BREAKING DAWN News!! Director Named and Stephenie Meyer to be a Producer!!

Check it all out here.

I think it's awesome that Stephenie will be involved as a Producer.  I think that having her close by on this one will prove to be a HUGE asset. 

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An ECLIPSE Novella

Stephenie annouced yesterday that she will be releasing a novella this Summer!!  Here's a little bit of information and some quotes from Stephenie, from the Press Release issued by Little Brown, Stephenie's Publisher.....

I’m as surprised as anyone about this novella,” said Stephenie Meyer. “When I began working on it in 2005, it was simply an exercise to help me examine the other side of Eclipse, which I was editing at the time. I thought it might end up as a short story that I could include on my website. Then, when work started on The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide, I thought the Guide would be a good fit for my Bree story. However, the story grew longer than I anticipated, until it was too long to fit into the Guide.”

As a special thank you to fans, Meyer is giving them exclusive access to the novel on a dedicated website, www.breetanner.com, from June 7 to July 5, 2010 where fans from around the world will be able to read the book online in English. “I’d always considered The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner as something for the fans,” said Meyer. “They have been so supportive of all things Twilight.”

Read more about this on Stephenie's website.

Behind the Scenes ECLIPSE Pic with Stephenie

This picture appeared on Twitter the other day, not entirely sure who to credit, but it was kinda cool so I wanted to post it anyway.  Glad to see Aro gave up his throne for Stephenie  -  she totally deserves it!!

No Muse on the Eclipse Soundtrack?

According to dose.ca it doesn't look like Muse will be on the Eclipse soundtrack.

....we caught up with the band's Dominic Howard to ask him how Muse is coming
along with their latest song-to-play-vampire-baseball-by.

"Nah, it's gone," Howard tells us -- just a few months after he quipped to MTV: "We might even do something for the third one. How about that for a scoop?"

The news is surprising given the band is pals-y with Eclipse's director, David Slade (he helmed loads of Muse's early videos), and possibly pals-ier with Stephenie Meyer (there's even a photo of lead singer Matthew Bellamy cozying up to Twilight's dark-ish mistress on Muse's official site).

"Oh, it’s nothing to do with Stephenie, she’s totally cool," says Howard, beginning to explain how Muse have potentially broken their Twilight hat-trick. "It’s the people in the movie business, completely outside of the writers and the creative types, the non-creative types I suppose are the people who are quite hard to deal with in Hollywood, so it didn’t work out."

Stephenie makes no secret of the influence Muse has on her writing, and she certainly is a HUGE fan of their music? DO you think they should be on the soundtrack or is it 'no big deal' as long as the soundtrack is good??

Lots of Talk About Breaking Dawn

It seems everywhere you look on-line, they are discussing Breaking Dawn and what Summit will do with this book-to-movie. Many people think they should break the book into two movies, while others aren't so sure (I, btw am one of those NOT sold on two movies). Whichever side you are on, one thing we can all agree on is that it SHOULD and WILL be made into a movie. Reports are popping up all over claiming that Summit wants to make it into two movies to a) capitalize on the financial success of the saga and b) be able to keep true to the very lengthy book (754 pages).

This morning Yahoo reports...

Big Questions Surround the Final 'Twilight' Film
by Chrissy Le Nguyen · December 3, 2009

Independent film studio Summit Entertainment has got quite a gem on their hands, and its name is the "Twilight" series.

The first movie quickly became a blockbuster box-office hit in 2008 despite early concerns that the book series' rabid fan following wouldn't translate to ticket sales. The second, "New Moon," has grossed over $481 million worldwide since its premiere on November 20. The third installment of the franchise, "Eclipse," wrapped up shooting back in October and is slated to release June 2010.

With the enormous success of the franchise so far, Summit is already working to adapt Stephenie Meyer's fourth and final book in the series, "Breaking Dawn," into a movie. Currently, the studio is deciding whether or not it's best to split the 754-page book into two pictures, along the same lines as "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

According to Variety, a two-parter is the path Summit is pursuing for "Breaking Dawn," with hopes that "New Moon" director Chris Weitz will return to helm both pictures. If the two-film route does come to fruition, Summit would have to negotiate new deals with the main cast -- Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner -- since they are only under contract for four features.

But there's a bigger issue to worry about here: How will they transfer the complex and graphic storylines in "Breaking Dawn" to the big screen? With even the biggest "Twilight" fans split on whether they love or hate the book, there's no question that its content will pose a handful of problems for a movie adaptation.

"Breaking Dawn" contains -- SPOILER ALERT! -- huge sections addressing
the complications of vampire/human sex, an unconventional pregnancy, and the
gory birth of a half-vampire, half-human baby. On top of that, there's a chunk in the middle of the book where Jacob takes over narration duty from Bella, leading up to him "imprinting" on the newborn child (translation: The teenaged werewolf falls in love with an infant).

Nowadays, nothing is impossible with a bit of movie-making magic. From
a sparkly vampire to a boy who transforms into a wolf the size of a horse, computer-generated effects can work wonders. But just because it can be done
doesn't mean it will live up to expectations. Stephenie Meyer has even expressed her worries on her official site: "The one thing that I've never seen is a CGI human being who truly looks real. An actress can't play Renesmee [the half-vampire baby], at least not when she's a few days old... She would have to be a construct, and CGI isn't quite there yet."

Special effects aside, the mature and explicit nature of "Breaking Dawn" will be a challenge for the studio to keep at a PG-13 rating. They'd have to leave out a lot of the material or figure out a way to tone it down. But in doing so, they run the risk of upsetting fans. On the flip side, if the film version requires an R rating, parents may be wary of sending their teen girls to the movies. Tough call.

What do you think? Can "Breaking Dawn" be successfully transferred to the silver screen? Will it be able to stay true to the text? Is Summit up for the challenge?

Stephenie Meyer about Vampires: We're on a Break

Stephenie addresses the Midnight Sun issue.....

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.

(All of this goes for writing about vampires in general, too. Vampires and I? We're on a break.)

I'm pretty sure this won't slow the pleadings and the demands, but I didn't want you to think I was ignoring the question.

In the meantime, there are so many great books out there. I've got some recommendations on my site, and any librarian would love to show you more options. Same goes for independent bookstore employees. Ask for guidance, and they will fill your arms with awesomeness!

Source: Stephenie Meyer.com

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.

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!

The Host to Hit the Big Screen

Great news for all of you HOST fans out there. Hitfix is reporting that Stephenie Meyer has sold the film rights to THE HOST! Check it out here.

Edi & Stephenie Watched New Moon!

Check out what Edi Gathegi tweeted earlier tonight! He has apparently watched the first 'draft' (for lack of a better word lol) of the New Moon movie...with Stephenie Meyer....and he says it is AWESOME!!

Breaking Dawn Lawsuit

As you may have heard, someone is accusing Stephenie Meyer of plagiarizing Breaking Dawn. I suppose that when someone or something has as much success as Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight series you're bound to have stuff like this happen. It's still a shame.

The Twilight Lexicon have done some digging in the matter and have a statement from Stephenie's 'people' here.

More from HitFlix - Day 2 Of Their Set Visit

Hit Flix has posted a recap of Day 2 on the set of New Moon. They saw more of the filming in the Volturi's "lair" and report that Stephenie Meyer was on hand, and very pleased with what Chris Weitz is doing with the movie.

Here are a few parts I particularly liked (smile)...

The first shot we witness this morning finds Pattinson on camera in a long brown robe with tan accents on his sleeve. He races to the camera, looks up, braces in pain and then falls to the floor. The second take he has more agony in his voice as he falls and we can hear director Chris Weitz saying, "Much, much better." The third attempt finds the camera panning back to reveal Bell at his side before he lunges toward what must be one of the Volturi (Jane we later discover) and falling to the ground.

After a few minutes, they change the angle of the camera and we see Jane -- in the same scene -- inflicting pain on Edward. Yes, she's the cause and she does it with little gesturing and without speaking a word. A powerful vampire indeed.

The production has a lot to get through today, so the shot then changes to a close up on Bella who is being held by Alec stopping her from racing to Edward's side.

"Please stop," Stewart says, "Don't hurt him."

At first, during rehearsal as the camera operator sets up the shot, Stewart says the lines comically with deadpan effect causing some snickers from the crew. But when the take is ready for real, she says it with the expected dramatic resolve. The coverage also expands to find Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene) being allowed to race to Edward's side. She gesture's that he's "OK."

Apparently there was some sort of issue, which caused everyone to be removed from the set for a time. Which the writer of the article claims has never happened on any of his set visits before (??) especially on a day when all the press was there. After a while they were allowed back in.

Back on camera, Stewart/Bella is once again the center of attention. With Pattinson still on the ground in "pain" as Edward, she receipts her lines, "Stop! Stop! Try it on me! Just don't hurt him!"

There is a pause and then smiling she goes, "[expletive]. I just lost myself a little bit."

The crew's laughter showed little tension on the stage considering what had happened less than an hour before. However, Stewart finally gets it to Weitz's
satisfaction a few takes later and they move on to the next shot.

Showing acting isn't always a glamorous life, our next take finds Pattinson once again on the ground (where's been on and off for at least two hours) writhing in pain as Alice looks up and says, "He's O.K." take after take. Eventually, Edward's
pain is accurately captured and Pattinson is allowed to walk back to his trailer
with his bare chest visible for all the ladies in my party to swoon over.

With Edward gone, the crew continues filming reaction shots. This time? A close
up on Jane who stares ominously where Edward is supposed to be. Notably,
Fanning looks almost unrecognizable in her Volturi outfit. She's stunningly beautiful looking more and more like a ready to graduate senior in high school rather than the sophomore she really is.

Read the article here.

Stephenie on the Forbes List of the World's Most Powerful Celebrities

Forbes has released a list of the top 100 World's Most Powerful Celebrities.

Stephenie Meyer is # #26 Stephenie - Congrats Stephenie, but I hope the last part of the last sentence isn't true!

Thanks to the success of Meyer's Twilight series, 2008 became the year of the vampire. The low-profile author sold 29 million books last year, releasing two new novels (Breaking Dawn and The Host) and selling hoards of paperbacks of what have become instant classics (Twilight, Eclipse and New Moon). Last November, gothy fans camped out to catch the first film based on the series; Twilight grossed $70 million opening weekend. A partial rough draft of the fifth Twilight book leaked online last August; Meyer published the full draft on her Web site and announced the book wouldn't be published.

According to Stephenie Meyer The Best Is Yet To Come!!

Stephenie posted a note on her website today regarding the MTV Movie awards and gave us a little teaser about New Moon. She is just as anxious as we are!

Thank you, everybody who voted at the MTV Movie Awards! It was awesome to see Twilight get so much love. Congratulations to Catherine and Rob and Kristen and all of the cast and everyone at Summit and everybody on the crew! You all did an amazing job and you deserve your popcorn!

Twilight fans are the best!
XOXOSteph

P.S. You got to see a little taste of New Moon tonight, but I promise you this: when it comes to New Moon, you haven't seen anything yet! Can November please come faster?

Cast Party

Vancity Allie is reporting that the cast attended a New Moon / Eclipse Party. Lots of the main cast members were there as well as Stephenie Meyer and David Slade (Eclipse Director). She also reports seeing many actors with what appeared to be thick scripts and speculates it may be the Eclipse script.

You can read her blog posting here.

A Little More Info....

Seth over at Stephenie Meyer.com has posted a bit more info on the Twilight Saga releases scheduled for later this year. It includes more items than I had originally heard about the other day!

The Breaking Dawn Special Edition will feature an exclusive DVD of the Breaking Dawn Concert Series, including a performance by Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld and conversation between Stephenie Meyer and Furstenfeld. This hardcover edition will also include a reproduction of the personal, handwritten lyrics for "My Never" from Furstenfeld and a full-color Bella and Edward poster. Little, Brown will be doing a one-time only printing of one million copies for the Breaking Dawn Special Edition. (August 4, 2009; $24.99) The trade paperback edition of Eclipse , the third book in the series, will also be released. (August 4, 2009; $12.99)

The Twilight Journals set includes four gorgeous journals packaged in a collectible keepsake tin, inspired by Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.... Each journal features the beautiful and instantly-recognizable Twilight Saga cover art and is fully-designed throughout with images and decorative quotes from each of the books, as well as some of the classic works of literature that inspired them. (October 13, 2009; $24.99)

New Moon Collector's Edition is a deluxe edition of the worldwide bestseller, housed in a slipcase and includes a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover and newly-designed, two-color chapter openers. (October 6, 2009; $30.00)

The New Moon movie tie-in program includes:
New Moon: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion — a follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestselling Twilight companion, this lavishly illustrated paperback will give readers an exclusive behind-the-scene guide to the making of the movie, including full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, and much more. (October 6, 2009; $18.99)

New Moon Trade Paperback Tie-in Edition — this movie tie-in edition will include a collectible full-color, fold-out movie poster. (Sept 15, 2009; $10.99)

New Moon Mass Market Tie-in Edition — available for the first time in a mass market paperback edition, featuring movie art on the cover. (November 2009; $7.99)

Some Stuff To Talk About.....

There's a while bunch of stuff to 'talk' about today, so...

Becky & I went to see Blue October in concert last week. Since Stephenie cites them as one of her inspirations AND since they are on almost any playlist that exists for the Twilight Saga AND since Justin did the Breaking Dawn Concert tour...I guess I am justified in talking about it here :-) We worked hard to get up front and boy did it pay off - Front Row! OK really I was the one who was totally obsessed with being in the front row, ever since the day we decided to go to the concert I was set on being right up front. I kinda drove my sister nuts about it. Anyway it was an AMAZING show, I would go to see them again in a heartbeat. We were thrilled to hear some of their old songs as well as all the new ones, including Into the Ocean, Hate Me, My Never and Blue Skies from the Stephenie's playlists and/or the Breaking Dawn Concert. There is really no other words except for AMAZING. (On a side note I was also totally obsessed with meeting the band, which we also did after waiting for hours in the street in Philadelphia LOL) I am including a picture of Justin autographing my ticket.

Another little bit of Twilight Saga controversy began brewing this past weekend. Eclipse Director, David Slade's Twitter account has apparently been deleted. Why is this news? Supposedly he had made a negative "tweet" about Twilight. According to slashfilm it went something like this..... “Twilight drunk? No, not even drunk. Twilight on acid? No, not even on acid? Twilight at gun point? Just shoot me.” Now that he has been tapped to direct the third movie in the Twilight Saga, does this bother you? I personally am not bothered by it. I know I have made a few jokes about the Twilight movie too and yet I still love it and would certainly accept a job working on Eclipse if offered (LOL) Ok, that'll never happen but you know what I mean.

MTV has announced the finalists for it's Movie Awards. Twilight leads the way with 7 nominations. Make sure you go vote here!

Paramore is campaigning for Twilight in the MTV Movie Awards. Not only would they like to win for best song with Decode, but they want you to vote for Twilight for best kiss. Hayley had this to say.....“Like, even outside of ‘Twilight,’ there’s probably a million other stories that are very popular that have everything to do with forbidden love,” she continued. “And that’s the essence of ‘Twilight.’ And that’s why I think it’s so popular. There’s a little twist there — he lives forever — but that kiss rules.”

I think that's all for now, however I haven't looked around the internet lately so who knows what else will pop up. :-)

Twilight Examiner: Stephenie Meyer a better story-teller than writer? Stephen King's claims tested with New Moon

Twilight Examiner: Stephenie Meyer a better story-teller than writer? Stephen King's claims tested with New Moon

Amanda Bell has been busy. This morning she also takes on the claims by Stephen King that Stephenie Meyer "can not write worth a darn". I know a few people (LOL) who would argue with that. Click on the link above to read the article.

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New Moon Music

Stephenie Meyer has expressed many times the importance of music to her and the writing process of the Twilight Saga. Hopefully you are all familiar with the playlists on her website (one for each book). If not be sure to check them out here. I have most of the songs on my iPod (thanks to Becky for lots of them) and love to listen to them! And, as a matter of fact, one of the songs on the Twilight Soundtrack came from her Twilight Playlist ("Tremble for My Beloved" by Collective Soul)

In my opinion the music, Soundtrack & Score, were one of the best parts of the Twilight movie. We have all talked, at one point or another, about songs we think would be great for the New Moon movie. So....let's make our own playlist for our blog. In the comments tell me the names of the songs you think would be perfect and also include which part of the movie/book you think they go with. I will make a playlist of some (or all) and put it here on the blog for everyone to enjoy.

I'll go first....

• Hate Me - Blue October - break-up scene or aftermath
• I Was Broken - Robert Pattinson - Near the end when they both become whole again, together. When the hole in Bella disappears.
• I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab for Cutie - Not sure where it would go in the movie, but just listen to the words.... if heaven and hell decide that they both are satisfied....if there's no one beside you when you soul embarks, then I'll follow you into the dark.... Remember when Edward tells Bella that once she is gone, he won't live without her.
• Rest in Pieces - Saliva - Anytime Bella thinks about Edward and starts to fall apart in the months after the breakup (maybe a little too upbeat for that though)
• A whole bunch more from Stephenie's playlist

A note about the comments: You don't have to be a member of the NEPA TwilightMOMS to comment - any Twilight lover is welcome. In order to comment click on 'comment' under the post. You will have to log in, if you don't have a log-in it only takes a minute to get one through Google. Then you can comment your little heart out!