First Look: 'Potter' filmmakers strive for stand-alone magic

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First Look: 'Potter' filmmakers strive for stand-alone magic
Published 7/3/2008 at OH NO!!
... now 16, is suspicious of Malfoy, and he works with Dumbledore to retrieve memories pertaining to the evil Lord Voldemort. But, being a teen as well as a wizard, he is drawn to Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright), the younger sister of Ron (Rupert Grint). Do Harry and Ginny share a magical snog? "They're about to kiss," director David Yates says. "Then the bloody Death Eaters turn up and cause all sorts of anarchy." (wtf?) - USA Today No mention of Luna Lovegood, but I just love her and that pic. btw, is ...

New Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Photo and Early Romance Buzz!
Published 7/3/2008 by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
... featuring an awesome photo of Harry Potter all bloodied up, but USA Today has also published an article on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Remarkably, the sixth film is already due out in theaters in only five more months - just over a year since we all saw Order of the Phoenix last summer. Harry, who is now 16 years old in the film, starts to develop that teenage sense of attraction, and that never mixes well with magic. If you're a Harry Potter fan, and have read Deathly Hallows multiple times over, you might want to take a ...

Bunch More 'Harry Potter 6' Photos Hit
Published 7/3/2008 by Monika Bartyzel at Cinematical
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Harry Potter, Remakes and Sequels, Images November 21 is slowly inching closer, and Potter Mania is starting to heat up. Just in time for the Fourth of July, we've got a whole slew of new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince pics to enjoy. There are seven tasty shots over at USA Today, including the one above, plus another two over at Moviefone. You're not going to see many drug and sex paralells in these pics, but there is the obligatory ...

Will Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince be Movie Magic? [First Look]
Published 7/3/2008 by Robin Ruinsky at Film School Rejects
... has a cover of Harry determined and bloodied, ready to go to battle for his beloved Hogwarts. They also have a link to USA Today’s first look at the new film. That first look includes some new photos, well some are new, some have been previously released. ...

“Harry Potter 6″ New Photos
Published 7/3/2008 by Allan Ford at FilmoFilia
... Two new features with interview quotes and pics have popped up online for “Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince” courtesy of Empire Online and USA Today. Director David Yates confirmed to the magazine that the events/chaos mentioned in the novelized intro “The Other Minister” will visualized in the movie version. “We’re opening with a big attack,” Yates told Empire when we visited the set. “It’s talked about in the book, but we’re ...

9 Photos from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Published 7/3/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... USA Today has released a new batch of photos from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Warner Bros has sent us high resolution versions of the photos, which you can check out below. As always, click to enlarge. The article also hints that the upcoming films might stray a little from the books. The idea presented is that the book series is already complete, and everyone (even many of those who didn’t read the final book) already knows how everything ends. So the films will take on different focuses than you might be expecting. I’s guessing that it ...

My Date with Harry in November
Published 7/5/2008 by Vance (noreply@blogger.com) at Tapeworthy
... Turkey 21 November 2008 UK 21 November 2008 USA 21 November 2008 France 26 November 2008 Croatia 27 November 2008 Bulgaria 28 November 2008 Lithuania 28 November 2008 Poland 28 November 2008 Romania 28 November 2008 Spain 28 November 2008 Venezuela 28 November 2008 Australia 11 December 2008 Here is a sneak peak video: Hmm, I just noticed ManuelB, /Film, USA Today posted all these too... guess I was late in on the game! (I got them from ...

And let the Harry/Ginny wank begin....
Published 8/2/2008 at OH NO!!
... According to the USA Today article, "They [Harry and Ginny] are about to kiss [while Ginny is all wet and just wearing a bathrobe] ," director David Yates says. "Then the bloody Death Eaters turn up and cause all sorts of anarchy." Describing the newly added attack on the burrow that sees Bellatirix Lestrange (played by Hellen Bonham Carter) and Werewolf Greyback surround the burrow for an attack that sees it burned to the ground. This occurs while Harry is spending Christmas break with the Weasley so Hermione is absent in this scene. ...