To celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1, we look back on a popular TEN from 2008, when it was first announced that HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE was being moved to summer 2009.
10 DARK KNIGHT$?
The out-of-the-park-and-into-the-stratosphere success of THE DARK KNIGHT has made Warner Bros. so rich that it simply does not have enough people to count all the money, so they figured by releasing POTTER in 2009 their accountants will have time to catch up.
9. BYE BYE BLU?
Blu-ray will be obsolete by next year, so they need some time to get all the HP movies remastered in the new format—iVD.
8 AMY OUT?
Amy Winehouse’s cameo as a disgruntled former Slytherin had to be cut out due to erratic behaviour, and it’s going to take at least 6 months to fix the scenes she appeared in.
7. POTENTIAL TORRENT-IAL?
Someone stole a master copy of HALF-BLOOD PRINCE and threatened to leak it onto the Internet unless the theatrical release was moved to Summer 2009, as this person liked it better when Harry Potter movies came out in the summer.
6. LOST?
The master print was accidentally destroyed after it was mislabeled an it will take 6 months to re-film it.
5. MORE COWBELL?
The Bollywood feature HARI PUTTAR: A COMEDY OF TERRORS was so popular with test audiences that director David Yates will be adding in a few more song and dance numbers, which will take more time to film.
4. MADNESS?
Studio executives want to be more like Heath Ledger’s Joker so money and sanity are no longer important to them.
3. MORE DARK KNIGHT$?
Producers are trying to find a way to re-film the ending so it is as drawn out and confusing as THE DARK KNIGHT.
2. R-EQUUS?
No one wants the new movie to be out at the same time as Daniel Radcliffe’s bare turn in EQUUS.
1. BOOK 8?
There is actually an 8th HARRY POTTER novel that has been kept secret all this time, and in order for it to be released on J.K. Rowling’s preferred date—Dec. 12, 2012—Movie #6 needed to be moved to 2009.