Harry Potter’ solid reuniting for retrospective special

The cast of “Harry Potter” is returning along for a new special, set to premiere on HBO max on January. 1.

Daniel Radcliffe, prince Grint, Emma Watson and lots of a lot of area unit expected to require half in “Harry Potter twentieth Anniversary: come back to Hogwarts,” a special that may “celebrate the unequaled gift of the Harry Potter film franchise and its unerasable impact on the hearts, minds, and imaginations of families and fans round the world,” in keeping with a unleash.

Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, urban center Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Tom Felton, James Phelps, Joseph Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, comely Wright, Alfred the Great Enoch, Matthew Lewis, Evanna kill, Ian Hart and film maker Chris Columbus area unit among the names conjointly set to seem.

One muggle missing from the lineup of the special as of now? Author and franchise creator JK Rowling, whose statements relating to the transgender community in recent years have alienated fans and “Potter” alums alike.

Last year, star Radcliffe capable Rowling’s polemical tweets concerning individuality, that some tagged as transphobic, in associate essay for the Trevor Project.

“Transgender girls area unit girls,” he wrote. “Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender folks and goes against all recommendation given by skilled health care associations World Health Organization have much more experience on this subject material than either Jo (Rowling) or I.”

Rowling’s absence from the lineup for the nowadays may be taken as a symbol that there area unit some things that cannot be mounted with an easy “reparo.”