Rumor Alert: More HBP Casting and Teaser Trailer Talk
HBP Film
Posted by: Sue
June 30, 2008, 01:48 PM
There are a few random pieces of cast news relating to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince today, as well as a rumor alert on another possible time frame for the release of a teaser trailer. First to the rumor: TLC has received multiple reports from people who work at theaters here in the US, including ones such as Regal Cinemas, that claim a “Half-Blood Prince” teaser trailer is due to be shown before the new Batman film, The Dark Knight when it opens nationwide on July 18. Please note, this possible date has long been floated about the internet, with the rumors increasing of course as the summer moves along and there has not yet been an official HBP trailer released. To add to this, there are also new reports that a clip or perhaps that Harry Potter montage that was shown last week in Amsterdam, is to be shown at the upcoming Comic-Con in San Diego the weekend of July 24-27 during the WB panel. As exciting as all of this is, please keep this very much in the rumor department for now, as we are working hard to confirm all of this and will update as we can.
In other news, our friends at Snitchseeker.com emailed to let us know that Sky magazine in the UK has a very brief mention of a visit to the set of Half-Blood Prince. While there is no news in the short article regarding the actual film, there is a photo of Rupert Grint, who mentions again he has bought an ice cream truck, and a note about Emma Watson who apparently said she is interested in attending Cambridge University.
Also, an actor by the name of Rod Hunt has apparently been cast in the role of Death Eater Rowle for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” Again, these various casting reports we’ve heard over the past few months remain unconfirmed for the time being (and no guarantee they will make it to the final cut of the film), and we will update once WB releases the final cast list for the sixth Harry Potter film.
Finally, you can see new photos of Hero Tiffin Fiennes now online (the nephew of Lord Voldemort actor Ralph Fiennes) as he appears in a new film that screened recently at the Edinburgh International Film Festival called ““Bigga than Ben.” Please note, as there has been some confusion over this, these photos are most certainly NOT of the actor as he appears as Young Tom Riddle in HBP, but rather as he appears in his latest movie.
Thanks to all who emailed!
Much as I don’t usually like nepotism in any industry, I am pleased that they got a relative of Fiennes to play one of the young Tom Riddles. I think it will help continuity. And Tiffin actually looks plausible as a forerunner of Christian Coulson’s Tom as well!
I’m in two minds about HBP news. On the one hand I think it adds to the feeling of anticipation that I have about the film, because I have seen so little about it. On the other, November seems such a long way away and I am getting impatient!
This had better be true! There have been so many trailer expectations in the past few weeks that it’s starting to get quite unnerving! But it seems pretty sesible since the two movis will have audiences with kind of similar interests.
And congrats to Emma! If she makes it to Cambridge, it’ll be a really big thing and I’m so happy for her! Also, I’m happy she’s not run off like other young starlets and is keeping a firm head on her shoulders and holding on to some genuine interests!
Been waiting all summer for the teaser trailer, and it’s surprizing to
hear that it will actually come out.
It would make since though since both The Dark Knight and HBP are kind’ve dark films and are made by warner bros.
I want to see the Dark Knight, but now I can’t wait to see the HBP teaser trailer
New Trailer Rumor and you’re not gonna like it… according to a different poster on mugglenet (or two, actually) who works at a theater, the trailer is scheduled to be in front of The Mummy, NOT Dark Knight. I really, really hope this is not true, a.) because I do not want to see The Mummy and b.) because I do NOT want to wait another two weeks past Dark Knight when I have been barely hanging on just to get to July 18. The first person, who posted about the trailer being in front of Dark Knight (which is where this rumor came from that is now all over the web, it did not come from WB) also claimed to work in a theater, as a manager of an IMAX, who said they’d been notified by WB to expect the trailer for Dark Knight and to leave enough room in front of it as they are “building” their presentation or whatever. I think I am going to have to start ignoring ALL these rumors until we hear from Wb themselves, because this is driving me crazy! The upshot of all this for now is: they’re all still just rumors. For all we know, it might not come out until September. And then I would have to hunt Wb down and hurt somebody. sigh
Much as I don’t usually like nepotism in any industry, I am pleased that they got a relative of Fiennes to play one of the young Tom Riddles. I think it will help continuity. And Tiffin actually looks plausible as a forerunner of Christian Coulson’s Tom as well!
I’m in two minds about HBP news. On the one hand I think it adds to the feeling of anticipation that I have about the film, because I have seen so little about it. On the other, November seems such a long way away and I am getting impatient!