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It was recently announced that the next "Harry Potter" movie, "The Half-Blood Prince," was being pushed from this fall (Nov. 21) to next summer (July 17). The rationale was that Warner Bros. feared a 2009 without a tent pole, due in part to the writers strike earlier this year.
Nice of them to let Entertainment Weekly know. Both WB and EW are owned by Time Warner, but the studio didn't warn the mag that put Harry Potter on the cover of its fall movie preview.
Wonder why?
Was Warner Bros. nervous that EW might report the real reason HP was being pushed to 2009?
Fox News has floated the very viable theory that the true reason is because Daniel Radcliffe will be onstage buck naked (albeit briefly) on Broadway this fall in "Equus," a salacious play for its time -- and for today -- with a distinct beastiality theme.
And he's already riding a horse bareback (and front) in the new issue of Vogue, courtesy of photog Annie Leibowitz, who, coincidentally, also got Miley Cyrus to show off her bare back skills.
I saw the play in London's West End last spring (second row, center) and trust me, you see everything. Unlike the "Potter" fairy tale, Daniel's performance in "Equus" leaves nothing to the imagination.
And you just know an enterprising paparazzi was gonna get a sneak shot of Harry's magic wand and sell it to the highest bidder, who would have released it just as the film premiered.
Was Warner Bros. worried that a shot of Harry's privates would hurt box office? Why? Would such a photo be deemed too salacious for the young teenage girl market? Or -- perhaps not salacious enough?
"Equus" may also be a warmup for the next installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." According to EW, Daniel will be sans trousers in one scene in "Hallows." But he's not worried, telling the mag, "It's all old hat now, really!"
Photo: Entertainment Weekly
To see an " Equus" promotional photos of Harry and his horse, keep reading.....
Photos: Courtesy of Equus.
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Although this sounds likely enough, I am seriously hoping that it is not the case.
I am SO tired of people labouring under the delusion that Harry Potter is a kiddie phenomenon. The fact is, most of your hard-core HP fans are actually in their early to mid 20s - people who were in their tweens when the first book came out and have followed the series ever since. If you know anything about the series, you're aware that the themes dealt with in the sixth installment are much too dark and complex to be appropriate for the "young teenaged girl market" anyway. In that light, the comparison between Daniel Radcliffe and Miley Cyrus is just dumb. There should be no more scandal surrounding Radcliffe's appearance in "Equus" than there would be with any other of-age actor (he IS 19 now) playing a similar role.
I don't think this has anything to do with Daniel Radcliffe. I think it's the fact that Twilight is coming out in November too, and there are many fans waiting for it. Twilight will simply overtake harry potter and they won't make any money.
There's been a nude pictures of Daniel Radcliffe floating around the internet since he first posed for an Equus photoshoot, ages ago. That's a stupid theory. Why would paparazzi photograph something that we can already find, in much better resolution, on Google Imagesearch?
As far as the comment that the person made about Twilight taking over Harry Potter, don't be ridiculous. For a book series that very few people have heard of, at least in comparison to Harry Potter, there is no way that it would cause an issue for the Potter series. The only reason that WB changed the date was for monetary one's, it's a business, and they're trying to make the most money that they can.
Excuse me cdn?? are you crazy??? there is no way in heck twilight would ever out shine harry potter in the box office, watch it, hp will make much more when it does come out then twilight does in nov. and to the person that said that its not for children. you are exactly correct, when the books first came out, i was 10, but i didnt read them till i was 12. im now 18, its been 8 years since the release of #1 and 6 year since i started reading them, and i still love the series and cant wait for the release of 6 and 7 on film. you couldnt give #6 to a 10 year old, it is in fact too dark.
harry potter and the half-blood prince was suppose to come out on my birthday and now my birthday is ruined
fox news is full of idiots.
warner bros would have done exactly the same thing to harry potter and the order of the phoenix if this was true.
also, cdn, twilight's popularity does not compare to harry potter's. it's like comparing osama bin laden to my grandfather.
I think harry is all THAT and more who wouldn't give there left arm not wand arm obviously to see Harry butt naked at the reliese of the film or any other time . ... I as a devote Harry Potter FAN FAN. Think a fter all the movies (Daniel) has done no one should have a bad word to say even if he was streaking across LOndon!!!! LOVE YOU HARRY POTTER-x-
Heh...this is cdn again. I posted the comment ABOVE my name, not below. I don't even know what "Twilight" is. I don't think even the next "Batman" or other such movie could prevent HP from pulling in the dough. There are just too many loyal fans.