Release Date: November 21, 2008
Director: David Yates
Screenwriter: Steve Kloves
Returning Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
On August 7, 2006 (only three months after the Order of the Phoenix release date was confirmed), Warner Bros. announced that Half-Blood Prince will be released on Friday, November 21, 2008. This marks the fourth film in the Harry Potter series that will be released just before Thanksgiving. Starting with Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004, the movies have been on 18 month-long schedules (10 to 11 months of shooting, the rest spent on post-production), which is why HBP will hit theatres in the fall.
Production on Half-Blood Prince began in February 2007. At that time, artistic director Stuart Craig was designing the set for the scene in which a beloved character dies atop the astronomy tower. "It has to be impressive and beautiful and poignant," he said at the time. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint announced in March 2007 that they would return as Harry, Hermione, and Ron (respectively) for both Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows.
In May 2007, David Yates announced he would return to direct Half-Blood Prince. He said, "I am doing 'Half-Blood Prince,' and I'm doing it because I love the [Potter] world, I love the characters. I think I have more business with this world and these characters. I've made a kind of tonal shift with the fifth film, which I want to continue and develop into the sixth film. And I can see the fifth story evolving into the sixth story in a really interesting way. So I'm on a journey with this material and this world, and I'm keen to complete it."
JK Rowling will take part in some of the creative process, according to Yates. He said that she "is actually going to come and join us for a few days and talk through the script. I'm really looking forward to having her around; she's grown up enough to say that the film is a separate entity to the book so she always leaves the director to get on with his job. Having said that, she has great ideas and insights."
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hits theatres July 17, 2009.
Production on Half-Blood Prince began in February 2007. At that time, artistic director Stuart Craig was designing the set for the scene in which a beloved character dies atop the astronomy tower. "It has to be impressive and beautiful and poignant," he said at the time. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint announced in March 2007 that they would return as Harry, Hermione, and Ron (respectively) for both Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows.
In May 2007, David Yates announced he would return to direct Half-Blood Prince. He said, "I am doing 'Half-Blood Prince,' and I'm doing it because I love the [Potter] world, I love the characters. I think I have more business with this world and these characters. I've made a kind of tonal shift with the fifth film, which I want to continue and develop into the sixth film. And I can see the fifth story evolving into the sixth story in a really interesting way. So I'm on a journey with this material and this world, and I'm keen to complete it."
JK Rowling will take part in some of the creative process, according to Yates. He said that she "is actually going to come and join us for a few days and talk through the script. I'm really looking forward to having her around; she's grown up enough to say that the film is a separate entity to the book so she always leaves the director to get on with his job. Having said that, she has great ideas and insights."
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hits theatres July 17, 2009.
2 comments:
ayos to ah :D
onga eh.. :D
've gotta watch this
movie tlga.. ^^
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