‘Black Mirror’ Director Says She Rejected HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’: “Absolutely F***ing Not”

Directors Ally Pankiw and Kate Herron posted on social media that they turned down the series over J.K. Rowling's trans views: "Say 'no' to funding transphobia."

Not everyone wants to climb aboard the Hogwarts Express, it transpires. Top TV director Ally Pankiw has posted on Instagram a screenshot from a text exchange with a rep in which she scoffed at the notion that she would consider enrolling with HBO’s forthcoming series adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” novels.

Queer director Ally Pankiw has shown just how simple it is to say no to working on Harry Potter. Sharing a screenshot of a text exchange on Instagram, Pankiw, who directed Black Mirror episode “Joan Is Awful”, revealed how she responded when approached about the franchise. “Harry Potter? Hard no?” the message reads. He

Ally Pankiw certainly won’t be working on HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series. The Black Mirror director shared an Instagram post that appears to show an SMS exchange with her agent in which she emphatically turns down an opportunity to board the series. “I have an instinct on the answer but I feel compelled to ask,”…