Harry Potter film delayed until next summer to cash in on blockbuster season

The release of the new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been delayed to cash in on the summer blockbuster season.
The film was originally set for release this November, but will now not be screened in the US, until July 17th.
The move will mean a two-year delay between the film adaptations of books five and six in JK Rowling's fantasy series.
JK, who has homes in Perthshire, London and Edinburgh, has already made an estimated 560m fortune from the Boy Wizard series, films and merchandise.
But the delay over the latest movie will shorten fans' wait between Half-Blood Prince and the final two instalments of harry potter and the deathly hallows, which are being shot simultaneously next year.
It is thought actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson - who is celebrating getting straight As in her A Levels in English Literature, Geography and Art - will reprise their roles.
The release date for part one is tentatively set for November 2010.
The sixth instalment of the teenage wizard's adventures was supposed to have its Royal premiere on November 17.

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