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Harry Potter release date changed - again!
OK, how many people just had heart attacks?
You can relax a little, Potterphiles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince still comes out on July 15, as scheduled - in regular theaters. However, you’ll have to wait a little longer to see the IMAX/partly 3D version. That won’t be released now until July 29.
Why? Blame the giant robots. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen comes out June 24. Because the Paramount’s deal with IMAX obligates theaters to show Transformers for a month, that means Potter can’t hit the really big screen until late July.
One wonders why someone didn’t see this coming with so many IMAX releases crowding the marketplace now. Seems the company can’t catch a break. First there was that whole IMAX/LIE-MAX controversy about whether the newer IMAX screens were “real” IMAX. (I’ll opine more on that later.) Now this.
As it happens, both films will have IMAX-only benefits, Just as Christopher Nolan did with The Dark Knight, Michael Bay shot portions of the movie with IMAX cameras, so those scenes will have extra audio/visual oomph. Unlike The Dark Knight, however, the Transformers sequel will run slightly longer in the IMAX version, with scenes exclusive to those screens.
As was the case with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince will feature the clmamtic scenes in 3D - but only in the IMAX version.
Look at it this way, Potter fans - it’s just one more reason to hate Michael Bay. But what do you all think? Are you OK with this or are you bugged again since you had one delay already?
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By Sir Critic
June 17, 2009 9:39 AM | Link to this
That would be true if the movie came out on a Friday, as most do. But “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” comes out on a Wednesday - July 15. Says so right on the official site.By name less
June 17, 2009 1:36 AM | Link to this
uhh… it comes out the 17th….By Chlo�
June 15, 2009 4:47 PM | Link to this
i couldn’t care less about the IMAX date, cuz im gonna be there the second it opens! but yeah i don’t like M. Bay. and i really liked the old dumbledore better…By Mr. Imax
June 9, 2009 3:23 PM | Link to this
It’s real, Allie D. The half blood prince will half convince you of that.By Allie D.
June 9, 2009 11:45 AM | Link to this
I’m not bothered in the slightest because I don’t wait for IMAX/3D releases. They just aren’t a huge draw for me. That, and I’m half-convinced that the new IMAX screen they have at our local theater is one of the fakes, and I don’t want to pay $14 to find out for sure. lol