{
  "id": 900812,
  "title": "Canadian director refused to work on new Harry Potter show over 'transphobia'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/canadian-director-refused-to-work-on-new-harry-potter-show-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T18:48:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-director-ally-pankiw-refuse-harry-potter-tv-show-rowling-9.7307490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Canadian director Ally Pankiw revealed Thursday in an Instagram post that she turned down work on an upcoming Harry Potter television series, saying, “It simply is this easy to say no to funding transphobia!”",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}