Another Featurette

There is a ton of Half Blood Prince material out on the web these days, as we are only 16 days away from the film's opening. The one I am posting today comes to us from Yahoo! UK, who has a new featurette posted on their website. Most of the footage in here is material we have seen before; however, there are few new scenes that I think everyone will enjoy. 

16 more days!

"LA Times" Launches HBP Countdown

The Los Angeles Times is launching a Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince countdown on their Hero Complex blog with a series of new articles, the first being a rare interview with screenwriter Steve Kloves. In the interview, Mr. Kloves speaks about his experience working with J.K. Rowling, how he went about adapting Half-Blood Prince, including his decision to cut out some scenes, as well as the final dramatic moments of the story between Snape and Dumbledore. I, for one, found the exchange regarding the "12 uses of dragon's blood" quite amusing! You can read the full article here.

Be sure to bookmark latimes.com/herocomplex for your daily HBP fix!

1 Month to Go!

Friends, we are exactly a month away from the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! There are trailers, pictures, and TV spots all over the web to help us get through these final weeks. I, myself, wanted to pass along a great photo gallery that MTV put together on it's website of various production and behind the scenes shots from the film. You can find it at http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/06/15/loads-of-images-from-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince

Track Listings for HBP Soundtrack

Amazon.com has posted the complete track listings to the score for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince composed by Nicholas Hooper. The soundtrack will be released on July 14, 2009 and is already available for pre-order. Out of concern for unwanted spoilers, please scroll down to see the list.

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Tracking listing for the soundtrack to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:

1. Opening
2. In Noctem
3. The Story Begins
4. Ginny
5. Snape & the Unbreakable Vow
6. Wizard Wheezes
7. Dumbledore's Speech
8. Living Death
9. Into the Pensieve
10. The Book
11. Ron's Victory
12. Harry & Hermione
13. School!
14. Malfoy's Mission
15. The Slug Party
16. Into the Rushes
17. Farewell Aragog
18. Dumbledore's Foreboding
19. Of Love & War
20. When Ginny Kissed Harry
21. Slughorn's Confession
22. Journey to the Cave
23. The Drink of Despair
24. Inferi in the Firestorm
25. The Killing of Dumbledore
26. Dumbledore's Farewell
27. The Friends
28. The Weasley Stomp

Okay, discuss. Besides trailers and TV spots, a film's soundtrack is always one of the more solid indicators of what will happen in the film and it's flow. I for one am curious about the last piece; what's The Weasley Stomp?

Be sure to get your copy on July 14, a day before HBP hits theaters!

A Stroll Down Albus Dumbledore Memory Lane

The only remotely entertaining and non-vomit-inducing part of last night's MTV Movie Awards was the exclusive look at a brand new clip from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, presented by the Trio via satellite. Honestly, any awards show where "Twilight" beats out "The Dark Knight" for Best Movie automatically loses credibility in my book. Oh, and will someone please tell Robert Pattinson that he doesn't need to write notes for his speech when the only people he is thanking are the studio, the book's author, the film's director, the cast, and the crew. You're not up there accepting an Academy Award for god sake, so why don't you try and just remember your almighty list of five...or does all that product in your hair impair any effort to use your remaining brain cells? Perhaps his head is full of sawdust, like our friend Victor Krum? (Good observation, Professor Moody. Good observation. Hope you are resting in peace.)

Okay, enough Twilight bashing (not really). On with the HBP news...

Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint - knowing full well what a joke the MTV awards were likely to be - skipped attending the show and opted to present their clip (below and here) via satellite. Here we see Harry taking one of many looks at Dumbledore’s memories through the Pensieve. This memory is of the headmaster's first encounter with a young Tom Riddle at Wools Orphanage. Enjoy...

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