Also, registration is officially open for Infinitus 2010!! You can get your early bird registration rate now so make sure to head on over to infinitus2010.org and make sure to write “hpprogs” in the referral box!

Also, make sure to keep an ear out for Travis Prinzi’s latest pubcast where he interviews US! Also, listen for Travis’ new spot on PotterCast as  a PotterCast Pundit!

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In this week’s episode we reviewed Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince….sure took long enough for this movie to come out! We were joined by our friend and special guest Greg in Toronto who had some great insights into the movie. We talked about our overall impressions, the acting, the theme of the movie, the rating and many other very interesting subjects!

We also gushed about Azkatraz 2009, the Harry Potter conference we attended last week in San Francisco, CA. If you like what you heard and are interested in Infinitus 2010, check out the Infinitus website and get on their mailing list ASAP!

We also briefly discussed the move of the Harry Potter Exhibition to Boston, come October 25, 2009. The exhibition will be held at the Museum of Science in Boston.

Listen to Greg’s guest spot on the live Hogs Head PubCast from Azkatraz. They talked about Harry Potter as Legitimate Lit.

Also, check out the newest article about our Hitler Video that Greg was quoted in.

Make sure to let us know what you thought of the Half Blood Prince!

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WHEN:Thursday, July 9, 2009
WHERE:
Ziegfeld Theatre
Crew Arrivals: 4:45 pm
141 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
Celebrity Arrivals: 6:00 pm
Screening: 7:00 pm

Celebrities in attendance will be: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, director David Yates and producers David Heyman and David Barron.

The episode is short and sweet, but full of content and info.

We can’t wait to hear what you think of the trailer, so please make sure to leave your comments below!

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Hey everyone! Remember the video we made back in August about Hitler’s reaction to the Half Blood Prince Delay? Well it turns out that the folks at Entertainment Weekly magazine found out about it and mentioned it in the FIRST paragraph of their article about Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in their Summer Movie Preview!

Here is an excerpt from the article:

Let’s sum this up in one word: finally. Warner Bros.’ adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s penultimate Potter novel was originally scheduled to be released last fall, but the studio moved the flick to this summer for strategic financial reasons. Furious fans protested with petitions- and pranksters mocked their ourtrage with viral videos, including one that cast Hitler, in his bunker scene from Downfall, going apoplectic over Potter’s delay. But at last the wait will soon be over.

We don’t know yet if this article will be in the online version (this is from the print copy), but we will get you a link to the full article as soon as we can!

Hat tip to Greg in Toronto for being the first to let us know about this!

Erc box office and comingsoon.net are  both unofficially  reporting that  Warner brothers has moved up  the release date for the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Movie to July 15, 2009, bringing it to theaters two days earlier than scheduled.

No reasons for the move have been given yet and WB has not confirmed the move either.  However, it should be noted that Order of the Phoenix had a mid-week release as well, which allowed WB to make a significantly higher amount of money in opening week sales than it would have if it had opened on a Friday.

We don’t have any information on how this will affect the Azkatraz movie screening yet. We will keep you posted.

Coordinates for feed are as follows:

Thursday, April 16, 2009
9:00 PM – 9:15 PM EDT (6:00 PM 6:15 PM PDT)
Galaxy 3C, Transponder 21, C-Band Analog
Downlink Frequency: 4120 H

We can’t wait to see the trailer and hear what you have to say about it!

(yes we are still alive)

Enjoy and make sure to let us know what you think of it!

(Hat Tip: The HogsHead)

Tell us what you think of the posters!

(Hat tip: A.S. of MN)

Interestingly, this is the first movie in the Potter franchise since Prisoner of Azkaban that is receiving a rating under PG-13.

It is very possible that this is only a rumor, but usually these rumors end up being true.

What are your thoughts?

(Thanks to BlogHogwarts for the tip)

Oh well. I am going to propose a moment of silence. Show your support by *not* commenting below.

Enjoy Twilight everyone!

-Penny

The show is now up on the Mugglecast website so please feel free to head on over there and give it a listen!

You can see the trailer here or on youtube here:

Ironically, the trailer will be debuting in theaters prior to the Twilight Movie next Thursday.

I will be joining the MuggleCast crew today for a live trailer reaction podcast at 12:30 pm EST. If you want to discuss the trailer with fellow fans, take a listen on Ustream!

As we discussed on the show, please check out our friend Amber’s Young Adult Literature Podcast at: http://yalitreview.libsyn.com/ also make sure to check out our favorite web show: Jake and Amir.

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Take a look and tell us what you think!!

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AOL’s version is now up and it is beautiful in HD!! Wow.

Enjoy and tell us what you think!

Here’s a smaller version of the trailer:

UPDATE: We have put up screen shots of the teaser trailer on our Flickr page. Enjoy!

Screenshot of Young Tom Riddle

Screenshot of Dumbledore (not Moses or Gandalf)

As we reported last week, AOL will be releasing the Half Blood Prince Trailer tonight at 9 PM EST.

We will make sure to post a link as soon as we can.

What do you hope to see in this trailer?

ps. while you’re waiting for the real thing, enjoy our version of the Half Blood Prince Trailer made at Portus 2008.

However, today we got a tip from the Spanish HP site, BlogHogwarts.com that the satellite feed of the trailer will be available on aol.com. Here is the report:

I inform you that we contacted Warner Bros. Mexico today, and they
have confirmed to us that the teaser trailer of the upcoming movie
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ will be exclusively aired in
the AOL website for the USA, next Tuesday 29th. It’s not confirmed yet
if the AOL websites for other countries will have the trailer also,
but they say that this is the first time that a website is going to
set up his satellite signal to transmit the trailer directly =

We will keep you posted with any further developments.

Putting aside a scientific discussion of free will and determinism, a greater question, from within the stories themselves, comes to light. With the conclusion of Book 7, and the revelation of Dumbledore’s less than altruistic motives, does J.K. Rowling’s position on free will and choice change? Did Harry, in fact, make all those choices of his own free will, or, perhaps, was he influenced by forces beyond his control? Despite Dumbledore’s protestations to the contrary, could Harry ever have avoided the final showdown with the Dark Lord, had he simply chosen to walk away?

In this week’s episode, we examine the nature of free will and choice as presented in the books after Book 7, and what J.K. Rowling might be saying about what it means to be free.

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Check out some of the books we talked about on this week’s episode.

Make sure to check out Penny’s post Deathly Hallows: One Year Later for a rundown on all that’s happened since Book 7 was released.

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I think we can all agree that the HPProgs/Hogshead collaborative trailer is MUCH better than this one. Can’t we?

Thanks to Travis for joining us!

What do you think? Could this be the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie poster? (Hat tip to Bill)

JK Rowling’s Speech at the Harvard Commencement

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In the news:

• In honor of the 10th anniversary of the US release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Scholastic will be releasing a new edition of that book with new art.
• Winner of the Amazon Beedle the Bard contest was announced. Congratulations Rhiannon D. of Australia!
• Sadly, the actor who portrayed Marcus Belby in the HBP movie was killed last week. Our sympathies go out to the family of Rober Knox.
• Will the Half Blood Prince trailer come before “Get Smart?” Your guess is as good as our’s.
• JK Rowling has written an 800 word portion of a Harry Potter prequel. Don’t get your hopes up, she has no intention of writing the rest.

We look forward to hearing from you. You can leave comments here on the blog or send in your voicemails to 206-337-0357 in the US or 07092899490 in the UK. Please make sure to keep the message as close to one minute as possible and try to speak loudly and clearly.

Today is a new month (June, for those of you who have been hiding under a rock), so please vote for us on Podcast Alley and as always rate and review us on iTunes and Odeo.

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For fun, take a look back at an old, old Draco prognostication, circa Goblet of Fire.

Make sure to tune in next week for what looks to be a really great show.  Travis Prinzi from Sword of Gryffindor will be our guest on the show.

In the news:

• JK Rowling is Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainer of The Year.
• Good Morning America previewed “The Tales of Beedle the Bard”.
• Harry Potter, the character, makes it onto Details Magazines “50 Most Influential Men Under 45″.
• JK Rowling received a 2007 Writers’ Guild Award.

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I had to resist the urge to entitle this episode “Neville Longbottom: From Zero to Hero.”

Please check out the new Harry Potter T-Shirt Store on Zazzle, and let us know what you think.  If you’ve purchased a t-shirt from us at either of our stores, please send us a picture (we won’t post it unless you say it’s OK).

As always, please rate and review us on iTunes and don’t forget to vote for us on podcast alley! We appreciate it.

In the news:

• Daniel Radcliffe is one of Moviefone’s “25 Hot Actors Under 25 List”.
• Did you win the JK Rowling book reading sweepstakes? Scholastic and Raincoast have both announced the winners.
• National Braille Press has announced a new Harry Potter auction.
• Nepotism alive and well in the HP franchise. Ralph Feinnes’ nephew MIGHT be playing a young Tom Riddle in HBP. Take this news as rumor until it is confirmed by WB.
• JKR and Emma Watson attended the Pride of Britain awards.
• Emma Watson attending Nickolodeon’s Kids Choice UK awards.
• The OoTP DVD will include downloadable digital files which will allow users to download to PC or portable devices.
• New Harry Potter merchandise available.
• Prague publishing house IN TROUBLE.
• Harry Potter is the new wizard of the month on JKR’s site.

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For an insightful and prescient examination of Snape’s character, check out Orson Scott Card’s essay Who is Snape? (If you haven’t already, read Orson Scott Card’s book Ender’s Game. You’ll thank me later.)

In the news:

• First British National Movie Awards nominations go to Potter cast.
• Tom Felton likes carp.
• J.K. Rowling is not writing a crime novel.

Check out our new Harry Potter t-shirt design; we call it “Always.” It looks good on most light colored tees (ignore the white background around the image; that will be removed when the shirt is printed).

Get it in white or in a vast array of colors (we prefer green).

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