Twilight Coven Philippines

Forbidden Planet has revealed the new NECA Edward and Bella 7" Action Figure 2-Pack. It is now available for pre-order at Forbidden Planet, and should retail for around £24.99 or PhP1,600.

In related news, the NECA 11.5" Edward Cullen Action Figure is now locally available at 2Rats (with branches in Greenhills, Goldcrest, and Eastwood), and retails for PhP1,200. Thanks to Bjie for the update.

The Los Altos Town Crier has an essay from a seventh-grader about how Twilight Invokes Multiple Genres to Serve Its Romance.

Collider.com has interviews with Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Edi Gathegi, and Rachelle Lefevre about New Moon.

PETA has awarded Twilight the 2008 Libby Award for the Most Animal Friendly Movie, which really boggled a lot of people since the Cullens drink animal blood. [There's probably a different criteria for this, because it's gonna be awkward if it turns out PETA didn't do their research and thought "vegetarian vampire" meant the Cullens eat vegetables.]

E! Online is asking "What's the scoop on the New Moon soundtrack?"

We would like to thank everyone who sent in their thoughts last time. And once again, the hosts of Danag: The Filipino Twilight Saga Podcast want to hear from all of you! The question is:

WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THE FIRST 10 EPISODES OF DANAG? You can send us 1 moment per episode, max.

Send your answers to: tcppromos(at)gmail(dot)com with subject "Danag Episode 11". We hope to receive your answers by Saturday morning (January 31).

Thank you, Rome, for this suggestion and we thank all of you for your support of the podcast :)

For those who are looking for a new read, how about trying The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester? Stephenie Meyer has just recommended the book in her site.

Sarah Clarke, who played Renee in Twilight shares us her thoughts on working on Twilight and the upcoming New Moon film.

On more New Moon film news, check out Taylor Lautner's views on portraying Jacob's 'cool' character in New Moon. PopEater also posted an interview with Peter Facinelli, who portrayed Carlisle in the Twilight film, as he talks about the possibility of Dakota Fanning joining the New Moon cast. ReelzChannel.com also has a 5 most anticipated scenes in New Moon listed in its site, as contributed by Twilight fansites.

MTV features one of its staffer's opinions regarding the Edward Cullen doll. Check out what she thinks here.

We have just been informed by Hachette Book Group USA (Philippines) that the publication date of Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide has been moved from February 2009 to October 2009.

Product Description:
This must-have hardcover edition--the only official guide--is the definitive encyclopedic reference to the Twilight Saga and provides readers with everything they need to further explore the unforgettable world Stephenie Meyer created in Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. With exclusive new material, character profiles, genealogical charts, maps, extensive cross-references, and much more, this comprehensive handbook is essential for every Twilight Saga fan.

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Boy, this was one laugh-fest of an episode, Part 1 of Episode 10 is now online!

This is our first attempt at incorporating listener feedback in our programme, and one of the lessons that we learned is to ask just one question per episode. The discussions became too long, thus, we had to split this episode into two parts.

Majority of Part 1 is about the Twilight DVD and the New Moon Casting Rumours. Part 2 contains our 2008 Year In Review.

Episode 10 Part 1 - What Do You Mean Edward Can't Have A Jamaican Accent, Man?

In which:
- "Charlie" comes back
- We discuss the latest New Moon casting rumours
- We try to figure out The Curious Case of Friedman and Wachsberger
- We discuss what we want to see in the Twilight DVD
- Everyone, and we mean everyone, auditions for the role of Edward

Click here for the show notes and download links.

More sites are reporting on Dakota Fanning slated to play our favorite sinister little vampire Jane in New Moon. Check out her interviews in ET Online, IESB.net, Access Hollywood, and NBC where Dakota confirms that she is currently in talks for the role of Jane and hopes it all works out. MTV has also unearthed a previous interview with Dakota as she was just getting into the Twilight phenomenon.

Another famous face that might be considered for the New Moon roster is America Ferrera, who is reported to have auditioned for the role of Emily Young.

We can all expect more casting rumors (and hopefully official announcements by Summit) in the following weeks. In the meantime, who do you think should play Alec in the New Moon film? Check out the speculation and polls in Entertainment Weekly and People.

UPDATE: Apparently, it's a Native American actress named America Young who auditioned for the role of Emily, and not America Ferrera.

Twilight Gay is back! You can't really expect him to just keep quiet about Takipsilim, right? So here's his take on the whole mess about the so-called "Pinoy Twilight remake", and all we can say is: bato-bato sa langit, ang tamaan huwag magagalit. Smile na lang kayo, and sparkle!

As with previous installments, this column uses adult language and themes, and is not recommended for younger readers, or older readers who are too sensitive. :p

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TWILIGHT GAY 03: When the sparkle hit the fan, may bumayo
By: Ronald

Have you guys missed me? It's been almost a month since my last post – not that anybody's been keeping track – and quite a lot has happened amongst the Twilight faithful.

The biggest thing to happen, of course, was the quick rise and equally quick descent of that cultural abortion that is "Takipsilim". If all of you were thinking that this issue is a horse already beaten to death, then you're wrong, because I haven't gotten my kicks in yet.

Of course every Filipino Twilighter knows the story: Some time around the holidays, word began to spread that ABS-CBN would be making Takipsilim, a Filipino adaptation of Twilight starring Rayver "Fishlips" Cruz and Shaina "Lookit! Mah boobs!" Magdayao.

Cue everyone running around screaming like Godzilla was all up in this bitch. Cue online petitions, online insults, and online wishes of death upon the ABS-CBN infidels. From all the ruckus, you would have thought Armageddon was coming, in the form of a teleserye.

People, people, people. Look at me. Take a deep breath. Listen carefully. GET A GRIP.

It's not that anybody ever thought that Takipsilim would be a great idea. While our local stations make the occasional great drama every once in a while, fantasy series have never been their specialty. My two personal favorties, Marina and Kampanerang Kuba, while camp classics, were far from being any kind of "good". Watching most Filipino fantaseryes is like sucking very warm shit through a very short straw.

What was so distressing to me, and probably to the saner Twilighters, was the somewhat subconscious hate some people displayed towards being Filipino.

There was a lot of hand-wringing as to how the (in)famous lion/lamb conversation would sound like in Filipino, with one particularly rabid commenter noting that "leon/tupa" doesn't have the same delicious flavor as lion/lamb.

Honey, the lion/lamb conversation is bad, and no amount of translation, in Elvish or otherwise, is going to make it sound any better. Even SMeyer agrees with me. You probably didn't mean to sound like an annoying, pretentious twat, but you did.

The ease with which most people threw our country under the bus was equally disconcerting. "Oh, how embarrassing! Them white people will laugh at us! All we ever do is remake stuff!" As if Hollywood is the bastion of originality. As if the people who comment on Perez Hilton are the cream of the intellectual crop. His whole schtick is putting cum stains on people's pictures! And their idea of witty reparte is "First!" and "Whoreanus!"

A lot of people were so eager to condemn a Filipino company daring to adapt a Western work that nobody even cared to ask how reliable a source a Pinoy Exchange forum poster is. While ABS-CBN showed their ineptitude and idiocy with their handling of the mess once the story broke, why didn't any one think that a $1 million investment isn't something you just calmly let loose on a public message board without any sort of fanfare? And as Clair de Lune pointed out, does nobody use fact checkers anymore? Not even the paper I work for?

There are so many valid reasons to hate the possibility of Takipsilim. Hate it because Rayver Cruz, Joross Gamboa, and Carlos Agassi can't act thier way out of a wet paper bag. Hate it because the special effects will no doubt look like something I could have just as easily done on Powerpoint. But don't use it as a convenient excuse to display your own insecurities about being brown.

MTV spoke to Kristen Stewart while she was promoting her new film, Adventureland, at the Sundance Film Festival. Kristen revealed that she has met with New Moon director Chris Weitz, and that she has put her fears about a new director to rest because Weitz is really devoted to the project. She is also happy about Taylor Lautner being back on board as Jacob, and she said she didn't understand why there was initially some uncertainty about Taylor coming back. She also had something to say about the Twilight franchise in general:

It's such a machine now. All of a sudden, this movie has become [something bigger]. With all the expectations — usually, you make a movie and think, 'If it touches people, great; if it doesn't, then you move on to the next one, and no one's personally affected by it.' [But] everyone's really sensitive with any changes right now. Everyone needs to be on the same page to make the same movie [as the original 'Twilight' was], or else it will be a very disoriented project.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

It looks like Chris Weitz is well into pre-production for New Moon. The Daily News Online is reporting that Weitz and some of the New Moon crew went to visit Kalama High School, the location of all the scenes in Forks High School. However, it isn't clear if Weitz plans to use the school again as a location. Click here for the full story.

If you like Bella's mittens from Twilight, EW.com found out who actually made them. Click here for more info about this item. If you're really good at knitting, you might want to try to make a pair yourself. Click here for a fan-made knitting pattern.

Also, please remember that today is the last day to send in your feedback for Danag Podcast Episode 10! More info here.

E! Online's Marc Malkin is reporting that 14-year-old Dakota Fanning is in talks with Summit Entertainment to take on the role of Jane in New Moon. Apparently, there were no auditions, and Summit offered Dakota the role outright.

Click here to read the story.

Please remember that until Summit Entertainment releases an official statement, this remains to be a rumour.

[Sounds good to me, except... can they possibly afford Dakota Fanning on their budget?!]

Photo: contactmusic.com

The 30-second Bunnies Theatre presents: Twilight in 30 Seconds! Click the image below to view the video.



"Are you afraid?"
"No."
"You should be."
"Well, I'm not!"
LOL.

More movie re-enactments by the bunnies here.

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We would like to congratulate everyone in the Filipino Twilight fandom for making the Twilight OST reach Gold status in the Philippines!!! Thanks Ms. Kristine of Warner Music Phils. for the info:

TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK TURNS GOLD!

“TWILIGHT- MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK,” the musical companion to one of the year’s biggest blockbuster is also the years biggest soundtrack.

The first soundtrack in 6 years to debut at #1 in the US Billboard charts, TWILIGHT the Motion Picture Soundtrack held the #1 spot in Philippine music stores upon its release and stayed at #1 all through out the holidays, selling over 10,000 copies.

Twilight, the soundtrack features Paramore’s smash hit, “Decode” which also hit #1 in all our top radio stations and is recently nominated as Favorite International Music Video for the 2008 MYX awards, thanks to the unwavering support of both Paramore and Twilight fans.

Paramore’s other song on the OST, “I Caught Myself” is now getting heavy airplay on radio and is all set to be the next big single, while the prom scene soundtrack “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” by Iron & Wine continues to be a fan favorite.

Compiled by music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas (Gossip Girl, Grey’s Anatomy, The O.C), Twilight the motion picture soundtrack also includes tracks from Muse, Linkin Park, Collective Soul, Perry Farrell and Mutemath, just some of author Stephanie Meyer’s favorite bands.

As if that weren't enough, TWILIGHT star Rob Pattinson (who plays Edward Cullen) has contributed an original song, “Never Think”—his first-ever released recording. The film’s score was composed by Carter Burwell, and the soundtrack also includes his “Bella’s Lullaby,” a heartfelt song that Edward composes for Bella Swan (played by Kristen Stewart) in the film.

TWILIGHT fans will be delighted with some of the many bonuses the soundtrack has to offer. The physical version of the soundtrack will feature a CD booklet that folds out into an Edward & Bella poster, and Collectible trading cards which will randomly reveal one of four images—Edward, Bella, James, or Edward and Bella together.

Twilight: Official Motion Picture Soundtrack and Twilight: The Score are still available in your local record stores.

The hosts of Danag: The Filipino Twilight Saga Podcast would like you guys to participate (sort of) in our next episode! We will be counting down the Top 10 most creative answers for the following questions:

Question #1: What kind of special features that did NOT make it to the Twilight DVD would you have really wanted to see? (Click here to find out what the DVD will actually contain.)

Question #2: What is the most memorable Twilight-related moment for you in 2008?

Send your answers to: tcppromos(at)gmail(dot)com
with subject "Danag Episode 10" by Friday, January 23 for your answers to be considered for inclusion in the episode.

Thanks, and we are excited to hear your answers! :)

You KNOW it could only have been a super super Twilight fanatic. Who else would steal the gas cap from "Bella's Pick-up" that sits in front of Forks Visitor Center?

Oh, wait. It could've been an enterprising *insert expletive here*.

Summit Entertainment has issued a press release regarding the Twilight DVD. Be sure to check the site regularly for local availability.

New Moon is still in its pre-production stage and already there are talks on how the production for the Eclipse adaptation will pan out. Check out this article from Joblo on director rumors for the third film in the franchise.

TeenMix has an interview with Kristen Stewart regarding Twilight. The questions are in French but she answered in English.

Fun things to do: ReelzChannel has come up with a quiz for New Moon! Take the quiz and let us know your score by posting in the comments section. You can tinker on creating a virtual Kristen Stewart doll at Stardoll. Also check out close-up shots of the Bella and Edward dolls by Tonner.

Outtakes from the Twilight feature in Vanity Fair has been posted in Robert Pattinson Online. It does look like they were enjoying themselves in this photoshoot (except you Stewart, stop cradling my Cam! And you, Rob, what are you doing to Taylor?!? LOL - mabelletaka).

Edi Gathegi continues to promote his upcoming movie, My Bloody Valentine, and his involvement in Twilight and New Moon usually come up in his interviews. Check out his thoughts regarding his projects in Media Blvd and IF Magazine.

JustJaredJr. has photos of Kellan Lutz from the set of his new film, Warrior, where he is co-starring with Ashley Greene. In Warrior, Kellan is a lacrosse player. Sounds familiar? Yeah, well, that's exactly what he is in 90210. :p Click here to see more photos of Kellan on-set. [Photo: JustJaredJr.]

Looks like it's Jackson Rathbone week on MTV. :p They have a new article about him and his upcoming movie, Avatar: The Last Airbender, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Click here to read the article.

NYMag.com is reporting that Nina Ricci is going to file a legal action against the makers of the Twilight perfume. Why? Click here to read our previous post on this issue.

MTV has more about Jackson Rathbone and his recent concert with his band, 100 Monkeys. Click here.

BellaandEdward.com finally has photos of the Inkworks Twilight Trading Cards Pieceworks set in their gallery.

The Hollywood Reporter has a very revealing interview with Summit Entertainment bigwigs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger. The duo talked about how Twilight has changed the company, as well as more details about Summit and their projects. They also made clarifications about the Catherine Hardwicke issue. We also finally have confirmation that the budget for New Moon is bigger than Twilight's:

THR: Will "New Moon" stay in the same $38 million budget range?

Friedman: No. The next one will be higher than that. We believe that the film will naturally be more expensive. Sequels become more expensive, and we have more special effects.

Wachsberger: And locations. In the second movie there is a sequence in Italy.

THR: There is talk that because Edward is out of the picture for much of "New Moon," there will be elements of the second and third books combined into the second movie.

Wachsberger: No, but Edward is present for the movie.

The budget is bigger, but don't expect New Moon and the rest of the Twilight Saga to turn into mega-budget blockbusters just yet. Later in the interview, Rob Friedman said:

Friedman: Are we gonna be in the $100 million-plus production business? No.

Oh well....

MTV gave Jackson Rathbone a video camera and told him to chronicle his experiences in one his band's concerts. Click here to watch the video from the 100 Monkeys show!

Access Hollywood sent us links to new Twilight articles on their site. Thank you to Rachel of Access Hollywood/NBC! Ashley Greene reveals that Rob Pattinson got in trouble for his new haircut. She said she still loved his old haircut, but would cut him some slack. ;) Meanwhile, in another twist to the Vanessa Hudgens New Moon Audition Mystery [I feel like I should call in Agent Olivia Dunham to check this out now...] AH is reporting that their sources at Summit Entertainment confirmed that Vanessa actually did audition, and that "she's up for the role".

Whaaat?! Let's do a recap: Ashley Greene said she didn't know that Vanessa Hudgens auditioned for New Moon but said she'd love to work with V. Then MTV reported that Ashley confirmed that Vanessa did audition. Everyone got confused, so JustJaredJr. asked Vanessa's rep, who said they didn't know anything about a New Moon audition. Entertainment Weekly's sources say that no audition happened. And now, Access Hollywood says sources at Summit confirmed that Vanessa did audition.

So what's the real deal? Well, The Twilight Lexicon decided to go straight to scriptwriter Melissa Rosenberg to ask. Melissa's reply?

If Vanessa is auditioning for the role of Leah, she’s written her own pages to read, ’cause I didn’t write ‘em.

That should put the rumours to rest... for now. Leah Clearwater isn't in New Moon (or at least, there are no speaking parts).

Meanwhile, Nokia has updated their Twilight site to include Stephenie Meyer's answers to the fansites' questions (check the Communities section). There are also new movie stills at the Twilight Tribute section, which you can also view here courtesy of the lion_lamb Livejournal community. Click here to access the Nokia Twilight site.

BellaandEdward.com have photos of all the Inkworks Twilight trading cards (except the Pieceworks set) in their gallery here.

MuteMath will be performing their single from the Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Spotlight, on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno's January 15th episode.

We are one day behind in episodes, so watch out for the MuteMath performance when The Tonight Show airs on January 16th, 11:00pm, on JackTV. The episode will also feature Kevin James and Emma Roberts.

JustJared spoke to Vanessa Hudgens' rep, who apparently had no knowledge of the alleged New Moon audition, and said it was just a rumor.

[I suspected it was something like this. I watched Ashley Greene's interview with ExtraTV a few days ago, and when asked about Vanessa Hudgens, she gave the impression that she didn't know about the rumours about the High School Musical star being in the running for a role in New Moon. She did say she would love to work with Vanessa. This is the reason why the previous post's title ended with a question mark. I was surprised that MTV reported that Ashley confirmed the rumours about Vanessa's audition, and thought that maybe Ashley asked the production people about it. This does not seem to be the case. Maybe someone just made an assumption based on Ashley's answers.]

MTV is reporting that, during their interview with Ashley Greene, the actress confirmed that Vanessa Hudgens went in to audition for New Moon as Leah Clearwater.

Ashley also revealed that the script for the sequel is currently undergoing a re-write.

Click here to read the article.

Ashley was also asked about this a few days ago. You can watch the interview with Extra TV here.

[While Leah was not included in the Casting Call that was recently posted online, it doesn't mean that she wouldn't be included in New Moon. However, it is a bit unlikely that they would cast a high-profile actress like Vanessa for what must amount as an extra role. If you will recall, Leah didn't really figure prominently in New Moon, except to appear in the scene where the Clearwaters had dinner with the Blacks and the Swans.]

Access Hollywood has an interview with Taylor Lautner.



I must say, his current appearance has very much improved. [Recites to self: I will not make a fan-girly comment. I will not make a fan-girly comment.]

SciFi Wire caught up with Edi Gathegi during promotions for his new film, My Bloody Valentine 3D, and asked him for his comments about Catherine Hardwicke, Chris Weitz, Taylor Lautner, and his role in New Moon. Click here to read the interview.

Nielsen BookScan US is reporting that Stephenie Meyer is the top-selling author in the U.S. last year, selling 15 million units of her 5 books currently in print. The top-selling Meyer book is Breaking Dawn, followed by Twilight.

The sales of the Twilight Saga books also helped boost Hachette Book Group USA to the top spot among the US publishers, with 17 of their titles on the Top 50 Bestsellers list.

Click here for the full story, via TheBookSeller.com.

The Twilight DVD will be available in the US on March 21, 2009 as confirmed in Stephenie Meyer's website (thanks Issa for the info). We'll keep you posted once we find out information regarding the local release date. You can also pre-order the DVD in Amazon, where it is already the number one bestselling DVD in movies and TV.

Given the line-up of movies for 2009, Entertainment Weekly dubs the year as the Year of the Werewolf. As expected, New Moon is included as one of the movies contributing to this title.

Now for our star werewolf, Tribute has an article on Taylor Lautner getting the role for Jacob Black. To more, ahem, interesting news, let's check out Taylor's progress in the physical department. Taylor has an interview by E! regarding beefing up for his role in New Moon. Access Hollywood also features Taylor's beefed up bod (man, I think we'll be using the words beefed up for quite a while; pictures of the actor are also up c/o WireImage).

Check out articles from Boxwish, Design Tavern, and Apartment Therapy regarding the site used for the Cullen mansion in the Twilight film. The Apartment Therapy link features Edward's bedroom in particular.

ExtraTV caught up with Rachelle Lefevre and Ashley Greene at the 8th Annual Awards Season Diamond Fashion Show Preview. Both said they were very happy to learn that Taylor Lautner would be back to reprise his role as Jacob Black in New Moon. Click here to watch the interview.

MTV has an interview with Jackson Rathbone from a recent concert of 100 Monkeys (Jackson's band). The actor said he's excited to film his scenes for New Moon, specifically, that pivotal scene in the first few chapters where Jasper gets really... ah... involved. ;) Click here to read the full story.

Inspire Magazine has a very cool interview with Solomon Trimble (Sam Uley in Twilight). We learn more about Sam's experiences on the set, his Twilight Fan encounters, and about the celebrity he really enjoyed meeting [Hint: I would have LOVED to meet this celebrity too. :p] Click here to read the full interview.

Times of the Internet has a short piece about Taylor getting the Jacob role in New Moon.

Publisher's Weekly has a report about the books that flew off the US shelves in December 2008. Most of them were children's and young adult books, and of course, the Twilight books were mentioned:

Children’s books proved to be one of the most recession-resistant segments of the book business this holiday season, with the Twilight series and the latest from J.K. Rowling leading the pack. Stephenie Meyer’s vampire books had the added distinction of being the hardest to keep in stock. At BookPeople in Austin, Tex., where getting enough copies of New Moon caused the biggest headache, “Meyer sales alone were actually 5% of our kids’ sales, which is staggering,” noted children’s book buyer Meghan Dietsche Goel in a posting on the ABC listserv.

Empire Online has selected the 50 Films That Defined 2008. Twilight is part of the list:

Twilight
The first adaptation of the cult novels boasts great performances and a stunning aesthetic. Scream!

Defining Moment
When Edward bites into Bella's flesh to extract nasty vampire poison, will he be able to resist feasting on her blood?

Click on the link above to view the complete list.

Catherine Hardwicke will be inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame. Click here to read the full story.

Hot Topic now also has the NECA Edward Cullen Action Figure up for pre-order on their site. MTV also has an article about it here.

Reelz Channel has a video update about New Moon.

Spoiler.tv got a hold of the casting call for New Moon here. The first thing I noticed was that Aro was missing from the list. Fortunately, Lana Veenker, who was one of the casting directors for Twilight, has just posted an update about New Moon on her blog, and she also answered my question:

"If a major role is not listed on the breakdown at all, this usually means that the role has been cast, is currently in negotiation or is only open to name actors, so the CDs (casting directors) are not seeking submissions from talent agents at this time."

[This really got me thinking... could this have anything to do with it? No, no, CdL. Don't get your hopes up too much...]

In case you guys still feel like watching Twilight again, it surprisingly is back in selected theatres! Here's a list of cinemas that are still showing Twilight:

Greenbelt 3 Cinema 5
Makati City

Padre Faura Cinema 2
Manila

Robinsons Bacolod Cinema 4
Bacolod City

Robinsons Galleria Cinema 1
Pasig City

Robinsons Iloilo Cinema 5
Iloilo City

SM City Fairview Cinema 2
Quezon City

SM City Manila 12
Manila

SM City North Edsa Cinema 2
Quezon City

SM Megamall Cinema 2
Mandaluyong City

SM Sta. Mesa Cinema 10
Quezon City

Sta Lucia East Cinema 4
Cainta

Click here to go to ClickTheCity.com for the screening schedules.

Happy New Year, Twilighters! Episode 9 of Danag is finally online!

This episode is a bit late, as Summit Entertainment has already announced that Taylor Lautner will be back to reprise his role as Jacob Black in "New Moon". But all the opinions are still relevant anyway.


Episode 09 - Waiting For The Damned Fight To Start Already

In which:
- Minami is back, and Daene becomes "Charlie".
- We dissect all the New Moon movie drama.
- Force Ghosts sparkle and werewolves transform with sound effects.
- Cam still does not disappoint.
- Clair de Lune tries not to go all fan-girly whenever Ben Barnes is mentioned.
- It becomes obvious we're on Team TayCob
- There's a lot of snickering going on.
- We talk about "Takipsilim"
- We stop to think about how to present the Danag Fantaserye

Click here for download links and show notes.

"Fully Booked: Dialogue" is a show produced by Fully Booked and www.Pelicola.tv, and it will feature a discussion of different book titles by different personalities.

The show is scheduled to launch next month, but they've already put up the first full episode on "Twilight" for download on their website. Click here to view the episode.

From StephenieMeyer.com:

Good news about New Moon from director Chris Weitz:

I'm very happy to announce that Taylor Lautner will be playing Jacob Black in New Moon and that he's doing so with the enthusiastic support of Summit Entertainment, the producers, and Stephenie Meyer.

The characters in Stephenie's books go through extraordinary changes of circumstance and also appearance; so it is not surprising that there has been speculation about whether the same actor would portray a character who changes in so many surprising ways throughout the series. But it was my first instinct that Taylor was, is, and should be Jacob, and that the books would be best served by the actor who is emotionally right for the part. I think that fans of Twilight the book and the movie will be surprised by the Jacob Black that Taylor will bring to the screen in New Moon; and I'm looking forward to working with him and the rest of the cast in realizing the film.

very best

Chris Weitz

I'd just like to add that I was very much a part of this decision. My first priority was always what was best for New Moon — what was going to give us the best possible movie. I'm truly thrilled that Taylor was the one who proved to the director, to Summit, and to me that he is the best possible Jacob we could have. And I'm very much looking forward to seeing what he's going to bring to Jacob's character this year.

- Steph

Thank you to Mae for the heads-up! Go, Steph! Go, Chris!

EW.com is speculating that when Summit Entertainment announces some casting decisions for New Moon, possibly sometime this week, it may turn out that Taylor Lautner will still be Jacob Black. In addition, EW's sources say that nobody else has been approached for the role just yet:

Recently, there have been rumors that Michael Copon (The Scorpion King 2) and Steven Strait (10,000 BC) are jockeying for Lautner's spot. But you can chalk that up to empty Web noise: Reps for both actors say neither has been approached for the role. In fact, in what may shape up to be a triumph of the underdog, sources close to the production say that the simplest route would be to go with Lautner. EW has confirmed that the actor has not only met with director Weitz, but was even screen-tested for chemistry with Kristen Stewart. ''I'm very hopeful,'' a New Moon insider says of Lautner. ''We're not looking at anybody else.''

Click here to read the full article.

Summit Entertainment has unveiled the artwork for the 2-Disc Special Edition DVD release of Twilight:



The DVD is scheduled to be released sometime in the first quarter of this year. We will post more local release information when we have it.

UPDATE (1/8): ShockTillYouDrop is reporting that the US release for the DVD is March 21. This date is still unconfirmed by Summit.

MTV is reporting that Rob Pattinson has dropped out of the film Parts Per Billion, where he was supposed to star with Rosario Dawson and Olivia Thirlby. Rob's agent has cited the schedule for New Moon as the primary reason for this decision.

Click here to read MTV's full report.






Photo: Entertainment Weekly Photoshoot Outtake

Iron & Wine appeared on the January 5 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and he sang Flightless Bird, American Mouth. I'm not sure how late we are in terms of the episodes, but if it's like the Ellen show, then we're one episode behind. If that's the case, then the episode with Iron & Wine should air tonight on JackTV at 10:30pm 11:00pm. :)

UPDATE: The episode is indeed on right now! Iron & Wine, yay! :)

MTV gives us a list of what the Twilight cast will be working on this year. Looks like the busiest person on the cast is Cam Gigandet. [Mabs will be so happy.]  Ashley Greene talks further about Shrink and working with Kevin Spacey here.

Twilight is still earning some money and is set to jump over Madagascar 2 to the #7 spot in 2008's list of Highest Grossing Films.

The Reelz Channel Spotlight has a new feature on Twilight here.

I just discovered an interesting site called The-Numbers.com - or at least it's interesting to movie buffs like me. Some of you may know about this already, but let me share it, nonetheless, to those who don't. The site provides Box Office numbers and DVD sales figures, but the neat thing you can do on their site that I really like is to check the total Box Office Earnings of your favorite actors based on their movies' earnings. For example, here's the worldwide box office earnings of all of Robert Pattinson's movies to date ($2.1 BILLION. wow.) Here's Kristen Stewart's chart ($688.9 MILLION only, despite having more movies than Rob. Harry Potter is a big factor.)   You can access the website here.   Have some numerical fun! :)

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HisGoldenEyes.com has a report on something rather disturbing about the Twilight Perfume which was recently released by Hot Topic. Apparently, the apple-shaped bottle is almost identical to the bottle design of the Nina perfume by Nina Ricci. Perez Hilton and Trendhunter.com also made that observation. [Photo Credit: HisGoldenEyes]

MTV has a clip with Edi Gathegi in his new movie, My Bloody Valentine 3D here.

Twilight Series Theories has an interview with Christian Serratos (Angela Weber) here.

The Hollywood Reporter has an article about directors working in the current financial climate. The piece mentions Catherine Hardwicke and her recent departure from the Twilight franchise. Click here to read the article.

The trailer for The Summerhouse, Rob Pattinson's new indie film that's set to be released in April is now online. You can see it via YouTube.

Given a few more extra play dates, Twilight would've probably overtaken A Very Special Love. Unfortunately, it was MMFF time, and it had to be pulled out from cinemas after December 24.

However, Twilight still performed very well, even overtaking The Dark Knight by about half a million dollars in ticket sales. Not bad for the first movie of a franchise that is really only just taking off here in the Philippines, and for a movie that is aimed largely at teenage girls. Take that, box office naysayers! :p

Click here to view the full list at Box Office Mojo.

BAE is reporting that there's a Behind the Scenes clip of the Meadow Scene up on YouTube now. It shows a couple of lines that were edited out of the movie. Click here to view the video.

ABS-CBNNews.com has a new article with statements from actors Rayver Cruz and Shaina Magdayao, as well as director Cathy Garcia-Molina, denying their involvement in the alleged remake of Twilight. Click here to read the article.

Thanks to Rome and Amala Thea for the link.

Portrait Magazine sent us a link to their interview with Sam Bradley, who co-wrote "Never Think" with Rob Pattinson.

You wrote 'Never Think', on the Twilight soundtrack, with Robert Pattinson - and then you apparently went in completely different directions when recording it. How did that happen - is there an original version?

The original version is just sort of bits and pieces of when we were writing it. So, no, there's no real original version. What it is, is we wrote a song... I came back to Canada, and kind of switched it up a little bit for myself. Melodically, what we originally wrote is probably closer to my version. But Rob, when he plays music, he's really in touch with what he's doing, so he plays a song differently every time. Any song, it'll never sound the same. It's really cool, he's really in the moment. So the recording of Never Think that he did will never sound the same again, which is kind of interesting. Lyrically, though, it's similar.

You can read the entire interview here. Thanks, Jocelyn!

Interestingly enough, Pattinson Online has posted a video of Sam Bradley singing "Never Think" live! Click here to watch it.

Christianity Today looks into What Shines In Twilight. Thanks to lexaprone for the link.

Stephenie Meyer's website has a list of the prestigious awards that she has been given this year. Congrats, Steph!

Twilight is mentioned in Time Magazine's "When Bigger Is Better", their review of the films that were released in 2008.

MTV's 2008 Most Memorable Movie Moments list awards Twilight with a "Deja Vu All Over Again" Award. Why? Find out here.

The results of Moviefone's Best and Worst of '08 poll is now online. Find out which awards Twilight has won.

ABS-CBN has posted an erratum to the December 24 article confirming that the network is indeed doing a remake of Twilight.

On December 24, abs-cbnNEWS.com uploaded a story, "ABS-CBN bags rights for local 'Twilight' remake". The source of the story was a report by entertainment writer Edgar Cruz posted on yehey.com.

The duty editor who uploaded the story failed to check with ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. whether the story was correct and accurate.

If you will recall, the Christmas Eve article disappeared 24 hours or so after it was posted. To refresh your memory, we once again offer a screen capture of the deleted article here.

Yehey.com's original report by Edgar Cruz may be found here.

Two questions:
1. So to get the root cause of this problem, we must ask: why, suddenly, did the Duty Officer not feel the need to check the authenticity of this report, considering it's about THEIR OWN NETWORK, and it would've probably taken just one simple phone call to Corporate Communications? It's just too weird for the Duty Officer to suddenly forget to follow protocol just like that.
2. Why wasn't Edgar Cruz credited in the December 24th article as the source of the report?

Constant vigilance, Twilighters!

Thanks to Amala Thea and Rome for the link.