Monday, November 30, 2009
Wanna Share Your Twilight Obsession?? "My Life is Twilight"
New Moon Still On Top But Not By Much (Yikes!)
'New Moon' keeps top box office spot with $42.5M (AP)
Source: AP Sun Nov 29, 2009LOS ANGELES - Vampires and werewolves continue to howl at the box office with a $42.5 million weekend for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon."
Let's not let New Moon slip out of the top spot!!The "Twilight" sequel remains No. 1 for a second straight weekend, though it was nearly blind-sided for the top spot by a real-life football drama."The Blind Side" had a great second weekend with $40.1 million, coming in at No. 2 just behind "New Moon." The inspirational story of Baltimore Ravens tackle Michael Oher stars Sandra Bullock as a woman whose wealthy family takes in the homeless teen and enrolls him in private school.While the weekend haul for "New Moon" dropped steeply from the movie's $142.8 million opening, "The Blind Side" actually went up from its $34.1 million first weekend.
Wondering Why Edward Wore a Suit? Why Jacob Wore Tight Jean Shorts??
.....he’s getting into his graduation year, he’s in a relationship. He had worn hoodies and jeans and sneakers, and Robert, the director [Chris Weitz], and I all wanted to portray him more as a gentleman, more elegant and classic. With our vampire characters, I always went back to the time period in which they were turned to see if there’s any element I could try to simulate in contemporary clothing.........You had to be very careful with where the shorts fall on the hip bone, we had to make sure everything sits at the same place when they run. Each individual actor had their own request, but we also had requests from the visual effects department, because if we had big, loose shredded shorts on when they morphed into wolves, it’s too much work and too many hours to magically get rid of that clothing on camera. They wanted the shorts as close-fitting to the leg as possible, whereas the natural tendency of the guys would be to have something baggier so that they didn’t look like they were wearing hot pants. [Laughs] So if I knew they were going to morph, then they had tighter-fitting shorts.....
Sunday, November 29, 2009
FearNet: Differences (that work!) Between the New Moon Book & Movie
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
A Word on the CG Wolves and Taylor's Eyes
SCENE STEALER
Patrick Kevin Day spoke with effects legend Phil Tippett about creating the werewolf effects for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," (and no, we're not talking about Taylor Lautner's supernatural 16 pack)......
Darkness may be a visual effects artist's best friend, but his biggest enemy isn't bright sunlight -- it's the overcast day. So adding all those CG werewolves to scenes shot in cloudy Vancouver, Canada, was a particular challenge for "New Moon" visual effects supervisor Phil Tippett and his team. "On a sunny day, you get
really nice contrasts, but with flat lighting and a furry thing -- the fur really soaks up the light and everything appears flat," Tippett said. "So to make it appear three-dimensional, we had to goose reality. We emphasized their shadows and used rim lights" to make the wolves stand out from the background. But that's not the only way Tippett and company played with reality. When that wolf checks out Bella, it's not a wolf's eyes, it's Jacob's. "We brought Taylor [Lautner] in and had him haul his eyelids back as far as possible and shot close-ups." They then added those eyes to the giant animated timber wolf used in the scene.
-- Patrick Kevin Day
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
CNN: No Sex Please, We're Vampires
Read the article and watch the video here.
btw - I just love the title of their feature, definitely grabs your attention lol
Statement from Summit on Breaking Dawn
In response to certain videos which pertain rumors about the production of
Breaking Dawn, Summit Entertainment released this statement. Nothing else is
official yet!“Summit Entertainment looks forward to bringing “Breaking Dawn”
to the big screen but at this point any additional information is premature.”
Monday, November 23, 2009
New Moon DVD Details
"There will be a commentary track," Weitz revealed, saying that he'll soon head into the recording booth with his three big stars, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. "It'll just be us riffing off each other in our intimate way," he grinned. "We kind of like each other, so that should be fun."
There will be probably about 20 minutes of deleted material," he explained, promising some meaty footage. "It really is good stuff and a bonus for the fans." Among this bonus footage could be several moments MTV knows was shot but did not make the final "New Moon" cut, including:
» A scene with Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria driving to Forks in a car, snacking on a dead human. It was one of the final moments the actress filmed as the
nomadic vampire.
» A scene with the human characters eating Burger King.
» Another scene with the humans, this time with Justin Chon and Michael Welch expressing jealousy over Edward's car.
» More scenes with the Volturi in Italy.
» An extended cut of the scene where Mike Newton quotes Shakespeare to Bella in the Forks High parking lot; in it, he does a Marlon Brando impersonation.
» Scenes alluding to the ongoing breakup between Newton and Anna Kendrick's Jessica."When I made the film, I wanted it to arrive at a certain kind of flow and cadence," Weitz said of why he had to leave so many scenes on the cutting-room floor but hopes to restore many for the DVD. "[They would have affected] how the movie worked, and they didn't completely fit. But there'll be some groovy stuff in [the DVD]."
LOL...Groovy.
Read the article / watch video here
Wyck Godfrey Talks About The Making of Bella's Cliff Dive
I think it's safe to say it's one of the most important parts of the book and movie - Bella's Cliff Dive. That one moment set off a whole chain of events and well we all know how that ended :-). Twilight Saga Producer Wyck Godfrey talks about how that scene was brought to life in the movie.
New Moon Kicks Some Serious Opening Weekend Butt
On Friday alone, "New Moon" managed to earn $72.7 million, surpassing "The
Dark Knight" as the single best opening day in cinema history. A hefty $26.3
million chunk of that Friday change came purely from midnight showings,
propelling "New Moon" past "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" with the highest-grossing midnight opening of all time. "New Moon" also debuted with the biggest November opening ever and the third-best opening weekend of all time, taking that distinction away from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
To put the success of "New Moon" in perspective, the first "Twilight"
film — which opened almost a year ago to the day — earned only $69.6 million in
its debut weekend, demonstrating just how widespread the "Twilight" craze has
become in only 12 months.Read the article here.
TwilightMoms & Amanda in USA Today
Check out the article here."Women really appreciate that because they can read them with their daughters or
younger sisters and not be embarrassed," says Amanda Belcher, 27, a public-relations executive outside Scranton, Pa., who helps run TwilightMoms.com, which has 34,000 members 21 or older.
Friday, November 20, 2009
New Moon Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes
Fandango
IMDb
Yahoo! Movies
Moviefone
OMG - New Moon is Perfection!
More tomorrow.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Previews of Rob on Ellen and Taylor, Rob & Kristen on Jimmy Kimmel
Robert Pattinson on The Today Show
Kristen Stewart on Jimmy Fallon
Kristen Stewart appeared on Jimm Fallon last night. (I haven't had time to watch these yet)
Robert Pattinson ROCKS on Letterman
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Where the New Moon Stars will be Today
I will post videos when they are available.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Oh, Come On Ryan
NEPA TwilightMoms & New Moon
NEPA TwilightMoms on the Radio??
Reports & Pictures from the Red Carpet
Stephenie Meyer about Vampires: We're on a Break
To address the many, many questions about Midnight Sun:
I've found that there really isn't any answer I can give that changes the substance or tenor of the myriads of requests, pleadings, and demands I get for Midnight Sun to be finished, so I feel a little silly answering that question at all. But it's the most popular question, so I'll take another stab at it.
I am not working on Midnight Sun now. I don't have a plan for when I'll get to it; I don't know now what the right time for it will be.
In your questions, there were some erroneous conclusions about the situation which I'll try to set straight. First, Midnight Sun is not finished and locked in a safe, waiting for me to be done angsting over the leak. If it were done, I would be throwing it on the bookstore shelves myself. I'd love to be able to give it to all the people who are anxiously waiting for it. Second, I am not upset about the leak. I haven't been for a long time; I was over it after about three weeks. Third, and most important, I am not trying to punish anyone. Not the persons who leaked it, not the people who read the leak, nobody. As I said, it would make me very happy to be able to give it to anyone who wants it.
So why the hold up? Because it's not finished and lying in a safe. It's not done, and finishing it is not a simple matter of sitting down in front of my computer and typing out the words; the words have to be there in my head to type out, and right now, they're not. I have to be in the zone to write any story, and trying to force myself into that zone is a waste of time, I've found. I'll get back to Midnight Sun when the story is compelling to me again. Just because people want it so badly does not make it more write-able; kind of the opposite, actually. I need to be alone with a story to write, and Midnight Sun feels really crowded, if you know what I mean.
People write for different reasons. I have always written to make myself happy. If I'm enjoying a story, feeling the creativity flow, engrossed in a world, then I write and I write fast. If I'm not into it, I can't write. I've never been someone who writes on demand and I can't imagine working that way. As cool as it would be to say to my favorite author, "You know, I'd really like to read a great book about a narwhal mafia. Write that for me, 'kay?" or even "I'd love a sequel to that last one," that's not how it works. How it works is that my favorite author writes a new book about whatever he/she is interested in. Maybe it takes a year, maybe it takes five. If it's something I want to read, I buy it or I check it out at the library. If not, I find something else to read. The end.
Stephenie Wanted Blue October
The thing is Blue is noticeably absent from the New Moon Soundtrack.
I am pleased to find out that Stephenie wanted them there, too. We are not sure if they were asked and declined or not approached at all. LOL Somehow thinking it was Blue's choice not be on the Soundtrack makes me feel all better.
Here's a Q&A from her site...
Hi Stephenie, I know that your writing is inspired a lot by the music you listen to, so my question is how much say did you have in the music that was picked for the movie/soundtrack? Thank you! - Marci P.
Not a ton. I had a short wish list, and I got one wish out of the four, and that's really a lot when you think about it. My answered wish: a Muse song. My wishes that were not granted: a Blue October song, a Marjorie Fair song, and a Motion City Soundtrack song. All of these artists were a big part of the New Moon writing process for me, and I would have liked to see them included, but in the end, the soundtrack is truly amazing, so I don't have any complaints.
Stephenie Meyer Answers Fan Questions
New Moon Cast Appearances
Kristin was on with Conan O'Brien. This is really a lot of fun to watch. A few pieces seem to be missing, if I find a better video I'll switch it out.
Taylor was on with Jay Leno, there's a part missing, but I don't have time to look for it right now. Sorry
Exclusive Clip revealed of Jacob visiting Bella's room...
Monday, November 16, 2009
New Moon Premiere Night
On Monday, November 16, fans of ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ can experience
the Los Angeles premiere, exclusively on MySpace. The red carpet arrivals will
stream live beginning at 6:00 PM PT. Anya Marina, writer and performer of
“Satellite Heart” on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, will co-host the
broadcast with the winner of the Red Carpet Correspondent Contest. Whether you
organize viewing parties with your friends or watch it at home, don’t forget to
tune in and post your comments!
(Note: I removed the live stream video box from here because the live event is over and because it just kept playing the trailer over and over and over lol)
MTV has the following airing tonight...
MTV GRANTS VIEWERS EXCLUSIVE ACCESS BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE “TWILIGHT” PHENOMENON WITH TWO BACK-TO BACK SPECIALS PREMIERING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 MTV EXAMINES THE RUMORED ROMANCE BETWEEN “TWILIGHT” STARS ROBERT PATTINSON AND
KRISTEN STEWART AT 10:00 PM ET/PT IN “LOVE BITES” FOLLOWED BY MTV NEWS’ “NEW MOON REVEALED” AT 10:30 PM ET/PT
Kristen Stewart will be on Conan tonight and Taylor Lautner is scheduled to appear on Leno.
Dakota Fanning was on the Ellen Show today and revealed a new clip of the Volturi.
Ok I'm sure there's lots more i could post, but I need to step out for a bit :-)
Friday, November 13, 2009
News
Saturday, November 7, 2009
So Much New Moon Stuff I Don't Know Where To Start!
Friday, November 6, 2009
New Moon Press Screening
THANK YOU CHRIS WEITZ!
“I was very impressed not only by the visual effects and the movie, but by the acting itself. Chris Weitz is bad ass.”
“Just saw New Moon. Better than Twilight and crowd just applauded at end. Leaves on a soap opera sting….”
“I’m not allowed to say anything! But be sure to follow me tomorrow at @celebuzz – Big day for RPattz news!”
“I enjoyed it more than Twilight, lot of frenching! RT @mytwitherapy: @JasonKennedy1 so….how was the new moon press screening?!?!? ”
“@shaunssanctuary just came frm seeing NM.I guess it’s every girl’s dream to have a vampire & werewolf fighting over her!”
“One word: amazing! I was very impressed all around – visuals were stunning. The underwater scene..le sigh. And Summit was fabulous!!”
“ @LarryCarroll: “New Moon” was genuinely awesome. A lot of people are about to be very happy.”
New Moon Score Track List Revealed
The New Moon score by Alexandre Desplat is set to be released on November 24. The track list is as follows....
Bella Dreams
Romeo & Juliet
Volturi Waltz
Blood Sample
Edward Leaves
Werewolves
I Need You
Break Up
Memories of Edward
Wolves v. Vampire
Victoria
Almost a Kiss
Adrenaline
Dreamcatcher
To Volterra
You are Alive
The Volturi
The Cullens
Marry Me, Bella
Full Moon
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Rob & Kristen in Harper's Bazaar - WOW Another Great Photo Shoot!
This Photo Shoot Doesn't Help the Claim That They're Just Friends! LOL But seriously the pics are very Breaking Dawn-ish!!!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Vanity Fair's December Issue is an Early Christmas Present for Robert Pattinson Fans
Here's a sneak peek at a few of the outtakes pics...
Excuse me while I wipe the drool from my keyboard....
New Moon Media Blitz
Rob, on the other hand, headed to Japan this weekend.