With HBO‘s “Harry Potter” sequence nearing a manufacturing begin date, J.Okay. Rowling has taken to X to present the sequence her full blown help. She confirmed that she’s “labored carefully with the extraordinarily proficient writers” on the present, though she won’t getting any writing credit herself like she has on the “Unbelievable Beasts” films.

“I learn the primary two episodes of the forthcoming HBO ‘Harry Potter’ sequence and they’re SO, SO, SO GOOD!” Rowling additionally posted.

HBO made it clear from the start that Rowling can be concerned in some capability with bringing her iconic literary sequence again to life on display, this time as a tv sequence the place every e book is about to cowl one season of TV. Community CEO Casey Bloys beforehand instructed reporters that Rowling was “very, very concerned within the course of” of choosing showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director Mark Mylod to steer the cost on the “Harry Potter” TV sequence.

Rowling has courted controversy since 2020 for often sharing beliefs on social media that many imagine are transphobic. The writer additionally makes use of platforms like X to often troll her critics and take intention at public figures (corresponding to slamming John Oliver’s feedback on trans athletes). Each HBO and the brand new “Harry Potter” forged have acquired backlash for stepping into enterprise with Rowling as a consequence of her anti-trans posts.

Bloys has mentioned that Rowling’s anti-trans statements “haven’t affected the casting or hiring of writers or productions employees” for the present. He appeared on “The City” podcast in Might and pressured to “Harry Potter” followers that the community’s upcoming sequence won’t be “infused” with Rowling’s controversial views on the transgender group. 

“The choice to be in enterprise with J.Okay. Rowling isn’t new for us. We’ve been in enterprise for 25 years,” Bloys mentioned. “We have already got a present on HBO from her referred to as ‘C.B. Strike’ that we do with the BBC. It’s fairly clear that these are her private, political beliefs. She’s entitled to them. ‘Harry Potter’ isn’t secretly being infused with something. And if you wish to debate her, you possibly can go on Twitter.”

Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout are headlining HBO’s “Harry Potter” sequence as Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. The supporting forged will characteristic John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, amongst others.

Rowling made headlines in Might for saying she wouldn’t fireplace Essiedu after he signed an open letter condemning the U.Okay. Supreme Courtroom for ruling that transgender ladies should not legally thought-about ladies and transgender males should not legally thought-about males.

“I don’t have the facility to sack an actor from the sequence and I wouldn’t train it if I did,” Rowling wrote on X whereas sharing an article about Essiedu. “I don’t imagine in taking away individuals’s jobs or livelihoods as a result of they maintain legally protected beliefs that differ from mine.”

The “Harry Potter” sequence is anticipated to enter manufacturing later this yr for a premiere someday in 2026.