Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2008 - Complete Preview
Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) are set to return to the big screen for the sixth Harry Potter film adaptation, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Here's the storyline...
The threesome are returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their sixth year... Along with school bully Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton). Fortunately for them, Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) is also returning to lend a hand in defeating evil. Jim Broadbent joins the never-ending cast of veteran British actors already working at Hogwarts. He'll be playing Dumbledore's buddy, Horace Slughorn.
Voldemort's forces of evil are amassing...
...Hogwarts is ceasing to be a sanctuary for Harry and his friends...
...They have to come up with a cunning plan...
...Now they have to recruit the unlikeliest of soldiers and prepare for battle...
The film is likely to be the darkest in the series so far with what director David Yates has described as 'Train spotting moments'.
Shooting of the film started on 04 September, 2007 and it was originally planned for a UK and US release on 21 November 2008, but on 14 August 2008, the new release date was announced that is on17 July, 2009. In respect of the new release date many controversies have been raised and for that reason president & Chief Operating Officer of Warner Bros. production, Alan Horn gave a speech which is following:
"Many of you have written to me to express your disappointment in our moving 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to summer 2009. Please be assured that we share your love for Harry Potter and would certainly never do anything to hurt any of the films. Over the past 10 years, we have nurtured and protected each film, and the integrity of the books upon which they are based, to the best of our ability. The decision to move 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' was not taken lightly, and was never intended to upset our Harry Potter fans. We know you have built this series into what it is, and we thank you for your ongoing enthusiasm and support. If I may offer a silver lining: there would have been a two-year gap between 'Half-Blood Prince' and the much-anticipated first part of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' which opens in November 2010. So although we have to wait a little longer for 'Half-Blood Prince,' the wait from that film until 'Deathly Hallows' will be less than 18 months. I am sorry to have disappointed you now, but if you hold on a little longer, I believe it will be worth the wait."