Twilight Coven Philippines

UPDATE 2 (Feb 24): Pioneer finally sent us the special features list for the New Moon DVD but we have been asked to wait for their official press release before posting. However, we can tell you that we are very happy about what's included, and we feel that this local release is a very good buy if you can't afford a Region 1. We hope that those who got "burned" by the Twilight DVD fiasco will reconsider buying NM locally, since this is a different manufacturer/distributor. [CdL]

UPDATE: It's also been confirmed that Kristen and Taylor will be presenters at the Oscars, so be sure to catch the local telecast. We'll post schedules for that soon. [CdL]
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Before anything else, let's discuss local Twi-news.

We asked Pioneer and they informed us that the DVD of New Moon is going to be released on March 20. The DVD will have bonus features but we have no specific details as of yet or if there are going to be promos attached to the release. Don't worry. We'll post them up once we do get them!

Now, as for the Eclipse trailer being attached to Remember Me (which, by the way, will be out March 12! Saw a poster of it up on Rockwell), it might not be possible since the distributors don't have the material yet. We're sure to get a glimpse of it online when it's out in the U.S. though, so no biggie? (And I'm sure the trailer will only be a bonus. After all, you'll be there to watch the gorgeousness that is RPattz, right? Hehe.)

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Congratulations to Kristen Stewart for winning both the Orange Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs and Elle's Woman of the Year!

Twilight co-stars who attended the BAFTAs included Jamie Campbell-Bower, Anna Kendrick, and Robert Pattinson. Anna was nominated for supporting actress for Up in the Air. RPattz presented the BAFTA for Original Screenplay. Videos can be seen on the Twilight Examiner.

Back in the U.S., fellow Twilight cast Taylor Lautner is nominated for a Young Artist award.
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We're not sure if this is the norm for all NM DVD releases but Robert Pattinson Life has screencaps of the Portuguese menus. If you're curious, you can check them out here and here.

By the way, Sam Bradley's The Manila Diaries is out. You'll need to purchase it here for $10 to view. :)

I guess it's just apt that while we're taking a break from the Twilight stuff until Eclipse comes along earlier than usual in late June, we look ahead to Breaking Dawn. (Confusing wordplay, I know. Just go with it. Lol.)

So, I've decided to get my admin ass into gear to deliver this... uncertain but mostly happy (?) bit of news: Deadline Hollywood's exclusive news today is that the higher-ups in the Twibiz (I'm assuming this includes Mama Steph Meyer) have finally made the decision to make BD into TWO movies. Yep, count 'em. Two.

I have this from several sources, and it's definitive. Filming on the back-to-back movies would begin in mid-October, and Summit Entertainment is looking at "high-end" directors... Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg (who's written all the Twilight Saga films) is currently adapting Breaking Dawn. Eclipse, the 3rd movie, will be released on June 30th.

Honestly, not sure how to feel about this yet. Listeners of our podcast would know that the admins are leaning more towards one movie, not two, if at all, after considering all the technicalities that would naturally come up with filming the [good] craziness that is Breaking Dawn. (Also, despite my... our... love for the cast and the franchise, we realize people do have to "grow up" sometime.)

But oh well, more movies means we get to enjoy the fandom for a wee bit longer. :)

EDIT:
Well, that was fast. Summit sources told MTV news that Breaking Dawn being two movies is as of yet, undetermined.

"No decision has been made," a representative for Summit Entertainment told MTV News after the Deadline Hollywood story ran. "As we have said all along, we are continuing to work with Stephenie Meyer to bring 'Breaking Dawn' to the big screen."

I wonder if this is just another case of jumping the gun...

Backtracking to some other recent news bits...

For those of you, who, like me, have their crazy inner Robstens going loca over all the Remember Me releases (which, by the way, will be shown locally March 12! I've heard it's a good movie and everyone acts well, including our boy RPattz!) TWO stills of Eclipse's meadow scene have surfaced on the internet! And because, apparently, there are some issues with their being online, I'm only posting the released version. For the new ones, you can view them here.

We'll talk the looong list of New Moon DVDs next time, for now, Walmart's Ultimate Fan Edition is said to contain a sneak peek at Eclipse and will be the only version to do so according to the Twilight Lexicon. The DVD comes in 2 discs.

On something not-so-Twilight-related: if you're on Facebook, join Sam Bradley's The Manila Diaries group! The docu he and Zack Spiger filmed while here in the Philippines will be out online February 22! (2-22! Two seems to be the number of the day.)

As most of you remember, Sam Bradley came to the Philippines for a series of performances in SM Supermalls in October 2009. At the same time, he shot a documentary about his stay here in our country directed by Zack Spiger (who also directed his music video for Sea Blue). Here's the trailer for the documentary, entitled The Manila Diaries, that Sam posted on his MySpace page:



The documentary is expected to be released in February:

Sam Bradley embarks on one of the most unique tour experiences of his young career when given the opportunity to play a series of concerts in the Philippines. Coincidentally, Bradley’s appearances were scheduled in the midst of the grueling aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy that ripped through the Philippines a week prior to his arrival. The reality of this tragedy sets the tone for the tour that is both revealing and introspective in nature.

The tour diary explores the interest in seeing the real surface of an unknown place while balancing the excitement of opportunity and attempting to maintain creative integrity.

You can also listen to our interview with Sam Bradley for our Danag Podcast. Click here.

It's still early (and I updated the round-up kinda late last night) so we've only got a few bits for the news this morning... will probably add more later, especially when details of the Tokyo press conference with Rob and Chris Weitz come in.

But before anything else...

If you have a New Moon screening or promotion of your own, we would be happy to advertise it here on the blog. Barring guerilla tactics such as posting it on the comments post of our own New Moon screening blog entry, we would appreciate it if you, instead, drop us an email at twilightcoven@gmail.com with details--date, time, theater venue and special notes or concerns you'd like to add. Like last year, we'll be creating a separate entry for it and sticking the post link there on the right for general information purposes. A lot of people are asking us, too, if there are other public screenings besides our own, so don't hesitate to email us with the info! Thanks. :)

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This next bit isn't Twilight-related but... Sam Bradley's official site is now up! If you have cool pictures of his performances here in the Philippines, you can submit them there. Just click on the PHOTOS link!

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Okay, since obviously the NM cast tour doesn't include our fair country *sniffle*, here's a chance to still throw something out there:

Moviefone is asking for questions for their November 6 interview with Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Chris Weitz! Comment on their site to submit your question.

Likewise, Larry Carroll of MTV will be interviewing the New Moon cast.

For starters, Larry will be speaking to stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner individually, as well as director Chris Weitz. He'll also be doing a series of group interviews, which you can probably guess at the breakdown of: the Cullens, the Wolf Pack and the Volturi. So that's seven interviews in total: the four individuals plus the three groups. Our time is limited, so please keep your submissions to one question apiece per interview. Just send them over to tips@mtvmoviesblog.com by Wednesday night.

Wednesday night would be around Wednesday morning for us SEA peeps, I think.

It's a stretch, but why not submit something you've ALWAYS been dying to ask the cast, if you could? They might choose it! (For good measure, make sure to indicate that you're from the Philippines. Who knows, right?)

TCP's good friend, Ronald Lim, wrote a profile on Sam Bradley for the Manila Bulletin. The article was published today.

If you weren't able to get a copy of the paper, you can read the article on Manila Bulletin's website here. The online version doesn't have any photos, but you can see how the article looked like on print here (see image).

We conducted our own interview with Sam on the same day Ronald did, so we were able to take some behind-the-scenes pics during the photoshoot. You can see them in our Flickr album here. We hope to obtain permission to publish some of the actual photoshoot images, but until then, this is the best we can do. :D

Thanks, Ronald!

Hey, everyone! We are looking for Twilighters from Pampanga and Cebu who can serve as our correspondents to cover Sam Bradley's performances in SM Clark (Oct. 14) and SM Cebu (Oct. 16). If you can be of help, please drop us a line at twilightcoven(at)gmail(dot)com . Thanks!

We are encouraging everyone to send in your photos and/or videos of your encounter with Sam Bradley while he is here in the Philippines! Just send your photos and videos to twilightcoven(at)gmail(dot)com along with your name and we'll upload them in the TCP multiply account to be viewed by Twilighters and Sam Bradley fans.

We'll be updating this post regularly as more files come in:

Press Conference at The Podium, October 7: Photos | Video

Twilight Coven Philippines Interviews Sam Bradley, October 8: Photos | Video | Podcast

Performances in SM Supermalls: Photos | Video

Again, TCP will be at most of the Metro Manila shows. If you come to the show, please approach us! We'll be wearing TCP button pins. See you there!

As promised, here's the schedule of Sam Bradley's shows:

Press Conference at the Atrium of The Podium, October 7, 4PM. If you're not a member of the press, you can still watch the conference outside the cordoned area since the mall is pretty much open. We hope to see you Twilighters there; please come out to support Sam! :)

SM Megamall on October 9 (Friday), 4PM

SM Mall of Asia on October 10 (Saturday), 6PM

The Podium on October 11 (Sunday), 4PM

SM Clark on October 14 (Wednesday), 5PM

SM Southmall on October 15 (Thursday), 5PM

SM Cebu on October 16 (Friday), 5PM

SM Fairview on October 17 (Saturday), 5PM

SM Sta. Rosa on October 18 (Sunday), 5PM

There will be a Meet and Greet after each show. We've been told that SM will give out postcards to the first 50 people in the concert venues that you can have signed; we'll post more details on that when we have them.

TCP will be at most of the Metro Manila shows. If you come to the show, please approach us! We'll be wearing TCP button pins. See you there!

It's only a few days until Sam Bradley arrives in the Philippines for his mall shows, and we cannot wait to meet him and hear his music! The TCP administrators are also especially excited since we are going to have an interview with him for an episode of Danag: The Filipino Twilight Saga Podcast. So send us your questions for Sam Bradley at our e-mail address: twilightcoven(at)gmail(dot)com along with your name and contact number, and who knows, we might pick your question in our interview! The most creative question sent to us will also win prizes from the show's sponsors. Deadline for entries will be on October 7 (Wed), 11:59PM.

We're encouraging everyone to attend his shows and get a chance to also meet other Twilighters and/or Sam Bradley fans in the area. As for us, the TCP administrators will be there for the Metro Manila shows, so we hope to see you there!

Also follow Sam in Twitter (he already mentioned that he is currently Manila-bound) and check this site for more info.

UPDATE (10/7, 11:34am): We've posted the complete schedule and after-show Meet and Greet details here.

UPDATE (10/5, 5:19pm): Send us your fan questions to Sam Bradley! Click here to know how to send them.

UPDATE (10/2, 10:19am): We've been informed by 1979 Entertainment that the press conference for Sam's concert will be on October 7th at The Podium's Atrium area. The conference is tentatively set for 4-5pm; we'll inform you if there are any changes. However, since the mall is open, you can actually go to the Atrium area to watch the conference! If you don't have anything to do then, please drop by. See you there!

UPDATE (10/2, 8:35am): Sam posted about the tour on his Twitter account (@samueltwitt1) - "Tour in Philippines. Dates are up! http://tinyurl.com/y88xlh9 Making a documentary there with Zack Spiger film maker & director of Sea Blue" [CdL]

UPDATE (10/2, 8:20am): You can find more info about Sam's shows in this micro-site: http://sambradley.1979entertainment.com
We're waiting for confirmation on a few more details, so please be patient. We'll also be having a small contest that we hope to announce later in the day. [CdL]
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Sam Bradley will be having a series of free concerts in October at 8 SM Supermalls!

About Sam Bradley:



Musician Sam Bradley has a distinct knack for entertainment. His prolific output is a clever and clean combination of soul, folk, and rock music - though the constancy of his sound unifies the varying genres.

His song "Too Far Gone" - a gentle compliment to the dinner scene in the movie "Twilight" - which he co-wrote with its leading male star Robert Pattinson, made its way onto the soundtrack in Pattinson's version entitled "Never Think". The Twilight OST instantly made its way to the number one spot on Billboard charts and gave Bradley the jump-start he needed to begin production on his first formal album -- not to mention, touring.

With cherry-picked precision, Bradley's live performances are a mixture of charming anecdotes and cultural affluence - a colorful array of both potent originality and diversity - and are well-known for being completely unforgettable.

Bradley's first EP releases on August 29, 2009, included on the already sold-out, limited release album are songs such as "Sea Blue" which has, alone, received 300,000 plays on his MySpace page. The EP includes 5 other songs titled "Eugene", "Derek", "Pretty Boy", "Passport", and "It Begins".

SHOWDATES
October 9 - SM Megamall
October 10 - SM Mall of Asia
October 11 - The Podium
October 14 - SM Clark
October 15 - SM Southmall
October 16 - SM Cebu
October 17 - SM Fairview
October 18 - SM Sta. Rosa

Sam Bradley, Live! is presented by SM Supermalls. Special thanks to Dusit Thani Manila, Kodak, Nutri-Snack, MTV Philippines, and 1979 Entertainment.


Thanks to the folks at 1979 Entertainment for the info. We'll bring you more news about this event as we get them :)