April 24, 2009, 3:32 PM–It has now been confirmed by Warner Bros that the first world premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince starring Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson will take place in Japan on Monday, July 6, 2009. The London premiere will then take place on Tuesday, July 7th, and the New York premiere on July 8th. Although not confirmed yet, most likely the three stars will split up the promotional tour as they did for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We will be sure to let you know once we discover which promotional leg Rupert will be doing.

Thanks to Snitchseeker for the news.

Update: If you’re in a mood for some voting, you can take part in the Moviefone’s poll “What Will Be the Biggest Movies of the Summer?” Of course Half-Blood Prince is nominated, so you may vote for it here.

Update 2: Thanks to our friends at UHP for sending us the first photos from the Harry Potter Exhibition, which is due to open in Chicago next week! You may view a few items in our gallery here: Ron Weasley’s Quiddich uniform, Ron’s and Harry’s Gryffindor uniforms, the famous Ford Anglia, as well as the poisonous chocolate box!

April 14, 2009, 6:21 PM–Good news for all Rupert Grint and Harry Potter fans! Warner Brothers’ senior publicist has just informed us that the release date for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” has changed! The movie, directed by David Yates and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and a myriad of great British thesps, will debut on Wednesday July 15, i.e. two days earlier than previously announced. As some of you will remember, the previous installment of the franchise, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” was also released midweek, so this change comes as no surprise.
As we have announced earlier today, the new trailer for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” will be available to download in two days, i.e. on Thursday April 16, 6pm PST (8pm EST); and WB team has promised to release some new posters and promotional images as well!
Many thanks to Warner Brothers’ Pictures senior publicist for owling us!

March 2, 2009, 7:51AM–Rupert Grint news keep flooding, and our previous post was getting a bit longish, with all the numerous updates, so here’s a new one.
First of all, apparently we are not the only ones eagerly awaiting the release of Cherrybomb: the movie has just made it onto the Most Anticipated Movies of 2009 list, published by Movie Picture Film. To make things merrier two Rupert Grint’s films are on the list, because the latest installment of the Harry Potter saga, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is of course there too. View the list here.

Also, thanks to Lilly for letting us know a new/old Rupert Grint interview was posted on HBP Moviepics. It was filmed on the occassion of the “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” DVD launch, if I’m not mistaken. It is short but cute, so view it on Youtube here.

UPDATE: More Cherrybomb and Belfast Film Festival buzz here… However, they still keep announcing that Rupert will attend the screening, which is, as we have been told, quite unlikely. Come on Rupert, come to Belfast, these people can’t wait to see ya!

December 27, 2008, 6:20AM–Welcome to the relaunch of one of the best loved sections of ICM — the ever so fabulous Rupert Grint’s Rave Reviews! As one of the most talented actors of his generation, Rupert Grint has constantly astonished the movie critics and audiences alike since he debuted on the big screen back in 2001. We have collected the critics’ words of praise for our favourite actor and we are proud to share them with you.

At the moment, this unique, extensive and regularly updated online collection hosts over 600 articles, for every movie Rupert has been in, from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. To celebrate the beginning of 2009 – The Year of Rupert Grint, Rave Reviews have just been perked up with a new layout – check it out here! We hope you’ll like it as much as we do.

We have also added 11 new/old reviews of Driving Lessons (starting from New York Daily News). So far, we have collected no less than 142 rave reviews for Rupert’s very first leading role in DL – well done mate! And since Rupert has three movies getting released in 2009, we will hopefully be adding many more reviews soon.

Enjoy!

December 21st, 2008, 8:00AM–Several old/new HQ photos of Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix photo shoot are now available online courtesy of Dan-Radcliffe.net via SnitchSeeker. Some of these photos we have already seen thanks to Oclumencia, however five photos are indeed new. You may view them in our gallery beginning here. NOTE: We have updated our Vote for Rupert page. Please don’t forget to visit this page and to vote in Voote’s pool for either Cherrybomb, Wild Target or Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as your most anticipated flicks to be released in 2009!