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"Half-Blood Prince" To Screen in IMAX, Finale in 3D

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Posted by: Sue
March 15, 2008, 07:45 AM

We have some more great movie news this morning, as it has now been confirmed that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be shown in IMAX, released the same day as the film opens on November 21, 2008. Also of note to fans is word that sections of the film such as the dramatic events at Hogwarts and the finale of the movie will be shown in 3D, just as parts of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” were shown in IMAX 3D.

Thanks to Coming Soon.net for the heads up!

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littleL

When I saw OotP in 3D, it blew me away! I thought all films should be in 3d as you’re even more submerged in a film, as if you’re there. Looking forward to it!!

Posted by littleL on March 15, 2008 @ 10:42 AM
Fragesteller

Here is a list of IMAX venues worldwide. Note that some of them may not be able to show a 3D film:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IMAX_venues

Posted by Fragesteller on March 15, 2008 @ 10:44 AM
Lindsay

Wow!

I am SO going to see that on opening night! i think there is an IMAX on Long Island. Dones anyone know for sure?

If not I’ll just spend the day in lovely NYC!

Posted by Lindsay on March 15, 2008 @ 10:46 AM
Daniela

@ccm&hp I wasn’t really impressed with the 3D either. It felt poorly done. Just the veil was impressive in 3D. The tall IMAX screen was nice though.

Posted by Daniela on March 15, 2008 @ 10:49 AM
Paracelsus

Well… I can’t wait any longer to see official movie stills or studio photos… I mean new characters, new sets, etc… like they did with Umbridge and OOTP. I want to see Broadbent as Slughorn!!! And i’m really depressed there are no IMAX theaters where i live (center France)

Posted by Paracelsus on March 15, 2008 @ 10:55 AM
Pain

I think the nearest one from me is about 100 miles away so I might see it

Posted by Pain on March 15, 2008 @ 11:11 AM
thegriffpuff

Thanks guys. I live in London so the one in Waterloo might be the best one.

Posted by thegriffpuff on March 15, 2008 @ 11:34 AM
Mountain Violet

Yay! What a fun bit of news to wake up to!

Teaser trailer soon plz, kthxbai.

Posted by Mountain Violet on March 15, 2008 @ 11:34 AM
Lindsay

Its final; Im skipping school and waiting on line for a ticket! HP fans can be so irrational. I mean who else but us would get so awsomely excited about an IMAX movie? O well. C’est la vie d’une admiratrice de HP! sorry, i couldnt resist.

Can’t wait for trailers, pics, interviews and all the goodies i know Leaky will provode us with! Leaky you rock!

LIVE, LOVE, HARRY POTTER!

Posted by Lindsay on March 15, 2008 @ 12:02 PM
Lauren

NO!!!!! This is BAD! If they’re making DH 3D, they’re going to film it so people are reaching at the camera, and doing stupid things like that. And action sequences will be blurry, in 3D and IMAX. This is horrible….I really really hope they don’t do this.

Posted by Lauren on March 15, 2008 @ 12:30 PM
Christine

OH MY GOSH! I hope that I get to watch it in IMAX. I doubt it though. :( Still, I`ll keep my fingers crossed. =)

Posted by Christine on March 15, 2008 @ 12:34 PM
Hagiographer13

Actually I saw OotP in several formats, including 3D and non-3D Imax, and the 20 minute 3D scene was great and made perfect sense in all of them. I just hated the silly 3D icon they flashed, especially at the end of the sequnce since it happened while Harry was trying to process the events at the MoM in his dorm.

It was a distraction at an inappropriate time, imo. I feel it might be the same for HBP. sigh Nevertheless, I look forward to seeing the new film in Imax 3D again.

Posted by Hagiographer13 on March 15, 2008 @ 12:58 PM
beckett

Awesome! I’m way excited. This is just going to be too cool. I dragged my mom to a theater that wasn’t exactly “close” to see it again in IMAX format for the 3D scenes and I thought it was really neat. I can’t wait for it all again.

If you are looking for an IMAX near you, just google IMAX Theaters and it should give you the officially IMAX website. That will hook you up with all of the theaters that it has. I was looking for one myself at the time (I was in New Hampshire, US and there is only one or two in the state which constituted a drive) and I’ll be going back to the site again when HBP comes out (I’ve now moved to Los Angeles).

Posted by beckett on March 15, 2008 @ 01:47 PM
J.C

i love H.P!!!!!

Posted by J.C on March 15, 2008 @ 01:49 PM
doublecore

WOW, I saw U at the imax and it was awesome, can’t wait.

Posted by doublecore on March 15, 2008 @ 02:29 PM
doublecore

WOW, I saw U2 at the imax and it was awesome, can’t wait.

Posted by doublecore on March 15, 2008 @ 02:29 PM
doublecore

WOW, I saw U2 at the imax and it was awesome, can’t wait.

Posted by doublecore on March 15, 2008 @ 02:29 PM
djm19

the hogwarts fight scenes arent that long. Most of the fighting is being done while the DD-draco scene is happening. The only time we see any real fighting is when Harry and Snape are racing down the castle.

Posted by djm19 on March 15, 2008 @ 02:36 PM
Michele

I loved the OOTP 3D. When they flew on the threstrals (sp?) it was amazing. I don’t think they had much of that “let’s point this at the screen so it will come out at you” tricks at all. Also, whoever said to get seats dead center and as high as you can is correct. If you get seats down low it is a totally different experience. Also, whoever said to make sure you IMAX shows 3D is correct also. I have 3 IMAX theaters within 20 minutes from me but 1 was not capable of showing the 3D version.

Posted by Michele on March 15, 2008 @ 02:53 PM
Gerard T.

Actually there’s an IMAX in Barcelona but they only showed PoA and missed out OotP!! I don’t understand! It would have been very succesful! I hope they’re showing one 3D copy for Barcelona’s IMAX!

Posted by Gerard T. on March 15, 2008 @ 03:53 PM
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