• gayhobbes [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I'm dubious that China even is the reason, I'd bet they just didn't want to fucking do it

      • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Rowling has a ton of pull over what happens in these movies.

        Probably an understatement. There aren't a lot of movies that are guaranteed cash cows like the Harry Potter franchise. The first "Fantastic Beasts" made $800+ million at the box office and the sequel pulled in $650+ million. "Make the movie my way and take half a billion dollars guaranteed or don't make it at all" is a pretty powerful bargaining position.

      • gayhobbes [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        She likes the idea of having a sexless pet gay, sort of like Carrie from Sex and the City.