Harry Potter speaks in BD Live screening
PHYSICAL: Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray, DVD will include footage of Deathly Hallows
By Susanne Ault -- Video Business, 10/19/2009
OCT. 19 | PHYSICAL: Warner Home Video will present its first worldwide BD Live community screening with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on Dec. 12, days after the movie’s Dec. 8 Blu-ray Disc release.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be Warner’s second audio BD Live community screening.
The screening will be a week after Warner hosts an industry-first audio BD Live community screening with the Terminator Salvation Blu-ray. Previously, BD Live community screenings have involved filmmakers answering questions via text.
Like Terminator, Potter will be screened with audio commentary. Director David Yates will host the event, which rolls out from London at 8 p.m. local time. Star Daniel Radcliffe also will attend.
Fans who register their Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray discs through BD Live will be invited to the screening, and the first 100,000 who RSVP will be guaranteed a spot to participate.
“I’m really looking forward to the live community screening of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and excited to talk directly to fans of the movie about my experiences and answer their questions,” said Radcliffe. “It’s a wonderful way for fans and for those directly involved with making a film to share opinions and ideas.”
Yates added, “I’m looking forward to engaging with the thoughts and opinions of the fans who have supported us so loyally and passionately over the years—without them the films wouldn’t be the success they are.”
The Blu-ray and two-DVD special edition of Half-Blood Prince, which will be released the same day, also will contain exclusive footage from the final installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the first part of which will be released in theaters Nov. 19, 2010.
