Original Harry Potter helmer Chris Columbus has since scrapped plans to adapt Broadway play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child since it’s “gotten so complicated” to be attached to the Wizarding World without acknowledging or being implicated by J.K. Rowling ‘s transphobia.

In a new interview with The Times U.K. , the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker said such a reunion with the original cast would be “impossible” and thus “never” take place.

“It’s never going to happen,” he told the outlet. “It’s gotten so complicated with all the political stuff. Everyone in the cast has their own opinion, which is different from her opinion, which makes it impossible.”

He added, “I haven’t spoken to Miss Rowling in a decade or so, so I have no idea what’s going on with her, but I keep ve

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