to think JK Rowling should have been invited to HP's 20th anniversay?

[CaptSkippy]

www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/hollywood-news/jk-rowling-to-not-feature-in-harry-potter-anniversary-special-reunion-netizens-react.html

Without her there would literally not be a book series for them to have turned into movies and profit off so much. Shame on HBO Max. They ough to return all the money they made from this franchise. The greedy bastards!

It doesn't actually say she wasn't invited. It just says she isn't in it. It's the media connecting it with the transphobia accusations- and interestingly, connecting it in a critical way.

YANBU. None of those ungrateful wankers would have had a job if it weren't for JKR. Warner initially wanted it to be made in the US with a US cast. She insisted on making it in the UK with Brits.

I think that even if it was for a different reason, that still doesn't make it okay. They did not have to put to focus on her at all, but to exclude her from her own creation is really disrespectful. If she had simply retweeted the mantra like the other mindless drones, she would have been in it.

I can't feel sorry for a billionaire.

Maybe she didn't want to go? If they'd deliberately not invited her and publicly announced why then you'd have a point but I don't think this speculation helps anyone.

How do we know she was excluded? Maybe she chose not to. I mean, I don't know, but it's possible.

A bit like Emma Watson’s post yesterday. No mention of JK. Rude imo.

But nowhere does the article say she's not invited.

Don't spread fake news just because you want to stir up outrage.

There are plenty of reasons she could have chosen not to attend -- maybe she has something else planned for the time of filming or doesn't want to travel.

I doubt they will have every director, producer, and actors of the adult characters there -- it makes sense that the trio would go as Harry Potter has been the centre of their careers so they would want to capitalise on that, more mature and established individuals probably don't want to bother.

I think the fact jkr is excluded from all talks on it speaks volumes. It's disgraceful.

I never said it was due to her being branded a "TERF", but I'd say there is a 9-out-10 chance that's the reason. They will even have Ralph Fiennes in the reunion, when he didn't make an appearance till the fourth film.

@suspiria777

I can't feel sorry for a billionaire.

Nasty!

Admittedly I've only seen a few 'reunion' type shows, but I wouldn't necessarily expect the author of the original source material to be a part of a special celebrating a movie series. The Friends special did have the writers in it a little, but it wasn't an adaptation, they wrote the series itself.

Do you think they'd do this with Game of Thrones and not include George RR Martin?

She is a billionaire solely because of her creativity and very hard work. In fact I think she has given away so much money she is no longer a billionaire. I have a lot of respect for her.

@suspiria777

I can't feel sorry for a billionaire.

Didn’t she lose her billionaire status as she paid so much tax? She doesn’t hide hers in offshore accounts like Emma Watson does.

@suspiria777

I can't feel sorry for a billionaire.

She's actually not a billionaire as she's given millions to charity.

You seem the type to not let facts/reality get in the way of your views...

Do you think they'd do this with Game of Thrones and not include George RR Martin?
I haven't watched the Game of Thrones reunion special, but so far as I can tell online (including looking at the cast on the IMDB page), he wasn't in it, just certain of the TV show's cast.

If he was in it, feel free to correct me!

@suspiria777 what a strange thing to say. Do you think having money would protect you from having your feelings hurt?

I'm glad she isnt going on the show.
At least she doesnt have to spend any time with those backstabbing, ungrateful whatever you want to call them.

I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't even look her in the eyes

@suspiria777

I can't feel sorry for a billionaire.

Thats a really weird outlook

Do you feel a bit more sorry for a millionaire (which is what she is having given masses of money to charity)

How about someone on 100k…or does it also depend on whats wrong?

She may well have been invited but turned it down

But I’ll vote yanbu as i agree with the basic premise

As she still owns much of the HP universe, I suspect that she is having a laugh at those that are calling her names and threatening her, whilst they are still lining her pockets with cash.

I doubt she wanted to be in it. She's very private and has only really contributed a lot to one BBC documentary about the books, I've not seen her do much about the films.

That story is just clickbait.

She doesn’t seem to be someone who likes being in the spotlight all that much, so she may have simply turned down the chance to be in it. There will probably be a whole bunch of thrown together, cash-grab type shows around HP, so maybe she just didn’t want to tell her story for the thousandth time.

I thought it was weird that Emma Watson didn't mention JKR too - the whole thing stems from this one woman. You can't talk about the anniversary without reference to her! Or I guess she did, but the omission was glaring.