{"id":1128098,"date":"2021-12-17T09:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128098"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:59:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:59:20","slug":"fantastic-beasts-trailer-downplays-involvement-of-author-j-k-rowling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fantastic-beasts-trailer-downplays-involvement-of-author-j-k-rowling\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Beasts Trailer Downplays Involvement of Author J.K. Rowling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffantastic-beasts-trailer-downplays-involvement-of-author-j-k-rowling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Someone needs to counteract the invisibility spell Warner Bros. cast on J.K. Rowling\u2019s name in the trailer for \u201cFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rowling not only created the entire Harry Potter cinematic universe, including the Fantastic Beasts franchise, she\u2019s also a producer for the film and co-screenwriter. The trailer for a previous movie in the series, \u201cFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,\u201d featured her name prominently with it\u2019s own prolonged title card near the beginning. &nbsp;Her name also took pride of place in the 2018 advertisements for \u201cFantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald not once or twice, but three times\u2014in a solo moment at the beginning declaring \u201cFrom Writer J.K. Rowling\u201d and in two more mentions in the credits at the end. But no more.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest trailer for the film, released Wednesday, the only reference to Rowling is a brief and minuscule, almost-illegible rights mention at the bottom of the screen at the end of the video, after many viewers will have stopped watching.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros.\u2019 move is just the latest Hollywood attempt to erase Rowling from Harry Potter\u2019s legacy for her refusal to pretend that biology isn\u2019t an objective reality.<\/p>\n<p>Her most recent statement in defense of the truth in relation to gender came on Sunday when she commented on a report about Scottish police identifying rapists in official records as the gender they choose rather than the gender they actually are. Rowling tweeted, in reference to George Orwell\u2019s famous novel about government speech control, \u201c1984:\u201d \u201cWar is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penis-ed Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past, she has also argued, \u201cIf sex isn\u2019t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased\u2026. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unreal-j-k-rowling-will-not-be-interviewed-for-20th-anniversary-special\">reported<\/a>, seemingly due to comments like these, HBO is not interviewing Rowling for its Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Special to air in January. The stars who built their careers on her creativity have distanced themselves from her as well.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Radcliffe who came to fame playing Harry Potter said last year, \u201cTransgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo [Rowling] or I.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a35875730\/rupert-grint-servant-season-2-interview\/\">Esquire<\/a> asked Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the series, what he thought of Rowling\u2019s views on the transgender movement, he answered:<\/p>\n<p><em>I am hugely grateful [for] everything that she\u2019s done. I think that she\u2019s extremely talented, and I mean, clearly, her works are genius. \u2026 But yeah, I think also you can have huge respect for someone and still disagree with things like that. \u2026 Sometimes silence is even louder. I felt like I had to because I think it was important to. I mean, I don\u2019t want to talk about all that. \u2026 Generally, I\u2019m not an authority on the subject. \u2026 Just out of kindness, and just respecting people. I think it\u2019s a valuable group that I think needs standing up for.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>. council<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone needs to counteract the invisibility spell Warner Bros. cast on J.K. Rowling\u2019s name in the trailer for \u201cFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.\u201dRowling not only created the entire Harry Potter cinematic universe, including the Fantastic Beasts franchise, she\u2019s also a producer for the film and co-screenwriter. The trailer for a previous movie in the series, \u201cFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,\u201d featured her name prominently with it\u2019s own prolonged title card near the beginning. \u00a0Her name also took pride of place in the 2018 advertisements for \u201cFantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald not once or twice, but three times\u2014in a solo moment at the beginning declaring \u201cFrom Writer J.K. Rowling\u201d and in two more mentions in the credits at the end. But no more.In the latest trailer for the film, released Wednesday, the only reference to Rowling is a brief and minuscule, almost-illegible rights mention at the bottom of the screen at the end of the video, after many viewers will have stopped watching.Warner Bros.\u2019 move is just the latest Hollywood attempt to erase Rowling from Harry Potter\u2019s legacy for her refusal to pretend that biology isn\u2019t an objective reality.Her most recent statement in defense of the truth in relation to gender came on Sunday when she commented on a report about Scottish police identifying rapists in official records as the gender they choose rather than the gender they actually are. Rowling tweeted, in reference to George Orwell\u2019s famous novel about government speech control, \u201c1984:\u201d \u201cWar is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penis-ed Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.\u201dIn the past, she has also argued, \u201cIf sex isn\u2019t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased\u2026. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives.\u201dAs The Daily Wire previously reported, seemingly due to comments like these, HBO is not interviewing Rowling for its Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Special to air in January. The stars who built their careers on her creativity have distanced themselves from her as well.Daniel Radcliffe who came to fame playing Harry Potter said last year, \u201cTransgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo [Rowling] or I.\u201dAnd when Esquire asked Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the series, what he thought of Rowling\u2019s views on the transgender movement, he answered:I am hugely grateful [for] everything that she\u2019s done. I think that she\u2019s extremely talented, and I mean, clearly, her works are genius. \u2026 But yeah, I think also you can have huge respect for someone and still disagree with things like that. \u2026 Sometimes silence is even louder. I felt like I had to because I think it was important to. I mean, I don\u2019t want to talk about all that. \u2026 Generally, I\u2019m not an authority on the subject. \u2026 Just out of kindness, and just respecting people. I think it\u2019s a valuable group that I think needs standing up for.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member. council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}