Twilight Coven Philippines

Before anything else, if you haven't been following us on Twitter, we were able to confirm the release date from Pioneer Films: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be shown June 30 locally. :)

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So, was it a shock to learn about Bill Condon taking the reins from Catherine, Chris and David? It's creating a lot of questions in my mind at least, particularly since that last book has so many different crazy elements in it --- the pregnancy, the "Alien" childbirth scene, the mutant half-vampire baby, the NON-battle. Plus, there's the issue of whether it will be a one or two shot. And Condon's last directorial gig was Dreamgirls. Should we expect Edward bursting into melancholic song as part of his "burning man" portrayal? (Well, I wouldn't mind seeing RPattz in a musical. Now, THAT would be a challenge for him! But let's not tempt fate too much.)

As this is the last movie, and we, mostly, HAVE been able to adjust to the idea of CH's blue tint, CW's gold tones and awesome CGI (sorry, personal admin bias), and, hopefully, we'll see the light of DS's darker direction, we may cross our fingers that BC will be able to work miracles. Just to help us face this though, here's a little insight through the LA Times. The Twilight Lexicon also features highlights from Condon's career.

However, we still have Eclipse this June 30! So let's just leave the inevitability that is the Breaking Dawn film in the back of our heads to stew for a bit until after.

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Speaking of the third movie, part of the cast (and by that we mean the main trio) and crew are up in Vancouver reshooting some scenes the past few days. Malicious Mandy offers a bit of info. See Set Report1 and Set Report2.

The LA Times asked the Cullens what to expect from their characters in Eclipse.

This is a bit late, but the Twitter haz it: the official Twilight twitter account confirms that Kellan Lutz now tweets! Rejoice Kellmett fans! Follow him here.

Robert Pattinson is listed as one of People Magazine's World's Most Beautiful 2010 (along with Kristen Stewart and Ashley Greene) AND is also on this year's Time 100 World's Most Influential. Love how Chris Weitz penned the write-up:

I have to be careful about what I write here because it will be tweeted the moment TIME hits the stands. And if I say something bad about Rob Pattinson, I'm dead meat. That's the devotion the Twilight films inspire. It's certainly not how he planned it. And though I am continually impressed by the aplomb with which he handles the hysteria, I occasionally think he would take it all back if given the chance. Because essentially, Rob, 23, is a reserved, bookish sort of specimen, a guy who'd rather spend the night at the corner table in the pub with friends — a bit of a weirdo, frankly, in the best sense.

So how to write about someone who seems to answer Freud's rhetorical question, What do women want? Perhaps it's just worth pointing out that it'd be fun to have a beer with him even if he weren't Edward Cullen. That we haven't seen a tenth of what he can do onscreen. And that important things, beyond the veil of Hollywood, occupy his time too — music, conversation, ideas, a sense of the absurd. Which, maybe, explains why he never gets to my e-mails. I love you, Rob! Call me!

(Can I PLEASE say it? I heart Chris Weitz!)

Incidentally, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Rob is only the second person in the Twilight universe to be included in this list. Stephenie Meyer was part of it in 2008. So, congratulations, RPattz! We hope being on this particular list will open more of the right doors for you.

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" Local DVD is now available in most record bars nationwide. We're not sure as to why the release was earlier than the March 25 release that Pioneer Films has informed us, but hey, at least it was earlier! And based on the comments of those who have purchased the DVD, it seems that all the reported features are in there and of good quality.

CNN talked with Chris Weitz and Nikki Reed on their favorite scenes in The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Reed's experiences with the Twilight fandom. Check out the interview below:



Also, Nikki Reed shared with People Magazine her difficulties while doing the stunts for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Komo got to interview Melissa Rosenberg about her experience as a screenwriter for the three movies in the Twilight franchise and working on her adaptation for Breaking Dawn. She also elaborated in this article in The Seattle Times on working with the different Twilight directors and with Stephenie Meyer.

ABC News Radio posted this video of Peter Facinelli talking about what we can expect from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, working with the younger cast, and which director he would like to work with in Breaking Dawn.

Cameron Bright, who plays the role of Alec, comments on their unique portrayal of the Volturi, and vampires in general, in the Twilight franchise (c/o MetroNews).

The Twilight: The Graphic Novel Vol. 1 is now available in local bookstores! To know more information regarding the graphic novel, USA Today discusses the material and its contribution to the Twilight franchise.

The next anticipated release for Twilight fans is The Twilight Saga: New Moon DVD which will be out in stores next week. If you're planning to buy other versions aside from / other than the local version, here's a Summit-approved New Moon DVD guide to help you decide.

Also on the New Moon DVD front, here's an interview of CNN with Chris Weitz talking about making the film and what we can expect from the DVD.

MTV on the other hand released a few clips that will be featured in the DVD. Access Hollywood also sent in this clip (below) regarding the cliff diving scene:



Now from New Moon to Breaking Dawn news, Entertainment Weekly has some leads on the possible directors that might take the helm for the final movie. Moreover, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning talked about the major plot points that will be considered in the last movie.

In celebration of Lykke Li's birthday, the music video for Possibility has been released. This song is part of the The Twilight Saga: New Moon Official Soundtrack.

Promotions for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse are definitely kicking into high gear with the debut of the first trailer last week. Check out Kristen Stewart's thoughts on the trailer via Cinematical. Furthermore, Summit Entertainment has finally launched the official site for the movie, so check it out in the following weeks for upcoming videos and other features.

The DVD for the The Twilight Saga: New Moon is set to be released locally next week. To further anticipate the release, the Twilight Lexicon released a video of the TV spot featuring the love triangle among the leads. Another video has also been released (below) which is the sneak-peek for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which we believe is the same footage contained in Disc 1 of the local DVD version.



Also, check out this interview with Chris Weitz on directing The Twilight Saga: New Moon and what we can expect from the DVD.

It's only 8 days til New Moon! There are a lot of local promos currently celebrating the movie's release this month, so if you want to participate in some of them, check out our tagged posts! Who knows? You might get lucky and even win premiere tickets!

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If you haven't caught up with the stories from last week's Twilight Saga: New Moon press junket, click here for our last news round-up where all the links have been organized. :)

Our fellow fans from Twilighters Malaysia were lucky to have experienced the Tokyo fan event with Robert Pattinson and Chris Weitz! Go here to view their pics and read about their exciting Twilighter adventure.

Likewise, friends from Twilight Singapore have also shared their member's coverage from the Tokyo fan event which you can view here and here.

Thanks to the admins from Twilighters Malaysia and Twilight Singapore! :)

For the rest of the latest Twilight news on the net:

Chuck the Movie Guy has videos of his interviews with Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner on his channel on Youtube.

Popsugar has posted their video interview with Robert Pattinson, where he talks about "The One", Edward's humor and the NM soundtrack.

EW's Popwatch has a short article on Alex Meraz's guesting on Rachel Ray, and he is also featured on Fear.net, where he talks about his scene with Kristen!

Moviehole.net has an interview with Taylor Lautner.

About.com has an exclusive interview with Ashley Greene!

The Twilight Lexicon has posted an interview producer Wyck Godfrey did with MakingOf.com.

Yet again, a bunch of stuff over on MTV.com:
Is KStew Team Edward or Team Jacob? Taylor also gives his two cents worth on which side you should be on. This story is also on MTV's Hollywood Crush sub-site.
RPattz wants Gus Van Sant for Breaking Dawn?
Dakota Fanning enjoyed playing a bad girl in New Moon.
You want Chris Weitz to direct Breaking Dawn? Me, too!

I wasn't able to link to this the last time (since I filled most of that round-up with junket links), but if you haven't seen it yet, they've covered the piece where Taylor Swift spoofs Twilight on Saturday Night Live. (She also mentioned Taylor Lautner during her monologue--so cute!--but you'll have to Youtube that one, I think. It won't be hard to find.) Speaking of SNL, don't hold out on Robert Pattinson doing a stint on it anytime soon, according to this MTV news bit.

MTV also has coverage/pics of the New Moon cast tour in Virginia, New Jersey, and Illinois.

If your room isn't full of magazines yet, here's another one to look out for: EW's cover with the Twilight trio.

Finally, peeps, Twilight has been nominated for The People's Choice Awards, and yes, we can participate! So go and vote here! (Oh, and in case you don't have a personal preference for Choice TV Comedy or Choice TV Comedy Actor, we highly recommend The Big Bang Theory and Jim Parsons!)

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."

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?)

It's November! With only weeks away 'til the premiere of New Moon, the cast is now in the middle of promotions... beginning with Taylor and Kristen in Brazil, and Robert and Chris Weitz in Japan. News and pictures on the links below:

Popsugar

Kristen and Taylor in Brazil:
Twilight Gossip
Judao MTV Brazil. Translation on Twilight Poison here.
Twilight Poison also has links and translations to other articles covering KStew and Taylor in Brazil here and here. As well as a translation of their interview with OK Mexico here. (And one with RPattz in Cinemania here!)

Rob and Chris Weitz in Japan:
RobPattinsonLife

No interviews have popped up on Rob and CW yet, because their press conference, as I understand it, will be on November 3.

MTV's Halloween special featured the Twilight cast plus a sneak peek of the birthday scene in all its exaggerated papercut glory. Click here for the Ulalume page which includes videos to New Moon cast interviews, the Bella Cullen Project, and a performance by Paramore.

Also on MTV: Nikki Reed says wolves bring warmth to the new film. And New Moon stars answer your questions.

Two features on the LA Times: One discusses Summit's future and its capitalizing on the huge success of Twilight. The other is a short article on Michael Sheen.

Lastly, Robert Pattinson will be on the cover of Vanity Fair's December issue. A preview of the accompanying article on the Vanity Fair website here. Outtakes from the photoshoot here. [Sorry girls, I know we try to cover just mostly Twilight-centric stuff on the blog, but I couldn't resist. I mean... wow. Just... wow. -minamic]

Vanity Fair also has interviews with the rest of the cast here.

Episode 19 of the Danag podcast will be up this week, where we cover Sam Bradley's Philippine mall tour, the New Moon soundtrack, and a teeny bit of the movie companion (no spoilers, promise!)

Also, thanks to the peeps who claimed their tickets for the blocked screening last Saturday! Our next claiming date will be this Halloween, October 31. :) Wow, it's less than a month 'til New Moon!

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And yet, the biggest news recently has been Eclipse-related. Summit has unveiled the title logo for the third movie on their official Twilight twitter account.

Now this logo is the most vampiric-looking of 'em all. Very David Slade. What do you think?

Eclipse is also in the process of wrapping up and heading for post-production. Only a few scenes left to shoot, and then it's the huge promotional rollercoaster for New Moon for the cast, starting with the "Twilight Saga: New Moon" (U.S.) City Cast Tour. Added reasons to go besides the "stargazing": performances by some of the artists on the OST, and special access for the few who acquire VIP cred. (We only wish we could experience this.)

On MTV.com: The Vampire's Assistant actor says that Cirque du Freak's vamps are cooler than Twilight's. (Before you go all ballistic, though, click on the link and read the article first!) Also, Robert Pattinson's Edward Cullen was inspired by James Dean.

" 'Rebel Without a Cause' was a big influence on the first ['Twilight' film] — it influenced the hairdo and stuff," Pattinson told USA Today. "In lots of ways, it has a very similar character arc: An everyday girl brings this relatively strange individual out of his slump."

Pattinson said he doesn't understand his appeal to young women, and even as his star continues to shine brighter and brighter each day, he's still not used to all the attention. "I'm not entirely sure what it is," he said. "I'll probably realize afterward how I could have controlled it a little bit more. But I am still like a deer in headlights."

Ah, funny how he described himself. That's exactly how I thought he looked like on the cover of USA Weekend.

tMF discusses Chris Weitz and what he can bring to the Twilight franchise. And if New Moon turns out well, would you consider him to direct Breaking Dawn?

More wolf pack meaty-goodness for you: Vanity Fair has an interview with Chaske Spencer. And if you missed it (like we did), they also have interviews with Alex Meraz and Kiowa Gordon.

Will the New Moon soundtrack be as successful as the Twilight one? Hitfix.com predicts it will be number one by this week on the Billboard charts, but will soon be eclipsed (no pun intended) by MJ.

In the meantime, if you were wondering why and how songs and artists were chosen for the soundtrack, read New Moon Rising: The Billboard Cover Story on Billboard.com. It's a good read and very enlightening (and for those asking, explains why Rob doesn't have a song in it.) Some excerpts:

"Keeping it as a combination of obviously great artists -- but making it interesting for people to discover -- was a very carefully considered view," Katz says.

This love triangle forms the plot of "New Moon," and accordingly the soundtrack is moody and wistful, but with an undercurrent of strum und drang machismo. Each song is exclusive to the soundtrack, as-yet-unreleased, and most were written specifically for the movie, remixed or given new lyrics to fit the film's themes. "I was very inspired by the John Hughes movies of the '80s, which made me listen to indie rock bands that probably weren't meant for 13-year-olds: Yello, the Psychedelic Furs, New Order," says music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas, who also produced the album, as she did for the soundtrack to "Twilight." "Hopefully we can create a similar moment in time for 2009 teenagers."

New Moon Spoiler Alerts! EXTRA has a sneak peek of a cute parking lot moment for Edward and Bella. Thanks to the fans who've uploaded it up on Youtube! :)

A recent TV spot of the movie is up on ETOnline. [Is it me or are their bylines getting more cliche than Twilight's? -minamic]

We end this round-up with a link to the People's Choice Awards. The site is just asking for nominations, and Twilight can be up for five categories, so go and show our fandom some love!

Personally, I love reading a Chris Weitz interview because (to me) he places much thought in his answers and you gain a lot of insight on the process of being a director. In his latest interview with Boxoffice.com, he shares more on New Moon, his frustrations with Golden Compass, and how he wouldn't be here if it weren't for vampires. Also, he explains the amount of shirtless-ness in the movie:

It's there in the script, and that's one for the ladies, really. Women have been objectified plenty in Hollywood films. And there's still sort of a chasteness to the objectification in Twilight and New Moon. One approaches it hopefully with a bit of tact—not just an exercise in beefcake peddling. You hope when you're shooting any kind of above-the-waist nudity that it suits the demand of the moment, it isn't just in there for the hell of it. That being said, I think we did come to Comic-Con with a lot of muscles and it was really fun to see the reaction to it. I've tried to make films that take into account the female members of the audience. Even American Pie, which comes from a genre that is notoriously misogynist.

Don't you just love him now? Read more here.

From director CW, to screenwriter MR... that would be Melissa Rosenberg, who chastises in an interview with Marc Malkin over on E!:

"They were beautifully cast for those roles and their chemistry is amazing. I think people often confuse chemistry onscreen with chemistry offscreen. I think people should just enjoy what's onscreen and leave their privates lives wherever they are... I don't actually know what they are."

This is regarding Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. But let's not go there. Read the article for the tidbits she gives on New Moon, Riley's character beef-up in Eclipse and the undecided fate of a Breaking Dawn movie!

Anna Kendrick also talks New Moon over on MTV.com. They played around with their human characters, apparently, but as long as the vamps aren't touched that's alright, right? (That's what she hopes.)

Barnes and Noble already has the 2010 New Moon calendar up for sale. Doubt it'll make the rounds locally, so if you have any relatives or close personal friends in the U.S., maybe you can ask it for a Christmas gift. :P

Something interesting from the Twilight Examiner: New Moon premiere (Nov. 16) will occur on a new moon!

Over on the Eclipse end, a fan has some shots of the Twilight vehicles (that are almost as popular as the actors that drive them) parked near "Jacob's house". See them here. [Oh hello Edward's DARK-GREY/SILVER-THAT-ALMOST-LOOKS-BLACK Volvo SUV! - minamic]

If you want to be updated on what's shooting in Eclipse, why not get the info straight from the involved? One reason to love director David Slade, you don't need to stalk the set to know what's happening, and it's still spoiler-free!

Yesterday Taylor had to carry Kristen for several hours, he held it together - hope he can lift his arms today. Rain dumped on us all day. 1:38 AM Sep 18th from web

Worked w/entire Cullen family today. @peterfacinelli borrowed my camera, took my picture being strangled by Jackson, will upload later... 1:30 PM Sep 15th from web

Forrest again today, tomorrow we do wolf shots, saw some great wolf tests today, early stages developed from New Moon wolves.1:27 PM Sep 15th from web

Yes we were shooting Bella and Jacob's kiss on the mountain, its really a grueling emotional thing to have to shoot over and over.9:37 AM Sep 13th from web

Others of the cast on Twitter: Peter Facinelli, Jodelle Ferland, Gil Birmingham, and Billy Burke. (Also, follow Sam Bradley!)

Let's end this round-up with a tweet from "Daddy Carlisle" (Peter Facinelli) that threw the internet into twilighter chaos this week:

Thanks a million. Here's Rob... Hi, it's Rob... My first and last tweet. My dad made me do it.3:35 AM Sep 19th from Tweetie

Rob or not, it's still sweet of Peter to think of us. :)

The Guinness World Records 2010 has just cited the Twilight film as the "Highest-Grossing Movie By A Female Director". So congrats to Catherine Hardwicke and rest of the Twilight actors and staff!

So the VMAs has come and gone and we've gotten interesting New Moon stuff out of it, with the debut of the newest New Moon trailer and Death Cab for Cutie's "Meet Me on the Equinox". Here are more photos, videos, and interviews from the VMAs:

- MTV posted backstage photos from the event
- MTV also caught up with Taylor Lautner where he talks about shirtless Rob [aha, more podcast fodder! - mabelletaka]
- Ashley Greene interviews Taylor Lautner in this video from Radar Online
- Taylor Lautner talks with Access Holywood about the New Moon trailer here

On the New Moon soundtrack front, The Used has announced the title track for the soundtrack: "For You I Would" [this reminds me of ANOTHER song LOL - mabelletaka]. In other soundtrack news, MTV is reporting that Muse is in talks with Chris Weitz about getting another track from the band to be used in the soundtrack.

Ashley Greene elaborates more on the action scenes in the Eclipse film, making it more guy-friendly, in this article in MTV.

Here are some interviews with Anna Kendrick as she promotes her film Up in the Air. Check out these interviews with MTV, one talking about how she's not envious of Robert Pattinson's fame, and another on the New Moon trailer, and lastly with HitFix on transitioning working on Twilight to working with George Clooney.

Jodelle Ferland shares on the Twilight hype and her role in Eclipse in Examiner.com.

NEW MOON NEWS
Starting the round-up today with a short interview with a TCP-admin favorite. Edi Gathegi talks to VH1 about being on his last Twilight series film, getting to wear SHOES for once, what cardboard animal replaced the fuzzy wolves he had to face, and his one "sparkling" regret.

Though that scene will be Gathegi's last as vampire Laurent, he said he can't be too upset about not returning to the saga. "Honestly, perspective. I'm happy I'm in 'Twilight.' I'm happy I made it to 'New Moon.' Things could be worse."

Thank you, Edi, for portraying Laurent and for having fun with the role, and just for basically being one of the happier cast! :)

People.com has the Volturi up on its site, where Chris Weitz explains his choice of actors to portray the royal trio:

Although Aro and his brothers Marcus (Christopher Heyerdahl) and Caius (Jamie Campbell Bower) have been "alive" for thousands of years, Weitz says he "deliberately" gave them a younger look in the film – for which he credits author Meyer.

"Stephenie was very keen to steer away from a kind of wizard-y look for the vampires," says Weitz. "They do look quite young, but they convey a formality and self-possession, which comes from age."

So I guess this sheds light on the mystery that is JCB's casting?

MTV has a feature on the wolf pack! Kiowa Gordon, Chaske Spencer and hottie Alex Meraz talked about preparing for their roles, the effect of reading blogs, and how things got out-of-hand on the New Moon set.

"I decided, all right, the Wolf Pack stay up all night looking for who's killing people on the res, so we don't sleep very much. So I thought it would be a great idea if I stayed up for 10 days straight." What should have been a simple scene — a confrontation between Bella (Stewart) and the Wolf Pack — became, in Meraz's mind, his "Brando moment." Wanting to try something different, the actor played the scene overly aggressive: screaming, grabbing Stewart by the throat, hurtling his line at her.

"[Director] Chris Weitz comes off-set like, 'Yeah, I like the energy Alex, but just take it down a little,' " Spencer chimed in: "Meanwhile the producers are freaking out back there."

" 'Cause nobody touches Kristen Stewart," joked Meraz.

Kind of intriguing how most of the sites that link to this article (and the title on the page itself) focus on that part. Anyway, more on the wolf pack here.

Also on MTV, Death Cab for Cutie's single on the New Moon OST, "Meet Me on the Equinox", will premiere on MTV.com, the same time as the VMAs.

ECLIPSE NEWS
Eclipse production is really on the move at the moment up in Vancouver, and updates are actually coming in via twitter-friendly director, David Slade.

DAVID_A_SLADE: Shot with Rob and Kristen today, both gave great performances. Lots of frustrating noisy planes overhead but beautiful scene regardless.

DAVID_A_SLADE: http://twitpic.com/fsbf1 - Mr Taylor Lautner. A photo I took during early camera lighting tests. Not a whisker in sight.

DAVID_A_SLADE: Rehearsals with Kristen, Billy Burke and Rob yesterday. Third week of shooting just hours away. Preparation, preparation preparation.

DAVID_A_SLADE: http://twitpic.com/fxb97 - Taylor Lautner Pic from set, yes that is him mid backflip. He does it from standing still.

A peek at Rob on-set as Edward, Kristen on-set as Bella, and the Graduation scene.

VH1 has a feature on the new guys in Eclipse, Jack Huston, Booboo Stewart and Xavier Samuel.

And speaking of new people, remember the character Vera, Rosalie's human best friend with the curly-haired baby boy that Emmett reminded her of? She's apparently going to be played by a contest winner named Sabrina Frank. Read more here.

Eclipsemovie.org also has a bit of speculation on who would be playing the part of Tanya Denali. See the pic here and tell us what you think? Is she a Tanya or isn't she a Tanya? Come to think of it, is Tanya even in Eclipse?

Edit: This just in: The Twilight Lexicon confirms it. There's no Tanya in Eclipse. Bad, rumor mill.

FANDOM NEWS
Twilight Beauty has officially opened its doors... web-wise, at least. The splash page and products look cool and we now have a clearer view of the Volturi crest. The question is, will it sell? (Maybe we should have a local magazine sample the products...)

Jackson Rathbone and the 100 Monkeys might be touring the U.S. after Eclipse wraps according to this news bit.

MTV's Hollywood Crush asks: Is Twilight the ONE movie you would take to the end of the world? Because poll results have yielded a resounding YES. Like the writer, though, we're not so sure that should be the case. (I personally would choose Jim Henson's Storyteller--it's cheating, I know--or Labyrinth. Puppetry is becoming a lost art, and, well, I grew up with the muppets. -minamic) But there are billions of people and lots of movies, so one can bring Twilight and the other billion will take care of the rest. Would you bring Twilight and if not, what movie would you choose to bring, to the end of the world? It's a fun question, so let us know! :)

New Moon News
Chris Weitz shares in an interview with MTV mostly on how he dealt with the CGI for the Edward sightings and the cliff-diving scene, and also that Vitamin T (aka a dose of Taylor Lautner) can cure the Robert Pattinson deficiencies in the New Moon film.

Check out Jackson Rathbone’s comparisons between playing Jasper in the Twilight saga and his portrayal as Sokka in Avatar: the Last Airbender.

Justine Wachsberger, who is playing Gianna in the New Moon film, talks with Fanbolt.com on her experiences during filming.

Noot Sear talks about her preparation for her role as Heidi in New Moon and her peculiar name in this article with MTV.

See these fascinating photos of Dakota Fanning in the New York Times. She also talks briefly about her character Jane in the film.

Eclipse Film News
Filming for the third movie is fully underway, as was posted by Examiner.com. Click on that link for easy to access set filming updates.

Summit Entertainment has announced the remaining actors to round up the cast list for Eclipse: Booboo Stewart to play Seth Clearwater and Julia Jones for Leah Clearwater. Get to know more about BooBoo’s background via Examiner.com. He surprised all fans when he remarked in his interview with Access Hollywood that he has signed up for three films (instead of the expected two) for the film franchise. Check out the video below where he mentions this (thanks to Rachel of Access Hollywood).



Summit Entertainment in response has sent a statement over to Access Hollywood that BooBoo’s statement on the number of films to be produced “are unfortunately uninformed and not accurate”. Soon afterward, BooBoo Stewart retracted his earlier statement.

Julia Jones talks with SEGN.com about auditioning for the role and on reading the books in the Twilight saga. Get to listen to the interview here.

Other News
One of the TCP admins recently got married (we leave it to you to find out who!) so this is a cute tidbit—In Style asked designers for their respective visions of Bella’s wedding dress. What do you think of the designs given Stephenie Meyer’s own description of the wedding dress?

Here’s a brief article regarding Stephenie Meyer’s choice of music. Also in response to her recent post on the music she enjoyed this summer, MTV reports that the bands she cited like her too :D

Check out these yearbook photos featured in WTForks?! with some of the Twilight cast and Stephenie Meyer herself.

Do not forget to vote Peter Facinelli as the ultimate World Mr. Twitter!

HitFix has uploaded the second New Moon trailer in its site, entitled "Meet Jacob Black". This is the same trailer (or featurette, but most pertain to it as a trailer) as was shown in the movie Bandslam! (and was also leaked online). Yahoo! also features the trailer and is wondering whether this will cause people to switch camps (LOL). Also, MTV's Larry Carroll lists 5 things that we have yet to see from New Moon based on the footages that we've seen so far.

Stephenie Meyer has just updated her blog, sharing what she did last summer. Click here to view her book, music, and movie recommendations.

Get to know Chris Weitz up close in this Rotten Tomatoes article talking about his directorial accomplishments and how he is in the set of New Moon.

Another spotlight on Taylor Lautner: check out this article in BuddyTV.com highlighting how he is now getting more of the pressure for New Moon unlike in Twilight.

Jodelle Ferland talks about how she cannot reveal which newborn vampire she is in Eclipse, her thoughts on meeting Robert Pattinson, and how she celebrated once she got the part in this interview with E! Online.

Robert Pattinson reveals his constant dilemma --- he cannot stay in the same place for more than 20 minutes because of the "Twitter girls" (okay, now I pity the guy - mabelletaka). He also shares in the interview with Daily Record his public life and how uncomfortable he is watching himself on screen.

Be informed about the charitable efforts of the Twilight cast as MTV gives a rundown of the actors and their respective charities.

Lastly, you can watch all the TwiCon clips from Reelz Channel by clicking here.

MOVIE and CAST NEWS
With New Moon looming on the horizon, Eclipse, apparently, isn't very far behind.

Variety.com reports a new addition to the Eclipse cast: Jodelle Ferland. No details on who she's playing, except that it will be a "vampire who has been turned". Maybe we're seeing our future Bree? What do you think?

In any case, if she's joining the Twilight franchise, maybe you'll be interested in following her twitter account, where she shares this little tidbit. Hmm... curiouser and curiouser. Gotta expect another Summit announcement in the next few days.

As for the rest of the cast, they have landed in Vancouver, everyone! Kellan, Elizabeth, Nikki, Ashley, as well as Twilight newbies, Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, were caught on cam arriving at the airport. Pictures are here on Twilight Indonesia. No Kristen and Robert sightings yet, however, RobPattzNews on Twitter has spotted him at LAX, so at least he's back from New York!

Rachelle Lefevre is auctioning Twilight items, some signed by the rest of her castmates, for favored charity School on Wheels. She is also donating $100 to Susan G. Komen for The Cure (breast cancer research) for every 10,000 people who follow her on Twitter. More here.

Though we've been deprived of MTV's Twilight Tuesdays this year, they still continue to look for Twilight stuff for us fans. At TwiCon, they caught up with Jackson Rathbone, who described a bit more of New Moon's "intense birthday scene".

Rathbone: Yeah, there's a little bit more violence. It's definitely longer. It's really about the moment where Bella is realizing what kind of world she's into. We spent the entire time with "Twilight" delving into the vampire world, but now in "New Moon," it's like you're in the vampire world, and what happens when you get a paper cut? What happens when everyone you love turns around on you and suddenly could kill you? She's in that world right now, and she's kind of scared by it. She's also getting into the werewolf world, and suddenly she's got these two new worlds on her — and there's love in both. It's an amazing script.

Remember how Chris Weitz said there are no nude Volturi in New Moon. Let's have another go at it: There's No Nudity in New Moon.

My fellow admins are going to absolutely LOVE this, but, in Danag Podcast Episode 16, we touched up on how Taylor must have convinced Chris Weitz to let him play Jacob, and see how close we were:

Weitz: When I first met with him, I took off my shirt and I said, "You've got two months to look this good." And he said, "I'm willing to try that." Finally, he came back, and the results were just about as good as my abs.

MTV: You must have a real six-pack.

He also mentioned Dakota's acting prowess and how they wanted "force-ghost" Edward to turn out... which isn't so "force-ghostey", we hope. Read more here.

He may not be a werewolf, but "Emmett", Kellan Lutz, can definitely hold his own among Jacob and his team, abs-wise (Vampire represent!), and he didn't have to show it to Chris Weitz! His secret to maintaining his physique on MSNBC.com here.

FANDOM NEWS

Curious about the 2010 New Moon calendar? MTV has a peek at all the gorgeousness here.

Recently, Stephenie Meyer has again been accused of plagiarism. Jordan Scott alleged that a lot of scenes from Breaking Dawn matched up to an online piece of fiction she wrote when she was 15 years old, among them, the wedding, the baby, and the fact that both heroes call their heroines "love".

Hachette Book Group said in a statement that Meyer's books "have been a phenomenal sensation" and that "it shouldn't be surprising to hear that other people may seek to ride the coattails of such success."

More on this piece of news here on EOnline and MSNBC.

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