HBP to Open With "Big Attack" Scene?

A new interview with Daniel Radcliffe and Half-Blood Prince director David Yates is online tonight. The Sun has posted excerpts from an interview supposedly conducted with Empire magazine. These excerpts feature David Yates saying: “We’re opening with a big attack. We’ll bring a major London landmark crashing down.”

A few months back, fans will remember, that films crews were in London on the Millennium bridge. It was theorized that the filming was for the destruction of the bridge mentioned in the first chapter of Half-Blood Prince. It is possible that this quote is referring to a scene based of this event from the book.

Hopefully, Empire will publish the full interview soon to confirm this.

HBP Rumors: Teaser Trailer to Screen With Dark Knight? HBP Footage at Comic-Con?

There are several tidbits floating the web today regarding the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film.

First up, Leaky is reporting that they have received several emails from US theaters, including Regal Ciniemas, saying that the long-awaited Half-Blood Prince teaser trailer, will be attached to the beginning of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight, which hits theaters on July 18. While Dark Knight is a Warner Brothers film and WB is running out of films to screen the trailer, please keep this is in the rumor bin until we receive some official confirmation.

Next, there are rumors that some HBP footage will be shown during the WB panel at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego the weekend of July 24-27. This may be a repeat of the footage apparently aired at Cinema Expo last week. Once again, regard this bit of news as a rumor; Comic-Con is expected to post a detailed list of the event's programming within the next coming weeks.

On a related note, Sky Magazine recently featured a HBP set teaser. Though the brief article says very little on the film itself, it does feature a new picture of Rupert Grint as Ron in the film, which you can view here.

WB Says Special HP Theme Park Movie is FALSE

Some rumors regarding the Trio starring in a mini-Harry Potter film for the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park have been floating around the internet. Warner Brothers has since debunked these rumors:

“J.K. Rowling continues to be very supportive and involved with the plans underway for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. Contrary to recent press reports, she has not written scripts for any films based on the Harry Potter ‘prequel’ (recently written and sold for charity) or otherwise, as part of the theme park or any other purpose.

We are working hard to make The Wizarding World of Harry Potter an exciting and authentic experience for all fans and guests. For more information about the park, please visit unversalorlando.com/harrypotter/.“

Fake HBP Still of Slughorn

Earlier today, a supposed still of Jim Broadbent as Professor Horace with the Warner Brothers logo surface online. However, the photo was a fake. The image was really two images of Jim Broadbent, from his other films, put together on photoshop.

WB Debunks "Death Threat" Rumors

A rumor that started out in the UK tabloid The Sun, and has since made it's way to Yahoo! movies, has now been debunked by Warner Brothers. Apparently, Daniel Radcliffe was rumored to be receiving such serious death threats that SAS men have been using dummy cars to get the actor to and from the studio. WB says this is a “complete lie. There is no security problem. There have been no death threats.”

Radcliffe Debunks Spielberg/DH Rumors

Recently there have been rumors that Steven Spielberg was a possible director under consideration for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. A couple of days ago, Daniel Radcliffe was in attendence at this year's BAFTA awards. Dan was reportedly asked on the red carpet whether or not these rumors had any merit: "I have no idea how that rumor started or where it came from. It's not true. How's that for a definitive answer?"