[Movies] Long Term Movie Relationships

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Courtesy of E! Online...

 

Harry Potter, Iron Man. Iron Man, Harry Potter.

 

The final, still-untitled Harry Potter movie will open Jul. 15, 2011, Warner Bros. confirmed today, setting the young wizard up for a wand-to-armor matchup with Marvel/Paramount's planned Iron Man-led blockbuster, The Avengers.

 

Elsewhere, Warners penciled in its own in-the-works superhero flick, The Green Lantern, for Dec. 17, 2010, and pushed Robert Downey Jr.'s non-Iron Man vehicle, Sherlock Holmes, back six weeks, from Nov. 13 of this year to Christmas Day.

 

The Harry Potter movie previously had been down for a general, Summer 2011 opening.

 

"It's funny because there are only a half-dozen films in 2011 [with release dates]," Exhibitor Relations box-office analyst Jeff Bock tells E! News, "and they picked that one....

Iron Man 2, also starring Downey (natch), is down for a May 7, 2010, release.

 

These will all be good HSX grabs assuming you get in early and cheap.