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Episode #103: A Little More Half Blood Prince
So as it turns out we weren’t really finished discussing the Half Blood Prince movie. In this week’s episode we discussed how the movie fits in with the overall theme of …..say it……Ambiguity about good and evil within Ha...
Episode 102: Half Blood Prince Review
Hey Everyone! Welcome to another edition of HPProgs. In this week’s episode we reviewed Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince….sure took long enough for this movie to come out! We were joined by our friend and special guest Greg in Tor...
Half Blood Prince US Premiere July 9 At the Ziegfeld Theatre
Warner Brothers has announced the US Premiere of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince It will take place on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at the Zigfeld Theatre in New York City. General information is as follows: WHEN:Thursday, July 9, 2009 WHERE: Ziegf...
The Final Final Half Blood Prince Trailer
What? No way! An actual podcast? Yep! We know you have been missing your HPProgs and we missed you all too! We took a little time to record our thoughts on the LAST Half Blood Prince Trailer. The episode is short and sweet, but full of content and i...
HPProgs Hitler Video Mentioned in Entertainment Weekly
UPDATE: Mugglenet was nice enough to scan in the article and let us know about it so you can now see the print version if you want. Hey everyone! Remember the video we made back in August about Hitler’s reaction to the Half Blood Prince Delay? ...
Update: WB Moving Half Blood Prince Up To July 15
Update: Warner Brothers has confirmed that the release date for Harry Potter and the Half Blod Prince Movie has been moved to July 15th. via Mugglenet Erc box office and comingsoon.net are both unofficially reporting that Warner brothers has mo...
New Half Blood Prince Trailer Will Be Released This Thursday Night
Warner Brothers has announced that a new trailer for the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” movie will be released on satellite on Thursday, April 16th, 9:00 pm (EDT)/6:00 pm (PDT). Coordinates for feed are as follows: Thursday, Apr...
Warner Brothers Releases Newest Half Blood Prince Trailer
Warner Brothers has released the NEWEST Half Blood Prince trailer and it looks fantastic! It has some scenes we’ve seen before, as well as some new footage that is sure to leave you wanting more! We will get an imbedded youtube video in to show...
New Look at HBP on “TODAY Australia”
“TODAY Australia” gave HP fans some new and exciting footage of the Half Blood Prince movie. Take a look! (Hat Tip: The HogsHead)...
Official Half Blood Prince Movie Posters Revealed
We can finally see some of the official Half Blood Prince Movie Posters and they are NICE! Tell us what you think of the posters! (Hat tip: A.S. of MN)...
Japanese Half Blood Prince Trailer Now Online
You can now see the recently released Japanese Half Blood Prince Trailer on youtube. There are some new scenes that we haven’t seen before. Enjoy!...
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to Get a PG Rating
The website, Rope of Silicon is reporting that the MPAA has given Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince a PG Rating for “for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.” Interestingly, this is the first movie in the Potter...
Half Blood Prince Movie Would Have Been Out Today
This isn’t really news but the Half Blood Prince Movie was supposed to come out tonight at midnight. Oh well. I am going to propose a moment of silence. Show your support by *not* commenting below. Enjoy Twilight everyone! -Penny...
Hear Trailer Reactions on Mugglecast Live (With Penny)
Hey guys, as I mentioned in the last post, the folks over at Mugglecast asked me to join their live Half Blood Prince Trailer reaction show. We had a lot of fun and had some great trailer discussion. The show is now up on the Mugglecast website so pl...
Warner Brothers releases new Half-Blood Prince trailer!
Warner Brothers has released the newest Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Trailer exclusively for fansites! You can see the trailer here or on youtube here: Ironically, the trailer will be debuting in theaters prior to the Twilight Movie next ...
Episode #92: New Half Blood Prince Trailer
It was a shock to everyone when the newest international Teaser Trailer for Half Blood Prince leaked online this morning. Now that we have gotten over the initial shock of the unexpected gift, we have had sometime to look at and analyze the trailer. ...
New Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Trailer Online
The newest Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Trailer is now online! You can view it here. Take a look and tell us what you think!!...
Episode #88: Delayed!?! And, The Eyes Have It
So, it’s been a week or so since the last episode of HPProgs; while you were waiting for the next show, and even larger wait was sprung upon you: Half Blood Prince, The Movie, was delayed from 2008 to 2000-and-freakin-9. Penny’s been cov...
Episode #86: Half Blood Prince Trailer Podcast
Hopefully by now, you’ve seen the trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. We sat down immediately after watching to record out thoughts. What do you think of the trailer? Does the voice of the woman in the orphanage belong to J.K...
Half Blood Prince Teaser Trailer Up on AOL After Early Release on MSN
We’ve all been anticipating the 9pm EST release of the official Half Blood Prince teaser trailer; but we can now see it an early released copy on MSN movies. It looks fantastic (although if one didn’t know better they might think that T...
Half Blood Prince Trailer *Tonight* on AOL
UPDATE: The trailer has been released early on MSN. Check back here for more updates. As we reported last week, AOL will be releasing the Half Blood Prince Trailer tonight at 9 PM EST. We will make sure to post a link as soon as we can. What do you...
Reports: Half Blood Prince Teaser Will Be Available in the US on Tuesday on AOL
Yesterday it was announced that that the worldwide debut of the trailer for the sixth film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, would take place via satellite on Tuesday, July 29th, from 9:00 - 9:15pm EST. However, today we got a tip from the Spa...
Episode #85: Free Will and Choice in Harry Potter
One of the over-arching meta-themes of the Harry Potter books is, without a doubt, choice. From early on the books the theme of choice is empasised, when the Sorting Hat defers to Harry’s wish to be in Gryffindor, or when Dumbledore makes it cl...
First Official Half Blood Prince Teaser Online
The first official Half Blood Prince Teaser is now being shown at Imax viewings of the Dark Knight movie. BlogHogwarts.com put it up on youtube and you can see it here: I think we can all agree that the HPProgs/Hogshead collaborative trailer is MUC...
Half Blood Prince Teaser Trailer…Revealed?
We showed this teaser trailer (which may or may not…ok, may not, be the teaser trailer for the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie) at our panel at the Portus Podcast Palooza (which was awesome, thank you so much for everyone who came ...
Half Blood Prince Movie Poster?
This appeared in a survey I took from Borders Books. It seems that it might be some kind of Half Blood Prince Promotional poster which will grace the cover of the book once the movie comes out. What are your thoughts? What do you think? Could this b...
Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil
This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6. JK Rowling’s Speech at the Har...
Episode #80: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Black, White and Gray
This week, we begin our Patterns in Potter coverage for Book 6, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The theme of this book is quite ambiguous; in fact, it is ambiguous. Sorry if I’m not being too clear here, but you’ll have to liste...
Episode #63: Harry Potter and the End of Innocence
There comes a time in a person’s life when they realize, for the first time, that the world is not actually the way they thought it was. That the picture they had in their mind about how the world works, the rules of the game, are suddenl...
Episode #59: Draco Disappoints
Was it just us, or was Draco’s finale just a bit disappointing? By the end of Book 6, it looked like Draco was prime for some kind of glorious and game-changing redemption. His failure to off Dumbledore left him in a bad place, but it was c...
