The official Harry Potter webpage has acquired two high-resolution pictures from “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by director David Yates (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) and starring Daniel Radcliffe (Journey), Emma Watson (The Tale of Despereaux) and Rupert Grint (Wild Target).

One of the images features the Three Broomsticks, where Harry, Ron, Hermione and Professor Slughorn gather around a table, and the other shows Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, the Fred and George Weasley joke shop.

Both photos are also included in Empire‘s February 2009 issue.

Directed by David Yates, who also directed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman and others.

Its U.S. theatrical release begins on July 17, 2009.