The trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has hit the interwebs. It looks like we’re in for a very different Harry Potter movie than we’re use to. Dark and ominous, the trailer focuses on the origin story of Tom Riddle, who grows up to become Lord Voldermort. Tell me what you think in the comments below!

Watch the trailer in high definition on Moviefone.

  • Dylan
    Looks pretty good
  • xiexa
    I'm also can't waiting ..... very excited
  • Mike Panzer
    Wow...this actually looks like a real film. Very excited.
  • Trailer smartly focuses on the best part of the 6th book (well, really, the only good part of the 6th Book), so Yates is on the right track with that at least: it's the most filler-filled volume of all, so one hopes that reports of excessive liberties taken with the source text (More Malfoy, please) are accurate.
  • stan
    i know my gf wants to see this and will cream her pants when she sees the trailer :D hah
  • dimitri
    great stuff
  • Matma
    I can't wait. It looks fantastic.
  • Rachel Summers
    OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!

    This is gonna be awesome!!!! I'm so excited!!
  • GregoryV
    Much better.
  • BATGIRL
    looks amazing, can't wait.
    hopefully it will be better than the 5th movie.
  • Adam B.
    I agree with you Myles. (as far as it essentially being a filler book)
    the teaser is pretty good, I like that it focuses on the old memories.
  • i came. ... i honestly cant believe it's release is so soon. woo!
  • Michestellar
    I'm a Harry Potter fangirl, and this trailer was incredible. From looking at the trailer, they've got the tone of the book down perfectly. Young Tom Riddle is exactly how I imagined him to be.
    Wow, wow, wow.
    I'm stoked.
  • Eric R
    I was really disappointed with the other films because I always thought that they never did justice to the books. But watching the trailer from the view of someone who has never seen the others or read the book makes it look really great. I'm hoping they slam this one out of the park.
  • Jacobi
    Wow, take away all of the "Harry Potter" stuff and this is the trailer for an AMAZING psychological thriller!
  • Nate
    Gah... is there a site that is hosting this that doesn't suck? Perhaps a real full screen link?
  • Adam B.
    @ Nate:

    AOL is supposed to be posting it at 9PM EST.
    looks like they got beat to the punch, but I think they'll have a bigger picture.
  • zinkywinks
    Being a major Potter fan, I felt the films never really did justice to the books, as usual, but this one looks the part so far. Dark and eerie with a strong psychological twist - perfect. I'm sure the movie itself will have the usual Potter campiness which will slightly ruin it, but so far, so good.
  • WhYSosERioUs
    Looks good. Nothing special though.
  • Marvin
    My favorite book, Tom Riddle's story and the end should be great.
  • colecovision
    This one might make me (and everyone else not interested in Harry Potter) go and watch the whole series...looks like a winner!
  • Garko
    Im not even a HP fan, but that was a pretty kickass teaser...it has me interested
  • hwplainview
    Looks awesome, I hope there's a big hd trailer uploaded soon, unless there has been already? anyone?
  • Superman
    Surprisingly that didn't look like shit.
  • Iron Matt
    That trailer almost made me forget that the sixth book was 90% whiny teen bullshit and 10% good. There may be hope for this movie yet.
  • kevin
    allllot better than expected in a long series
  • Adam B.
    @ hwplainview, here's some 1080 goodness :D

    http://www.moviefone.com/movie/harry-potter-and...
  • Dan Berry
    I love the younger Tom. The cinematography looks better. The atmosphere is actually frightening. It seems that all the good things from number 5 are going to be amplified. I hope they don't hold back and make it brutal.
  • DAN
    Smokin hot...

    But new Dumbledore still makes me mad
  • O
    @Dan

    The new Dumbledore wasn't great for me either...until the last one. I think with this one he'll make it all okay.

    Plus, I can't imagine Harris doing those physical scenes. He was amazing, though.
  • Adam B.
    @ DAN:

    why does it make you mad?
    nothing else they could really do since Richard Harris passed away.
    should they have just stopped making them after CoS?
  • Vobe
    This movie is gonna fucken rock! yeah!
  • TheDaftPunk
    Order of the Phoenix was such a let down, I'll probably never forgive David Yates for that. I'm impressed with what I've seen, but still so so angry.
  • Max
    This is the movie that's being split into 2 right? Does anyone know at what point in the book they will split?
  • orange cinema
    -no disrespect meant to the departed - but new dumbledore is far better than the very kid-friendly old one. his mannerisms and vocal work drive home the dumbledore reveal that rowling made after deathly hallows. he's dumbledore the way mckellan is gandalf.

    -these films have really hit their stride. and when introducing evil at a young age, THIS is how you do it (ahem, phantom menace anakin was a joke, ahem).
  • orange cinema
    @ max

    no, deathly hallows is being split into 2 films.
  • Max
    @orange: Thanks for clarifying. Can't wait for this movie thought the trailer looked wicked.
  • BB
    Looks promising. I'm a little bit sick of dark evil children, but whatever. Focusing on Voldemort's origin has a lot of potential. (Especially his mom's creepy family).
  • What do I think?

    Is it November yet?
  • Iron Matt
    I'm sorry but Richard Harris doesn't hold a candle to Michael Gambon.
  • Meli
    Let the countdown begin!!! I absolutely loved this trailer. So glad
    it's finally here and I that it was some disappointing little tid bit
    of audio. lol
  • Meli
    I happen to like both actors who have played Dumbledore. The only thing that bothers me about Michael Gambon's version is
    he doesn't wear the half-moon glasses. Yes, it is a terribly small
    thing, but it is so often referred to in the book that it feels like they are part of the character's personality.
  • Chimaera
    Wow, just saw it in all its HD glory. I'm actually stoked to see this...I feel like I'm finally waking up from the awesome dream that is TDK, lol. I almost forgot that there are other movies to see :P
  • B
    Dumbledore = Gandalf??

    With seriousness, as awesome as Richard Harris was, I like Michael Gambon much better. &this trailer looks amazing, maybe they'll actually make fans happy with this one. This book had so many awesome things it, I can't wait to see what they do.
  • A nice glimpse of Fenrir Greyback, the child-eating werewolf crony of Voldemort.
  • A.J.
    Wow. I like my harry potter movies like I like my coffee...Dark and fucking awesome! Can't wait. other than the deathly hallows this was my favorite, should be fun.
  • Matt
    I actually thought Order of the Phoenix was one of the best films of last year, and easily the best Harry Potter film so far. It was so much more intense and their was a real sense of danger, the only other one to do that was Prisoner of Azkaban.

    Goblet of Fire SUCKED major. They cut so much out. At least OOTP couldn't help that because the book is nearly 800 pages.

    Anyway, trailer looks awesome. It has kept the dark tone of the 5th movie and will turn one of the best books in the series into hopefully a great film. Lets hope Yates can still perform just as well for the first and second installments of Deathly Hallows.
  • Chris
    M'gonna sound like I'm echoing some of the people here already but I agree; looks pretty good.

    Much better, that's for sure.
  • B
    @ Jimmy:
    greyback? where was he in the trailer? i didnt catch that. *goes back 2 watch trailer for the hundreth time*
  • Yeah, I just caught that. Fenrir Greyback shows up from 1:02 to 1:03 in the trailer. You have to pause to actually get a decent look at him.
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