Half-Blood Prince out in IMAX July 29?
UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal has confirmed (free subscription required) that this is legitimate, although they say not all IMAX theaters will have to wait until the 29th.EDIT: As of now, this is NOT confirmed, but we'll keep you posted on official word.
While Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be out in theaters July 15, fans will have to wait until July 29 to see the movie in IMAX , according to a report from TV Watch Online. Jeff from TV Watch Online emailed IMAX and got this response:
Basically what happened is IMAX Corporation signed a contract with Paramount guaranteeing them a 4 week exclusive window if they filmed parts of Transformers 2 with IMAX cameras onto IMAX film (something that is quite a bit more expensive). Unfortunately that was back when Harry Potter was due to open November 2007 and when Warner Bros. pushed back the opening date Paramount was not willing to renegotiate the contract it had signed with IMAX.
Posted by Andrea on Jun 7th |
69 Comments


Visitor Comments















i will only go see IMAX for Deathly Hallows, this matters not
why??!! don't wanna wait that long for the imax experience.
nooooooooo....... this messes up all my plans :(
nooooooooo....... this messes up all my plans :(
that will affect the conference (srry i forget its name) the one in Cali.
NO! This can't be happening! This would suck! I mean, it'd be better for the midnight showing on 7/15, because I can go to a closer regular theatre. But, I'm sure my parents won't want to drive me 30 miles away two weeks later to let me see HBP in IMAX! NNOOOOO!!!!
Thats too bad, but I wasnt planning on going to IMAX right away. But unfortunate for everyone else!
If this is true then... Aw, that sucks and my plans are screwed. I guess I'll just not see it in IMAX, then.
I'm going to be even more pissed at Warner Bros than I already was if this is true! Freakin ridiculous! From PoA on, I have seen all of them in IMAX at midnight when they were released. I don't have the money to go see it twice and I'm sure as hell not waiting 2 weeks to see it in IMAX! They already made me wait 8 months. Warner Bros... you suck!!!
Gotta love release date changes... we've had so many of them for this film.
seriously?! Why do they keep doing this! This'll mess up Azcatraz even more!!!!
This made me SO NERVOUS when I first saw it! I thought they had moved the whole film. If that had been the case...then I would have been TICKED! But thankfully I still see it on July 15th. I can wait for the Imax version...I'm planning on seeing it more than once anyways.
Hmm well im planning to see HP numerous times anyways. At least 5 times. The first and last time I saw a movie on I-Max, it was The Day The Earth Stood Still, and heck i was hella disappointing, i told my self im never going to i-max again. So im fine, lol =P. The screens too big and ruins the movie. I wanna stick to where the true fans will be watching it; normal V-Screen cinemas =]. Actually im planning to watch it in gold class, v-screen and drive-in. =]
TWO OF MY FRIENDS FROM ENGLAND ARE COMING ALL THE WAY FROM THERE TO STAY WITH ME (in california) AND WE WERE GOING TO SEE IT IN IMAX! wth!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know why this makes me mad though? I'm taking A LOT of time off of work to hang out with my brittish friends... I work AT A MOVIE THEATRE. Meaning, I get to see movies for free... I most likely would have gotten to see an eomployee showing of it before it came out. But I can't now because of al lthe time I'm taking off and I kept telling myself, "Well, I'm seeing it in IMAX on opening day anyway. I don't want to see it until we see it in IMAX." NOW I have to PAY to see this movie on opening day at the theatre I work at, while I'm supposed to be "recovering" from something! UGH! WBBBBBB!! WTH!!
no No NO!!!! THIS CANT BE HAPPENING!!! HOW AM I SPOSE TO SEE THE MIDNIGHT SCREENING NOW?!?! (Imax is the closest place to me that was gonna have a midnight screening the other places are about 4 hours away) URG!!! I HATE U WB!!! Seriously. You would think that they would know better after they postponed it last time.
i dont think this is true, because i already bought my ticket for imax on opening night at midnight.
I found this out today from my local IMAX theater. I even emailed Mugglenet this afternoon about it because I wanted further confirmation if this was true. I also recieved the exact same response from my theater that mugglenet posted. I suspect that Warner Brothers doesn't mind this much since they know that the big HP fans will go see it in the regular theaters when it is released and then go again when it is released in IMAX. Sounds like they didn't do their research when they change their release date last fall or they would have known about the 4 week contract paramount had with IMAX.
I have never seen a Harry Potter movie in IMAX before and I wanted to go with my brother. Fandango is selling July 15th tickets to the nearest IMAX theatre. Maybe they are wrong. I hope not because I got free tickets to it.
Even if July 19th is our birthday; I would still like to see it when it is released on the 15th.
This is All WB Fault for changing the release date. If they didnt change it, We would most likely have it on DVD right now!
I meant our birthday is July 29th.*
Well..this sucks. I just don't understand why IMAX wont be able to show it for the midnight showing? I mean, fine, have the contract with Transformers, but I don't think people will go see the movie three weeks later on a Wednesday at midnight. and if they do (while they wont make much), its just one midnight showing. Also, this might backfire at WB, since their whole point of moving it was to make as much money as they can. Just saddens me because my cousin and I made a tradition, and I dont get to see her that often. I just hope they can at least wither share both films, or at least give the harry potter fans one night to enjoy the movie IMAX style.
will it also be in 3d like ootp?
I live in Sydney, Australia and according to the IMAX Sydney website we get it on July 15th. http://imax.com.au /films/comingsoon.asp
Are we ever going to see this movie!?!?!
omg. NOOO. that SUCKS. i was so excited to go see it in IMAX. and isnt the IMAX theater the onlyy place anyone can see it with part of it in 3d? because i want to see the 3d part! whatever. F*** that. i'll just have to see it twice i guess. if i even have the money for it. warner bros sure knows how to psst us off. ugh.
No it's coming out sooner. I'm going to see it in IMAX with my camp on July 25th. :)
This doesent affect me none but I do feel sorry for the people who have too see it in Imax.But the bad thing is for me is that I wont be able to see HBP on opening day I got to wait July 18 cause we had already made plans before they pushed it back 2 days.
according to the imax theater in Reading Pennsylvania they are showing The Half Blood Prince Tuesday July 14 at 12:01am using the digital projection. As long as they don't change it , I'm hoping to see a midnight viewing of the new movie.
i hope that's no true.....i only go for the imax version!.....we've all been waiting so long to see this movie....hope the wait doesn't get prolonged further :(
man!! this totally sucks! i wanted to go see it in imax first thing!
this isnt wbs fault u guys stop getting so mad at them if u wanna get mad at some1 go pick on paramount for making such a contract its rather rude of them to go book imax completely but n e ways i plan to watch it alot as well cuz i have friends belonging to different pier groups so im often asked to accompany each of them seperately lols i had to watch goblet of fire 7 times in the theatre
NO WAY NO WAY NO WAY! I was going to go to IMAX at four in the morning and wait till midnight to see it :[
Well tickets for chicago imax haven't went on sale yet, so ill just have to wait and see. I see that others have already got their tickets.
THIS IS JUST GETTING SO ANNOYING. IT'S JUST A BIG WARNER BROS MONEY-MAKING SCHEME.
This isn't affecting me at all, to be safe my friends and I bought tickets for the standard showing at midnight since no IMAX tickets were on sale yet through our theater. Hooray for good planning!
Do I wait? Do I just not see it in IMAX? AHHHH
Oh this is just great [sarcasm]
*rolls eyes* well i guess we all saw this one coming
"....due to open November 2007" don't they mean 2008
If you want to call IMAX headquarters, here's the #: 905-403-6500
WB seems to be teetering on the brink here... I mean, HP fans will forgive almost anything. And honestly, you were probably going to all go see it more than once anyway. I know I will. I guess out of the millions of people who will go no matter what, the die-hards are a small percentage. Any sort of acting-out on our parts will just be a fly on their shoulder. *flick* and straight to the bank to make their deposits. :-)
Man, this sucks.
I just called my local IMAX theatre here in Denver and the manager said this: The contract between IMAX, Paramount & WB is supposed to be finalized in the next week or so and then we'll know which IMAX theatres are opening it on July 15th. He also said that like Paramount has done with Star Trek right now sharing screens with Night at the Museum so Star Trek is still showing at 930 and midnight here. He then went on to say that the same thing will probably happen with HP6 and TF2. So TF2 will be exclusive to IMAX till July 14th at midnight, then share the screens with HP6. So HP6 should be opening on July 15th in IMAX but only have screenings until 9pm where TF2 will air the rest of the night. HOpefully this is the case everywhere. We'll know more soon.
thats cool thats cool i promised myself long ago that i would only see a potter film in iMax for DH part 2 ba da BUMMMMMMM
HAHA! THIS IS QUITE FUNNY, TO BE HONEST. Seeing all you guys get soo WORKED UP and ANGRY at the IMAX, when you can easily see it in theatres.. I haven't gone to the IMAX since i was a little kid, and that was a school field trip, there's no IMAX where i live so i could CARE LESS. BUT i do wanna see DH Part 1 in Imax, or at least a Regal Theatres! Maybe u guys should quit making all these plans as if this is the last HP film and enjoy this.. and QUIT blaming WB, it's not their fault, it's Paramount, they're the ones who sign the contracts for IMAX
No, that's not fair. I was planning on seeing the movie in reg. theaters when it came out and then in IMAX the following week when I would be going to a place that has an IMAX theater.
ughh wth WB? They just keep pushing our buttons....i just realized something....if the movie came out on its original date we'd have the dvd now. ughh this movie BETTER be good.....
this blows! i was really really looking forward to seeing this on opening night at imax for the first time (it would be the second time to see it on opening night ever, since i couldn't for ootp). i'm so disappointed. of course i'll go see it at a regular theater instead but it's just not the same.
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ! I AM SO ANG... happy actually, cant we all just, get along :) lol
Back to Top