’ve taken the precaution of laying in a big inventory of champagne.” (RELATED: On-line Troll Pressured To Apologize To JK Rowling After Writer Threatens Authorized Motion)

Dreadful information, which I really feel responsibility certain to share. Activists in my mentions try to organise one more boycott of my work, this time of the Harry Potter TV present. As forewarned is forearmed, I’ve taken the precaution of laying in a big inventory of champagne.

— J.Ok. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 21, 2023

Rowling has been dealt a slew of backlash from pro-transgender activists lately as a consequence of her views on the transgender motion. The “Harry Potter” writer has been outspoken on her perception that trans people shouldn’t be allowed in areas designated for organic ladies.

In June 2020, Rowling mocked the publication Devex for utilizing the phrase “individuals who menstruate” in lieu of the phrase “ladies.” Rowling additionally criticized a gender identification invoice in March 2022 that will make it simpler for transgender people in Scotland to legally change their gender id, arguing the laws’s passage would “hurt essentially the most weak ladies in society: these in search of assist after male violence/rape and incarcerated ladies.”

Some on-line avid gamers reportedly tried to arrange a boycott of the “Hogwarts Legacy” online game to be able to make a press release towards the writer’s transgender-critical views. The sport ended up promoting 12 million copies and promoting 256% increased than initially anticipated at its launch, Forbes reported in mid-April, citing an replace from the senior international model supervisor at Warner Bros, the writer behind the online game.