We now have the first Official image from the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince film up in the TLC Galleries!

As you can see in the HUGE Hi-rez version in the Galleries Harry is holding his copy of Advanced Potion-making and the Marauder's Map!

The film opens in November of 2008.

Wooohoooo!!! This is so exciting! I am so glad they are giving us pics early, and it is just squee-worthy to see Harry holding the book and the map! Wheee here we go! *hunkers down to wait for more with a scary-obsessed-fan-gleam in the eye*

Its great they have put out a photo already.
Does anyone agree that dan/harry looks a little like he did in PoA?

*Insert SQUEEE *
Not much to add, i cant believe i'm seeing movie!harry with Snape's book already.. I loved HBP and it'll be awesome seeing the actor's interpretation of that book

Not how I imagined APM to look like. I always had somthing like the Bloomsbury adult edition cover of Half Blood Prince in mind.
By the look on Harry's face and the evidence in his hand, I think a certain sectumsempra might have just happened.

Oooh Exciting!
Not the way imagined the snapes book but its still exciting.
Cant wait.

Oh, it's this time of the year again.

I totally imagined the APM book much bigger.

I'm just glad we are strating to get official pics so soon. *squee*

Exactly.....And I like it so much....
The door is quite old fashioned...So,I think he's in the common room.....

Very cool. I hope we get one with Ron and Hermione or even Lavender soon!!

I'm 99.9% Sure that Harry in this scene has just walked into the Boy's Dormitry, the outside area looks like a stone/brick wall, the sort of colour of the stone walls that are in the spiral staircase to the boy's rooms, it looks as if Harry might have just burst in through the door angrily, I can also see a part of what appears to be their 4 poster beds red curtain drape on the left of the picture, and the door and wall paint inside looks to the style of the dorms in the movies.

I really imagined the book to be brownish colour, alot more tattered looking also, I saw this image on a website, but also found out that it is the cover of the Half Blood Prince UK Adult book, so I suppose this is why I thought the book to look like that, since JK Rowling supposedly chooses the items (Eg; The Locket)

On the cover it says Advanced Potions Making, it can be found on the HBP UKA Book cover via google if you want to find a close up. Though I suppose since in OoTP the books Umbridge handed out in her DatDA's class seemed like that, sort of novelty look almost, but still I'd expect more tattered. This banner is really lovely, it's has what the book I imagined like on it in better detail to the small image I showed you if you wish to click it, not too large Image.

Gah, I'm really picking on small detail here but in every movie appart from PS and CoS his scar has changed, it used to be bold and red and near the end of his eyebrow, now it's some thin line that can be confused for a hair line, barely red and somewhere high up in the center of his eyebrow, well almost left adjusted to the forehead it's that high up. I like that he looks like he did in PoA, PoA was one of my fave movies that has been made, I think all in all it's a good shot for a sneak peek and I can't wait to see more. -stares at his long post-

A bit, a mix between PoA and OotP. I wish movie Harry had Harry's unruly hair! (as in PoA)

W00t!
So we're getting official pics already ... that is so awesome and I'm already excited for this movie. I really hope that they get it right because there are so many important storylines and subplots that in themselfs could be consider less important by the movie guys but in fact are essential to the over all story.
Harry's look is really good (they didnt do some crazy new look or anything lol) and I agree that judging by this one pic he does look like he did in PoA. The book is not at all how I imagined it to be though. A lot of attention to detail went into OoTP (not that I have the DVD yet but thankfully there are all the Gallery pics to amuse me lol) especially with things such as The Quibbler and the Daily Prophet. Hopefully similar care will go into HBP.

ooh - squee!!!! my boy dans looking good *drools*

I love the picture, I can't believe we're already getting 'official' pics (its so soon! But I love it!), but I do have to say that that book needs to be bigger. You know the chemistry textbooks you get in high school? Like that! Ok.. maybe no that thick, cuz those things are huge, but something bigger than that mini-book!

hoot i'm thrilled there are picts already..there were also some unofical posters i found through imdb, under posters for the movie, those are worth viewing too.

I agree! I have the Bloomsbury Adult paperback of HBP and the image of the Advanced Potion Making book on the cover greatly influenced my reading of the story. Though the colour does seem to be the same, even if it is smaller than you would imagine.

I quite like this new haircut. I don't expect Harry's hair to be the same for each movie because he has to grow with the character and people's hair does change naturally over time.

I agree with LiamFuller, I think Harry is in his dorm room too! Maybe he is seeing Ron leviscorpusing himself.

Yay!!! I love the official images.

Looks good they released a photo.Makes me itch for more!

WOW! It looks really cool. I like the way Advance Potion making looks.

Awesome! I can't wait! I always thought the Advanced Potions book would be much thicker, but oh well.

I was just curious on what people thought about which scenes will be altered, skipped, etc.

For example, I would REALLY love to see Spinner's End exactly as it is in the book, but obviously it's going to be cut down a bit, altered, or at worse, cut so it only shows Narcissa talking to Bella (actually, not to bad). I just really want HBP to follow the book somewhat because HBP has a very intricate plot.

I really can't wait!

wooo! [: im so excited for this movie and there is still ten months until it comes out hahah [:

THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE AWESOME!!
Alright! The return of the elusive Marauders Map, I wonder how much precious movie time will be spent explaining what it is to non-readers, hopefully not much.

Dan looks goo ood, I really like his hair, it's not as short as OotP and nowhere near as long as that GoF moptop *shudders* (just my oppinion)

That has got to be the thinnest school textbook I've ever seen... my backpack is envious.

i'd imagine that they would assume that if your going to see HBP that you have watched the other movies or read the books

I think the Map is being used as a bookmark in-between the book's pages. So we only get to see a chunk of it, making it look smaller. 'Cause you're right, that is a REALLY SKINNEH textbook. Unnatural.....

If you check out the hi-res version in the gallery I think you can see both book ends. Seems like he is holding the map behind the book.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2228/28876004jc6.th.gif

Yup, its behind the book because you can see the tip of the back cover in the Foreground of the map.

This copy looks like the "old" one... I wonder if they'll have the "new" one too?

As theonlysong mentioned, the map is, indeed behind the potions book. However, I have a theory (actually 2 ) about the "thiness" of the book. The first, which is really out there, is that since it is a magical textbook, it expands as needed by the user ala Hogwarts. The second, which is more plausible and what I truly believe, is that the pages are really thin, making the book more compact. I have lots of foreign editions that use very thin paper to get as much info in as little space as possible. Also, as it is Harry's 6th year, I would assume that a lot of the instructions for various advanced potions would pre-suppose the student already knew the basics, and the more difficult potions expanded on those basics.


I would wager they are going to axe the old/new plot thread, as it isn't necessary to the main plot. So, Harry will most likely just have the one "old" book.

And, yes, I think this film is going to rock! Emma Watson just updated her site talking about filming Sluggy's party which is one of the scenes I thought for sure would not be filmed! Is it November yet?

I believe I said this in the news thread but i can't wait for that scene, between luna going with harry (maybe a dyed eyebrow:wink:) and hermione hiding from McLaggen and draco sneaking round

I wonder if they're sell plush Advance Potion Making books. That would be awesome! With the little Maurader's Map tucked between the folds instead of behind. SA-WEET. Sell it at the WB shop.

AHH! I would love that! (i never thought i would want to sleep with a text book...?) And they could make a stuffed plus Fleur just for me! *tear* if she was nin the movie! AHHHH! *sobs*

Hi all! This is a friendly modly reminder that this thread is for discussing images for the Half Blood Prince film that have been officially released by Warner Bros. There is a terrific thread (and poll) here for discussing your most anticipated IMAGES for the film.

I expect we will be getting new images soon, and then--look out!

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I was a little surprised we've only got the one picture -- but I'm OK with the size of the book. It's got the right beat-up and used appearance, and the fact that Harry's carrying it with the Marauder's Map tells us he's thinking of it as one of his more prized possessions. Remember, too, that Harry has traded covers with the new book he ordered, so it's not going to look on the outside like a 50-year-old book anymore -- it's just the inside that is going to be battered and abused!

That got me thinking actually about how the props department are going to do the Half-Blood Prince's (aka Snape's) minuscule handwriting in the film. I expect they won't get Alan Rickman do to it, but will they have someone copy out all the hints, tips and new spells he left in the potions book in tiny handwriting. Seeing as we have got a picture of Harry holding the book then maybe they have already done that.

As mentioned on TLC Main that new image of the trio we saw in the Nick Magazine article has been released in fabulous hi-def by Warner Brothers --

You can see it in it's massive glory here in the Galleries!

It's funny how with each new movie we get a picture of the Trio in the Common Room.
I guess that is to let the fans know how they're gonna look like and to draw attention to the h***.

I think the 'blondeness' in Hermione's hair may be to do with the lighting in the shot. It looks like the photographer used a fixed light source to brighten the scene in the dark common room. All the Trio's hair is quite light compared to how we normally see them in the films. Plus Emma may have only just have started dying her hair brown when they filmed that scene (she is a natural blonde), so the roots are not yet fully coloured hence the blonde streaks.

I want to see the teaser trailer soon and more images.

May I ask what is that next to Ron (Rupert)? Emma's hair looks darker than it has in non-filming pictures I've seen of her recently.

For some inexplicable reason, it's a bowl of WALNUTS!

I like all the h***!

LoL. Why walnuts ??

I know its pretty far away ( ... actually come to think of it, only 8 months or so... ) But I'm getting really excited about HBP. I cant wait to see the Won-Won parts--- Classics

I personally am not botherd but Emma's blondeness...so wat if it has a blonde tinge to it, people havent complained about Dan's BLUE eyes ( with the exception of me, who has complained alot about it, try every time youhh see Dans face in the movies )

Oh, I thought that was a bowl, but it looked like it had a handle or something. Would that be another bowl next to it then? Maybe I should just wait til November (what a long time to wait) to find out what it is and why there is a bowl of walnuts in the common room. Is Ron eating walnuts? Are they at a party (only reason I can think of as to why there's a bowl of nuts)? Why would Hermione be reading the newspaper at a party? Sorry for asking so many questions that no one can answer.

I still think that book is too small ... but, I do like this picture. You can really tell that Harry is trying to get them, Hermione most of all, to see the awesomeness that is this book.

I feel a classical Emma gasp in that pic though. Hehe. Its just, whenever she needs to make a surprised face, or something like that, she kinda overdoes it.

As mentioned on TLC Main an "official" poster for HBP has finally surfaced, but it is merely a logo poster--no images.

You can see it here in the Leaky Image Galleries.

*prays for more images soon*

Hmmm.....I noticed it just has "2008" at the bottom. I thought the release date was set for Nov. 12? I hope they're not having some sort of difficulties that will push it back. I'm seriously impatient over here, lol.

I'm thinking that this is merely because the film does not open on the same date throughout the world . . .

we haven't been told our official release date yet but I'm going on a limb and saying it'll be the same as Australia's a whole 20, yes 20, days later. I'm kinda hoping that the 2008 date on there is because they're going to do some quick wand work and bring the releases back into line. Like how they changed up the US OotP releases to the same as the UK etc. Probably wishful thinking here, but I'm holding onto my hope from the date thing.

Hmmm......good point about the various release dates worldwide. I remember when the Goblet of Fire movie came out, we were in Uruguay on vacation and it came out there about a week after it was released in the US, which surprised me. Somehow I thought it would take longer than that (especially considering they had already added subtitles).

I read some months back that the release date of HBP would be 21 November, though I'm not sure if this would be worldwide or just UK and USA. Was OoTP released at the same time in Australia then as the UK and USA?



Can anyone notice the two white shadowy figures in the top half of the poster? I wonder if they may be inferi in the Cave. I have to say this teaser poster is not as exciting as the one for OoTP with a luminescent Voldemort reaching out with his hand.


Here in the Galleries

Yeah 21 November is the date I know of ... Australia's date as far as I know (ie last time I checked) is December 11. And I'm assuming Aussie got OotP the same time as the rest of the world. I know we did, so i assume they did too.


I keep trying to see these figures that people are mentioning but to me it all just looks like camera shining a light on the poster, maybe it'll be clearer in a hi-res picture ... and I completely agree that Voldemort OotP one was amazing.

I was going to make a comment about that new image, but someone called Mr. Moustache in the news comments was even funnier than I intended to be!



Keep it up, WB. This is actually getting rather amusing now.

Oh, WB, WB, WB. Just because it's the sixth film doesn't mean that we can do with just a blank bit of paper. Although, I do need something to scrawl notes on....

Seriously, though. Mr. Moustache has the right idea. Maybe it is us getting inside the head of Harry. It's a little bit boring though.