Twilight Coven Philippines

This is an update to our previous post regarding films starring actors from The Twilight Saga.

We finally got word from Pioneer Films that they will be releasing Remember Me, starring Robert Pattinson, on March 12th.

So here's the updated list of release dates:

Case 39 - 3 Feb. 2010 - Starring Renee Zellweger, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, with Jodelle Ferland (Bree in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Valentine's Day - 12 Feb. 2010 - Starring Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, and more, with Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga)

Up In The Air - 3 March 2010 - Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, with Anna Kendrick (Jessica in The Twilight Saga)

Remember Me - 12 Mar. 2010 - Starring Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin

The Last Airbender - 21 July 2010 - Starring Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis, with Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga)

Other films that have no definite local release dates yet:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 - November 2010 - Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, with Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius in The Twilight Saga)

Other films that have no known local distributor yet (at least, as far as I know):

Welcome to the Riley's - January 2010 US Release - Starring Kristen Stewart and James Gandolfini

The Runaways - March 2010 US Release - Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning (Jane in The Twilight Saga)

Happy New Year, Pinoy Twilighters!

A stream of info has been coming in from my friendly neighborhood sources among local film distributors, so I thought of compiling a list of the Philippine release dates of films that are starring actors from The Twilight Saga:

Case 39 - 3 Feb. 2010 - Starring Renee Zellweger, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, with Jodelle Ferland (Bree in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Valentine's Day - 12 Feb. 2010 - Starring Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, and more, with Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga)

Up In The Air - 3 March 2010 - Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, with Anna Kendrick (Jessica in The Twilight Saga)

The Last Airbender - 21 July 2010 - Starring Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis, with Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga)

Other films that have no definite local release dates yet:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 - November 2010 - Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, with Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius in The Twilight Saga)

Other films that have no known local distributor yet (at least, as far as I know):

Welcome to the Riley's - January 2010 US Release - Starring Kristen Stewart and James Gandolfini

Remember Me - March 2010 US Release - Starring Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin

The Runaways - March 2010 US Release - Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning (Jane in The Twilight Saga)

If I missed a film, do let us know in the comments. :)

So the New Moon press junkets just happened over the weekend. I'm going to try to backtrack for a bit and keep up with everything...

[Note: I'm going to update this post with links to other articles--there are some entertainment news sites that haven't released all of their content yet--so check back often! I'll be placing an asterisk next to newly added entries from the junket. :) - minamic]

Photos from the Press Conference:
Kristen Stewart on kstewartfan.org
Robert Pattinson on Mr. Pattinson.com

On Collider.com:
Studio-provided Onset Interviews
Part 1 - Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Part 2 - Stephenie Meyer, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Ashley Greene, Director Chris Weitz
Transcripts from the press conference
Kristen Stewart --- Robert Pattinson --- Taylor Lautner
Volturi (Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Cameron Bright, Jamie Campbell Bower)

Collider also posted the B-Roll NM Behind the Scenes Footage and 3 Movie Clips. If you want to protect your EQ, the movie clip titles are "Paper Cut", "Jacob's Transformation", and "Volturi Fight". These are also covered in the B-Roll, with a nice itty bitty peek at a Jasper and Alice moment during the birthday scene for fans of that pairing.

Chris Weitz mentioned that there will be 10 minutes of deleted scene footage on the NM DVD here.

On HitFix.com:
Quick bits from the NM TV Press Day with Rob, Kristen and Taylor here. Their transcript from Kristen Stewart's press conference here. How Taylor Lautner avoided recasting here. Robert Pattinson discusses his movie projects before Breaking Dawn here, and reveals that BD's tentative filming schedule is around fall of next year. Also, watch their video interview with RPattz where he compares New Moon and Eclipse.

Their gallery of pictures from the Hot Topic cast appearance in LA here.

Their video interview with Kristen is now up, where she discusses being at peace with superstardom, says no to comedies and also compares New Moon and Eclipse. See it here. *

On MTV.com:
Behind the scenes New Moon footage and interviews here. (They're basically the same set of onset interviews on Collider but segmented into particular topics.)

MTV covered the kickoff for the New Moon Hot Topic cast tour here, here and here. Watch the video where the cast answers the fans' questions! Highlights: The Twi-love trio introduce the rest of the cast. Kellan Lutz is a real crowd-pleaser and was wearing a Team Emmett shirt! (So cute!) All of them were asked what they would do if they had the night and Hollywood Boulevard to themselves--note: without that huge crowd in the way--and they gave pretty interesting answers... especially Jamie Campbell-Bower. (-wink winks at Ronald-)

Afterwards, check out their other video interviews--with Kellan, Nikki Reed, and Billy Burke--collected on the sidebar on the right.

More NM on the MTV front: what RPattz found when he googled himself, NM stars take over Cali Nordstrom, Anna Kendrick's mini-movie review and new stills from the film!

Five fun facts you didn't know about NM, like that Jake's house was really green and not red, and Chris Weitz's "orientation guide", are here. * Plus, behind the scenes photos from the press junket! *

On ETOnline:
Video interview with Robert Pattinson here.* (Or you can view it via Youtube!)
Video interview with Kristen Stewart here.* (On Youtube - ET and The Insider.)
Video interview with Taylor Lautner here.*

On AccessHollywood.com:
We posted some of the videos on separate entries on the blog, but here's a list of all the links so they're all in one place.
Robert Pattinson - Part 1 (On hiding from fans and his famous hair) - Part 2 (Werewolves are dorks) - Part 3 (On tabloid rumors)
Kristen Stewart - Part 1 (On Twimania and RPattz dating rumors) - Part 2 (On hot shirtless costars and marrying Robert vs. Taylor)
Taylor Lautner - Part 1 (On bulking up for New Moon) - Part 2 (Jacob is warmer than Edward) - Part 3 (Taylor on NM madness)
Wolf Pack... Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon, Bronson Pelletier - NM Werewolves Rip into Vampires
Cullens... Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz - Cullens Excited over New Moon plus their craziest fan moments *
Volturi... Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Cameron Bright, Jamie Campbell-Bower - Volturi are dressed to kill *

Other interviews:
The Twilight Examiner posted their fan interview (done with admins from other fansites) with the humans, Justin Chon, Michael Welch, Anna Kendrick and Christian Serratos. Their account on the Hot Topic LA cast appearance was courtesy of the girls from RobstenLovers.

AP's video interview with RPattz, KStew and Taylor has been uploaded on Youtube.*

TimesOnlineUK's article on RPattz is titled "Trapped in the Twilight Zone".

NYTimes.com has a short article on Taylor titled "New Star Taylor Lautner Rises in New Moon". Check out ETOnline's video feature of Taylor's photoshoot for the December cover of Men's Health magazine!

HisGoldenEyes.com has an exclusive interview with Kristen Stewart. Lovin' how she describes Bella.

"Yeah, the only way that I can play Bella is if I could justify every decision that she made and stand behind it as well as, as much as she did. And the cool thing about New Moon is it is literally taking that and saying “No, sorry! Do you think you know something little girl? You know nothing!” And that’s the story, that’s why she – I mean people call Bella fickle all the time to me; people are always saying like “Oh, you know you’re playing a really immature girl that doesn’t know what she wants and she’s sort of in love with this mythical creature”. It’s like who are you talking to? This girl is willing to put herself through the most asinine – and so not selfish, with a really great perspective. You have to be a pretty strong natured person to do that. And then to, I think in New Moon she becomes sort of hardened and cynical because she’s been told that her whole world that she was willing to spend eternity in was just wrong. And the fact that she can from there, even in the same movie you believe that she’s of the mind to make a decision to go back from that. You have to believe that she’s lived enough and that she’s mature enough and knows herself well enough to make decisions like that. And I feel like in Twilight she doesn’t have that and in New Moon she gains that."

Examiner.com now has the full track list of the score for The Twilight Saga: New Moon from Alexandre Desplat. I guess there's not much guessing here on where most of the tracks will play out based on the titles [we surely had fun hashing the first score over at Danag Ep. 5 - mabelletaka]. Continue to check the site in terms of local availability.

The press pre-screening for The Twilight Saga: New Moon is already over and here's what most of the attendees have tweeted about it (c/o Twilight Lexicon):

“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.”

You can also catch the New Moon cast as they embark on their full-swing promotional legs in their various TV appearances. Here's a list of their US schedule from JustJared. Be sure to check the site in terms of local showing schedule.

Fear.net compiled three of the New Moon clips that have been released the past few days. These contain the extended Bella birthday scene, a BellaxJacob scene, and a featurette on the Volturi. They also posted an interview with Melissa Rosenberg talking about her favorite scenes in New Moon along with writing the proposal scene.

If you're done ogling over the pictures over at Harper's Bazaar (I can still hear the squeeing), here's a glimpse of its upcoming article on Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in that issue from Extra TV and a feature on these two actors from Harper's Bazaar.

MTV asks the New Moon cast various fan questions sent over to them. Check out the following: Q&A with Kellan Lutz and Nikki Reed; Q&A with Kellan Lutz, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Edi Gathegi; and one last Q&A with Kellan Lutz, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Billy Burke.

ReelzChannel has a rundown of the new faces that you will see in the upcoming Eclipse movie.

A preview of Death Cab for Cutie's Meet me on Equinox has been posted in the New Moon Soundtrack site. Let us know what you think so far! The band also reveals to MTV what the music video would look like and the inspiration for the song.

Stephenie Meyer's website posted a warning regarding ads offering Midnight Sun as a contest prize, which are definitely not true.

Jamie Campbell Bower shares with MTV his upcoming projects (especially on the seventh installment of Harry Potter), his accent while playing Caius, and his New Moon experiences.

Peter Facinelli reveals his favorite line in the New Moon film in this interview with MTV.

Ashley Greene talks to MTV about filming so far in Eclipse, especially that of the vampire battle.

Get to know more about Jackson Rathbone and his band in this feature in The Vancouver Sun.

Click here to know more about Chaske Spencer's preparation to film Eclipse, along with the training he did (trust me, it's a good read! LOL - mabelletaka) prior and during the New Moon film. (c/o Radar Online)

Reelz Channel features a video tour of the locations used for the Twilight film.

The new New Moon trailer is coming in a few days and you can download this widget from MTV for your trailer countdown!

Fandango recently posted the second part of their New Moon set visit. They were able to view rehearsals for a Volturi scene, where Jane unintentionally (then intentionally) "tortures" Edward, and Bella looks on in horror. The article described the process the actors went through, and a bit of their facial expressions. (It's actually a bit spoilerish... for that one scene anyway.) The writer was even able to meet with Melissa Rosenberg and series author Stephenie Meyer! Here's a peek:

Pattinson stops in his tracks, arches his head back and expresses a look of excruciating pain. He lets out a grunt, the wires pull him back, and then drop him on his back. A camera that's zoomed in on Jane's face shows her red eyes widen and follow him to the spot on the ground where he falls. She hardly blinks. As Bella begs her to stop, Jane keeps staring, and her lips curve into a faint, smug smile.

Along with the set visit was their exclusive interview with Jamie Campbell Bower.

On MTV:
Chris Weitz's brother, fellow director, Paul Weitz, was interviewed about the uncanny timing which has both them working on different vampire movies. Read it here.

Taylor's New Moon wolf pack brother, Kiowa Gordon, shared a special scene in New Moon that they fondly call "the muffin scene", which, apparently, Taylor didn't partake in.

"When they were eating their funny little muffins, I was standing in the back, all pissed off," Lautner said of the scene, which depicts Jacob as not being too thrilled with the whole imprinting/ turning-into-a-wolf drama. "So I just got to watch them eat their muffins."

And something I found really cute: Kelly Clarkson, who has been very open about her love of Twilight, sang to a cardboard cutout of Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen at a concert in Illinois. More on it as well as her thoughts on being a potential artist on the movie soundtrack here.

And thanks to the special people in youtube, you can watch a clip of that part of the concert here. :)

Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner shared that they would like to go on American Idol and sing Taylor Swift's "Love Story". The pair showed off their camaraderie while being interviewed during their Entertainment Weekly cover photoshoot. Kristen was particularly light and carefree, a welcome change to the (sexual) tension that seems to persist whenever RPattz is around... Sorry! I just had to go off on a tabloid tangent there.

Anyway, Taylor and Kristen's video interview can be viewed here on EW.com.

While Summit and the Eclipse staff probably haven't even exactly finalized sets for the third movie yet, except apparently for this one for Jasper's flashback scene, people are already needing reassurance for a fourth movie. This article on EOnline says that YES, there will be a Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.

HitFix.com has a treat in the form of audio interviews with some of the New Moon cast--Taylor, Rachelle Lefevre, Michael Sheen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Cameron Bright, Charlie Bewley--as well as staff--screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, producer Wyck Godfrey, and stunt coordinator Cam Waldbauer.

Fandom News
Summit has partnered with Creation Entertainment to organize a host of Twilight fan conventions set for the next three years. The first one is set for August 28, in New Jersey, according to Examiner.com. We also posted the news release from Summit. You can read it here.

Uh oh, someone's fed up with the haters. Twilight Examiner Amanda Bell decided to write about her frustration with the media making fun of the fan community just to get them to visit sites or read their posts. (Truly, that is the nature of media: to "sensationalize" and prod people to get a reaction. Negative publicity is still publicity. Sad but true.)

In the latter parts of her piece, she defends:

Twilight fans are not stupid. They are not a definite sub-class or counterculture. They are a diverse group of people, including highly intellectual men and women, who prefer the series for one reason or another - albeit at times, yes, the beauty of the actors and actresses is a part of it. They don't need to be tormented by the vicious tongues of writers who disagree with their opinions, and they certainly do not need to be categorized as infantile, insatiable, and unreasonable. Instead, perhaps a little respect can be shown by writers by presenting fans with unadulterated information and facts - sans the misbegotten humor ploys.

Bravo, Amanda Bell, for being brave enough to stand up to the closed-minded ones. :) You can read the rest of her article here.

CAST NEWS
Looks like things are starting to get ugly. Rachelle Lefevre is reportedly suing Summit Entertainment for breach of contract, after suddenly being replaced as Victoria in the third Twilight sequel.

On a related note, Rachelle thanked her fans on her twitter account for being supportive.

@RachelleLefevre I am so touched by all your responses and feel incredibly blessed to have fans like you. From the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU.

When asked by MTV on their thoughts about Rachelle's departure, both Peter Facinelli and Jackson Rathbone remained diplomatic. They did express how they will miss her for Eclipse. More on it here.

MTV.com spoke to Caius, or rather, Jamie Campbell-Bower and he dished about the Volturi having a "nude scene" in New Moon.

"We just all sit there, completely naked, for one scene," revealed "New Moon" actor Jamie Campbell Bower, talking about a racy moment that was added into the upcoming film. "Yeah, it's me, Michael Sheen and Christopher [Heyerdahl]; we just sit there, naked."

JCB was apparently only joking, New Moon director, Chris Weitz, was quick to reassure. In a message to the international fansites sent by Summit Entertainment after JCB's "revelation", Chris wrote:

Dear all,
I would like to put everyone’s mind at rest and let them know that the Volturi are not naked! Jamie (Campbell-Bower) has what you might call a dry sense of humor and almost managed to convince me — which is why he’ssuch a good actor. Anyway, be assured that, even though we do want the look of the Volturi to be a bit of a surprise, they are always — as in the book! — fully clothed.
best,
Chris Weitz

Jamie, himself, just recently, tweeted his apologies.

@Jamiebower: Apologies for misleading people into thinking that there would be a nude scene in New Moon. Never meant it to offend anyone. Sorry. X

MTV has an interview with Twilight-inspired trio, The Bella Cullen Project, who will be performing at the Dallas TwiCon. Read about their new video here.

Stephenie Meyer has sparked the reincarnation of the vampire genre, such that vamps are the special feature (and cover) of Entertainment Weekly's recent issue. I heard they made Tom Cruise's Lestat the top bloodsucker. If you disagree, they still have a poll up on their site, where, naturally, our Edward is leading.

Wanna have that "vampire glow"? Fans will get to feel like a Cullen with Twilight Beauty, the official cosmetic line for Twilight. See the site here. To be launched August 17th, at present, the site only fronts a splash page with character and future product shots, and linked logos to what I assume will be their two brands: Luna and Volturi. Interesting how their gloss?... Or is that cheek+lip tint?... is named "Venom".

MOVIE and SITE NEWS
Images from the New Moon calendar have been posted online and can be viewed through ROBsessedpattinson.com. Unfortunately, no movie stills this time. Instead, each month features the same gorgeous headshots you can see on the movie's official site. A pensive, extremely and starkly golden-eyed Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen is the September calendar's flavor of the month.

And since we've touched up on the site, if you haven't visited it lately, there have been some updates! Firstly, the links to the Official Store on Amazon as well as that to The World of Twilight are now up! The latter, particularly, can let you send specially-designed Twilight E-cards by Hallmark... for that special Edward or Bella in your life. Or... even... James! [minamic: The James e-card mockup on the flash intro cracks me up for some reason. *winks at Mabs*]

You can also visit the Twilight MySpace Community and download the New Moon widget on that site.

Of note on The World of Twilight is the button leading to Eclipse's future webpage, which states the date of the movie's release next year: 6-30-2010. Wow.

The site also has the New Moon movie's worldwide release date in different countries listed. Ours currently says November 20, 2009. However, as the promo materials posted locally presently says November 25, 2009, we're opting for a "wait-and-see" stand about the actual Philippine premiere date. Basically, we'll wait for word from the distributor.

After the furor about the Volturi, let's take a look at some of the newsbits in other areas of the Twi-verse, some of them Comic Con-related:

Rotten Tomatoes has a list of the Top Ten New Moon Facts Revealed at Comic Con. Number 2 on the list sounds particularly encouraging with regards to book-to-movie adaptation for the discerning Twilight fan.

Just Jared has a few pictures of Kristen Stewart as she returns to her role as Joan Jett on The Runaways, with a quote from a Comic Con interview where she describes New Moon Bella as "manic-depressive".

EW.com has a video interview with Rachelle Lefevre, Kellan Lutz and Nikki Reed. Definitely a fun video with pretty and smart people. :)

Collider.com has a set of New Moon-related interviews:

• Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner
• Ashley Greene
  
• Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg
• Director Chris Weitz
  

Time.com's Nerd World has a 12 Minute 49 second Interview with Director Chris Weitz, where they compare the pandemonium surrounding Rob with that of the Beatles, how Chris wasn't into the "blue gloss" color of the first movie and how he thinks he's "pretty fem" . Weitz also had this to say about where they are in post-prod:

I guess I should ask you about the actual movie. How done is it?

It's pretty done. It has to be done. It has to come out on November 20. Which means we sort of have to hand it over October 30. Which means the picture has to lock August 30. And so in a few weeks it'll be locked, the visual effects are in good shape, all the R&D on the more complicated, more ephemeral effects is being completed.

... and a couple more insightful comments on how they handled book-to-movie adaptation. (I keep pointing that out since people stress over that a lot.)

Post-Comic Con footage over at MTV.com:

New Moon stars preview Jacob and Bella's chemistry at Comic Con. In short, Kristen Stewart showing how very much more comfortable she is with Taylor than with Rob.
Twilight rules Comic Con again with New Moon footage, stars. MTV's post-event article centered on New Moon.
New Moon actor, Jamie Campbell Bower, gets crazy with Caius. Caius and crazy don't really go together, but JCB seems like he had fun with it. Was hoping someone would ask how he reacted to the fan consensus about him being too young to play a 3000-year old vampire.

Lastly, Twilight Source and Massively both report that, yes, it was inevitable. There are plans to make a TWILIGHT MMORPG*. In fact the game currently has its own website.





More about the game (from Artuji.com):

In an interview with the Examiner, Gardner described the Twilight video game as:

an open non-linear world set around Forks. I like the idea of letting players explore the world, and discover new amazing things that are not even covered in the book or the movie.

One really extremely crucial feature in the game engine that was licensed for the game is unlimited world streaming, and this feature allows for the game to go in an open, non-linear direction.

The game will be closely based to both Twilight and Midnight Sun allowing the player to play, and experience the story from either Bella’s or Edward’s perspective.

I’m thinking of including New Moon into the project as well. I really think it’s important to allow players to experience being human, vampire, or phasing into a werewolf.

Uh huh.

As both a Twilighter and a casual gamer familiar with both topics, I... have basically NO IDEA how to react to this yet. I can understand Twilight being a video game, but an MMO? (However, when I showed the article to my husband who happens to be in the gaming biz, he commented that it would be interesting and suggested players starting out as humans, then deciding if they were going to be part of the Vampire race or the Werewolf race. All after laughing his head off, of course.)

I'd support it, on a conditional basis. How about you guys? Would you play? And would you be vampire or werewolf?

*MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game

Online, that is. Seems like the Volturi couldn't keep themselves hidden for long. Hot off the Hollywood gossip sites this morning is a scoop on what looks to be a very authentic, very long-awaited first view of that very elusive royal vampire clan.The "leaked scoop" includes headshots of the majestic trio, Aro, Marcus and Caius, and vamp twins Jane and Alec, over the Volturi crest. Still kind of on-the-fence about JCB's Caius (although we know one person who fully supports him!) I love Dakota Fanning! She is really rocking her role!