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Filming of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" movie started today at Gloucester Cathedral. Stars already arriving include Alan Rickman, who plays Professor Snape, Dame Maggie Smith, who plays Professor McGonagall, and Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy. Update: Some high-resolution images from the filming and additional reports are now online.
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The film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince began filming in September 2007.[1] Steve Kloves is again writing the screenplay, and the film is expected to be released on November 21, 2008. David Yates, who directed the Order of the Phoenix, is ... directing this movie.
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Two award-winning actors are joining the film’s all-star cast in their first Harry Potter film. Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent (”Iris,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”) has been set to play Potions Professor Horace Slughorn, who gives Harry an old Potions textbook that had once belonged to the Half-Blood Prince, which proves invaluable to the young wizard. Award-winning actress Helen McCrory (”Becoming Jane,” “The Queen”) will play Narcissa Malfoy, mother to Draco Malfoy and sister to the evil Bellatrix Lestrange.
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Amazon.com announced that customers can place pre-orders for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (book 6) to ensure that they receive their copies when the book becomes available on July 16, 2005. Amazon.com is offering the book to customers for $17.99, a savings of 40%.
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"We are thrilled that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince not only continues to break publishing records in terms of sales, but more importantly has received phenomenal reviews. It is clearly a modern classic," said Lisa Holton, President, Scholastic Children's Trade Books.
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The author has already said that the Half-Blood Prince is neither Harry nor Voldemort. And most importantly, the opening chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been brewing in J.K. Rowling's mind for 13 years.
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