10 points
I’m dubious that China even is the reason, I’d bet they just didn’t want to fucking do it
9 points
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6 points
She likes the idea of having a sexless pet gay, sort of like Carrie from Sex and the City.
3 points
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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.
