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{{Cquote|Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defences and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates! And then there's Hermione, simmering with jealousy but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again. <ref>[http://www.hpana.com/news.20321.html "Description & first official picture from 'Half-Blood Prince' "] retrieved from HPANA on 21 December 2007</ref>|}}
{{Cquote|Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defences and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates! And then there's Hermione, simmering with jealousy but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.<ref>[http://www.hpana.com/news.20321.html "Description & first official picture from 'Half-Blood Prince' "] retrieved from HPANA on 21 December 2007</ref>|}}


==Production==
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The date change was met with a negative reaction by ''Harry Potter'' fans, as the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' noted: "Petitions were circulating, rumors were flying and angry screeds were being posted on Internet sites within minutes of the Thursday announcement."<ref name=latimes/> The move was mocked by ''Entertainment Weekly'' who had ''Half-Blood Prince'' on the cover on their "Fall Preview Issue". Despite each being owned by [[Time Warner Inc.]], ''EW'' were unaware of the change until it was publically announced by WB and noted that readers would now be in possession of a "[[Dewey Defeats Truman|Dewey Beats Truman]] collectible".<ref name=ewrelease>{{cite news|url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/08/news-flash-harr.html|title=NEWS FLASH: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Bumped to Summer 2009|author=Sean Smith; Jeff Giles|accessdate=2008-08-22|date=2008-08-14|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Several days after the announcement, Horn released a statement in response to the "large amount of disappointment" expressed by fans of the series.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/1826|title=Alan Horn issues statement regarding HBP delay|accessdate=2008-08-22|date=2008-08-19|work=[[MuggleNet]]}}</ref>
The date change was met with a negative reaction by ''Harry Potter'' fans, as the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' noted: "Petitions were circulating, rumors were flying and angry screeds were being posted on Internet sites within minutes of the Thursday announcement."<ref name=latimes/> The move was mocked by ''Entertainment Weekly'' who had ''Half-Blood Prince'' on the cover on their "Fall Preview Issue". Despite each being owned by [[Time Warner Inc.]], ''EW'' were unaware of the change until it was publically announced by WB and noted that readers would now be in possession of a "[[Dewey Defeats Truman|Dewey Beats Truman]] collectible".<ref name=ewrelease>{{cite news|url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/08/news-flash-harr.html|title=NEWS FLASH: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Bumped to Summer 2009|author=Sean Smith; Jeff Giles|accessdate=2008-08-22|date=2008-08-14|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Several days after the announcement, Horn released a statement in response to the "large amount of disappointment" expressed by fans of the series.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/1826|title=Alan Horn issues statement regarding HBP delay|accessdate=2008-08-22|date=2008-08-19|work=[[MuggleNet]]}}</ref>

Following the date change, ''Half-Blood Prince''<nowiki>'</nowiki> release slot was taken by [[Summit Entertainment]]'s ''[[Twilight (2008 film)|Twilight]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN1552123220080816|title="Twilight" moves into "Potter's" old date|accessdate=2008-08-22|date=2008-08-16|work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>


Like the previous film, the sixth film will be simultaneously released in regular theatres and IMAX 3-D.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=42976|title=Harry Potter 6 Confirmed for IMAX|accessdate=2008-03-15|date=[2008-03-15]|publisher=ComingSoon.Net}}</ref> The film had been chosen to be screened at the 2008 Royal Film Performance on 17 November,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7531745.stm|title=Royal screening for Harry Potter|accessdate=2008-07-29|date=2008-07-29|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> but no longer will be. Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund chief executive Peter Hore noted he was "very disappointed" with Warner Bros. decision.<ref name=BBC/>
Like the previous film, the sixth film will be simultaneously released in regular theatres and IMAX 3-D.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=42976|title=Harry Potter 6 Confirmed for IMAX|accessdate=2008-03-15|date=[2008-03-15]|publisher=ComingSoon.Net}}</ref> The film had been chosen to be screened at the 2008 Royal Film Performance on 17 November,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7531745.stm|title=Royal screening for Harry Potter|accessdate=2008-07-29|date=2008-07-29|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> but no longer will be. Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund chief executive Peter Hore noted he was "very disappointed" with Warner Bros. decision.<ref name=BBC/>

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Directed byDavid Yates
Written byNovel:
J. K. Rowling
Screenplay:
Steve Kloves
Produced byDavid Heyman
David Barron
StarringDaniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
Michael Gambon
Jim Broadbent
Alan Rickman
Tom Felton
Bonnie Wright
CinematographyBruno Delbonnel
Edited byMark Day
Music byNicholas Hooper
Themes by:
John Williams
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
17 July 2009 (UK, US)
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an upcoming 2009 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel by J. K. Rowling. It is the sixth film in the popular Harry Potter films series. Production is in the post-production stage. David Yates, the director of the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is returning as director for this film. David Heyman and David Barron are producing the film,[1] and Steve Kloves, though he did not write the fifth film, has returned as screenwriter for this instalment.[2] Filming began on 24 September 2007 and the film was originally planned for a UK and US release on 21 November 2008,[3][2] but on 14 August 2008, it was announced that the release date for the film was to be pushed back to 17 July 2009.[4] Like the previous film, the sixth film will be simultaneously released in regular theatres and IMAX 3-D.[5]

Premise

On 14 December 2007, Warner Bros. released its official plot summary. It reads:

Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defences and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates! And then there's Hermione, simmering with jealousy but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.[6]

Production

Development

Before David Yates was officially chosen to direct the film, many others had been offered the job, and previous directors had expressed an interest in returning. Alfonso Cuarón, the director of the third film, stated he "would love to have the opportunity" to return.[7] Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell declined a spot to direct the fifth film, and was not approached for this one.[8] Terry Gilliam was Rowling's personal choice to direct Philosopher's Stone. However, when asked whether he would consider directing a later film, Gilliam said, "Warner Bros. had their chance the first time around, and they blew it."[9]

Yates has retained composer Nicholas Hooper, costume designer Jany Temime, visual effects supervisor Tim Burke, creature and make-up effects designer Nick Dudman, and special effects supervisor John Richardson from the fifth film.[2] Since February 2007, Stuart Craig, the production designer of the first five films as well, has been designing sets, including the cave, and the astronomy tower, where the climax of the film takes place.[10] Academy Award nominated Bruno Delbonnel is the film's cinematographer.[2]

Yates and Heyman have noted that some of the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows may influence the script of the film.[11] Steve Kloves, who wrote the first four films, returned for the sixth adaptation.[12] Rowling, upon reading Kloves's script, crossed out a passage in which Dumbledore recalls a past female love, penning in the margin "Dumbledore is gay."[13]

There are a number of changes from the book in the film. Much of the book's ending has been changed, with the Battle of Hogwarts and Dumbledore's funeral being removed. Heyman commented that the end battle was removed to "[avoid] repetition" with the forthcoming adaptation of Deathly Hallows. The funeral was removed as it did not fit with the rest of the film.[14] The collapse of a Muggle bridge (which is only mentioned in the book) acts as the opening sequence.[15] All but two of the memory scenes, including that of the Gaunts, have been cut. Only the flashbacks of Tom Riddle at the orphanage and Riddle asking Slughorn about Horcruxes remain.[15] Yates noted: "We're making a decision right now to compress those a wee bit, but we've still got some really cool ones."[16] Characters who are cut include the Dursleys and the Muggle Prime Minister, but Quidditch returns.[15]

Filming

Following a week of rehearsals, principal photography began on 24 September 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008.[3] Before filming commenced, there was belief that filming may move from the UK, where all of the previous five films have been shot. This is North Scotland reported filming will take place in New Zealand, due to the "more agreeable economy and climate" and lack of Scottish funding.[17] The Sunday Business Post in Ireland noted that the film's producers and WB executives had been scouting there, specifically Leinster and Munster because they "believe they have now exhausted possible locations in Britain." They are "particularly keen on Ireland, as the landscape is similar to Britain and will appear similar to the settings of the previous films."[18] The crew also scouted around Cape Wrath in Scotland, for use in the cave scene.[19] Filming is scheduled to return to Glen Coe and Glenfinnan, both locations that have appeared in the previous films, to preserve the continuity of the landscape.[20]

On the weekend of 6 October 2007, the crew shot scenes involving the Hogwarts Express in the misty and dewy environment of Fort William, Scotland.[20] A series of night scenes have been filmed in the village of Lacock and the cloisters at Lacock Abbey for three nights starting 25 October 2007. Filming took place from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily, and residents of the street were asked to black out their windows with dark blinds.[21][22][23] On set reports indicated that the main scene filmed was Harry and Dumbledore's visit to Slughorn's house.[23] Further filming took place in Surbiton railway station in October 2007,[24] Gloucester Cathedral, where the first and second films were shot, in February 2008,[25] and at the Millennium Bridge in London in March 2008.[26]

Though Radcliffe, Gambon, and Broadbent started shooting in late September 2007, some other cast members started much later: Watson did not begin until December 2007, Rickman until January 2008, and Bonham Carter until February 2008.[27][28] Principal photography wrapped up on 17 May 2008.[29]

Cast

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Frank Dillane will each play Tom Riddle, the child who becomes Lord Voldemort, at age eleven and as a teenager respectively.[2] Tiffin is the 10-year-old nephew of Ralph Fiennes, who plays the adult Voldemort in the fourth and fifth films.[46] Yates commented at the U.S. Order of the Phoenix premiere, that one of the two actors was "really interesting."[16] An open casting call was held for the part in July 2007, with applicants reading from a scene involving Riddle trying to persuade Horace Slughorn to explain what Horcruxes are.[47] Christian Coulson, who played Riddle in Chamber of Secrets, expressed an interest in returning.[48] However, Yates responded that Coulson was too old, nearing 30, to be playing the role.[45] Jamie Campbell Bower, who appeared in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, previously noted that he had his "fingers crossed" he would be cast as a young Riddle.[49]

Additionally, Warwick Davis and David Bradley will reprise their respective roles as Charms teacher Filius Flitwick and caretaker Argus Filch.[2] Georgina Leonidas will play Katie Bell, the Gryffindor Chaser who is injured by a cursed necklace.[50] Anna Shaffer will be portraying Romilda Vane, a student obsessed with Harry; she tries to make him fall in love with her by using love potions.[50] Websites of UK casting agencies reported that Scarlett Byrne will play Pansy Parkinson. Katie Leung will also return as Cho Chang in a very brief role.[51] Two 11-year-old children, Taylor Triphook and Katie Head, who have been noted to be redheads, will play twins in the film, roles not culled from the novel.[52] 12-year-old Ashley Whitehead has been cast as an orphan in the film,[53] while Louis Cordice will play Blaise Zabini.[54] Freddie Stroma, Isabella Laughland, and Rob Knox will play, respectively, Cormac McLaggen, Katie Bell's friend Leanne and Marcus Belby.[50] Knox was stabbed to death on 24 May 2008, before the film was released.[55] Ralph Ineson will play Amycus Carrow, Suzanne Toase will play Alecto Carrow, and Dave Legeno will play Fenrir Greyback,[56][57] while Lord Johnpaul Castrianni and Rod Hunt will play Yaxley and Thorfinn Rowle respectively. Tom Moorcroft will portray Regulus Black, and Sanguini, the vampire at Slughorn's party will be played by Charlie Bennison.[58] Tony Coburn will play a young Lucius Malfoy,[59] and Amelda Brown plays Mrs Cole, the Muggle supervisor of Tom Riddle's orphanage.[60] Two more actors, Teresa Mahoney and River George, are credited as playing Sofie and Laurasia, respectively, characters not culled from the novel. The source lists Sofie as a character from the "Boardroom – Opening Scene".[61][62]

Afshan Azad and Shefali Chowdhury have expressed interest in returning as the Patil twins.[63] Both Clémence Poésy and Chris Rankin are interested in returning,[64][65] but in October 2007 Poésy noted that she will not be reprising her role of Fleur Delacour,[66] and Rankin has stated that he thinks Percy Weasley will be cut.[67] Miriam Margolyes, who has not appeared in her role as Pomona Sprout since Chamber of Secrets, wishes to return as well.[68] After Bill Nighy expressed an interest in appearing,[69] Yates confirmed that Nighy would be his first choice for the role of Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour, providing the character made it into the final screenplay.[70] Although no further reports have been released, Yates told Wizard that he was "struggling with [fitting Scrimgeour in the script] at the moment, and he's in one moment and he's out the next."[70] Madonna's daughter Lourdes was reportedly offered a role in the film, although it was rejected as Madonna wants her daughter to "have a normal childhood."[71]

Early auditions took place in England in April 2007, though reports would not state for which role the audition was. One actor who auditioned for the role was Icelandic Jón Páll Eyjólfsson, who went to school with screenwriter Steve Kloves.[72] Official casting news was scarce even as filming began.[49] It was reported that Jack Davenport, Stephen Rea, Peter Rnic, Stuart Townsend, and Joseph Fiennes were each offered unspecified roles,[73][38] although representatives of Townsend and Fiennes denied the reports.[39] Warner Bros. announced in a press release on 16 November 2007 that casting for the film had been completed.[2]

Marketing

The special edition two-disc DVD for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix contained two sneak peeks of the film,[74][41] while the US edition included an additional clip.[75] A 15-second teaser for the film was shown alongside the IMAX release of The Dark Knight.[76] The official teaser trailer was released on 29 July on AOL's Moviefone website.[77]

Warner Bros and MSN ran an online Order of the Phoenix quiz, with the prize being a walk-on part in the film.[78] As with the previous films, EA Games will produce a video game based on the film.[79]

Release

The film is scheduled for release in the United Kingdom and the United States on 17 July 2009. It was originally set to be released on 21 November 2008,[4] but was pushed back by eight months, despite being completed.[80] Warner Bros. executive Alan Horn noted that the move went ahead "to guarantee the studio a major summer blockbuster in 2009," with other films being delayed due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.[80] The box-office success of summer WB films Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Dark Knight also motivated the decision.[81] An unnamed "rival" studio executive told Entertainment Weekly that the move was to "stop next year's profits from looking seriously underwhelming after the phenomenal success of The Dark Knight," as "they don't need the money this year anymore."[82] Dan Fellman, WB head of distribution, said that the studio had considered the date change for three to four weeks prior to the announcement, but gave it serious consideration a week before they came to their final decision. [83]

The date change was met with a negative reaction by Harry Potter fans, as the Los Angeles Times noted: "Petitions were circulating, rumors were flying and angry screeds were being posted on Internet sites within minutes of the Thursday announcement."[81] The move was mocked by Entertainment Weekly who had Half-Blood Prince on the cover on their "Fall Preview Issue". Despite each being owned by Time Warner Inc., EW were unaware of the change until it was publically announced by WB and noted that readers would now be in possession of a "Dewey Beats Truman collectible".[82] Several days after the announcement, Horn released a statement in response to the "large amount of disappointment" expressed by fans of the series.[84]

Following the date change, Half-Blood Prince' release slot was taken by Summit Entertainment's Twilight.[85]

Like the previous film, the sixth film will be simultaneously released in regular theatres and IMAX 3-D.[86] The film had been chosen to be screened at the 2008 Royal Film Performance on 17 November,[87] but no longer will be. Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund chief executive Peter Hore noted he was "very disappointed" with Warner Bros. decision.[80]

Awards

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince won the 2007 Movies.com award for film you "Can't Wait For".[88]

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