It was announced yesterday that the sixth movie in the Harry Potter franchise is due to delayed and will now be released in July 2009 rather than the original date of November 2008.

The BBC has some interesting speculations as to why the delay in this article, I tend to agree with the idea that Warner Bros. have had a big hit this year and it seems like a good idea to move a guaranteed big hit into next year rather than have two big hits (the other being The Dark Knight) in the same year, rather than fear of the next James Bond movie (they’ve been released at the same time before and neither suffered).

Just goes to show that money and the bottom-line rule Hollywood more than what the fans and movie-goers want.

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