'Half-Blood Prince' Release Date Moved Up!

No doubt you recall the profound days last August when Warner Bros. announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was being pushed from its Nov. 21, 2008, release all the way bankroll b reverse to July 17, 2009. Surely you still spawn the emotional scars of those troubled times, and I importune if my mentioning it has reopened old wounds. But you will pleased to know that Warner Bros. has heard your plaintive weeping and done the honorable thing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is being moved up -- all the way from July 17 to July 15! That's two whole days sooner that we'll get to see Harry, Henrietta, Rob, Haggard, Prof. Mumblecore and all the gang do struggle with Vadermort!Astute readers might notice that July 17 is a Friday, making July 15 a Wednesday. Those readers might also recall that pretty much ALL of the biggest summer blockbusters have been coming out on Wednesdays lately. Cynical readers might wonder why HPATH-BP was ever scheduled for a Friday in the first place, and if indeed it was the plan all along to "swop" it to Wednesday as a means of drumming up a little extra publicity now, in April, when most people wouldn't be thinking yon the movie otherwise. To those readers I say: You're probably right. Still, good news. A Wednesday release means it's really coming out late Tuesday night, at midnight, maybe even 10 p.m. No word yet on when the pirated duplicate will be avilable on the Internet.Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, New Releases, Warner Brothers, Fandom, Exhibition, Family Films, Harry Potter Permalink