Warner Bros. Pictures has pushed "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" back to Summer 2009, so that great trailer I was excited about bums me out when I see it now.According to Warner Bros. the film will now be released July 17, 2009. This announcement mentions the effects of the writers strike as one of the reasons behind this change.
I was not surprised by this piece of information. What did surprise me was when I learned this film was originally slated for November 2008. I told my wife (A rabid Harry Potter book fan) that the movie was coming in November and that it was sort of fast.
She didn't buy that, but I told her a movie like that could kill during the summer. It would do well at any time, but this is a post "Dark Knight" (WB's other release) world. This is me in studio executive mode: Why not set it up to be a our next big Summer movie for 2009?
Ah well, the two-part "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" starts shooting in February 2009. The WB reminds us that at least now, the wait between Harry Potter 6 and the finale films will be shorter.
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