HBP push back decision spawned "3 to 4 weeks ago"
HBP push back decision spawned 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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Posted by Davidaccio Aug 18th 2008

BOYCOTT ALL HARRY POTTER PRODUCTS!!!!! Yes, they have screwed us!! Now let's hurt them where it hurts the most.. IN THEIR POCKETS!!! I'll wait till next summer to see the movie, but I won't buy a thing Harry Potter in the mean time!! Not a movie...NOTHING!!!! And even more so, I won't buy any WB release in the mean time!!! Not even Dark Night!!! Screw them!!! I'm pissed!!!!! I'm not interested in any more trailers. Stupid WB they don't realize the damage they've done!!! BOYCOTT ALL WB and HARRY POTTER PRODUCTS until July 2009!!!!!!! DO IT!!!!


Posted by mv22 Aug 18th 2008

http://www.warnerbros.com /main/help/customer_servi ce.html http://www.petitionsp ot.com/petitions/harrypot ter6


Posted by armormew Aug 18th 2008

LOL at the countdown meter...


Posted by tonks654 Aug 18th 2008

i HATE u wb!! u r so not MACKEL!


Posted by angelina_johnson92 Aug 18th 2008

This Twilight thing is making me even more angry! Ughh.


Posted by rooon Aug 18th 2008

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Posted by the_shrieking_snack Aug 18th 2008

i saw Clone Wars today and the dang-blasted WRONG HBP trailer was playing and i actually got the spinal-chills watching it. it says "NOVEMBER" BUT WAIT--- NO IT ISN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! freaking liars! gaaaaaa! i almost screamed in the theater! (i should have) >:[


Posted by alexxx Aug 18th 2008

wow i hate Wb theyre so gay.


Posted by Tenorspaz Aug 18th 2008

Warner Bros. is counting on this fury to die down in a few days/weeks. As loyal HP fans, we owe it to ourselves NOT to let this die down. Be vocal! Sign the petition, write a howler, go to the WB website and fill in their feedback, take their survey and fill each blank with "Free Harry!" or something like it. I send them new feedback everyday! Send emails to the entertainment shows like Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight. Make noise and get them to do a story on it. Boycott WB products, including movies and their TV station, the WB. Write to the WB's comercial sponsors and tell them why you will not be watching their shows. They are COUNTING on this to just go away. They think we'll just grumble for awhile and then accept it like good little boys and girls. The more noise we make, for as long as possible, the better. POWER TO THE MUGGLES!!!


Posted by hpfanmem12 Aug 18th 2008

if they were thinking about this for 4 weeks they could have said, "hey, this is a stupid, inconsiderate decision. hp is the best thing to ever happen and we'll make money whenever, wherever. let's just give it to them in nov." but i guess they don't think. and they obviously don't care about their "fans." just so you know, wb, we're not your fans. we love harry, but we hate you!!!


Posted by mundung Aug 18th 2008

Go to all the Harry Potter boards and look at what everyone says-looks like 100% mad, maybe 70% talking about petitions, boycotting (which I agree with) and maybe 10% saying get over it. The rest say they are going anyway. So if you take 70% of all Potter fans and sign petitions, boycott WB either all movies by them or HBP, (especially merchandise) in particular we can be a voice-will it change anything? I don't know but it doesn't hurt to try I, for one, am not going to be a sheep and say "ok whatever WB says" think of what Harry Potter would do-he was never one to sit idly by. Be a voice let yourself be heard


Posted by nothedwig432 Aug 19th 2008

THERE IS A NEW WEBSITE WITH ALL THE HBP DELAY'S WEBSITES ( ddsarmy. b logspot.c om (REMOVE SPACES)) PASS IT ON!! "If Harry Potter can make millions of dollars, it can make a million of petitions" COPY AND PASTE IT EVERYWHERE!


Posted by Poloz_fury8 Aug 19th 2008

Wow!....Can somebody say karma?.... A judge has denied a Warner Bros motion to dismiss 20th Century Fox's lawsuit over Warners' right to make a film based on the graphic novel "Watchmen." Ruling is potentially a huge victory for Fox, which could wind up as a profit participant in the film, and could cost Warners millions considering the film's box office prospects. However, Fox's legal team says it isn't looking for monetary compensation and instead wants to prevent the big-budget film from being released altogether. What goes around comes around!......And here is proof!


Posted by luvrup Aug 19th 2008

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, ALMOST A F""KING YEAR TO SEE THIS MOVIE, WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SEE IT IN 2 MONTHS, I HATE YOU WARNER BROTHER, YOU ARE ON MY BLACK LIST, I WONT SEE YOUR MOVIE, and I REFUSE to pay for it, I will buy the pirate version when the movie comes out, so that means I still see it but without giving you the satisfaction to get richer with my money, besides where I live the pirates version of the movies comes out at the same time as the theatre movie!! SUCK ON THAT.


Posted by bellatrix_black_lestrange Aug 19th 2008

IT'S BLOODY RUBBISH THEY SHOULD CHANGE IT BACK OR I'M GOING OVER THERE TO START SOMETHING AND THEY CAN KEEP ON EXPECTING MY EMAILS UNLESS THEY CHANGE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by sphdle1 Aug 19th 2008

I agree with most to sign a petition in protest so things like this don't happen again. I also like a few peoples idea of waiting to go see the movie. WB want big numbers that first opening weekend, right...well if we can wait 11more months, then we should all be able to band together in protest, and wait 11months + 1 week...In other words, I think we should all boycott the opening weekend, and go the weekend after instead. We still get to see the movie a week later (what's one extra week when you have to wait 11 months?); however it will send WB an even bigger message than a petition does IMHO. They can throw the petition in the garbage, but since this whole move by WB is about greed and money at the expense of those fans who will give them that money, then they will definitely see and feel a move by people to destroy their big opening weekend by everyone waiting one extra week...they will for sure not be able to easily dismiss that move by fans when they meet in their board room. It will hopefully help ensure this never happens again. Also, instead of going back to watch the movie 2 or 3 times, I am going to watch it once the week after opening weekend, and then wait until it comes out on Blu-ray... I am new here, but those who are regulars should think about starting a 2nd petition for everyone to not go opening weekend, as the ultimate protest that 'WILL' be heard by everyone at WB...


Posted by dancing_in_the_rain Aug 19th 2008

I am sooooo mad that they have done this. If i didnt love harry potter as much as i did i wouldnt see the film. I hate how far apart the films are but i always remember how much work must go into them but its getting stupid. If they push this realse date back all the other films are going to go back. It will be like 2013 before the final one. I hate you WB


Posted by sphdle1 Aug 19th 2008

Please sign a pledge to boycott the opening weekend and send a message to WB that they will actually listen to. Forward this on to everyone you can. That way we can still see the movie when it does come out, but on our terms, sending WB a strong message, and hurting their big opening weekend: http://www.yo uchoose.net/campaign/boyc ott_opening_weekend_of_ne w_harry_potter_hbp


Posted by phoenix_knight Aug 19th 2008

THAT'S IT! I'M FUKIN PETITIONING! THIS IS INJUSTICE!!!! I HATE WB FOR LIFE!!!!!


Posted by phoenix_knight Aug 19th 2008

THAT'S IT! I'M FUKIN PETITIONING! THIS IS INJUSTICE!!!! I HATE WB FOR LIFE!!!!!


Posted by k8e Aug 19th 2008

Below is a list of upcoming WB films send WB a message by not seeing any of them in theaters, stop watching wb network I'm not sure if cable companies can report blocked channels but block it. and/or watch for an hour write up a list of the sdvertisers and send these companies a letter letting them know you will not be watching the channel so they should spend their money elsewhere. and keep signing petitions Nights in Rodanthe 9/26/08 RockNRolla 10/8/08 House of Lies (formerly Untitled Ridley Scott) 10/10/08 Gran Torino Dec 2008 Yes Man 12/19/08 Mama's Boy 2008 Spring Breakdown 2008 Trick 'r Treat 2008 Ninja Assassin 1/16/09 He's Just Not That Into You 2/6/09 Watchmen 3/6/09 The Box 3/20/09 The Informant 3/27/09 Untitled Jody Hill/Seth Rogen Comedy (formerly Observe & Report) 4/10/09 17 Again 4/17/09 Terminator Salvation 5/22/09 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 7/17/09 Where the Wild Things Are 10/16/09 Guardians of Ga'Hoole 3D 7/9/10 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part One) 11/19/10 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part Two) Summer 2011 Wonder Woman TBD The Lazarus Child TBD


Posted by pirateharry14 Aug 19th 2008

As if it doesn't hurt enough that WB put the trailer through to theaters, leaked it to the internet then announce that they are changing what i would of thouht to be the most anticipated film during the winter season to a date almost 7 months later. And to hear that they were thinking of changing the date earlier during the month, I say why did they even bother with the trailer only to dissapoint so many loyal HP fans. I can guarntee that whoever is to see the film in July, would of seen it in November making absolutly no difference execpt WB now has to deal with upset fans of the HP franchise.


Posted by beth_28 Aug 19th 2008

everyone should boycott WB. they are being so inconsiderate to all the harry potter fans. they are only doing it for money and claim they "love" the fans. but the truth is they dont give a care in the world about us. so please boycott WB and sign the petition on petitonspot. com . don't go to any WB movies until we get our potter back in november. (or any sooner than feb)


Posted by SiriusFan Aug 19th 2008

They were unnecessarily cruel to us. If you look at the math, 3 to 4 weeks ago was BEFORE The trailer came out.. why did they let the trailer come out?! Money Wh**es!


Posted by Sally Aug 19th 2008

fine, since im not getting hbp in november, im going to start reading the twilight books, it seems they are really good books, so ill have something to see this november


Posted by GRYFFIN21 Aug 19th 2008

For those fans saying we should stop protesting,what is wrong with you guys?Are you eal fans or what?They're MILLIONS of fans and we all need to do what is possible o get the movie back atleast in December it will fit in perfect as a holiday movie,and since there is no other big holiday movies coming out it will rule the box office.Come on Harry Potter fans we can do it we just need to beieve.BRING BACK HBP WB NOW!!!!!!!!!


Posted by lupinandtonks2008 Aug 19th 2008

If they were discussing this before announcing the release dates and showing the teaser trailer they should have held back on doing both of these until they knew for sure when they were going to release it. What I don't understand is WB says they want to release the movie in the summer because the fifth movie was the second best selling movie and was released in the summer. But the first movie is the first best selling movie and that was released in November. So its like their saying they want the sixth movie to sell as much as the second best selling movie but not as much as the first best selling movie.


Posted by luvrup Aug 19th 2008

YES! I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU, IF THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE US WAIT 11 MONTHS then BOYCUTT THE OPENNING WEEKEND, come on guys, we CAN do this!! let's do it, to be honest, I dind't care about the gap between HBP and DH because I was aware of that, but THIS WAS UNEXPECTED, so that is why I think is unfair!! WE WONT GIVE UP!!!


Posted by michael_ Aug 19th 2008

So wait, when is the full length trailer coming out? Just because they pushed back the movie (ghetto), when will they release the trailer? I mean if they do it now, it'll build up hype.


Posted by ifthebroomfits23 Aug 20th 2008

omg so i can only hope that someone was like HM what the hell is Ginny doing in her bathrobe in a swamp? and decided to fix it. I'm pissed about only three flashbacks too! what did we freakin us all of them in the LAST movie??




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