Warner Bros. President Alan Horn has issued an apology to disappointed Harry Potter fans after the studio distinct to delay the loss of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince until 2009.
Warner Bros. announced last week that the sixth installment of the wizard's adventures had been pushed back eight-spot months.
The motion-picture show was in the first place slated for release in November this year simply now won't hit cinemas until July 2009.
The affect infuriated fans of the magical enfranchisement, with over 12,000 signing an online request, demanding that Warner Bros. rethink their decision to delay the film.
One fan said, "They are doing this for no other reason than to make money.
"We don't want to be pacified. We want the movie, as promised, this November."
Horn said in a statement, "Many of you receive 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 part your sexual love for Harry Potter and would sure as shooting never do anything to hurt whatever of the films. Over the past tense 10 long time, we hold nurtured and protected each film, and the unity 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 reinforced 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 biennial gap between Half-Blood Prince and the much-anticipated first-class honours degree part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which opens in November 2010.
"So although we have to wait a small longer for Half-Blood Prince, the wait from that film until Deathly Hallows will be less than 18 months. I am sorry to have foiled you now, but if you hold on a little yearner, I think it will be worth the wait."
Although Horn gave no rationality for the delay, various reports have suggested the real reason is that the film's star, Daniel Radcliffe, 19, will be getting his kit turned on Broadway in the play Equus in November.
And studio chiefs do not want Radcliffe's saucy grownup image to be associated with his innocent boy wizard change ego.
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