Half-Blood Prince arrives Dec. 8 with friends
PHYSICAL: Warner will release DVD, Blu-ray same day as Ultimate Editions of first two movies, others
By Samantha Clark -- Video Business, 9/17/2009
SEPT. 17 | PHYSICAL: One of the biggest movie's of the summer, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on Dec. 8.
The sixth movie grossed more than $900 million worldwide.
Powered by a domestic box-office gross of $298 million and worldwide more than $900 million, the sixth Harry Potter movie will be released the same as day as new Ultimate Editions of the first two movies in the franchise; the second DVD game from the franchise; and two Harry Potter iPhone apps.
Half-Blood Prince will street as a single DVD ($28.98), a two-DVD special edition ($34.99) and a Blu-ray Combo Pack ($35.99).
The Blu-ray version will include the WB Maximum Movie Mode with the stars, director and producers, and BD Live with Facebook Connect, with which fans can invite their Facebook friends to a BD Live Community Screening. Both the Blu-ray and two-DVD editions will include digital copy, as well as featurettes on the cast and crew, the life of books series author J.K. Rowling, additional scenes and a sneak peek at the Universal Orlando Resort's The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park.
The Dec. 8 street date is the same period Warner used to launch The Dark Knight last year, which was released on Dec. 9.
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Among the special features will be screen tests, new featurettes with the cast and filmmakers and the first two one-hour installments of a new comprehensive documentary about the making of the movie franchise. Called Creating the World of Harry Potter, the eight-hour documentary will have one hour on each Ultimate Edition. Sorcerer's Stone will contain Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 1: The Magic Begins and Chamber of Secrets will have Part 2: Characters.
The new DVD game, Harry Potter: Wizarding World, will be priced at $24.98 and allow fans to test their potion-making, spell-casting and apparition skills.
Warner's Harry Potter Spells iPhone app, which will be on sale at iTunes in November, will turn an iPhone or iPod Touch into a wand, allowing fans to train for 13 spells at Hogwarts and challenge friends to a duel. A free Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince app also will be available.
