The latest Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” has a new release date. The movie was set to open November 21st, but Warner Brothers has changed the date to July 17, 2009. Somebody forgot to tell Entertainment Weekly about the date being moved.
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Date Moved
The August 22-29 issue will feature Daniel Radcliffe on the cover. There will be a six-page spread inside, all in preparation for the original November release. There is, however, information on the change of date when you read the on line version of the magazine. EW is not the only one pondering the date change.
Warners’ decision to change the movie’s date was “a very curious move,” according to Jeff Bock of industry research firm Exhibitor Relations, especially considering how few family-friendly films will be released this fall. With the lack of competition, and because the “Half-Blood Prince” was one of the most well-received in the series, he thinks it could have done “upwards of $300 million.”
The film will now go up against “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and the much talked about “Twilight” will take over Harry’s original November release date. So what’s behind the change? Warner Brothers denies production delays or writers strikes as the reason and now conspiracy theories are cropping up. Roger Friedman might have the most curious one.
“Radcliffe appears naked in the play, on stage, and has sex in it as well. That’s not the image Warner Bros. wants associated with bespectacled Harry, who remains chaste and virginal.”
Whatever the reason, there is no doubt Potter fans are disappointed. But for now, you can see pictures of the film’s stars below.
Harry Potter Photos
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