Thanks to Fandango for sending out a new Press Release about Harry Potter. The release says the following:
Harry Potter Advance Tickets Starting to Soar on Fandango
LOS ANGELES, July 1 — Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince doesn’t open until two weeks from today (July 15), but Fandango is already reporting strong advance ticket sales for the film, currently representing 28% of ticket sales on the site.
According to an ongoing Fandango survey of nearly 2,000 moviegoers planning to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
· 83% of respondents have seen all of the Harry Potter films in a theater.
· 86% have read all seven Potter books.
· 56% of respondents say Half-Blood Prince’s release date change (from November ’08 to July ’09) has not affected their interest in the film, while 32% say they are even more interested in seeing it this month than they were in 2008.
· 40% say they plan to see the movie in both the standard format and in the IMAX presentation.
· 49% of respondents are 18-34 years old; 31% have kids.
As a bonus, every Harry Potter advance ticket buyer on Fandango will receive a free music download of the song Friends and Love, from the film’s soundtrack. Details of the promotion are available at www.fandango.com/promo/harrypotter.
MTV has posted an exclusive look at onscreen romances. They also say, “Today begins the official two-week mark until “Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince” hits theaters, so keep checking back to all of MTV’s blogs for daily coverage to keep your spirits high!”
AOL Moviefone has uploaded a new clip from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In the clip Hermione is asking Harry about his Potions book. You can watch the clip by clicking here!
David Yates has written something about directing Harry Potter, has been featured in the August issue of Total Film magazine. The magazine also has some new photos and a feature on things from the book that should have been in the movies, which I posted about a few weeks ago.
A new video interview with Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) and James & Oliver Phelps (Fred & George Weasley) has emerged at Orange France. Thanks UHP and also read a translation below thanks to SS.
Bonnie : There are so many fans who read the books and they wish that what occurs in the books, be also in the films. We want to develop the characters such as JK Rowling wrote them.
Oliver : It’s funny to see the characters evolving differently from what people imagined. With all their jokes, they are supposed to become entrepreneurs, open a big shop and to gain lot of money. It’s really very exciting !
Tom : Why is Draco such a problematic child? His father is obviously an obvious reason, because he was persecuted in his youth by the father of Harry.
Bonnie : There are many pressures to carry out all the dreams of the fans. When the first films had left the fans were 11 years old, and now they are approximately 20 years old. They await something more adult, but there are always children who look at films of Harry Potter and that you cannot forget. In this one, there is much darker elements, but also much humour.
Tom : Draco is too busy to think about the girls! He had a girlfriend in this one but he is really too busy.
Then the journalists ask them what magical stuff they would have in real life :
James : I would use an invisibility cloak like Harry, it would be really very useful sometimes! Bonnie : I would not choose a spell but more a capacity: that to be able to appear and disappear wherever by clicking my fingers. Oliver: I would use the watch which allows you to speed up the time, that would be really brilliant ! Tom: The broom! Imagine we could fly to England on a broom, it would really change the world as we know it!
July 10th a Harry Potter special, designed to promote Half-Blood Prince, will air in Belgium. It will be airing on Channel VT4 and will include interviews with the cast, including Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
— 