Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an upcoming 2009 fantasy-adventure film based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sixth film in the popular Harry Potter film series. It is directed by David Yates, the director of the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. David Heyman and David Barron are producing the film,[5] and Steve Kloves, screenwriter of the first four films (but not the fifth), has returned as screenwriter for this film.[6] Filming began on 24 September 2007, and the film was originally planned for a UK and North American release on 21 November 2008,[6][7] but on 14 August 2008, it was announced that the release date for the film was to be delayed to 17 July 2009, but this date was later changed to 15 July 2009.[1][8] Like the previous film, the sixth film will be simultaneously released in regular cinemas and IMAX 3-D, the opening sequence of the film will be in 3D.[9] In December 2007, Warner Bros. released its official plot summary: 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 defenses 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 increasingly drawn to Ginny, and so is Dean Thomas. Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hasn’t counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates. 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.[11] Before David Yates was officially chosen to direct the film, many others had been offered the job[citation needed], 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.[12]Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell declined a spot to direct the fifth film, and was not approached for this one.[13] 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."[14] From the fifth film, Yates has retained composer Nicholas Hooper, who, judging by the background music on the Official Harry Potter website, has included a reworking of John Williams's Hedwig's Theme, which has recurred in all scores including Patrick Doyle's. Also maintained are 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 third film.[6] 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.[15] Academy Award nominatedBruno Delbonnel is the film's cinematographer.[6] David Yates remarked Bruno's work on the film as "The choice of angles, the extreme close-ups, the pacing of the scenes...It's very layered, incredibly rich."[16] Yates and Heyman have noted that some of the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows may influence the script of the film.[17] Following a week of rehearsals, principal photography began on 24 September 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008.[7] Before filming commenced, there was belief that filming might move from the UK, where all of the previous five films have been shot. This is North Scotlandreported that the filming would take place in New Zealand, due to the "more agreeable economy and climate" and lack of Scottish funding.[18] The Sunday Business Post in Ireland noted that the film's producers and WB executives had been scouting there, specificallyLeinster 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."[19] The crew also scouted around Cape Wrath in Scotland, for use in the cave scene.[20] Filming returned to Glen Coe and Glenfinnan, both which have appeared in the previous films, to preserve the continuity of the landscape.[21] 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.[21] A series of night scenes were 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.[22][23][24] On set reports indicated that the main scene filmed was Harry and Dumbledore's visit to Slughorn's house.[24] Further filming took place in Surbiton railway station in October 2007,[25] Gloucester Cathedral, where the first and second films were shot, in February 2008,[26] and at the Millennium Bridge in London in March 2008.[27] Though Radcliffe, Gambon, and Broadbent started shooting in late September 2007, some other cast members started much later: Grint did not begin until November 2007, Watson did not begin until December 2007, Rickman until January 2008, and Bonham Carter until February 2008.[28][29] Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Frank Dillane each play Tom Riddle, the child who becomes Lord Voldemort, at age eleven and as a teenager respectively.[6] Tiffin is the 10-year-old nephew ofRalph Fiennes, who plays the adult Voldemort in the fourth and fifth films.[46] Christian Coulson, who played Riddle in Chamber of Secrets, expressed an interest in returning;[47] 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.[48] Bower was, however, later cast as the teenage Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 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.[49] Devon Murray and Alfred Enoch return as Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas respectively, while Jamie Waylett and Joshua Herdman reprise their roles of Crabbe and Goyle. Additionally,Warwick Davis, Gemma Jones and David Bradley reprise their respective roles as Charms teacher Filius Flitwick, Hogwarts' Matron Poppy Pomfrey and caretaker Argus Filch.[6] Georgina Leonidas will play Katie Bell, the Gryffindor Chaser who is injured by a cursed necklace.[50] Anna Shaffer portrays Romilda Vane, a student obsessed with Harry.[50] Websites of UK casting agencies reported that Scarlett Byrne will play Pansy Parkinson. And Katie Leung returns as Cho Chang in a very brief role.[51] William Melling also returns as Nigel. Two 11-year-old children, Taylor Triphook and Katie Head, who have been noted to be redheads, 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 plays Blaise Zabini.[54] Freddie Stroma and Isabella Laughland, play Cormac McLaggen and Katie Bell's friend Leanne respectively.[50] Rob Knox plays Marcus Belby; he completed filming some time before his death on 24 May 2008.[55] Ralph Ineson plays Amycus Carrow, Suzanne Toase plays Alecto Carrow, and Dave Legeno plays Fenrir Greyback,[56][57] while Lord Johnpaul Castrianni and Rod Hunt play Yaxley andThorfinn Rowle respectively. Tom Moorcroft portrays Regulus Black, and Sanguini, the vampire at Slughorn's party, is played by Charlie Bennison.[58] Tony Coburn plays 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 return as the Patil twins.[63]; both Clémence Poésy and Chris Rankin were 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 Sproutsince Chamber of Secrets, will be cut 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] 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] In 2009, Nighy stated in an interview with MTV that he had not yet been cast for a Harry Potter film.[citation needed] 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.[71] Official casting news was scarce even as filming began.[48] It was reported that Jack Davenport, Stephen Rea, Peter Rnic, Stuart Townsend, and Joseph Fiennes were each offered unspecified roles,[38][72] 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.[6][73] There are a number of changes from the book in the film. Much of the book's ending has been changed, with the climactic battle 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 was believed it did not fit with the rest of the film.[74] The collapse of a Muggle bridge mentioned briefly in the book serves as the film's opening sequence.[75] Scenes of Diagon Alley being demolished by Death Eaters and an attack on the Burrow by Bellatrix Lestrange and werewolf Fenrir Greyback are added, as can be seen in the trailers. 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, shown twice, remain.[75] Yates said they made the decision to compress the memories, but still "got some really cool ones".[76] Characters who are cut include the Dursleys, Kreacher, Dobby, Bill and Fleur, Rufus Scrimgeour, Cornelius Fudge and the Muggle Prime Minister. However, Quidditch[77], being excluded from the previous film, returns. Bellatrix Lestrange will also participate in the battle of the astronomy tower, whereas she did not in the book, as seen in a picture with the Carrows and Greyback, celebrating Dumbledore's death. In the book, on the Hogwarts Express, after he is paralysed and hidden under his Invisibility Cloak by Draco Malfoy, Harry is rescued by Nymphadora Tonks. In the film, Luna Lovegood saves him instead, using her Spectrespecs to find him.[78] The special edition two-disc DVD for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix contained two sneak peeks of the film,[41][79] while the US edition included an additional clip.[80] A 15-second teaser for the film was shown alongside the IMAX release of The Dark Knight.[81] The first full-length domestic teaser trailer was released on 29 July on AOL's Moviefone website.[82]An international teaser was released on 26 October and the U.S. theatrical trailer was released on 14 November. Another trailer was screened on the Japanese TV station Fuji TV during a screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on 18 January 2009.[83][84] Scenes from the film were aired during ABC Family's three day Harry Potter movie marathon, which aired from 5-7 December 2008.[85] On 5 February 2009, the first three promotional teaser posters were released, featuring Dumbledore and Harry.[86] On 5 March and 16 April 2009, new trailers were released by Warner Bros.[87] Warner Bros and MSN ran an online Order of the Phoenix quiz, with the prize being a walk-on part in the film.[88] As with the previous films, EA Games will produce a video game based on the film.[89] On 10 March 2009, it was announced that there would be a video game soundtrack, which was released on 17 March 2009.[90] On 27 March six character posters were released: Harry, Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione, Draco, and Professor Snape.[86] An English version of the international trailer since a Japanese international trailer was released online 10 April.[91] On 8 May 2009, CW Channel aired 30-second TV Spot, which focused on the romantic side of the movie.[92] So far, 11 TV Spots are released through Internet and three of them had been aired throughout the United States. On May 20, first clip from the film was released through The Ellen DeGeneres Show's official website, showing love-struck Ron.[93] Another clip of the film, showing Dumbledore visting Tom Riddle's Orphanage was released on 31 May, 2009 at MTV Awards.[94] The film is scheduled for release in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom on 15 July 2009[1].[2] It was originally set to be released on 21 November 2008 (US, UK, CAN) and 11 December 2008 (AUS, NZ),[8] but was pushed back by eight and seven months to 17 July, despite being completed. 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.[95] The box-office success of summer WB films Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Dark Knight also motivated the decision.[96] 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."[97] 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.[98] The date change was met with a heavily 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."[96] 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 publicly announced by WB and noted that readers would now be in possession of a "Dewey Beats Truman collectible".[97] Several days after the announcement, Horn released a statement in response to the "large amount of disappointment" expressed by fans of the series.[99] Following the date change, Half-Blood Prince's release slot was taken by Summit Entertainment's Twilight.[100] Three months before its release in July, the date was again changed by 2 days from 17 July to 15 July in the United States and Canada.[101] It was later confirmed the same date change applied to the UK as well. The Australia and New Zealand release dates which were then 16 July, where also changed to 15 July. The premiere dates for the movie are 6 July in Japan, 7 July in the UK and 8 July in the US. The Belgium premiere is on 11 July.[102] Like the previous film, the sixth film will be simultaneously released in regular cinemas and IMAX 3-D.[103] The film's opening sequence featuring the destruction of the Millennium Bridge will be in 3D. [104]The film had been chosen to be screened at the 2008 Royal Film Performance on 17 November,[105] but was not. Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund chief executive Peter Hore noted he was "very disappointed" with Warner Bros' decision.[95] The film was rated PG in the US for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality by the MPAA.[106] This is the first in the series to have been rated PG since the third,Prisoner of Azkaban. In the UK it has been rated 12A by BBFC for moderate threat, the same as the previous two films.[107] The film is 153 minutes (2 hours 33 minutes and 19 seconds) long, making this movie the third longest of the series so far, coming behind Chamber of Secrets (161 minutes) and Goblet of Fire (157 minutes).[108] The soundtrack based of the film will be released on 14 July 2009. The primary composer is Nicholas Hooper who previously scored the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixsoundtrack.[109]Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Theatrical posterDirected by David Yates Produced by David Heyman
David BarronWritten by Novel:
J. K. Rowling
Screenplay:
Steve KlovesStarring Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
Michael Gambon
Jim Broadbent
Alan Rickman
Tom Felton
Bonnie WrightMusic by Nicholas Hooper
Themes by:
John WilliamsCinematography Bruno Delbonnel Editing by Mark Day Studio Heyday Films Distributed by Warner Bros. Release date(s) 15 July 2009 [1][2] Running time 2 hrs 33 minutes (theatrical)[3] Country United Kingdom
United StatesLanguage English Budget GB£ 100 million
(US$ 200 million)[4]Preceded by Order of the Phoenix Followed by Deathly Hallows [edit]Plot
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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