Bad News For Harry Potter Fans

[romantico]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 6:51pm

THIS REALLY SUCKS! I wonder if they were nervous over the success of 'TWILIGHT'

"There will be NO Harry Potter movie this November.

We repeat.

No Harry Potter movie this November, as previously expected and announced.

The popular franchise's release has been postponed to July 2009, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The studio, Warner Bros. is blaming the Writers' Strike.

Because of the strike, some of the big 'tentpole' movies they were counting on for Summer 2009 won't be ready, so they'll need HP to get them through next year's big season.

They say:

"Like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films-changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity that we wanted to take advantage of," he said. "We agreed the best strategy was to move 'Half-Blood Prince' to July, where it perfectly fills the gap for a major tent pole release for mid-summer."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i3accb70086cea8f58a8ce3f48856a305


So, this will now delay the other Harry Potter films. The second half of the Half Blood Prince will come out December of 2009. Will this delay Deathly Hollows?

Updated On: 8/14/08 at 06:51 PM

[heathurrr]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 7:08pm

I just read this on Perez.
I'm pissed. They totes should have announced this BEFORE the trailer was released and got all us HP nerdos all riled up and super excited.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 7:09pm

The Half-Blood Prince isn't two movies.

Only the last Potter book is two.

It still sucks, though!

[Trekkie2]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 7:10pm

I am soooo pissed off right now.

[romantico]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 7:17pm

Sorry. I thought this was the one being split. Still, I hope it does not interfere with the filming schedule. I do not think they have started filming Deathly Hollows yet. Anyone know for sure? I also find their excuse for the delay flimsy!

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 7:43pm

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr............

[winston89]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 7:44pm

Aren't the Harry Potter movies made in England? I don't see the logic connecting a strike that happened in America to delaying a movie that was made in another country.

I am willing to bet that they didn't want to fight with Twilight in the box office. That they know that people who have finished reading Harry Potter have read twilight in hopes of something new to read. And, that it would be a bad move to have both of those movies out at the same time.

[hermionejuliet]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 8:06pm

It has nothing to do with a delay with HP. It has to do that WB doesn't have any summer blockbusters that will be ready to be released in June. At least that is what they are saying. I don't think that HP would be in competition w/ Twilight considering they were scheduled to come out almost one month apart.

That being said, it DOES stink. But at least we have a new HP related book to look forward to.... The Tales of Beedle the Bard with commentary from "Dumbledore."

https://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Tales-of-Beedle-the-Bard/J-K-Rowling/e/9780545128285/?itm=1

[Juliash]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 8:17pm

I'm shockingly ok with this because with my crap job and the cost of college apps these days, I'm not going to have enough disposable income for a movie ticket by November. Next July? Perhaps...

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 8:23pm

Asper todays Variety...

Harry Potter is climbing on his broom and flying into next year.
Warner Bros. has decided to bump the release of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” from Nov. 21 to July 17. Shift puts it up against Universal’s bigscreen adaptation of “Land of the Lost,” starring Will Ferrell.

In response, Disney has moved its animated feature “Bolt” up a week into the open November slot.

Move comes as Warner Bros. is looking for ways to beef up its summer schedule, which had been light on major tentpoles -- a result attributed mostly to the writers strike, which kept the studio from developing big-budget pics.

Last-minute move comes as Daniel Radcliffe appears this week on the cover of Entertainment Weekly’s fall movie preview, published by Warners parent Time Warner.

Outside of “Terminator Salvation,” which it is distribbing for Halcyon, Warners had a summer lineup that featured mostly small comedies and genre fare like the Todd Phillips laffer “Hangover,” Robert Rodriguez’s “Shorts” and “Final Destination 4 3-D.”

“Like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films -- changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity that we wanted to take advantage of,” said Alan Horn, prexy and chief operating officer of Warner Bros.

Sixth installment of the “Harry Potter” franchise will open day-and-date internationally.

Last “Harry Potter” installment, “The Order of the Phoenix” earned $938 million worldwide during summer 2007. It also bowed in July.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” based on the final book in the series, will not be affected by the latest release-date shuffle, and will still be split into two parts to bow in fall 2010 and summer 2011.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 8:27pm

Sucks.

[EugLoven]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 8:31pm

AARRRGGHHHHHH!!!!

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 8:36pm

Well... ****!

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 9:07pm

Ya know, this should bother me...but these days, I'm not surprised.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 10:19pm

Boooo!

[ByTheSea920]

Posted: 8/15/08 at 12:19am

This SUCKS. I was so excited for the midnight showing.... I've been planning it with my friends for MONTHS.

[Biff AKA Levi]

Posted: 8/15/08 at 12:41am

The writers strike affected Hollywood.
Harry Potter is a Hollywood movie.
Its writers are Americans.
Its producers are Americans.
It was made by an American company.

[xoangel2789xo]

Posted: 8/15/08 at 12:46am

poop. oh well.

[cfmiller]

Posted: 8/15/08 at 12:59am

Will there finally be a nude scene?

[gertiecummings]

Posted: 8/15/08 at 1:02am

Will this cause England to go on strike?

Posted: 8/15/08 at 1:03am

wow

that sucks.

[Weez]

Posted: 8/15/08 at 5:33am

On the one hand, now that the books have all finished, I'm not sitting waiting for this movie with bated breath to fill the Potter-shaped gap in my life before the release of the next book. Potter is over, I've emptied my lungs, the remaining movies are nice little additions rather than sanity-keepers. On the other hand, it's a cracking trailer they've released, so I was feeling really enthused for this film anyway, despite the book being an unappealing - to me - combination of hormones and flashbacks.

Booooooooo!

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/15/08 at 9:18am

You can blame part of this on the success of the Dark Knight.

Warner Bros. has had such a great year already that they can afford to bump the Potter film to next summer.

If both movies come out in 2008, they're looking at a record year, to be sure... followed by a dismal 2009, because they have no blockbuster releases for summer.

On paper, and with shareholders, it would look very bad to see a drop like that.

This way, it won't be such an ugly drop.

Makes sense, from a business point of view. And the "business" always comes before the "show," contrary to popular belief.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/15/08 at 10:19am

Oh well. I can't say I'm particularly concerned about this. I may wind up reading the book before seeing the film this time.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 8/15/08 at 10:22am

Poop just about says it all. Was really looking forward to it.