On the same day Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallowswill be released in paperback, Scholastic will be releasing a complete paperback series box set. As you can see from this picture found on Barnes & Noble and Amazon, the box enclosing the books uses the Deathly Hallows deluxe edition cover.
The books also appear to sport some new colors. You can pre-order the set on Barnes & Noble for $58.67.
Thanx to Mugglenet for the news.
EA officially announced that the game will be delayed until Summer ‘09. With the announcement came two sets of remarks; one of which belonging to film producer David Heyman:
We have enjoyed a wonderful partnership with EA in collaborating on the videogames for all of the Harry Potter films. The visual look of the game for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is incredibly authentic to the film and will provide a truly compelling experience for everyone who plays.”
Bloomsbury, the U.K. publishers of Harry Potter, have updated their website with the official promotional poster for the Tales of Beedle the Bard, which employs quotes from Deathly Hallows.
Alan Horn, President of Warner Brothers, has issued a statement in response to the large amount of disappointment from their decision to delay Half-Blood Prince until July 17th, 2009:
Many of you have written to me to express your disappointment in our moving “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to Summer 2009. Please be assured that we share your love for Harry Potter and would certainly never do anything to hurt any of the films. Over the past 10 years, we have nurtured and protected each film, and the integrity of the books upon which they are based, to the best of our ability. The decision to move “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was not taken lightly, and was never intended to upset our Harry Potter fans. We know you have built this series into what it is, and we thank you for your ongoing enthusiasm and support. If I may offer a silver lining: there would have been a two-year gap between “Half-Blood Prince” and the much-anticipated first part of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” which opens in November 2010. So although we have to wait a little longer for “Half-Blood Prince,” the wait from that film until “Deathly Hallows” will be less than 18 months. I am sorry to have disappointed you now, but if you hold on a little longer, I believe it will be worth the wait.
Well, I do agree with Horn on that “silver lining” he’s talking about. In my older posts I mentioned that there might be a delay in Deathly Hallows due to the delay in HBP. But it’s clear from Horn’s statement that my speculations are not true. So, I believe that the delay has a plus point – there will be shorter wait between HBP and Deathly Hallows(Part 1).
We will have to wait for Deathly Hallows movie for a long time since it is going to be released in two parts. Pt. 1 on Nov. 19, 2010 and second in May 2011. But we people have learnt not to trust WB. Maybe they’ll just delay part 1 too saying it would be more successful in summer. I don’t want it but there is the possibility. And since HBP has been delayed to next year, it may have an effect on Deathly Hallows too. And if there is no delay, still Deathly Hallows is very far away. But the delay has a plus point – justice will be done(for the first time) to the original story and less editing would be there. Such a vast and exciting story needs justice.
Yes, you read it right and no, you’ve not gone blind. Its totally true (to everyone’s disappointment, I’m sure) that the release of HBP movie has been delayed until July 17th, 2009. So, I can just say in Harry Potter language that I feel like a small child who has been told that Christmas has been cancelled and he’ll not be getting any presents. And I’m sure that every other fan out there is feeling more or less the same thing. So, nothing more to say except – bad news. 
