Yes, it sure has been a while. I'm still wishing that Michael Gambon weren't Dumbledore, and that we had Richard Harris back, but I know that won't happen, so I'll have to be satisfied with Michael. But that is an interesting picture, and I like that you can actually see the cameras and the directors, instead of having it just be an edited photo, straight from the movie. Thanks Cinema!

haha dumbledore with glasses?? unusual!

1st !!! n yey bring bak the specs lol

Finally!

awsomeee !

dumbledore with no glasses just isnt dumbledore at all....its like harry with no glasses, its just odd....and i agree with the first comment...i think micheal gambon is a TERRIBLE dumbledore...i know it was hard to take over from richard harris, but still, he acts nothing like dumbledore ever does....he's to harsh, and angry...dumbledore has a calm nature and a quiet strength about him, which gambon fails to portray.

Oooo! Glasses? That's actually pretty awesome. Just think, he had to go through a few movies without glasses! He must've been blind! :P just kidding. I actually never really noticed he wasn't ever wearing glasses!

wow!! love the photos!!! i think david yates looks slimmer :P

on the clips and sneak peeks WB put out on HBP, dumbledores fingers were covers in green screen material to perform CGI effects. when they showed dumbledore and potter filming at slughorn's house it was only two fingers, then later when harry was in dumbledore's office it was all around his hand- hence they do have dumbledore's blacken fingers and it gets worse as the film progress's just like the book

Dumbly-dorr!!! yeah,i never noticed either.

wow green screen on Dumbledores hand? i figured it'd just be makeup and i totally agree with phoenix_flames_ 4. Richard Harris was always much more calm and Dumbledore-ish but since he's gone we'll have to put up with Gambon.

Aw, cool. And didn't you guys just mention the lack of pics with him in glasses in Mugglecast the other day? :-)

See? Now was that so hard, Gambon? (I shouldn't blame him -- maybe it's the producer's/director's choice).

This is a good photoof Prof. Dumbledore, because if he has not glases he can not be the professor we like and love. Can we have more photos and other articles even if they are in other language. thanks.

i like michal gambon, i think hes a much better dumbledore than richard

wow he looks a BIT more dumbledoreish

richard harris was better, as my friend would say ''more cuddly" and i agree. he was gentler and michael gambon just seems so freaking harsh all the time. tell me if u agree........

i do not agree i really like michal. i think he gets more into it.

Richard Harris IS Dumbledore. That's why no one can match him. Harry Potter is real, Dumbledore lived once but died obviously. That's why Michael Gambon had to take over

I'm not a fan of Michael Gambon (I actually agree with sailorprincess6, Gambon is a bit too harsh (if that's even the right word) in delivering his lines, imo)--but I must say, he does look more like Dumbledore than ever before.

i still like mike

I don't see how Gambon appeals to ANYONE. He's kind of the anti-Dumbledore, IMO. He's not serene, or kind at all :/ He's grumpy.

Yay! He finally looks like Dumbledore! :-D

randomchat i like him i think he really gets into charter and he's not bad if you stop living in the past

he looks fatter, in my opinion.

haha

I'm a little disturbed by people bashing Michael Gambon for how his character looks/dresses... even for what he says and how. The guy's not responsible for those things... the screenwriter, director, producers are. You can criticize him for HOW he delivers his lines, but that's about it. Give the guy a break! Yeah, Richard Harris was our first exposure to Dumbledore, and we'll always love him for that, but I really don't think Harris could have delivered the strength and power that develops in Dumbledore as the stories progressed. Gambon has that edge, that simmering failure, and that secret desire for more power that Harris just didn't have. I liked Harris... but I love Gambon in the role he now possesses.

I'm happy they finally gave him glasses...while I really don't like Gambon as Dumbledore AT ALL, it seems to be looking up. But, we'll see. Very nice pictures. :]

I lo9e gambon he is cool, blame yates for his acting, no direction, he was great in azkaban, amazing, but still, alfonso is a miricle worker...

photobrad said it PERFECTLY !

I know JKR always wrote that DD wore his half-moon specs perched on his nose all of the time but don't people realise what half-moon specs are actually for? You wear half moon specs perched on your nose when you're reading. They serve no purpose other than for reading. If you notice whenever movie DD is reading he wears them. Makes perfect sense.

Dumbledore finally found his glasses? I think he's been missing them for at least a year now. Poor guy, getting senile in his old age. ;-P

This has been an epicly big news day. So much is going on all of a sudden... Enough for a new MuggleCast, even. *hinthint*

Gambon is cool. The crew suck. And I'm really pissed how they remove Dumbledore's spectacles all the time, for now reason. Look at how they rendered Slughorn and see how they don't give a s*i* about the book descriptions. Slughorn is not fat, not bald, and has no walrus mustache. So it's anyone but Slughorn! He has not one of his trademark feature. He's just botched and I'm p*ss*d.

I agree with sailorprincess6 Richard Harris was a better Dumbledore and why is Michael Gambon's beard tied all the time?

Finally, he looks something like Dumbledore!! I hope he becomes a gentler Dumbledore in this movie. Wow, the glasses almost make up for the funny beard jewelry. *frowns* okay, not quite.

the jewerly ist that badd and it isnt his fault he doesnt get to choose what he wears

Michael Gambon in half-moon spectacles? Never thought I'd see the day!!

Maybe this will make Gambon look more Dumbledore-ish. xD Richard Harris really /was/ Dumbledore, though. He always had that odd mysterious sense that I pictured Dumbledore would have, and also that fun quality. Gambon isnt too bad however, and I think he made the transition from Harris's version of Dumbledore to his version smoothly. Its just Gambon seems a little too rough to be Dumbledore,but it does add a different spin on the personality that isnt so bad. Either way...Dumbledore rocks. Yay for the return of the glasses!

He he he he!~~~~ : )

Not the dumbledore I had in mind, but ok!!!

: )

Doesn't he always have glasses????

nooooo unfortunally nott

haha... I submitted this news...even the glasses bit. I feel happy...anyway, I've always loved Gambon. I mean...his little tantrum in Goblet after Harry's name came out was annoying, but I still love the rougher D-dore... I mean, he is different than the D-dore of the books, but how he plays it works well, and I'm glad they are making him more truue to the books for HBP (glasses, straighter hair, calmer voice, etc.) I'm EXCITED for the movie... (of course my excitement will wane a bit after a few months of waiting, but I'll probably be even more excited when this movie finally does come out....dang WB....haha)

haha... I submitted this news...even the glasses bit. I feel happy...anyway, I've always loved Gambon. I mean...his little tantrum in Goblet after Harry's name came out was annoying, but I still love the rougher D-dore... I mean, he is different than the D-dore of the books, but how he plays it works well, and I'm glad they are making him more truue to the books for HBP (glasses, straighter hair, calmer voice, etc.) I'm EXCITED for the movie... (of course my excitement will wane a bit after a few months of waiting, but I'll probably be even more excited when this movie finally does come out....dang WB....haha)

give gambon some credit ,it wasnt easy stepeping in after harris. HARRIS'S SON SAID GAMBON IS GREAT!!!

He looks more like Dumbledore than ever. Sweet.

ZOMG!! YOU GUYS DIDNT YOU NOTICE THAT ON THE OFFICIAL HARRY POTTER SIT THE TEASER TRAILER NOW SAYS JULY :(

wow, that must have been so hard. how did they manage to get glasses, nice to see they are trying so hard for this one. I hope the sarcasm wont drip on anyone