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15.08.08 # 9:56 # News # 8 CommentsAccio new Harry Potter film! Nope, not working. The sixth chapter of the boy wizard’s adventures has been pushed back from the comfortably soon date of November 21st to July 17th.
The reason apparently being that Warner’s summer release schedule for next year is a little thin – a result of the writer’s strike earlier this year. So, instead of just manning-up and taking a little less money than they would normally, they’ve decided to hold onto their cash cow for another eight months. EIGHT MONTHS? Christ, you could get pregnant and have the baby and name him Harry in the time we’ve got to wait now.
This move won’t affect filming of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is still being split into two parts. On the plus side, all three films will hits screens in three years.
What do you think? Is Warner right to do this? Or is it yet another example of a disgustingly greedy movie studio trying to wring money out of people until they bleed?
Source: Variety
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Harry potter films feel better and play better in the fall.
Pheonix was summer and felt wrong, despite the quality of the film.
dammit
First Star Trek, now this. In both cases a knock on effect of the writers’ strike. There’s going to be nothing left to watch this Christmas except reruns of Home Alone.
But if we get Emma Watson in a bikini, I’m all for it.
Im not really a fan of the last film but I was excited to see this in November an 8 moth delay is annoying.
I’ll be watching “Jingle All The Way” this Christmas. It’s an ITV ritual.
But the delay is extremely annoying. It’s not like the film wasn’t going to gross an absurd amount of money anyway!
It could be said that enthusiasm for the Potter phenonmena has dipped now the last book has come out. Delaying the film by 8 months will only worsen it.
Just read a piece on the BBC that made a couple of great points. One, because Dark Knight made so much, Warners doesn’t NEED another big hit this financial year to protect the bottom line, but next year is much more risky. Secondly, Potter would have been going head to head against Quantum Of Solace, and the battle for screens would have been savage.
That does make a strange kind of sense…
however, the studio should have thought about this. Not the dark knight making as much as it has, but Bond 22 getting released in the same month.
I’m mostly annoyed at having to wait another year when the damn film is finished and waiting.