The CEA has expressed disappointment at the decision by Warner Bros Pictures to delay the release of the next Harry Potter film – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – until next July.
The reasons given by the studio for the decision to delay the release, originally scheduled for this November, were the wish to ensure the company had a major summer blockbuster next year, script development for other films having been affected by the Hollywood writers’ strike earlier this year.
The CEA has expressed disappointment at the decision by Warner Bros Pictures to delay the release of the next Harry Potter film – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – until next July.
The reasons given by the studio for the decision to delay the release, originally scheduled for this November, were the wish to ensure the company had a major summer blockbuster next year, script development for other films having been affected by the Hollywood writers’ strike earlier this year.
Commenting on the announcement, CEA Chief Executive Phil Clapp said:
“This is bitterly disappointing, not just for cinema operators – for whom the next Harry Potter promised to be one of the centrepieces of their Autumn programme – but more importantly for the legions of Potter fans who will have to wait another eight months for the next instalment in the film series.
It also sadly represents another example of studios seeking to pack as many high profile films as they can into the summer months, rather than looking to provide cinema-goers with the best possible entertainment every month of the year. As a result cinema audiences continue to be short-changed.”
Commenting on the announcement, CEA Chief Executive Phil Clapp said:
“This is bitterly disappointing, not just for cinema operators – for whom the next Harry Potter promised to be one of the centrepieces of their Autumn programme – but more importantly for the legions of Potter fans who will have to wait another eight months for the next instalment in the film series.
It also sadly represents another example of studios seeking to pack as many high profile films as they can into the summer months, rather than looking to provide cinema-goers with the best possible entertainment every month of the year. As a result cinema audiences continue to be short-changed.”