New ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ Featurette

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 21, 2009

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Warner Bros. has just hit us up with yet another new look at Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, a film that is still months away. And I was going to ignore it, to load the video into our player and save the posting for later — but then I watched this little featurette and it looks really cool. In fact, it dawned on my as I watched it that the effects in these Harry Potter films are generally pretty brilliant. The entire franchise has never gotten more than an apathetic “meh” from me, but as I look back through the list I am compelled to feel more than a little impressed with how good this films have looked. This one is easily the most visually impressive (based on the clips thus far) since Alfonso Cuarón was behind the camera.

Check it out for yourself in the featurette below, followed by the film’s official synopsis.

Official Synopsis:

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 more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn’t counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates! And 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.

This film has been rated PG for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hits theaters on July 15, 2009.

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blckmanjew

Sorry... Spoiler above ^

S452

I'm so excited for this movie!!!!

JDEWer

I think most people know that by now...it's not really a secret.

LDofAPATHY

well..not most haven't read any of them yet..been putting it off..well THANKS..lol...whos Prof. Snape

LD@APATHYINK

buts looks amazing..makes me want to finally read them

Jim_Rohner

Psyched for this movie

Rohith

I still remember the time when thousands of people said it on the internet that they will boycott this movie because WB postponed the release date by over an year.

I am guessing the reason why WB is promoting the movie so much(more than the previous ones) is cuz they are scared that the fans might actually boycott the movie.

Ofcourse, I can easily tell that no fan of HP will miss this movie. The last movie Order of Phoenix was not great but based on so many trailers I have seen for this movie so far I think this movie will be EXCELLENT and also the best HP movie so far.

I wish Deathly Hallows was not split into two movies...they could've just made the movie 3hrs and a few minutes to fit the entire story in one movie, this way there won't be a boring moment in the entire movie. lol...but who doesn't like an extra billion dollars in their banks :P

dragonmum

"but who doesn't like an extra billion dollars in their banks"
Which is why WB delayed the release - at the time, they didn't have a summer blockbuster. And yes it hacked off many of us, I hadn't heard about a boycott but it doesn't surprise me. OOTP was the longest book of the series, but the shortest movie so far. Crossing my fingers 'til they bleed that it's not a trend. I'm desperately trying to not get my hopes up too high, but HBP does indeed look good. I'm just hoping we'll see the Dursleys.

Splitting Deathly Hallows... I'm torn on this issue. The producers all say it's because there was no other way to fully tell the story - which they're right, there are no irrelevant subplots - but I think we all know WB saw a way to a) keep from REALLY pissing off the fans with a chopped-to-bits story, and b) (and more importantly) make a buttload more money. Which is what it's really all about. Making Return of the King into a 3-hour movie was a definite risk, but it paid off. Unfortunately that doesn't mean it ever will again. *shrugging*

New ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ Featurette

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