As filming has now begun for the sixth film, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, images taken by fans and paparazzi and such will start to be available.

We have some early images from filming in Lacock, as noted on Leaky Main. No--it is NOT Hagrid's Hut!

Here in the Galleries

Additional filming is slated to be taking place shortly in Gloucester Cathedral, and as soon as we have more images we will post them up!

This could be the night time scenes of Spinners End - narrow old streets

Spinners End is definitely one possibility, mad-eye-melly! However, as mentioned on Leaky Main, TLC reader Andrew noticed that the street in that picture is the same street that was used for the filming of the flashback to the Potters' house in Godric's Hollow for the Sorcerer's/Philosophers' Stone movie. I'm not sure where that would fit into this movie. The winding, cobbled, narrow streets do definitely lend themselves to a Spinners End-esque scene, though!

That white building sticking out looks interesting. Reminds me of The 3 Broomsticks. Perhaps this is Hogsmeade prior to apparition to The Cave.

You know as excited as I want to be over ANY pics of the HBP movie, I can't. Its nice to see what locations we'll get glimpses at in the film, but it doesn't compare to actually seeing the actors there on set, or even better, on the film stills WB and others manage to wow us with...I know we still have a long way to go before that happens, but I'm so tired of not seeing anything new! I should be 'relaxing' from HP due to the madness of this past summer, and I have, which is why I feel the need to get back on the HP 'scene' and that usually, for the most part, involves me going crazy over new images or casting news.

I'm thinking the traditional shots of Hagrids Hut will probably show it on Fire.

I dont know where i read this but i heard somthing about thoes pictures being around Ol Slugs house.

There are now many more images up from the HBP filming in Lacock, England, as mentioned on Leaky Main. It seems most likely that they are filming exteriors of Budleigh Babberton, and Horace Slughorn's temporary refuge there --

Here in the Galleries

Most fascinating to me is mention of prop boxes and set pieces marked CEMETARY, such as this one --

I am thinking this is mostly atmospheric. Or, possibly that this may be a recreation of Little Hangleton for the pensieve scene with the Gaunts, which would be awesome indeed.

ETA: Additional information from the filming confirms that it is indeed Sluggy's "home" and that the "graveyard" items were for a War Memorial that is being erected on the set--which is totally canon! YES!

From all these reports of filming in Wiltshire, it looks to me as if WB is consolidating all the filming from the village scenes in HBP, like Budleigh Babberton, Little Hangleton (Gaunt house), and Spinner's End. They might be using different parts of Lacock for each bit, so as not to overlap. I guess it saves both money and time.

Its great that the residents of Lacock are alllowing WB to use their village for HP. Its a very beautiful village.

More pictures from the HBP filming in Lacock have been added to the Galleries! As reported on Leaky Main Michael Gambon and Dan Radcliffe were there filming the exterior scenes for Buddleigh Babberton and Harry and Dumbledore's meeting with Horace Slughorn.

I really like the detail that goes into these films, even if it's little bits that go by so fast we don't even notice. Such a bit of obsessive detail is this pub sign for the "Babberton Arms" --

You can find all the images from the Lacock filming, including pictures of Gambon signing autographs, here in the massive TLC Galleries.

You knew it was coming . . . new pix of Hagrid's hut, HBP-style have appeared online.

As mentioned on Leaky Main the fifth incarnation (there was no HH for GoF ) is being built at Leavesden Studios, and you can see picture of it, plus more from the filming in Lacock, here.

*giggles madly like a gnome*

So excited by these images. I agree that the narrow streets do look like something like what I thought Spinners End to be. I have a question.. Why are they redoing Hagrid's Hut for each film?

My nan lives very very near there

omg i saw it this is so cool thanks, i can't wait to see the movie when it comes out im so exited me and my whole school love harry potter were going to filll up the thearter seats we going the first day it comes out lolzs ! yuppers ! after harry we all love sirus black .im dead serious my whole school loves harry potter. this is going to be a long night i have to tell everyone about the new pictures im going to be up all night bye i have to email like crazy now .

LOL! Hagrids Hut-- I KNEW IT! I had been making a joke the first time we saw our images of Slughorns place, "At least there's no Hagrids Hut". Haha!

Oooh! I'm so excited too!

Hope we get more pics!
I wonder how long it will take them to finish all the sets?

Its started you guys! There ain't an HP movie filming without the pics of Hagrid's Hut being re-built!!!! Its just going to get better (or worse for some) and better from now on...Let the pic showdown begin!!!!

Interesting, the Slughorn house. I pictured a little one-story with a garden outside, not quite what they have there. But the picture stream has begun!

I pictured a one story too. If Slughorn is smart like he should be, why is WB sticking him in the most obvious house...?

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!! I've been devouring all these pics! It just makes me so happy to see that they put a war memorial in the square! How cool is that!!!???

Ahhhh Hagrid's Hut, how nice it is to see you again. That house is like Fawkes, being repeatedly reduced to nothing and then reappearing.........and in this one it gets to be on fire ................ok so maybe I am a little over excited!

LoL that's funny John-Robert, I never pictured the house as too small. If there's one thing Slughorn likes, it's comfort. Didn't surprise me at all to see him settle in as fancy a house as he could.

As mentioned on TLC Main there will be a couple sneak-peeks for HBP on the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD, due out in the UK today. A screen-grab of that menu is here in the Galleries --

With a little closer look via Photoshop, the embedded HBP images are --

The first appears to be perhaps in Slughorn's appropriated home in Budleigh Babberton (since we know they have already filmed some of that footage) whereas the second, to me, would most likely be Mrs. Cole's office (with the typewriter in the background), at the Orphanage.

Whoa!

SQ--UEE!!!!!!!!!! As tiny as they are, with no actual footage to see yet, these pics are very exciting!

I agree with Hagiographer13, the second one looks like the orphanage to me. The first one I thought may have been DD's office but I think she is correct it is more likely Slughorn's "home". Harry looks to have on a jacket like the one he wore for filming that scene. Sweet!!! It's just so exciting to see images emerge, still can't believe we have a year to wait!

I had a chance to take a look at these extras on YouTube before they were removed, and the second bit is definitely in the orphanage. They interview the production designer, Stuart Craig about this set--and he says the main gate to the orphanage is his homage to David Lean's film of Dickens' Oliver Twist. The first could be in Dumbledore's office OR Sluggy's--it goes by way too quickly to be absolutely sure.

There are also snippets of what appears to be the cave scene and Harry talking with Arthur Weasley in his workshed. Also, unless it gets cut, it looks like we will have Quidditch back in HBP, as the bulk of the first short clip is interviewing the costume designer, Jany Temime, while she rhapsodizes about the "new" Quidditch robes.

Again--I am very hopeful and excited for the sixth film! OotP was amazing--and this looks even better!

The stuff about Quidditch being back makes my day! I've missed it, and it should be really great this year with Harry as captain and Ron as Keeper, and Ginny on the team, and McLaggen being an idiot and cracking Harry's skull while Ron's in the hospital and....YES!!...Luna as commentator! I'm getting more excited by the moment thinking about this new revelation and all the stuff that potentially goes along with it!

HBP comes out the day after my birthday next year, and I'm already thrilled for that birthday gift!

Hey, those are hella small pics, but its SOMETHING!

I got excited about the movie like I haven't been before after seeing the sneak peeks on youtube! I SQUEED when I saw the split-second image of DD at the cave set..it was such a small thing but it got me pumped up for the movie. I can't wait until you awesome gallery galls get the screen caps of those sneak peeks...too bad we have to wait until it comes out here in the US.

Hm I dunno hagiographer, in the sneak peek (downloaded it on my computer) it actually shows that 2nd picture is in Arthur Weasley's shed where he keeps all his electronics! There are stacks of computers, a motorcycle, and tons of other stuff.

The first shot is definitley Dumbledore's office. There's also a bit where they're looking through the pensieve in the Gryffindor dorms, wierd!

LOVE the uniforms! Bit better than PoA but still not as good as CS and PS.

I don't like the Quidditch uniforms...it is supposed to be a rough game for goodness sake! Only muggles wear protection!

Plus, and I hope no offense is taken by the North American fellows, those pads make everything look more American and less British.

I really really hope they don't make HBP into a sappy teen movie (which, could happen judging by Emma's interview).

You are right, Fawcett--I checked my downloaded version of the Sneak, where I could pause it properly, and that typewriter is in Arthur's workshed. Really wonder what they are discussing there . . .

Also--I kind of like the Quidditch armour--maybe because I have been playing the HP video games and they include that stuff. Also, Ms. Temime's rationale for the armour is sound--now that the players are older, they are more likely to be playing rougher. Also, fyi, US footballers used to wear their padding OVER their jerseys. My 2 knuts of useless info for the day.

It is not useless, but I mean, the shape of the body is still the same: ginormous backs and shoulders...the jury is still out on the uniforms subject.

Yes that clip is in Arthur's shed! What fun we get to see his plug connection!

I actually like the new Quidditch uniform. LOL Hagiographer13 you are right they do have things like that in the games! Good catch. I liked what the costumer said about the boys being older and taking more risks. I am all for contiuity, but at the same time I understand the need to breathe new life into things too. Quidditch is back after being gone for 2 films! Time to celebrate with a new look!

Except strictly speaking the teams aren't getting older, they always had the best players in the house on them, regardless of age. Though of course it does mean we get Quidditch or at least Quidditch training in this movie which I am sure many fans will like.
In the lead up to these clips, I think we have shots of Arthur's shed - though it is an interesting question as to what they are talking about, unless they have relocated Harry reporting back on Draco's detour there. We have Dumbledore's office, shots from the cave, and I think a brief shot of the Room of Requirements in "junk room" mode.

No the teams aren't getting older, roonwit, which is what I meant with the very next sentence after what you quoted. But since the movies are even more Harry-centric than the books are, it makes sense that they would go ahead and work within his Quidditch career. I just meant that I appreciated the costumer having some sort of rationale for the re-design. It shows she has put some thought into it and if she is willing to put out the effort I am open-minded enough to go with it.

In the Sneak Peak that was released on the OotP DVD, they included scenes that made me squee-ful.

Those are cool, John-Robert! We now have an album of screen-caps from the OotP DVD Half Blood Prince sneak preview up in the TLC Galleries. Included are these two interesting shots --

Harry with Dumbledore in his office. Notice the CGI green-screen for DD's right hand and the pensieve.

Draco cursing Harry on the Hogwart's Express.

It looks really good, and I am so excited to see the scenes they are filming. Not to mention QUIDDITCH!

OMG! SQUEEE @ at the last one! We got it, you guys! Well, it looks like we do, hopefully we'll get to see that train scene in the movie. I hope they have Tonks rescue Harry.

Wheee, it looks like the movie will be great. I just hope the comedic side isn't too powerful...It is one of the darkest of the series.

Still, yay for Quidditch and the inclusion of small scenes and efforts! ^^

wow i cant wait to see the movie

Well seeing that Tonks was only in the movie for about three minutes total in OotP and how many avatars did she have?! I'm scared that I'll be invaded by Tonks' avatars if WB gives her anymore screentime. Just Kiddin. Natalia is cool.

I just don't know how they are going to include all the horcruxes with all the cuts they've done... Cut Gaunts, Hephzibah (probly cause they don't wanna spend money with her house-elf ), goodness I'm scared for this movie but I've been scared for them all.

I wonder when we're going to see our next HBP Sneak Peak Stuff...

I totally squeed when I saw the clips of Harry and Draco on the train! I don't know why but I was not sure that scene would make it into the movie, so it was a wonderful surprise to see it there!

I love seeing the clips with DD's hand and the Pensieve. So exciting!

I too think this is looking really good, and I can't wait to see it!!!

Hey now! Tonks NEEDS more screen-time. Yes, of course you'll be bombarded with icons, cuz that's just how I roll! lol! But seriously, we do need to see her more, I need more footage for vids.

And I really hope we don't get a Sneak Peaks like we did with OotP, it was too much, IMO. Hopefully they'll keep us in the dark more this time around, we'll be more excited when the movie finally comes to the theaters .... BUT seeing as how we already have OFFICIAL pics, it is likely that it will not be like OotP, but we'll get stuff sooner. IDK!

One image that just kind of jumped-out at me from the sneak-peek was this one --

I am fairly sure that Scrimgeour and the ministry (and Percy, sadly) have been axed from HBP, so do you suppose that David Yates is going to go for another "newspaper montage" sort of thing? I thought that was rather effective and very well-done in OotP, and with that headline from the Daily Prophet that's the first notion that hit me.

That's a really great comment Hagiographer. I thought the newspapers were effective but they did get a little extreme at the end... maybe one notch from over the top... but that's all in the matter of opinion.

The Daily Prophet that you showed looked as if it was from the Prime Ministers Office, but WB has already said it has been cut, so I guess it would have came from the Gryffindor Common Room, The Burrow, Privet Drive, some cool place.

Or, it could have just been sitting in the props department.

It also made me look at it because if it's a prop they are using in the movie (which it looks like), nothing is moving because there is no blue screen inside of it pasted where the moving images would be animated in.

If it is a still from the movie, and it's already been animated, Good Job WB, you've gotten far!

I'm so excited for this movie!
It's gonna be in my opinion the best movie ever.

Hmm, interesting point. (And btw, I also loved the newspaper transition thing in OotP.) I didn't know they had said that they would cut out the Prime Minister scene! I loved that part. *sobs*

Anyway, it could be a still, but I think that the visual effects company won't be working on HBP until May. Still, it doesn't mean that the Daily Prophet won't be in the movie. Even if it's a prop, it still has some HBP-related headlines. *shrugs*

So far, the movie's looking great; I just hope they don't alter too much...=/

Oh wow!! This is the first I've seen all these and I'm totally excited now!! *deep breath* Okay, the Draco and Harry on the Hogwarts Express looks very promising. I really hope they leave the dreaded face-stomping incident in because it shows what level the whole Harry vs Draco thing has risen to. It's not just name-calling anymore.

I liked the newspaper montages in OotP so if that is the case with this I'm a happy camper. I'd imagine since the other minister has been (allegedly) cut that we'd see this paper pretty early on in the film to establish the choas that the Death Eaters/Voldemort have been causing. And the "Harry Potter The Chosen One" headline to set up that the wizarding community is now looking to Harry as a figure of hope (nice contrast from OotP).

Can they not find some new robes for Dumbledore?! It's nice to see the green hand they've been talking about on Pottercast.

The kissss! Wow, can't wait for that! What's the Trophy Room scene? Is that where the kiss is taking place?



*runs off to the vidgals to check out all the sneak peaks!*

Well maybe they are using it for the prop in practice and for actual takes and principal filming, they will use a blue screened version.

Cool anywho.

LOL *carefully sidesteps comment on DD's new robes* I was very excited to see the green hand too! It just made me realize how close we are to the Snape/DD scene on the tower. Whoa.

I have pondered the kiss alot, and part of me wonders if this is the scene where Harry and Ginny break up. In the sneak peek they are really close and then the next shot is her walking away from him, and Harry doesn't look too happy. Of course they wouldn't show the kiss on a sneak peek, but what if there isn't one in this scene? What if it's just an almost-kiss before Ginny leaves and Harry moves on to Horcrux hunting? Just a thought.....

Well that could be a heartbreaking scene!

hmm idk. When I first saw this scene I didn't think it was a kiss, I think it might have just been a close encounter, maybe even a dream of Harry's (it'd be funny if Ron popped out of nowhere in one of Harry's dreams, are you listening WB?).

As for thinking that it was the, well I'll dubb it the "Good Bye kiss", I just don't get that feeling. It would be nice if they kept the ending of the movie in tune with the ending of HBP (the funeral and Hermione & Ron telling Harry that they'd follow him no matter what happens ).

Well according to the peak, I think they are in the Trophey Room, actually I'm quite sure.

I really hope they don't go for the newspaper effect again. I'm bummed out by them leaving Maggie Smith's wheel chair scene out, even out of the DVD extra bits (there was a sneak peek image back when OoTP was like this) D: Unless the sneak peek was actually Maggie Smith in a wheel chair in costume reading a Harry Potter newspaper prop... xD