Leaky collected links of retailers who have posted images from the Half-Blood Prince movie which appear on merchandise (like 2009 calendars).

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by Dave
So, now that the movie has been delayed, what does this mean for the videogame?  Apparently nothing.  Some footage was shown at the Lepzig Games Convention (YouTube link here) in Germany over the last couple of days, and the release date is still slated for this November.  The link is worth a look just to [...]

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by Travis
Eric D. Snider debunks the following 4 Myths about the Half-Blood Prince movie delay:

Half-Blood Prince was moved because WB was scared of Twilight. (That one’s just silly.)
It got moved because WB was nervous about Daniel Radcliffe’s extra-curricular activities. (Referring to his appeared naked in Equus)
WB moved Half-Blood Prince to the one-year anniversary of The [...]

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I suggested, upon hearing the news of the delay of the Half-Blood Prince movie, that the only silver lining to the news would be for Azkatraz 2009 attendees.  The LA Times got a note from a member of Team Azkatraz, Heidi Tandy, saying that very thing.  There is no way they’ll be able to accommodate everyone [...]

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by Travis Prinzi
Despite the fact that the supposed next big Potter event - the release of the Half-Blood Prince film - has been delayed till next summer, the Potterverse will be alive and kicking, with lots of key events, until that film release.  Here’s a breakdown, in as close to chronological order as possible.  Consider this [...]

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Five more pictures from the Half-Blood Prince movie we now won’t see until July 17 of next year.  Images of Snape, Bellatrix, and Slughorn, and the Slug Club are of interest.  (HT to HPANA)

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This is going to disappoint a lot of folks (myself included).  Warner Bros has apparently decided to change the release of the film version of Half-Blood Prince to Summer 2009 (instead of Thanksgiving of this year).  
“Our reasons for shifting ‘Half-Blood Prince’ to summer are twofold: we know the summer season is an ideal window for [...]

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by Johnny
The trailer was released on MSN Video just after 8 p.m. and of course is on YouTube.  You can download a bigger, higher-resolution version of it here at AOL.  Be sure to vote in the poll (on the sidebar to the right) and share your thoughts in the comments.  Enjoy:

What do you think of the trailer?   [...]

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Update 2: I took down the poll and its post until the Half-Blood Prince trailer is released.
Update: Another image, this one of Dumbledore and some fire - probably in the cave?

HPANA reports the release of an image of young Tom Riddle from the trailer for Half-Blood Prince to be released tonight at 9pm EST on AOL.com. [...]

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It should be a fun forthcoming week in Harry Potter’s world.
Tuesday, the 29th, the Half-Blood Prince Trailer will be appearing exclusively on AOL.  It will be our first live-action look at the new film.  I really enjoyed what Yates did with Order of the Phoenix, but I have to admit I’m a bit nervous about this [...]

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by Travis
Update:  HPANA reports that it will probably be online Tuesday, so we won’t even have to wait for The Mummy.
Reports today confirm the speculations of commenter Victoria that the first official Half-Blood Prince trailer will be released prior to The Mummy III on Thursday evening.
I can’t see myself paying for a Brendan Fraser movie just [...]

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by Johnny
Update 2:  IT’S ONLINE!
Update 7/29/08:  This is the old, 10 second trailer - images from the new trailer can be found here; will be available at AOL.com tonight at 9pm EST!

A little disappointing, but perhaps a longer trailer will come in August with The Mummy 3: Rise of the Dragon Emperor or another movie (I’ve [...]

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by Johnny
Update III: The Real Trailer is ONLINE (click here)!
Update II: It’s coming, for real, on Tuesday, July 29.
Update: It’s available! (sort of)
With more than four months till the film release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, there is still no trailer (teaser or full) released as of yet. However with all the release [...]

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No Trelawney in film adaptation of Half-Blood Prince.  One wonders how they’ll do Harry’s learning that Snape was the snoop.

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by Dave
The copyright case Rowling brought against Steve Vander Ark goes to trial this week, as I’m sure some of you read. I’m not going to offer up anything new about the case, copyright infringement, or her ownership over her work (authorial or otherwise).
I thought I’d give you a couple of links:
This one takes [...]

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