{"id":1316,"date":"2008-08-15T19:40:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T18:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2008\/08\/15\/way-to-annoy-the-fans-wb-half-blood-prince-film-suddenly-moved-to-summer-09\/"},"modified":"2008-08-15T19:40:59","modified_gmt":"2008-08-15T18:40:59","slug":"way-to-annoy-the-fans-wb-half-blood-prince-film-suddenly-moved-to-summer-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2008\/08\/15\/way-to-annoy-the-fans-wb-half-blood-prince-film-suddenly-moved-to-summer-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Way to annoy the fans, WB: Half-Blood Prince film suddenly moved to summer &#039;09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/story\/harry-potter-half-blood-prince-moves\/story.aspx?guid={F4F52B7F-D1B1-4DC0-BF8A-AD0D9252BE7A}&amp;dist=hppr\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s the announcement via MarketWatch.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. says\u00a0they\u2019re rescheduling \u201cHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\u201d because summer releases are better for family-oriented \u201ctentpole\u201d projects, and because the Writers\u2019 Guild strike of late \u201807 \/ early \u201808 has unpredictably changed the pattern of other studios\u2019 film releases for \u201808 \/ \u201909.<\/p>\n<p>While those are both believable claims, you can bet that a lot of people aren\u2019t accepting them at face value. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-potter15-2008aug15,0,7258306.story\" target=\"_blank\">This LA Times article suggests<\/a>, among other things, that it\u2019s Batman\u2019s fault.)<\/p>\n<p>I get the feeling that\u00a0Warner\u2019s going to have to do more than just whimper \u201cWe love our fans\u2026\u201d to derail the anger over this\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(ETA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com\/ew-is-really-really-mad-at-warner-bros\/\">Nikki Finke&#8217;s take on the situation,<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com\">Deadline Hollywood Daily:<\/a> with a rant from Entertainment Weekly)<\/p>\n<p class=\"bjtags\">Tags:  <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Warner+Bros\" rel=\"tag\">Warner+Bros<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Harry+Potter+and+the+Half-Blood+Prince\" rel=\"tag\">Harry+Potter+and+the+Half-Blood+Prince<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Rowling\" rel=\"tag\">Rowling<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/delay\" rel=\"tag\">delay<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/reschedule\" rel=\"tag\">reschedule<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/anger\" rel=\"tag\">anger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s the announcement via MarketWatch. 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