Could JK Rowling’s transphobia end the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise?

J.K. Rowling has been a source of scandal, and she and the “Fantastic Beasts” stars are shying away from promoting the movie in the press. Is this the end?

J. K. Rowling at the White House
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A week after the world premiere of the third Fantastic Beasts film, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, and there’s already talk that this is the last edition of what was supposed to be a five-movie series.

And J.K. Rowling’s statements about transgender people – that trans women are a danger to cis women and that trans men aren’t capable of knowing their own identities – may be one of the key reasons that Warner Bros. hasn’t even started working on a script for the fourth installment in the series.

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a 2016 prequel to the enormously popular Harry Potter series, based on Rowling’s 2001 book by the same name. It has been followed by two sequels, the second of which will be released on April 15, 2022 in the U.S.

The original billion dollar deal between Rowling and Warner Bros., as she announced it in 2016, was to make five films based on the material in her book, but Variety is reporting that multiple scandals and waning revenues have derailed the project.

The first source of scandal is actor Ezra Miller, who plays Credence Barebone in the movies. He was arrested…

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