Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

[leesmithg]

I don't get what is so good about HP.

Now Lord of The Rings, that is great!

[S_Herbie]

I don't get what is so good about HP. Now Lord of The Rings, that is great!

I know some people who think the other way round...

[Mamoun]

New Half blood prince photos and articles available!

• Ron and Lavender Brown
  
• Harry and Ginny holding a discussion
  
• Harry and Dumbledore approaching Slughorn's house
  
• Bellatrix on a table in the Great Hall
  
• Entertainment Weekly cover
  
• Opening article - side 1
  
• Opening article - side 2
  
• Snape, Narcissa, and Bellatrix
  
• Ginny arriving at the Slug Club
  
• Snape casts a spell as McGonagall and the trio observe
  
• Slughorn and Dumbledore
  
• Harry and Slughorn at Slughorn's party
  
• Bellatrix, probably at the attack on The Burrow
  

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WB responds to HP HBP delay: "We Love Our Fans"

Warner currently is riding high with "The Dark Knight," the Batman film that also stars Bale. The grim super-hero movie has taken in $452 million in the U.S. since its July 18 release, making it the second-highest grossing film ever.

To some degree, that success motivated Warner to shift "Half-Blood Prince," Horn said. The film will now hit theaters the same midsummer weekend that "Dark Knight" was released this year. Horn said the young, core Potter audience would be out of school and give the film a longer theatrical life. It will now open opposite Universal's special-effects comedy "Land of the Lost," which stars Will Ferrell. But Horn said there was nothing next year compared to this summer's especially dense slate of big-budget releases.

The article wrapped up with this quote from Horn: "We would never do anything to hurt one of the movies or the series. We love our fans. ( :rolleyes: )

Full article

Source: Mugglenet

Edited August 15, 2008 by Mamoun

[Hurmoth]

FOX News has an interesting spin on this...

A naked Harry Potter has scared off the movie "Harry Potter."

Warner Bros. has announced moving its sixth Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," from Nov. 21, 2008, to July 17, 2009. The reason? Officially, there is no reason, except that "a spot opened on the summer schedule."

That's not much of a reason. The real story? Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will be right in the middle of his sensational, highly publicized run on Broadway in the play, "Equus." Radcliffe appears naked in the play, on stage, and has sex in it was well. That's not the image Warner Bros. wants associated with bespectacled Harry, who remains chaste and virginal.

Indeed, posters for Equus are up all over New York, of Radcliffe's naked torso superimposed on a horse's head. This is not the sort of thing that's taught at Hogwarts. For the movie to open on Nov. 21, Radcliffe would have to do publicity entailing answering questions about blinding horses and having sex with them vs. flying around and making potions.

Warner Bros. does not want this scenario. By the time "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" debuts, "Equus" will either have concluded its run or Radcliffe will have completed his contract. And there will be little mention of any horsing around.

[Julius Caro]

so it's not bull****. it's *********!

[LOC Veteran]

Ugh, stupid Warner Bros. BURN IN HELL.

I was so stoked for a Nov. release for HBP, now we gotta wait another 8 months on top? Idiots. I'm so sure HBP would do horribly in Nov. I mean come on.

[Icarus ^i^]

bah, fantasy movies, Potter, LOTR and the likes should be released around winter.. just not the same to go watch these types of movies in the middle of summer :hmmm:

[Richard Hammond]

Goddamit i was really excited about watching this.

[KoL Veteran]

That really sucks :angry:

November, Summer it doesn't matter. Its a movie that people are going to see no matter when it start.

[Rappy Veteran]

[ATGC]

Oh wow, I didn't realize they got someone new to play Lavender Brown. She was played by the black girl in the previous films, I guess they wanted a white girl to kiss Ron and not a black chick for this movie.

Haha.

Edited August 17, 2008 by NeptuneSaK

[Scirwode]

Very nice, Rappy (Y) .

Scirwode

[Hurmoth]

Daniel Radcliffe Talks Harry Potter

'Reddiej' attended New York Times' "TimesTalk" Q&A with "Harry Potter" franchise star Daniel Radcliffe Tuesday night. Radcliffe talked about various aspects of the upcoming "Harry Potter" films. Here's a rundown of the highlights:

- Dan said that of the Half-Blood Prince move from November 2008 to July 2009, he was told about it 24 hours before the rest of the world, and begs everyone not to blame him for the move.

- About Half-Blood Prince Dan says that the parts with Dumbledore and Voldemort are the darkest, while the scenes with Ron are the funniest yet; he also mentions that Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown) was really great to work with.

- Dan talked about a particular incident on the Half-Blood Prince set, where Rupert had his first kiss with Jessie, and Dan was in the background of the scene laughing and trying to get Rupert to break out from character and laugh as well.

- Dan addressed how Emma Watson was hesitant about signing up for the final films, and her reason for doing so was not because she did not want to, but because of her education and the need to evaluate what her options were, especially since the last Harry Potter films would require another three years of their lives. Emma chose not to rush into the decision, but her reason was not because she did not want to.

- Deathly Hallows will go as planned, despite the Half-Blood Prince move, where it will start production February 2009 and will shoot for around 14 months.

- He said with Deathly Hallows, he is looking forward to the walk through the forest (chapter 34), rather than the fighting sequences; and that in the script for the film Sirius is in it, so there is a chance he will have another scene with Gary Oldman.

You can read more of what he had to say here!

[Julius Caro]

We totally blame him for the rescheduling!!

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OK, so Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince won't be released now until next summer. But the good news is that, when it finally is released on July 17, there will be sections shown in 3-D for those who see it on Imax screens.

In a process similar to that used on Superman Returns, action-y sections of the film will be threedeeified (that's a technical term) on Imax, and there'll probably be a little wand or something that appears in the top corner of the screen to let you know to put on your goofy glasses. That, and the way everything suddenly goes blurry.

Which bits will be 3-D? Well, we hear that there will be about 25 minutes in total, split between the opening sequence and finale - and we're guessing that that might cover Voldemort's attacks up and down Britain (related in the book by Cornelius Fudge, rather than shown) and of course the big showdown in the Astronomy Tower. But who knows? Maybe we'll get 3D Quidditch somewhere in there instead.

But with nine-and-a-bit months to go, you've got all the time in the world to figure out exactly what's going to be covered

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[Martyn]

Oh wow, I didn't realize they got someone new to play Lavender Brown. She was played by the black girl in the previous films, I guess they wanted a white girl to kiss Ron and not a black chick for this movie.

Haha.

What are you on about mate?

Lavender has always been white. The Patil twins are black.

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[ATGC]

What are you on about mate?

Lavender has always been white. The Patil twins are black.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypot...1/Lavender1.jpg

was replaced with

http://www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/albums...CAVE_JESSIE.jpg

The Patil twins are brown, South Asian background.

;)

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