Hey Harry Potter fans, guess what! The sixth film in the popular franchise (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on December 8th.

According to Coming Soon, the film will be released in three formats: a three-disc Blu-ray, DVD, digital copy combo pack; a two-disc digital copy special edition (as seen in the above image); and a one-disc wide-screen and full-screen edition.

So, which one should you get? Well, that’s hard to say. Normally, I would recommend buying the Blu-ray DVD. Go big or go home, right?

Universal Orlando Resort (the folks who beckoned us with “Ride The Movies” and delivered with the Jaws, King-Kong and Back To The Future rides) will soon be expanding their Islands of Adventure park with The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, set to open in the spring of 2010.

Polish your hand-widdled wands while reading the following press release, or feel free to skip to the videos in which the young stars of the Harry Potter movies chat about the park and a map (they missed the boat on little footsteps that say “You!”) with a virtual tour.  The scholars and gentlemen over at Coming Soon provided us with the following press release:

So we just finished telling you why the Summer of 2009 was the season of bad movies. Now, as if to validate our point (sarcasm alert) Variety has just announced that the Summer of ‘09 has set a new record as the highest grossing summer of all time at the U.S. domestic box office.

So there you have it, folks, it’s official: Hollywood has no reason to ever hire good writers, produce good scripts, or offer us anything better at the multiplex than what Michael Bay can half-envision.

Awesome.

The nominees have been announced for the fourth annual Scream Awards, held every year by Spike TV. The decisively more “fan-friendly” award ceremony (compared to the Oscars) honors films from the sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic-book genres of movies, TV shows and comic books. The awards are described as, “the first and only global event of its kind,” to honor those genres.

The Scream 2009 nominees were chosen by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, a list which this year includes the likes of Wes Craven, Roland Emmerich, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Eli Roth and Zack Snyder, plus many more. The event will be taped on Saturday, October 17th this year at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, and will air on Spike TV ten days later on Tuesday, October 27th (check for local times).

Along with the awards, the show will also be airing some exclusive, world premiere of footage of some of the most anticipated movies of 2010! Presenters and musicians for the event are to be announced shortly.

Hey Harry Potter fans! You’re in for a surprise – according to /Film, via RopeofSilicon, all of the Harry Potter films are going to get special extended edition re-releases. What exactly the extended editions will include is unclear at this point. It is also unclear whether or not they will be re-released on DVD, Blu-Ray, or (dare I say it) to theaters.

Either way, they’re sure to have some extra goodies that weren’t in the theatrical release.

In the wrap up this week:

Harry Potter feels the G-Force at the box office; Mila Kunis is a Black Swan; Michael Keaton is “Ken”; Kurt Russell might be in Red Dawn. Then again he might not; David Cronenberg gets a haircut in Cosmopolis and Money Never Sleeps for Josh Brolin.

As one of the world’s most popular and successful franchises, Harry Potter has been known to cause a certain delirium in its fans. At the sight of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and the other stars of the films, they just can’t help themselves from getting all riled up. Of course, there’s a difference between fan and fanatic. I humbly submit the following video clips from the Japanese comedy show, Sanma Akashiya’s “Karakuri Terebi.”

This week:

Harry Potter waves his wand and poof, grabs the No. 1 spot at the box office; Pierce Brosnan is The Hunter; get ready for Bridget Jones 3; Would-be Thor joins Lois Lane and Cyclops in Straw Dogs; Find out who Clifton Collins Jr is, and Sam Raimi talks Jack Ryan!

Harry Potter, you lucky dog.

Welcome to our newest Screen Rant feature, where we let you know who and/or what in pop culture we’ve been TOTALLY crushing on lately!

For our inaugural post, I would like to let you know why I’m totally crushing on actress Bonnie Wright, who recently turned in one heck of a grown and sexy performance as Harry Potter’s love interest, Ginny Weasley, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

And before you cynics out there start crying foul: This crush is strictly on the PG side of the fence. Check out why I’m totally crushing on Bonnie Wright:

[NOTE: This post MIGHT CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS]

It’s officially mid-week and here’s what’s going on:

Harry Potter waves his wand at midnight and conjures box office records; the Heathers may be gone for good; Cox and Arquette are Screaming again; Robin Hood has its King Richard; The Limey may get a sequel; it’s a wrap for Nightmare on Elm Street; The Crow will fly again for the first time; Warner Bros. may be returning to the Major League; and The Toronto Film Festival has a list of flicks that could become next year’s greats.

Let’s get to it:

Short Version: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince might be the best Harry Potter film yet.

Screen Rant reviews 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'

If you really care about Harry Potter, Ron & Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger as living, breathing characters then you’re going to love Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Disclosure: I’ve only ever read the first book and while I’ve thought the previous films were “OK,” I’ve never been a huge fan of the series. This latest film was directed by David Yates, the same fellow who directed the previous film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – and for perspective, I don’t even remember was that one was about.

Right about now I know a lot of you out there are real excited. Maybe you’re at your job, at home, or already camped out by your local cineplex – but wherever you are, if you’re reading this then you too are likely afflicted with Harry Potter fever in anticipation of the midnight hour when Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince debuts in theaters!

Of course, others of you are saying, “Kofi, what’s the big deal bro? This is like what, the sixth Harry Potter flick? Why all the hoopla?”

Well I’ll tell you ‘why all the hoopla’ this time around:

Harry Potter fans are offiicailly saying to Twilight lovers, “Screw you guys, WE are the greatest fanboy nation!”

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is selling advanced tickets like crazy all across the country. The sixth installment of J.K. Rowling’s popular books-cum-movies is on track to knock Twilight out of of the no. 3 spot on Fandango’s list of all-time highest advanced ticket sales, settling in behind Stars Wars Epidsode III and The Dark Knight.

Advanced tickets for Half-Blood Prince have already outsold last month’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which (we all know) went on to earn serious bank at the box office. Things are look good so far for Harry and Warner Bros.

With Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen out of the way, it’s now time to focus on that other big movie of summer 2009, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Sure to be an absolute box-office smash, the sixth film in the Harry Potter series is fast approaching with not long to go before we can all take our seats in the theater to enjoy the magic-filled world once again.

To give us a taste of the new Harry Potter movie a little ahead of its release, HBO has an extended, beyond-the-standard-trailers look at the film in a featurette that reveals brand new footage and interviews with the cast and crew.

[UPDATE: We have a second extended clip from Half-Blood Prince!]

For you Harry Potter fans out there: today we have a new extended clip from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, some (sorta) good news about the film’s premiere in IMAX theaters, plus a rumor that a certain famous British actor may have finally gotten the casting call he’s been pining for.

Last week, Screen Rant reported on the upcoming cinematic finale to the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is being split into two movies. Director David Yates recently reported from the set of the film, and today we have some actual behind-the-scenes production pics to give Harry Potter fans a first look at that their favorite kid wizards about to embark on their final journey.

Here are just a couple of the photos, with a link at the bottom to a larger gallery. Check them out:

Ever since it was announced that Warner Bros. was going to be spitting the final volume of the Harry Potter Book series into two films, Potter fans have all been wondering just where the big cut was going to be made between Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II.

It’s summer movie time and so that means studios are cranking out promo materials for their summer films. With the recent announcement that Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince is going to suffer a two-week delay between its initial theatrical release and its IMAX release, Warner Bros. has been working EXTRA hard, trying to fill those theater seats.

Today’s Harry Potter swag-grab-bag includes five new character posters for Half-Blood Prince; each one features different characters, posed in a manner that is supposed to give some clue as to their arch in the film. Check them out:

[UPDATE: Now we have hi-res versions of all three Tv spots! Enjoy!]

The last items we reported on for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince were a set of four TV spots from back in May. Since then, the only news we had was not very good news for Harry Potter fans: the IMAX release of the film would be delayed a few weeks because of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’s exclusive IMAX run.

It feels like it was so long ago when this movie was coming close last Fall then out of nowhere the epic delay came to bring it to this summer. Now, you have to wait another two weeks if you wanted to see it on the big big screens.

If you’re a Harry Potter fan who had to suffer the anguish of Warner Bros. delaying the latest big-screen adventure of your favorite boy wizard, I’m sorry to report that the universe is not done punishing you: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will now have to wait two weeks after its initial theatrical release before it will premiere in IMAX theaters.

Harry and Co. are on standby until Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen finishes its run in IMAX theaters, leaving Warner Bros. potentially screwed when it comes to turning a profit from Half-Blood Prince’s IMAX box office.

We are well into the summer movie season now and so far the movies have been hit (Star Trek) or miss (Wolverine, Terminator 4). Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is looking to be in the ‘hit’ column and if the trailer is any indication, it should have no problem doing so.

To keep the hype building, Warner Brothers has released four new TV clips which we have for you below.

This week, we’ve seen a burst of New Moon propaganda ranging from RPattz’ confirmation of a fourth Twilight movie to an MTV Movie Awards clip premiere and a new poster all to sway teen hearts. Not to be outdone, the wizards at Hogwarts have announced that Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) will also premiere a clip from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the MTV Movie Awards.

We’ve not even seen the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince yet (although we would have if Warner Bros. hadn’t have delayed it…), and yet there’s already talk about the next and last film in the successful series. If y’all are wondering what is happening with the seventh Harry Potter tale, titled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, then Screen Rant is here to help.

It was announced over a year ago by WB that Deathly Hallows is going to be split into two separate movies because, as franchise producer David Heyman stated back then:

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince is a film that is definitely on a lot of people’s Summer radar, and after seeing the full trailer and the international trailer I can say that I will definitely be checking it out as well.

By now you should know that along with any Harry Potter film release comes a slew of promotional media: pics, vids, and of course, posters. Today we’ve got some promo posters for Half-Blood Prince, a four-piece spread of the film’s dramatis personœ looking all ready for some serious wizard-on-wizard action. Wow, that sounds SO wrong.

On to the posters!

Here you go, folks – courtesy of AOL.com we have the latest trailer for Harry Potter 6 (it is 6, right? I lose track).

Anyway, enough chit chat – just check out the trailer below:

I’ve read all the Harry Potter books except for the last, which I’ve decided to wait on. Despite liking the books, I have never really been a big fan of the Harry Potter film franchise–that is until I got a load of the first trailer for  Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince,  which is looking pretty amazing.

Now Warner Bros. has released the international trailer for The Half-Blood Prince on YouTube.  It’s reported to be the same as the Japanese trailer, but without the Japanese voice-over.  I suppose that makes sense, since the entire universe does not understand Japanese.

The Hulk director Louis Leterrier’s remake of Clash of The Titans appears to be snagging a cast that matches the original for acting talent. The 1981 film starred Harry Hamlin (maybe not him) in the lead role but it also had Laurence Oliver, Maggie Smith and err… former Bond girl Ursula Andress as Greek gods. Variety now reports that Ralph Fiennes and his Schlinder’s List co-star Liam Neeson are in negotiations to join Sam Worthington’s Perseus, another former Bond girl, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen (Bond villain!), and Alexa Davalos in the forthcoming Warner Bros. film.

For those not in the know, ShoWest is a convention for theater owners where studios pimp out their movies with the hopes of making a mark regarding their up and coming films. Yesterday, at ShoWest in Las Vegas studios decided to give one another a run for their money. Warner Bros. president Alan Horn showed clips of Terminator Salvation and the new Harry Potter. Both were things we’ve seen before and nothing particularly special.

Ten days ago, a pile of character-centric posters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince were made available online and they gave us a real good look at how our favorite residents of Hogwarts have aged over the years.

That group of Harry Potter 6 posters featured rather dark-themed and unexciting images of the characters – the opposite of what we have here today for you. Today’s batch includes shots of Harry, Hermione, Snape, Ron, Dumbledore and Draco.

A bunch of new character posters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have been released and we selected some of the best ones for you to check out.

Remembering when the first Harry Potter movie came out, nearly eight (8!) years ago, and looking at these posters now really gives some perspective on how much the actors (and characters) have aged through their years in life and in the school of Hogwarts.