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petitionspot.com - 8/15/2008
Harry Potter 6 release date
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I support this petition. DID IT OCCUR TO THE DEAR PEOPLE AT WARNER BROTHERS THAT THE GAZILLION FANS OF HARRY POTTER WILL EVEN BUY A TICKET AND WATCH HP MOVIE TEN MILLION TIMES EVEN IF THERE WAS A TORNADO OR AN ICE STORM OUTSIDE A CINEMA HALL????!!!. I WAS GETTING READY TO GIVE MY MONEY AND WATCH THE FILM IN NOVEMBER, BUT SINCE IT'S DELAYED TO JULY 09, I USUALLY TRAVEL IN THE SUMMER SO I WON'T ...

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Gawker: defamer:  Fans' Wizard Hats Droop With Anger, Sorrow as Warners Pushes Back 'Harry Potter 6' [Black Magic]

Oh No They Didn't!:  kim k.

SpoutBlog:  10 Reasons for the Harry Potter Delay

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Fans' Wizard Hats Droop With Anger, Sorrow as Warners Pushes Back 'Harry Potter 6' [Black Magic]
Gawker: defamer — ... ranged from "I AM SO PISSED RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE NO IDEA. 2008 is officially the WORST YEAR EVER" to creatively spelled calls for a Warner Bros. boycott. And of course, feel free to sign the inevitable angry petition for an earlier release date. ...

kim k.
Oh No They Didn't! — ... and has already been to the eye doctor to undergo testing. She tells, “I bet you didn’t know that I have struggled with my eye sight for years. It started in high school, when it became difficult for me to see the chalkboard in class. I never wanted to wear contacts or glasses, so I have just kind of dealt with it! I got glasses, but never wore them. I am getting lasik eye surgery soon and I’m sooo scared!” source SIGN THE PETITION FOR HARRY POTTER 6

10 Reasons for the Harry Potter Delay
SpoutBlog — ... ). And so far, more than 34,000 outraged Potterheads have signed in protest of the release date change (I’m counting the largest one of the two at PetitionSpot as the only noteworthy). Unfortunately, most of the signers are probably like #34,196, Catherine Blencowe, who adds to the basic “I support this petition” these words: “If I actually thought I could, I would say that I will boycott the movie, but alas I’m too hooked.” Warner Bros. may hate the fans, but the fans will never hate Warner Bros. more than they love Harry. ...

Radcliffe's 'naked horse play' blamed for 'Harry Potter' delay
New Zealand Herald Blog - Blogger Bites Back — ... officer. "The picture is completely, absolutely, 100 per cent on schedule, on time. There were no delays," he added. But that doesn't help the millions of disappointed Harry Potter fans who now have to wait eight months for the next installment in the saga. There will be Half-Blood Hours after the announcement was made about the film's delay, Potter fans were incensed and took to the internet to vent their rage. Thirty five thousand disgruntled fans have so far signed a petition on Petitionspot.com , demanding that the film be returned to its original November 21 release. ...

Harry Potter Fans Are Crazy People
Videogum — Last week, Warner Bros. announced that they were pushing back the release of the new Harry Potter movie to summer 2009, despite a teaser trailer that announced the movie for this fall, and also that embarrassing Entertainment Weekly cover that is so embarrassing for them. But as Wired is now reporting, many Harry Potter fans are upset about this. Sure. But like crazy upset. Petitions have been created, and at least one outraged fan is planning on staging a protest at the Warner corporate offices in New York: ...

WB Calls For An End To The Harry Potter Release Date Hissy Fit
Cinema Blend News — WB Calls For An End To The Harry Potter Release Date Hissy Fit Late last week Warner Bros. announced it was bumping Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince off its Fall 08 release date, and moving it to Summer 09. Fan reaction so far has been, well, what can only be described as a release date hissy fit. Potterphiles across the internet are on message boards bubbling with anger and resentment. Useless petitions have been started, including one with nearly 40,000 petitions here . Some are even taking their outrage into the real world, planning, believe it or not, ...

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