Final ECLIPSE Trailer

Can't wait to hear what everybody thinks about it!!

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.

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

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: "Behind the Scenes with the Wolf Pack" & "Birthday Kiss"

This first video is a behind the scenes look at the Wolf Pack including the CGI. I find this incredibly interesting. And I stinking LOVE the wolf clips at the end, I think they have really done justice to them and brought them to life in an amazing way.

Now for an extended look at the Birthday Kiss. I'm not sure what to say about this except if you're Team Edward turn up your volume and enjoy what you will hear after the cheesey announcer voice. :-) (Note: it seems that Summit has been pulling these down so this video may not be here long)

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New Moon TV Spot #1

WOO HOO - Here is it in HD! You'll need to watch it several times to catch everything. What a shame lol.

GREAT New Moon Movie Clip Revealed!!!

So a new clip from NEW MOON was shown on ET last night and it was great BUT have you seen the one on iTunes...in HD??? If you have or use iTunes be sure to check it out it is well worth it - really I did a little happy dance when I watched it today! For those of you who may not use iTunes here's a link to the video on YouTube. I am not going to embed it because it definitely is breaking all the copyright laws and I don't want to get into trouble. The quality isn't great, but you'll still get to see it!!

Click here.

New Moon Posters

Three new New Moon posters were recently revealed by Summit.

Bella & The Cullens (hmmm the embrace is a little 'over the top' for New Moon, looks more Breaking Dawn-ish to me)

The Wolf Pack - I think this is great, the wolf pack seems perfect to me.

The Volturi - I'm still just not sure about the Volturi, waiting to see them in the film.

What do you think?? Which one is your favorite?

New Moon Trailer in HD

Still out of town, sorry I'm so late at posting this...

Wolf Pack Talks To Fans

Check out this article at MTV.com..  The title is a little misleading, well kinda.

'New Moon' Actor Went Too Far With Kristen Stewart:
'Wolf Pack' members describe injury, aggressive confrontation with Kristen Stewart.

Volturi Symbol Revealed

Thanks to NewMoonMovie.org we can take a peak into the New Moon merchandise case at Comic Con. A new symbol has been spotted and reportedly identified as the Volturi symbol!! Check it out...

Also present are items with the Cullen Crest and the Wolf Pack/Tribe Tattoo.

Fan Made New Moon Posters

The release of the official poster by Summit last week has given fans some new material to work with. Check these out, I think you'll agree that they are particularly well done! Both are the work of MAH Designs / Melissa Herzog.

Wolf Spotted at Vancouver Forest Set!

The following was reported on NewMoonMovie.org...

Wolf Spotted at Vancouver Forest Set!
April 23, 2009

Mandy was investigating the New Moon forest set, and guess what she spotted–a wolf! A security guard cautioned them not to walk in a certain direction, because–

So he says *excited* “I wouldn’t, they are bringing a WOLF down”

*inner squeeeeee* I appear calm but holy moly I was ANYTHING but calm…. a wolf?!?!?

MeMy and I exchanged glances - we’d hit the jackpot!!!

We waited and watched as two trainers brought down the most beautiful, large, wolf.

I am no animal expert so I don’t know what type of wolf it was but it was big, it was grey, with bits of white in it… it was stunning to see.

Check out the rest of the story over at Malicious Mandy.

The Wolf Pack Tatoo

NewMoonMovie.org gives us a closer look at the ink sported by the wolf pack in the New Moon movie. They also speculate it'll be used for marketing like the Cullen Crest. What do you think?

I can see the "appeal" of the wolf pack, but I'm a Cullen Girl through and through :-)