BREAKING DAWN Release Date

A few reports have surfaced this morning saying that Summit has revealed an official release date for BREAKING DAWN..... November 18, 2011.   This makes sense and falls in with the TWILIGHT and NEW MOON release dates.

This means two things to me 1)  Only one release date, means only one movie - if this is true, it  makes me happy  2) We have to wait a year and a half after ECLIPSE - this makes me sad, but also kind of happy since they will have time to work on it and really do it right :-)


Note:  So The release date is official from Summit.  And many are still specualting that there will be 2 movies and are citing "inside sources".  We'll have to wait and see.

MTV Movie Awards - Help Pick the Nominees!!

MTV has opened voting for this year's Movie Awards.  Lots of Twilight Saga nominations. 

Check it out and vote here!

There's also a write-in campaign underway, check it out at Twilight Lexicon.   I think it'd be a great thing if we could 'vote' Rachelle in after all that's happened.

Chris Weitz Talks New Moon...What Does He Regret?

Chris Weitz answered some questions about the New Moon DVD and Twilight on BuzzSugar.com.

When you go back and watch it again, are there things you'd like to change if you could? I would like to never have shot Rob and Kristen running through the forest and Kristen's just turned into a vampire. Because everybody always laughs and it makes me feel terrible. [Laughs] I would have shot it a different way so it wouldn't get that response. But otherwise, I'm very happy with things.

Ah, sorry Chris, I did laugh the first time I saw it. Read the full interview here.

10 Things Hidden in the New Moon Movie

Chris Weitz has released 10 things that they 'hid' in the New Moon Movie...check it out here!

Wondering Why Edward Wore a Suit? Why Jacob Wore Tight Jean Shorts??

EW talked to Trish Monaghan, Costume Designer for New Moon and Eclipse about the looks we saw in New Moon ansd will see in Eclipse. I found this article extremely interesting and love how much thought and research went into it! I think they did a much better job this time with the costuming.

.....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.....

Read the whole article here.

FearNet: Differences (that work!) Between the New Moon Book & Movie

Check this really cool article out here.

A Word on the CG Wolves and Taylor's Eyes

from LA Times.

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

CNN: No Sex Please, We're Vampires

CNN discusses teen abstinence and the general lack of 'sex' (before marriage) in the Twilight Saga.

Read the article and watch the video here.


btw - I just love the title of their feature, definitely grabs your attention lol

New Moon Kicks Some Serious Opening Weekend Butt

Reports are all over the place that New Moon broke records and exceeded expectations for opening weekend. With numbers like this, can the announcement of Breaking Dawn be too far off? From MTV.com...

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

USA Today ran a story on how woman are "mooning" over New Moon. NEPA TwilightMom Amanda (also a moderator and PR rep for the TwilightMOMS.com) spoke with them and has a quote in the article.

"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.

Check out the article here.

New Moon Reviews

After seeing the movie last night our fan reviews for The Twilight Saga: New Moon may be overwhelmingly positive BUT not everyone is being so kind.

If you have a moment spread the love by rating, commenting, etc on any of the sites that will listen to what you have to say. I will try to put together a list of links, if you know of any please let me know.

Rotten Tomatoes
Fandango
IMDb
Yahoo! Movies
Moviefone

OMG - New Moon is Perfection!

It's really late, or early depending on how you look at it, so I am not going to say much BUT the New Moon Movie is amazing...perfect!

More tomorrow.

Previews of Rob on Ellen and Taylor, Rob & Kristen on Jimmy Kimmel

Here are some previews for upcoming New Moon cast appearances. I LOVE Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel so I'm really looking forward to seeing both of these episodes. They look hilarious. Ellen is on today and I believe Jimmy Kimmy will run this appearance on Friday night.

Robert Pattinson on The Today Show

Rob's first appearance of the day was on NBC's The Today Show. He greeted fans and then sat down for an interview. Love the way he put all the rumors to rest LOL. He's been quite funny in his recent interviews :-) more cause for us to swoon.

Stephenie Wanted Blue October

As most of you reading this know I am a little obsessed with Blue October. The fact that they are a part of the world of the Twilight Saga (as one of Stephenie's musical inspirations) makes me amazingly happy. Also most of you would agree that BO's music is probably most associated the feelings and some scenes in New Moon (Hate Me, Into the Ocean). AND Stephenie & Justin Furstenfeld (lead singer & songwriter for BO) toured together talking about the influence of music on her writing!

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

Stephenie has posted some fan questions and her answers over on her website. You can check them out here.

New Moon Cast Appearances

The New Moon Cast is making the Talk Show rounds. Yesterday we saw Dakota Fanning on Ellen, here are some clips from other 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...

New Moon Premiere Night

Tonight is the big LA Premiere of New Moon! All the Twilight Saga stars will be on hand, as well as the FanSite Admins, Lots of Hollywood Stars, and many, many fans!!!

You can watch a live stream of the Red Carpet on MySpcace

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 :-)

News

There has been SO much New Moon in the new lately that I just couldn't report on all of it! I bet there are hundreds of interviews and videos from the past two weeks. I don't really understand why they make the actors and director do all this media stuff. New Moon was already everywhere I can't imagine this media blitz will being any more fans to the movie. :-) But I can't say I really mind an opportunity to listen to Rob speak. LOL Here are a few things...

Amanda, one of our NEPA TwilightMoms, is an active member and Moderator on TwilightMOMS. And guess what!? She interviewed Kristen Stewart!!! Check it out here.

Stephenie Meyer will be on Oprah today!! This is Stephenie's only media appearance to promote New Moon, rumor has it it's a great show! Check it out locally on NBC at 4:00pm.

Sorry for the lack of reporting lately - as I said the volume of interviews and such has been really overwhelming! Plus I have been sidetracked this week by our Hush Hush Cover week over on Fallen Archangel. Check it out!

So Much New Moon Stuff I Don't Know Where To Start!

The New Moon Press Juncket was held yesterday in Hollywood, the Hot Topic Tour Kicked off, and the stars of the Twilight Saga:New Moon are everywhere!!! There are SO many interviews, articles, pictures and videos, I cannot keep track of them all!

Here's a good place to start. The Twilight Examiner, Amanda Bell has a nice summary of last night's appearances and kick off to the Hot Topic Tour.

I will try to post more as I can.