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Harry Potter and Friends, One with Swine Flu, Show Up for Premiere

Even though the last ever Harry Potter book has long been finished, Hogwarts fanatics still have two more movie versions of the boy wizard's adventures to look forward to, starting with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which held its premiere last night in London's Odeon Leicester Square.

The premiere was nearly rained out (where's a good weather fixing spell when you need it?) but the cast and J.K. Rowling gamely walked the red carpet and signed autographs for fans.

More disturbing than Helena Bonham Carter reprising her role as Bellatrix Black, Rupert Grint aka Ron Weasley had recently been suffering from the Swine Flu so we're not sure standing in the rain without an umbrella was a good idea.

The movie is set to open in both the U.S. and the U.K. on July 15 but muggles looking to catch the IMAX version will have to wait until July 29th, thanks to an overlap of IMAX's commitment to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It will be ok, HP fans. You were probably planning on seeing it at least twice in the theaters anyways.

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