The Daily Prophet

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2008 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It will be the sixth film in the popular Harry Potter films series. Production is in the principal photography stage. David Yates, the director of the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, will return as director for this film. David Heyman and David Barron will produce the film, and Steve Kloves, though he did not write the fifth film, will return as screenwriter for this instalment. Filming began on September 24, 2007 and the film is scheduled for a UK and US release on November 21, 2008 and an Australian release on December 11, 2008. Like the previous film, the sixth film will be simultaneously released in regular theatres and IMAX 3-D.

Filming began on 24 September 2007, with one week of rehearsals, and principal photgraphy ended May 2008.Some sources stated that filming may move from the UK, where all of the previous five films have been shot. This is North Scotland reported filming will take place in New Zealand, due to the "more agreeable economy and climate" and lack of Scottish funding. The Sunday Business Post in Ireland has noted that the film’s producers and WB executives have been scouting there, specifically Leinster and Munster
because they "believe they have now exhausted possible locations in
Britain." They are "particularly keen on Ireland, as the landscape is
similar to Britain and will appear similar to the settings of the
previous films." The crew also scouted around Cape Wrath in Scotland, for use in the cave scene. Filming is scheduled to return to Glen Coe and Glenfinnan, both locations that have appeared in the previous films, to preserve the continuity of the landscape.

On the weekend of 6 October 2007, the crew shot scenes involving the Hogwarts Express in the misty and dewy environment of Fort William, Scotland. A series of night scenes have been filmed in the village of Lacock and the cloisters at Lacock Abbey for three nights starting 25 October 2007.
Filming took place from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily, and residents of the
street were asked to black out their windows with dark blinds.On
set reports indicated that the main scene filmed was Harry and
Dumbledore’s visit to Slughorn’s house. Further filming took place in Surbiton railway station in October 2007, Gloucester Cathedral, where the first and second films were shot, in February 2008, and at the Millennium Bridge in London in March 2008.

Though
Radcliffe, Gambon and Broadbent started shooting in late September
2007, some other cast members started much later: Watson did not begin
until December 2007, Rickman until January 2008, and Bonham Carter
until February 2008.

PLOT!!!

Voldemort is tightening his
grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer
the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie
within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for
the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work
to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defences and, to this end,
Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected
and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes
holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack
from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the
ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is
Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for
her, only she hadn’t counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates! And then
there’s Hermione, simpering [sic] with jealously [sic] but determined
not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains
aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in
the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same
again.

Directed by	David Yates
Produced by	David Heyman David Barron
Written by	Novel: J. K. Rowling Screenplay: Steve Kloves
Starring	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Michael Gambon Jim Broadbent Alan Rickman Tom Felton Bonnie Wright
Music by	Nicholas Hooper Themes by: John Williams
Cinematography	Bruno Delbonnel
Editing by	Mark Day
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	November 21, 2008 (UK, US) December 11, 2008 (AUS)
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English