Bad news, everyone. 🙁 According to MuggleNet, the Half-Blood Prince film has been pushed back to release on July 17, 2009 instead of this November. A Warner Brothers press release:
In making the announcement, Mr. Horn stated, “Our reasons for shifting ‘Half-Blood Prince’ to summer are twofold: we know the summer season is an ideal window for a family tent pole release, as proven by the success of our last Harry Potter film, which is the second-highest grossing film in the franchise, behind only the first installment. Additionally, like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers’ strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films
Is WB trying to kill us? 😥 😡
Please… somebody wake me up… please 🙁
NOOOOO. Ugh! That totally ruined my night. Now I have NOTHING to look forward to this year. 😥
Isn't July a bit… far? If they push it, I would have understand if it would have been like, january or february instead of november, but JULY 09? That's almost… AN ENTIRE YEAR! Wtf?
Blech, totally ruined my year cause it was the one thing I was looking forward too this year. 😥
Shame.. the countdown has to be changed to like 300 days. LOL!
whats this?? I m waiting so keenly to see it. And now have to wait a year!! Its Insane. DAMN!! 😡
So the movie is completed RIGHT NOW but they won't show it to us for a year? What if someone pirated a copy and released on the webz? Would that serve them right?
No wonder the forums are down.
Are the inmates running the asylum at WB? Looks like Bellatrix may have taken over. 😡 😡 😡
I find it funny haha good one wb :razz:. I think that the WB knows that everyone and there mothers are going to see Twilight. Well Done WB! 🙂 🙂 🙂
oh this sucks so bad 🙁
i started a petition for it on ipetitions called 'halfbloodprincenovember'
NOOOOOOO!!! This is so unfair!! 🙁 😡
missmonet, I seriously doubt that Warner Brothers would push Half-Blood Prince back 11 months, because thier scared of Twilight beating them at the box office. 😕
all i can say is GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! im mad. 😡
:mad:WB is led by a group of people who are not considering the full ramifications of their decisions to seriously tick off the HP fan base!!!! I will be interested to see if Emma, Dan, Rupert or JKR comment on the date change. GRRRRRR
I Guess i only got Twilight to look forward to now it sucks that the movie has been push back but what can you do now that harry not coming out i hope twilight dose great at the book office so they can make all the books who is with me 🙂
I got a question…I signed a petition I got off mugglenet and it had like thousands of ppl signing up so i was wondering if like basically if its possible to get fans all around the world could do something to get warner bros attention to NOT do this push back release date?? But I doubt its possible to find a way to get warner bros attention 🙁
😡 😡 [you can be angry, but watch the language – dook]
THIS SUCKS! wb is not gonna like the fan response…
Doesnt make sense.If summer is best time to release ($$$)..they gonna change DHpt1 to mid 11 or mid 10??? 😡
BTW..you guys better change the 'release' timer on the left of this page. 😥
Cuz right now its 336 days 😥
I’ve changed the countdown kenne.
thats ridiculous,im so mad!
Yeah, it blows. I've gotten used to the prospect already, though. It's still annoying, but seeing those two hours in November wouldn't have made my life all the sweeter; there are other things I like and can occupy myself with, too, so I can wait. 😉
ughhh bad news for Emma fans there will be much much less Emma news . Another long long dry spell .
:sad:this is such a sad ending to a year!nothing to look fwd to. 😕 and am so suprised WB announced it only just. 😥
GOOD NEWS, EMMA FANS. BBC teletext reports that Emma got her A level results yesterday and passed all three of her subjects with the top A grade. Check it out omnthe BBC newsround website.
We know. It was announced on Emma's official site as well. 🙂 I wonder how Emma feels about the HBP released date being pushed back.
Ok well maybe they should post it here so that we have something positive to talk about. At least with HBP being released next year it means the it won't all be over by 2010. In the meantime I hope Emma does some other acting, like "Napolean & Betsy" or something because we're not just HP fans here, some of us are Emma fans first.
GREAT!!! What exactly are they doing?? to keep us waiting too long for this? Hello…I'm dying too see this movie and now they want us to wait again?? Yeah Right..thanks a lot Guys for making me dissapointed
Okay like seriously what the….?!?!?!?! 😕 it's like a whole year. now i do agree that it would be the best time for them to make thier money as there are some big films coming out at the end of november/december … but seriously it's just crule to the fans. I vote that somebody at WB studios release a pirate copy on the net … that would teach WB a lesson. GRRRRRRRR 😡 😡 😡 😡
It's a bummer that they pushed it back. I was looking forward to it. The time will fly nonetheless, and seeing the movie in July will only make next summer even more fun!
No way! A year?? I don't believe this!:???: I hope its not the same with the UK too!
oh..1 more thing. For WB,,,you guys better not doing the same thing like you did to HBP
What!, I can't believe it. It's almost a year to july. 😥
yeah right n AS IF they would release hp and de deathly hallows right after. we ll have 2 wait for dat for another year then. Im devastated n dont understand why so many people prefer going to the cinema when its boiling hot outside to going when its freezing cold. THAT doesnt make ANY sense. n nor did the release of dat trailer. every time i watch it now I know dat Im gonna watch the movie when Emma s nineteen n stuff. dats just..weird. 😥
Let's spam the WB forums ''HBP NOVEMBER''
Mayrim, january isnt nearly as big a time as the summer for movies. releasing in kuly when people are out of school and on vacation and what not will make a lot more money. also, you guys have a myspace, but you should make a facebook! fb is gonna take over the world so you might as well join in
Gosh they are trying 2 kill us all… the next summer?!?!? OMG… well we'll have 2 see other films til then… tHOse who can will have 2 see Equus and us B.S or The Tale … pfuuu
SEND A MAIL TO WARNER BROS WITH YOUR DISAPPROVAL. 😉
why ???? i don't like this news a lot !!:cry:
people, you are going to be disapointed but I am so happy, because if it was on Winter , then there is school and I can't use the internet a lot to download the videos and pictures, plus now it's better because the Harry Potter series is going longer 😆
well,it's great because ut's in summer 🙂
Grr. This is so bad!! We have to wait so long to see Emma!!
BAD news, REALLY BAD, today I saw HP5 and thought what after few months will be 6 and I'll watch it… Now I don't know what to think, hope it'll change… Nish, you damn right about what we'll be in vocation at summer and will be less auditory then in November, say it to them!!!
The only reason they are doing this is to make more money, so obviously they don't care about the loyal fas who have been following Harry Potter for years. If they did care about them they wouldnt have pushed it back. or atleast so far, as they would have knoown that with just 97 days to go we would have been all excited. I had already made plans to go see it after all. Now we have to wait 125 days. Im sending them an email right now and I think we should all do.
Although, I can see good side of all this – it's more chance for me to go to premier 🙂 and it's better to be in London at summer 🙂 But I still want watch it as earlyer as possible!!!