Warner Bros. president Alan Horn’s note to ‘Harry Potter’ Fans
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?Many of you have written to me to express your disappointment in our moving Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to Summer 2009.
Please be assured that we share your love for Harry Potter and would certainly never do anything to hurt any of the films. Over the past 10 years, we have nurtured and protected each film, and the integrity of the books upon which they are based, to the best of our ability.
The decision to move Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was not taken lightly, and was never intended to upset our Harry Potter fans. We know you have built this series into what it is, and we thank you for your ongoing enthusiasm and support.
If I may offer a silver lining: there would have been a two-year gap between Half-Blood Prince and the much-anticipated first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which opens in November 2010.
So although we have to wait a little longer for Half-Blood Prince, the wait from that film until Deathly Hallows will be less than 18 months. I am sorry to have disappointed you now, but if you hold on a little longer, I believe it will be worth the wait.
Alan Horn
President, Chief Operating Officer
Warner Bros.
Comments
By amber hammon on November 26th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Hi, I’m not here to complain or anything I was just wondering if Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as found an actress to play the part of Helena Ravenclaw??
If they haven’t is there any one that I can get in touch with for an audition?
I know that JK Rowling doesn’t want any Americans to play in the movies but I think that everyone should have the opportunity to try.I don’t have an agent or anything, I’m what people call a new face, and I have wanted to be an actress for a very long time,and when the 7th book came out and I read the part of Helena Ravenclaw and I new that I just had to play that part,you probably get this a lot but please give me a chance.If it helps or influences your decision in any way I turn 17 on Feb.14.
Sincerely,
-Amber-