HBP push back decision spawned "3 to 4 weeks ago"
In an article reporting on how Entertainment Weekly posted their fall preview with Half-Blood Prince, The Canadian Press spoke with Dan Feldman, who is Head of Distribution at Warner Brothers. Feldman reveals the timeline of the decision:The studio had been mulling the date change for three or four weeks, "but it really didn't kind of get on the front-burner until sometime within the last seven days," Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. head of distribution, said Sunday.
Entertainment Weekly's "deadline must have been earlier than the decision, than when we started to get serious about making the decision," Fellman said.
WB's press release, revealing that Half-Blood Prince will be opening on July 17th, 2009, can be read right here.
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"Progress for the sake of progress,MUST be forbiden" ~Umbridge Sacrificing money for the sake of 'more' money,must be forbiden WB.. If they were thinking about it,they shouldn't of released a trailer that said November,maybe they should of said something about their plans instead. I'm sure they can't get the november spot back,but there's December and January..and what about the spot Twilight left? If it came out in December or January,then it'd be out on DVD by the summer...but if they didn't leave November,then it would of been ready for Christmas,just like almost always..
this is UNBELIEVABLE. They CANT do this to us... usually when a movie release date gets pushed back its for a couple months.... not practically a YEAR.
uhhhhhh i want mugglecast JAMIE AND KEVIN ARE ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need itttttt !!! and wb r lunatics thats weird about ur screen!
People, why all the hopelessness? Why do so many claim to KNOW that WB won't change the date to a closer time? I mean, we all know WB won't change the date back to November 21st due to the Twilight news, but it still could change it to December or something. I don't care if we have a 1/9,000,000,000,000,000 chance of getting the date changed to a better time. (And I'll admit, that may very well be the odds we have!) We have to do SOMETHING, and we have to do it wholeheartedly, without the feeling that it won't work out. Otherwise WB will sense our doubt, and that will be that.
ooooh i just thought of something. do you think half the reason WB did this was cuz they could release the dvd during christmas?????????!!!!!!! !!!! and where is MUGGLECAST??????????????? ?????????????????!!!!!!!! !!!!!!
i know it will most likely stay till july, but its worth a try, if you guys dont want to complian, dont, let us, were trying regardless of how futile
Amen, nothedwig432. And where is MuggleCast??? I want to hear what they thing about all this!
do you think WB are telling them not to release their podcast???!!!
If I don't get MuggleCast tonight, I'm staging a riot. Who's with me?
Also, if this idea just came up three to four weeks ago (and their sole motivator is money) then why did it take them so long to get us a teaser? I think there might be delays with post-production and they just don't want to admit it.
Hwy WB --- love how youare more interested in your bottom line then your cutomers......isn't this type of reasoning the same that got you stuck in the writters strike to begin with ?!?!? Have we the fans paid enough for your mistakes (aka a whole seaons of crappy re-runs and reality-ish shows) and now this ...... Plus don't you get the Harry Potter is totally a winter type movie ?!?!? I really loved when they began opening the HP series in the winter at Thanksgiving -- I had really hoped it would become a semi radditional family hoilday outing like Lord of the Rings, but then you went and screwed that up. And now, when I had hoped you had finnaly gotten it right and realized your huge mistake and movied it back to winter ... and now this ----- Thanks alot ---- I wish I could say I wont see it - just to protest you guys screwwing us again, but that would be a lie! What I will say is I will refuse to buy this movie and instead just borrow a copy from my friends or such - because the idea of supporting a company that has no love for me just seems wrong!
im with you i neeed mc nowww
This reminds me of when everyone was sitting around waiting for the live Imprint to be released on iTunes... people we getting desperate.
yes we were but im more desperate now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! b/c hp is better than twilight
hbp better be the best movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! and if all the director people are only focused on hormones the movie is gonna be pathetic.
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This place doesn't let me curse, so here's some stars: ****it. the Roast of Bob Saget is coming on in 20 minutes, so I'm going to be listening to MC at like 10:30, assuming it's out by then. Then I'll be doing that until at least 11:45. I'll be midnight going to bed and I have school tomorrow. >:[
OMG- come on- this isn't an April fools joke is it? I haven't been on muglenet for a few days and when I signed on, I thought some hacker messed up your countdown. I can't believe this! What will I do till July? I'm having severe Potter withdrawal already. :(
ok i filled it out. and im lucky skool doesnt start till tues for me
Ok, I actually filled that out. Call me idealistic, but for all my talk, I'm hopeful.
OK people... whether they change back or not it is great that we can speak out. We need to let WB know that the HP fans just don't sit there and take it quietly. And yes, this just may change the series. No, it won't affect the people that worked hard on it. They already were paid. They will get paid for the next one. JK already has her money from the books. I say EA needs to go ahead with the game. Where is Mugglecast?
i started school 2 weeks ago and i am mad they dont have it released yet becuz i wont be able to listen to it till tomorrow.
uhhh im being kicked off the comptuter! gnight guys i guess ill have it 2morow
http://dds army.blogspot.com/ (REMOVE SPACE) COPY AND PASTE IT IN ALL THE COMMENTS/FORUMS THIS WEBSITE INCLUDES ALL THE IMPORTANT HBP'S DELAY WEBSITES!! PASS IT ON
I can detect a lie when i hear one! And you are lying!!! GIve us HP in November!
andrew pleaaaaaaaaaase put the new mugglecast up... i'm itching to know what the hosts think of the new HBP date and plus, jamie is back :)
Has anyone noticed they can't get on Leaky Cauldron? I think they are in bed with WB. All the free passes, the premiers etc. etc. What's going on? Are they double agents?
Again, I am as mad as the next hp fan, but This topic is now old, concerting, this news topic was posted on 14th of August and it is now the 17th of August. This doesn't mean tho, that I will stop fighting for what is right, over what is easy, because the wb know that what they had done was wrong and for me, they will still pay big time for what they have now done!!!
so this is the reason that there was confusion. i don't know if you all know this but i think it was yahoo and msn that had different dates on their trailers. i think it was yahoo that had November 2008 and MSN had coming soon. so no wonder i guess we should have know there was sumthing fishy
all i know is the next HBP news better be that they moved the movie back to this year since it cant be the old date...make it the old twilight date
Muuugglecast. D:
so much for releasing MC in the evening...MUGGLECAST!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andrew, dude, what are you doing to it? Christ, post it already!
Ya know, it would be something if this was all a hoax when they said it wasn't! But, most likely, it won't be. But we would ALL be SHOCKED if it is!!
I agree with you ohxgosh_itsxwhitnea. What is Andrew doing? Mugglecast is dying. It's always being freaking delayed.
I hate WB! I'm an HP fan but I hope their so called "business sense" fail them! Shame on you WB!
HARRY POTTER HAS OFFICIALLY JUMPED THE SHARK!!!!!
Ya know, I just got thinking.. Why didn't they just put both movies out on Nov 21st?!?! They'd probably both get the same ratings, if not close to each other! eh?
333 more days until the movie... Oh, Yeah! I am excited. OOPs.. I just looked at my calendar and I already have something planned. I guess I will miss the release date. Oh bother. What will I do. I know wait until it comes out on DVD.
While petitioning might not work to change the date of THIS movie, as Twilight has already taken its spot, it will show the WB that the move they are making is potentially hazardous to their profits (the main reason they do ANYTHING is for the green), and they might think again before the consider an entire fanbase as wallets rather than customers and loyal fans.
I propose that all Potter fans boycott the movie - but just opening weekend. Go see the movie the week after it comes out. You'll still get to see the movie, but it'll seriously mess up the studios :)
" In about an hour I'll be finally editing MuggleCast. It's not my fault for the delay though, I swear. Sorry :(" he says. Then why isn't it out? I love you Mugglecast, I really, truly do, but it's already 10 PM on my end, and my mom is FIERCE.
let me see how to say this without making anyone mad...gee cant so here it goes... lol ok yes WB screwed up by moving Harry Potter 6 back til July '09 but gee they are human...people make mistakes...just like you guys...while i understand you guys wanting to petition and send hate mail...it WONT WORK! I mean it would be nice if it did but lets be realistic... and before you jump down my throat...I DO have a life...I work full time and support two children by myself...It just seems to me that I have more important things to concern myself with than oh no when is the next harry potter movie coming out?...I WILL watch WB movies even after this...because they arent the first movie studio to do this...and they probably wont be the last...and I WILL see Harry Potter 6 in July just like you all will too...sorry not trying to be rude or nothing just saying what I think...
All ideas are worthless, unless we unite. I will boycott this film because MONEY = POWER = Voldemort. They want us to show up in the summer. But you know what?? The actors with the exception of Feinnes are already signed up and contracted and are not losing any money on this deal. WB losing money hits them where it hurts - POWER = VOLDEMORT. Love will unite us. Love will win. Peace out! Porpy
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! THE WHOLE THING WASNT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK! http://news.yahoo. com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_e n_mo/film_harry_potter HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
Harry Potter is being delayed because Horn may not get his bonus next year if he does not come up with a way to increase revenue for 2009. He does not care if Harry Potter makes more money this year or next. Sorry if I hurt anyone
releasing the movie in the summer was a move based solely on greed. hate mail and petitions won't have any effect, though, because the people who sign the petitions are going to see the movie anyway. if the movie doesn't win the box office on opening weekend, though, you can be sure people will be fired.
I'm conflicted. One one hand, I agree with people like ghbrat, let's just grow up and get on with our lives. On the other, I think that just MAYBE, we have a chance of doing something. There are lots of good ideas swirling about, and I don't know what to think...
ANDREW FROOKIN SIMS WHAT A GOOD NOTE TO START MUGGLECASTS LAST WEEKLY SHOW DON'T YOU THINK...SUNDAY EVENING YEAH RIGHT... Please some of us have school tomorrow!!! i was waiting all day yesterday then you said it would be postponed til today now i have to wait all day today at least give us an update if your going to postpone it again so we dont wait all night/morning and can go to sleep!
I was about to see Dark Knight for the first time two days ago because my dad offered to take me but I said no, and its all because of my boycott against them now. And you'd think that WB would want my money. P.S. Boycotts work, petitions don't. People can talk negatively against them all they want, (it's actually good for them believe it or not) but until they start losing in profits the execs are smiling all the way to the bank.
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