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Friday, August 29, 2008

'How to Pick Up Teenage Girls Using Twilight

Published by wil August 29th, 2008 in NEWS.
Every day millions of teenage girls sign onto the internet to; act like idiots on YouTube, socialize with their friends, and do whatever teenage girls do on the internet. Every day millions of perverts sign onto the internet onto to watch teenage girls on YouTube, talk to teenage girls on the internet, and do whatever else perverts do on the internet. I imagine keeping up on the latest teenage trends is tiring. You don’t want to get caught talking about Miley Cyrus dating Nick Jonas, because OMG that it so not true, Cyrus is a skank. Jonas is like dating Selina Gomez. U R so STUPID!
So its time to shelve your Harry Potter books, and read our quick guide on How to Pick Up Teenage Girls Using Twilight. Like the Anarchist Cook Book, just because we told you how to make a bomb doesn’t mean we think you should do it and use it to blow people up.
We’re kidding, this is just a quick guide to the new Twilight movie, but who else would be interested in something like this besides teenage girls and perverts? And I’m willing to bet we get more perverts than teen girls here at HYB!
Twilight 101:
Twilight the book (via wikipedia): Twilight is a young adult vampire novel written by author Stephenie Meyer, originally published in hardcover in 2005. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella “Bella” Swan who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington, and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen.
Twilight the movie(via wikipedia): Twilight is being adapted into a film by Summit Entertainment. The film is being directed by Catherine Hardwicke and stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as protagonists Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen, respectively. The screenplay was adapted by Melissa Rosenberg. The movie is set to be released in North America on November 21, 2008
The Characters (via Filmgrenade.com)
Bella Swan - Played by Kristen Stewart — Isabella “Bella” Marie is the daughter of Charlie Swan and Renee Dwyer. Charlie and Renee were married at a very young age, and Bella was born soon after. After some time they divorced and Bella moved to Phoenix, Arizona with her mother. Bella’s mother eventually married a baseball player named Phil, and this made Bella feel like she was holding her mother back from living a good life. So she decided to move back to Forks, Washington with her father. Once she gets to Forks she meets and falls deeply in love with the a boy named Edward Cullen. She soon finds out that Edwards and his family are vampires but decides to stay with him where they continue to fall deeper for each other.
Edward Cullen - Played By Robert Pattinson — Edward Anthony Masen Cullen is the human son of Elizabeth and Edward Masen born on June 20, 1901 and died in 1918. Edward suffered from the Spanish Influenza when he was 17 years old. The only one who could save him was a mysterious young doctor named Carlisle Cullen. The only way to keep Edward alive was to transform him into a vampire. Both of Edward’s parents had eventually died from the Influenza pandemic. He was reborn and currently lives in Forks, Washington with his adoptive vampire family. His new parents Esme and Carlisle, and siblings Alice Cullen, Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale and Jasper Hale.
Dr.Carlisle Cullen - Played By Peter Facinelli — Dr. Carlisle Cullen is a Vampire who is seen as a father figure to the Cullen family. He was born in the 1640’s and lead an attack on a group of Vampires. He crossed paths with one vampire and ended up getting bitten and turned into one himself. Carlisle hated being a vampire and tried to kill himself in many different ways and obviously failed every time. He became desperate and tried saving himself when he crossed paths with wild animals which he attacked. Carlisle discovered that he could survive off of animal blood instead of humans. Carlisle works in Forks hospital and no longer has a flavor for human blood. One day in the Early 1900s, he came across a teenager suffering from influenza and decided to save him because of his begging mother.
Esme Cullen - Played By Elizabeth Reaser — Esme Cullen is Carlisle’s wife and was once a human as well. Carlisle turned her after she attempted to commit suicide due to her sons death from a lung infection. She is the second person Carlisle turned and is a very loving person. She accepts Bella right away and is grateful for her being there for Edward. She is the adoptive mother to Edward, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett.
Jasper Hale - Played By Jackson Rathbone — Jasper Whitlock also known as Jasper Hale to non-family was born in 1844. He was involved in the Civil War on the Confederate side at the age of 17, but he lied and said he was 20. He was quickly promoted to a Major and served during the 1st Battle of Galveston. While evacuating women and children he saw three women who turned out to be vampires (Nettie, Maria and Lucy). They decided that he would be a perfect member for their vampire army.
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Twilight' reshoots: Why is Catherine Hardwicke filming again?



Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke confirms to EW.com that she's currently overseeing reshoots on her adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's book (now opening Nov. 21). "It's pretty cool," Hardwicke e-mails from Pasadena, Calif., where she's filming the new material. "We got to shoot some things I really wanted." While reshoots often hint that there may be a problem with a movie, that doesn't appear to be the case with Twilight, whose initial 44-day Oregon production faced multiple weather-related difficulties.
Thus, a few key aspects of the production are getting further attention. One redone scene shows Edward (Robert Pattinson) playing Bella's lullaby. During the movie's initial shoot, Pattinson performed the scene while improvising with his own music; now he's playing the actual song, which has been written by veteran film composer Carter Burwell (best known for working with the Coen brothers). "[Pattinson] is a great pianist, long vampire fingers," Hardwicke says. And if that doesn't whet your appetite, Hardwicke also reshot the bedroom kissing scene on Thursday. The first time around, Kristen Stewart, the actress who plays Bella, was still 17, and between juggling three hours of school work per day plus numerous camera setups, the scene was never finished. Hardwicke also shot a few new scenes: more of Jacob, more on the Cullens' backstory, and more footage in the meadow. Says the director, "It's all just icing on the cake."
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''Twilight': Stephenie Meyer puts 'Midnight Sun' on back burner 'indefinitely'




What a way to kick off the Labor Day weekend for "Twilight" fans.
In a note posted to her official website Thursday, author Stephenie Meyer tells her readers she has decided to discontinue "Midnight Sun," her planned retelling of "Twilight" from the teenage vampire Edward's perspective, after an unfinished draft was illegally posted and distributed on the Internet without her knowledge or permission.
If I tried to write "Midnight Sun" now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn't dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on "Midnight Sun," and so it is on hold indefinitely.
Meyer had originally made the only first chapter available on her site. Because the project is now virtually killed, she's made the incomplete draft available as well, but cautions that "the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes."
I rather my fans not read this version.... It was only an incomplete draft.... But to end the confusion, I've decided to make the draft available.... I hope this fragment gives you further insight into Edward's head and adds a new dimension to the Twilight story. That's what inspired me to write it in the first place.
This has been a roller-coaster year for Meyer, who just completed a successful concert book series but has also had to answer for some of the backlash directed at "Breaking Dawn," the fourth and final installment of the "Twilight" saga.
But fans shouldn't fret: There's only three months until "Twilight" hits movie theaters.
As for Meyer, she's about to step behind the camera to direct a new music video for Jack's Mannequin's "The Resolution." The band is a favorite of the author's and appears on her online playlists.
-- Denise Martin



Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' changes release dates and sends Hollywood into a tizzy



By TY BURR The Boston Globe
Harry Potter fans are seething. Twilight devotees are in a state of giddy rapture. Will Ferrell's getting nervous. And someone had better perform CPR on the editors of Entertainment Weekly.
All because Warner Bros. decided last week that they needed one more blockbuster for the summer of 2009. The studio's announcement that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince would be pushed back from its long-planned Nov. 21 release date this year to July 17 of next year was the pebble that started an avalanche of second-guessing and opportunistic rescheduling.
Driven by greed, hype and hope, the business of exactly when to release a movie can seem inscrutable to outsiders। The sixth big-screen entry in the hugely successful Potter franchise had had the Thanksgiving weekend to itself; no studio was foolish enough to release a competing film against such a behemoth. With Prince decamped to 2009, though, a sudden void existed. Hollywood abhors a vacuum: Immediately Disney moved its 3-D family cartoon Bolt up from Nov. 26 to Nov. 21. Then the baby studio Summit Entertainment decided to move Twilight to Nov. 21. (Twilight is the first film based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling vampire romance novels and a movie awaited by millions of mostly young, mostly female, mostly panting readers.)
Good news, bad news
That lets the one-time competition for Twilight, 20th Century Fox's big-budget remake of the 1951 classic The Day the Earth Stood Still, starring Keanu Reeves, have the weekend of Dec. 12 all to itself. Good news for Mr. Reeves, bad news for Mr. Ferrell, whose 2009 summer blockbuster Land of the Lost (another remake) is now in a July 17 stare-down with Harry Potter. Someone has to blink, and it will probably be Universal, which doubtless has Land of the Lost theme-park blueprints drawn up.
Why this insane chess game? Why does Hollywood care? In a word: profits. Two words, really: maximized profits. The decision to move Half-Blood Prince came because Warner looked ahead to the future and saw the ravages of the past. Specifically, the 2007 writers strike had left the studio's summer 2009 slate lacking what the business calls a tentpole, a big-event picture that can drive the planning, spending and strategic release patterns of the company's entire output.
The dearth must have been critical, despite Warner's plans to release Terminator Salvation in May '09, because no studio moves a tentpole at the last minute without a reason. Too many of the ancillary deals that make up the real business of the modern entertainment industry depend on a release date established early and adhered to. The Dark Knight was a July 18, 2008, release as of May 2007, because four scenes shot in the IMAX process meant the film had a hard date in IMAX theaters. And because Knight was anchored in place, other studios could plan around it, as could the various licensers who cling to a movie like remoras to a shark: video-game companies, toy manufacturers, fast-food chains, etc.
Who knows? Maybe Warner felt it had made enough money with The Dark Knight for 2008 and decided to spread the wealth to '09. (Just kidding.) More likely, the studio had one strong year and didn't want the following year to pale in comparison. The uprooting of Half-Blood Prince was sudden and unexpected, and, among others, it left the studio's corporate cousin, Entertainment Weekly, with a Harry Potter-themed fall preview issue on newsstands and serious egg on its face. (The decision to move Prince was announced on a Thursday; the magazine goes to the printer on Tuesdays.)Hype helps
The release-date game has as much to do with hype as profits. Summit was delighted to bump Twilight up a month, because reader mania and media coverage reached near-Potter levels when the final book in the series, Breaking Dawn, hit stores this summer. The closer the film is released to the fumes of free publicity, the better it may perform.
The strange case of the Tom Cruise drama Valkyrie offers an example of how an unreleased movie can rise and fall on the whims of buzz. A World War II movie about Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (played by Mr. Cruise), a Nazi officer who led an unsuccessful plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the Bryan Singer film was originally scheduled to open Aug. 8, after a troubled location shoot in Germany. Then it bounced to June 28, where it was up against strong (if diverse) competition in WALL-E and Wanted.
The chance to film an extra battle scene and a sense that Valkyrie might have Oscar potential resulted in a shift to Oct. 3, in the heart of awards season. Then the film got moved to Feb. 13, 2009, not a good sign, since February and August have long been viewed as a dumping ground for films that just didn't work.
And then, the same day Tropic Thunder was released to raves for Mr. Cruise's stealth role as a Hollywood producer, Valkyrie was moved again, to Dec. 26 of this year. The word is that a test screening went well, but it's hard to dismiss the notion that the star is back in moviegoers' good graces for the first time in years and that the studio hopes to piggyback on the warm fuzzies.
Occasionally two studios will engage in a stare-down with similar movies on the same date. This is almost always a bad idea for the worse of the two. Case in point: Warner's Get Smart with Steve Carell and Paramount's The Love Guru with Mike Myers were both scheduled early on for a June 20 release this summer. Neither budged, and when reviews savaged the Myers comedy, Get Smart benefited, a case of box office schadenfreude.
On the other hand, Universal's decision to launch Mamma Mia! directly into the teeth of the Dark Knight juggernaut on July 18 proved to be a brilliant stroke of counterprogramming that gave older female audiences something to watch while the rest of the family lined up for Batman.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Twilight’ Voted Most Anticipated Movie Of The Fall On Fandango



Published by Shawn Adler on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 2:19 pm.
It’s not “High School Musical 3.” It’s not the new James Bond flick, “Quantum of Solace,” either. It’s certainly no longer “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”*
When asked the question “If you could choose only one movie to see in the theater in the next four months, which film would be your first choice?“ “Twilight,” the eagerly anticipated first movie to be adapted from Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster series turned out, in fact, to be the MOST anticipated movie of the fall, according to a recent poll on movie website Fandango.com.
“Twilight” was voted the number one most anticipated film by 34% of nearly 3,500 respondents, handily beating second place finisher “Quantum of Solace” (20%).
“We are surprised by overwhelming buzz for ‘Twilight’ as the film to beat for the Fall,” Rick Butler, Fandango’s Chief Operating Officer, told MTV News. “Among all upcoming movies, ‘Twilight’ has consistently ranked among our top 3 most requested titles [the other two are ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Watchmen’]. Much of the anticipation has to do with the blockbuster novel, and moviegoers looking for a great fantasy in the fall. It appears to have a wide appeal, as parents are also looking for a film they can enjoy along with their teenagers.”
Butler wasn’t kidding about the wide appeal, as “Twilight” scored big with nearly every demographic in the poll, according to Fandango spokesman Harry Medved.
Interestingly, despite the fact that the novels are often considered strictly young-adult fiction, only 10% of respondents were 17 and younger. A much larger portion, meanwhile - 16%! - was OVER 50. (The largest chunk were between 25-49, a whopping 57%)
Fans can begin to buy tickets for “Twilight” from Fandango as the release date (November 21) nears, hopefully within the next few months, Medved said.
*For the record, “Potter” is already the most anticipated movie of 2009.
New Images from TWILIGHT!



TWILIGHT starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart is due out in theaters November 21 from Summit Entertainment.
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Italian movie site, Badtaste.it got a few scans from an Italian movie magazine with some new images from the film including one from the prom scene!
Here is a rough (really rough thank you google translator) translation of what the site had to say including some info on a rumor of a pretty nasty character showing up at the dance,
The Best Movie Italian magazine published pictures you can see below, in an article by five pages dedicated to Twilight.
If you intend to buy the magazine, you can go in that there are some spoiler on the second novel / film, New Moon. The first photos (click on to enlarge) shows Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) in the final scene of the film, the dance school.
The second image instead portrays Charlie (Burke Billy) and Billy (Gil Birmingham).
In stretches are also a rumour: it seems that in the scene of dancing may also appear Victoria, the vampira "bad" in there we have already shown a picture.
Check out the images below (low quality scanned from a magazine) and click through to view the entire posting and larger images over at Badtaste.it!

TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern day love story between a teen-aged girl who falls in love with a "good" vampire who must protect her from the "bad" vampires while resisting his natural instincts.
BELLA SWAN (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect much of anything to change.
Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful EDWARD CULLEN (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she's ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance.
Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands - and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he's immortal. But he doesn't have fangs, and he doesn't drink human blood; Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle choice.
To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when JAMES (Cam Gigandet), LAURENT (Edi Gathegi) and VICTORIA (Rachelle Lefevre), the Cullens' mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for her?

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Studios scramble in wake of 'Harry Potter' delay

"Harry Potter" fans are seething. "Twilight" devotees are in a state of giddy rapture. Will Ferrell's getting nervous. And someone had better perform CPR on the editors of Entertainment Weekly.
All because Warner Bros. decided last week that it needed one more blockbuster for the summer of 2009. The studio's announcement that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" would be pushed back from its long-planned Nov. 21 release this year to July 17 next year was the pebble -- more like the large rock -- that started an avalanche of second-guessing and opportunistic reschedulingDriven by greed, hype and hope, the business of exactly when to release a movie can seem inscrutable to outsiders. The sixth big-screen entry in the hugely successful "Potter" franchise was set to have the Thanksgiving weekend to itself; no studio was foolish enough to release a competing film against such a behemoth. With "Prince" decamped to 2009, though, a sudden void existed. Hollywood abhors a vacuum: Immediately, Disney moved its 3-D family cartoon "Bolt" from Nov. 26 to Nov. 21. Then baby studio Summit Entertainment decided to move "Twilight" -- the first film based on Stephenie Meyer's vampire novels and a movie awaited by millions of mostly young, mostly female, mostly panting readers -- to Nov. 21.
That lets the one-time competition for "Twilight," 20th Century Fox's big-budget remake of the 1951 classic "The Day the Earth Stood Still," starring Keanu Reeves, have the weekend of Dec. 12 to itself. Good news for Reeves, bad news for Ferrell, whose blockbuster "Land of the Lost" -- another remake -- is now in a July 17 stare-down with "Prince." Someone has to blink, and it probably will be Universal, which doubtless has "Land of the Lost" theme-park blueprints already drawn up.
Why this insane chess game? In a word: profits. Two words, really: maximized profits. The decision to move "Half-Blood Prince" came because Warner looked to the future and saw the ravages of the past. Specifically, the 2007 writers strike had left the studio's 2009 summer slate lacking a "tentpole" -- a big event picture that can drive the planning, spending and strategic release patterns of the company's entire output.
The dearth must have been critical -- despite Warner's plans to release "Terminator Salvation" in May '09 -- because no studio moves a tentpole at the last minute without a reason. Too many of the ancillary deals that make up the real business of the modern entertainment industry depend on a release date established early and adhered to. "The Dark Knight" was a July 18, 2008, release as of May 2007, because four scenes shot in the Imax process meant the film had a hard date in Imax theaters. And because "Knight" was anchored in place, other studios could plan around it, as could the various licensors who cling to a movie like remoras: video-game companies, toy manufacturers, fast-food chains, etc.
Who knows? Maybe Warner thought it had made enough money with "The Dark Knight" for 2008 and decided to spread the wealth to '09. (All right, I'm kidding.) More likely, the studio had one strong year and didn't want the following year to pale in comparison. The uprooting of "Half-Blood Prince" was sudden and unexpected, and, among others, it left the studio's corporate cousin, Entertainment Weekly, with a "Harry Potter"-themed Fall Preview issue on newsstands and serious egg on its face.
The release-date game remains a cross between 3-D chess and a high-stakes poker game, with ticket buyers passively looking on. For all the bluffing and sword rattling, eventually studios find a date for all films.
Just as long as it's not Nov. 19, 2010. That's when "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I" is slated to open.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Robert Pattinson on Twilight




Published August 26, 2008 in Movie Interviews
By Fred Topel Image property of Summit Entertainment
Rabid fans of the Twilight books got a chance to see some footage of the first movie, and meet the hunky actors who play their beloved vampires. Robert Pattinson plays Edward Cullen, the angsty suitor of Bella (Kristin Stewart). Even nice vampires get tempted when they're in intimate proximity with supple young necks.
Twilight's Robert Pattinson "I think the more Bella says, 'I'm not scared of you, you're not a monster" blah blah blah, the more I believe it myself," said Pattinson। "I kind of forget that I am a vampire and what my actual urges are and I try to kiss her and obviously it kind of ends up being a nightmare. She has this hormonal rush and I have the kind of 'I will kill you.' It kind of ends up being more sexy in a way. You're at a point where you kind of want to do everything and kill them at the same time. It's like the peak." If that sounds familiar to fans of the books, Pattinson assures you that there's more. "The only difference is the action scenes aren't really in the book because the book's written from Bella's perspective. Most of the time she's either unconscious or everybody's moving too quickly so they don't know what's going on. All the action stuff is put in so you can see it."

Twilight's vampires are different than some of the popular myths. "I guess it's kind of easy to make it clichéd. Just there's so many hundreds of thousands of vampire movies and also in the story, they're not really conventional vampires. They don't even look like vampires and they don't die in the sun. It's kind of every little characteristic of vampires is just abandoned. I was trying to do it like in as basic a way as possible. You just get bitten by somebody and then you're a vampire and you live forever and you're super strong and stuff and you don't really know what happens." From no familiarity with the books to witnessing the phenomenon firsthand at Comic Con, Pattinson is trying to keep his center. "It's bizarre. You kind of know that it is essentially the book. The book has so many obsessive, obsessively loyal fans. It's strange because people just immediately relate you to the character right away rather than you as an actor. I haven't actually looked [online] since [I got the part]. It is kind of weird. When you read the description of him, it says he's so beautiful it hurts to look at him. I think it's kind of difficult to act that so I wouldn't really know how to go about doing it. I hope there's been a lot of post production." Twilight opens to theaters on November 21st.For the trailer, poster and more movie info, go to the Twilight Movie Page.


Aug 26 2008 7:41 AM EDT
'Twilight' Tuesday: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart And Taylor Lautner Will Present At The VMAs
Bella, Edward and Jacob get together on the small screen September 7.


For months now, "Twilight" Tuesdays have been bringing you your weekly fix of news about Stephenie Meyer's vampire series and Catherine Hardwicke's movie adaptation. This week, we're also bringing news about our own little venture, the MTV Video Music Awards, where stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner will be presenting an award.
(That won't be the first time the Edward/Bella/Jacob love triangle will reunite in coming weeks. Read about why the cast is back on the "Twilight" set here.)
Back in May, Pattinson, Stewart and Cam Gigandet graced the MTV Movie Awards preshow before we debuted the first completed scene of the film. But it looks like their profiles have risen quite a bit in the past three months, because when the VMAs air live September 7, the actors will get the prime-time treatment.
"I've watched the VMAs in the past, and the presenters are always, like, these mega-stars like Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner," Lautner, who plays werewolf-to-be Jacob in the movie, told MTV News. "And now, you know, for me to be doing that, I'm really lucky and excited and looking forward to it."
The 16-year-old, whose only other big credit is 2005's "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D," is gradually getting used to the limelight. He said the cast has been going to a lot of magazine shoots recently (including one for Vanity Fair), and they're all ramping up the publicity now that the movie's release date has changed to November 21. And perhaps after facing the screaming hoards at Comic-Con, his "craziest experience" so far, the VMAs will be a piece of cake.
The budding teen star is going to the show as a fan too. "I've watched some of the videos this year, and one of my favorites that's going to be up as a nominee is Chris Brown's 'Forever,' " he said. "It's a really, really cool video, and Chris Brown — he's like an acrobat, like me. I do a lot of flips and tricks, and he does too."
This year's VMAs, hosted by British comic and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" co-star Russell Brand, will feature just-announced live performances from Rihanna, T.I., Pink and Paramore, alongside previously announced performers the Jonas Brothers, Lil Wayne and Kid Rock. The big show will be broadcast live at 9 p.m. on September 7 from the legendary Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood.
Lautner said he'll be trying on some spiffy outfits from John Varvatos for the show, but it's going to be tough to squeeze the fittings into his schedule. In addition to his "Twilight" duties, he's also shooting his role in the new NBC series "My Own Worst Enemy," on which he plays Christian Slater's son.
"Christian Slater's character has two lives: He's like the clumsy family man, and then in his other life, he's like this assassin superspy," Lautner explained. "I have the blood of his assassin side. They don't know where it comes from. All of a sudden, I'm this star soccer player, and I'm really good at martial arts."
Find out how Lautner's athletic training could come in handy in possible "Twilight" sequels on the MTV Movies blog.
Your job's not over yet! Now that you've helped us pick the nominees for this year's Video Music Awards, head to VMA.MTV.com to vote for your favorite in the Best New Artist category. While you're there, check out the latest additions to the performer and presenter lineups, see the best (and worst) of VMA fashion and much more before the show airs live September 7 at 9 p.m. ET.
Every Tuesday is "Twilight" Tuesday here at MTV News! Check back here each and every week for the hottest scoop on the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's beloved vampire series, and we'll still bring you breaking "Twilight" news throughout the rest of the week. And make sure you check out the MTV Movies Blog for our ongoing "Twilight" discussions each and every day.
Check out everything we've got on "Twilight."




'Twilight' sees light earlier than expected


Since the 2005 release of Stephenie Meyer's novel, "Twilight," fans have always dreamed of what the main characters Edward and Bella would really look and sound like beyond the book.
Now Summit Entertainment brings "Twilight" to life in a romantic movie coming to theaters on Friday, Nov. 21.
"Twilight" was to originally premiere on Friday, Dec. 12, but with the film release date of "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" being pushed back from Nov. 21 to July 17, 2009, "Twilight" was moved up.
According to a Summit Entertainment press release, the date move "allows the studio to both bring the film to the written-series' enormous fan base sooner, and to present the film in more theatres prior to the holiday movie-going season where traditionally screen time for any popular film is limited."
Late last year, actress Kristen Stewart ("Panic Room," "Into the Wild") was cast as Bella Swan, a teenager who moves from Phoenix to Forks, Wash., where she meets the mysterious Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson, who is better known as Cedric in the "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire").
Bella and Edward fall in love, but there are constant troubles that come between them - especially when you love a vampire. Yep, Edward is a vampire, but one who lives differently from the rest of the vampire world. While most of the vampire population drinks human blood, the Cullens drink animal blood.
Fans bombarded Web sites telling those in charge of the film that Edward's casting was important. And some, at first, weren't even sure about Pattinson. However, Meyer assures fans on her Web site that Pattinson is "an amazing actor" who portrays Edward perfectly and she always knew he was going to be good. She also says that she never anticipated he would end up looking "just like the Edward in my head" and he's the "best Edward."
Filming for "Twilight" started in February, but casting wasn't completed until April, according to Meyer's Web site. The script was co-written by Melissa Rosenberg and Karen Rosenfelt. Meyer reports that producers Mark Morgan and Greg Mooradian and director Catherine Hardwicke have found the perfect spot to create her fictional Forks in nearby Oregon.
Meyer said on her Web site that her book is in good hands and that Summit Entertainment won't fail her or her readers.
Want more?
See more of Stephenie Meyer's comments on the "Twilight" cast on this video on YouTube called "Stephenie Meyer - Talks about the Twilight Movie."
Check out Stephenie Meyer's Web site for all the updates on the "Twilight" movie at http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html

Monday, August 25, 2008

'Twilight' Cast Heads Back To The Set To Shoot New Scenes

Cullen flashbacks and a scene with Jacob are in the works, say Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz and Taylor Lautner.
By Sabrina Rojas Weiss, with additional reporting by Lisa GonzalezWith the high-profile release of "Breaking Dawn" and the news that the movie's release date has been pushed up from December 12 to November 21, the pressure is higher than ever for the cast and crew of "Twilight" to deliver a product worthy of its hype. That could be why they're heading back to the set this week, months after wrapping the principal photography.
"I'm so psyched about it; we are shooting Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week, and it's really cool," Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) told MTV News at Sunday's red-carpet premiere of his new project, "90210."
Often, movies have to reshoot scenes when the powers that be are less than satisfied with the original footage, but Peter Facinelli, who plays vampire patriarch Carlisle Cullen, put a positive spin on the work they'll be doing. "They liked it so much, they are bringing us back for some encore time — to beef it up," he said. "A little salt and pepper."
Maintaining optimism worthy of pre-werewolf Jacob Black, Taylor Lautner told MTV News that he was excited to get back in the "Twilight" world. "We actually just had a rehearsal at [director] Catherine Hardwicke's house the other day for a new scene," he said Friday. "It was a ton of fun."
According to Lautner, the shoots were planned before Summit Entertainment snagged the Thanksgiving weekend release date. "I know they've been showing it to some people, and some people go, 'I want to see a little more of this,' or, 'I don't quite understand this,' " he explained.
So what are these new scenes? "I wouldn't be walking tomorrow if I spilled those beans, but I'm psyched, especially about the wardrobe," Lutz said.
"I can tell you it's a flashback scene," Facinelli offered. "It gives us a little bit of history of the Cullen family. ... They are just shooting a couple of different added scenes, and the scene I'm in, I can tell you it's me and Robert Pattinson. ... Rosalie and Emmett are in that scene."
Lautner was more explicit: "Well, I am going to be in the prom scene now, at the very end of the film," he said. "At first we didn't film that, and now some people are saying they want to see a bit more of Jacob, and they want him in the prom scene at the end."
In case you were wondering, we're not just giving you your Twi-crack early — come back Tuesday morning for your regularly scheduled exclusive "Twilight" scoop.
Every Tuesday is "Twilight" Tuesday here at MTV News! Check back here each and every week for the hottest scoop on the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's beloved vampire series, and we'll still bring you breaking "Twilight"



Stephanie Meyer on Twilight

Stephanie Meyer on TwilightPublished August 25, 2008 in Movie Interviews
By Fred Topel Image property of Summit Entertainment
TwilightThe Twilight novels became a lucrative phenomenon for author Stephanie Meyer. While sales of the movie rights were inevitable, it's always daunting for creative artists to imagine their work in others' hands.
Author Sources Twilight "I lost a few nights of sleep over it," said Meyer. "The two sides were: more adaptations than not turn out badly. There are a few that are amazing, every now and then, but most of the time its not a good thing. Then on the other side, I saw the book very visually when I was writing it, and just to see one scene of it on the big screen, that was the lure. I didn't care about anyone else going to see it. This is about me alone in the theater, getting to see it on the screen, and having to be real. That's what swayed me." She was involved with preproduction, so she has it on good authority that they're getting it right. "I have not seen the whole thing yet, but from the script and from the day that I got on the set, the goal was to make it as close to the book as possible given the time constraints of the film."The visual inspiration Meyer mentioned was actually her own internal visions. "I was not planning to write, I had no aspirations to be a writer, and I had this really fantastic dream. I wrote it down so I wouldn't forget it, and then the one day I was hooked on writing, to be able to take this dream and make it concrete and real, I could go back and visit it, I was hooked."Leave it to Hollywood's visual effects artists to bring literal dreams to life. "I've seen some, about 15 minutes total. I mean obviously there are going to be a little differences, but some of it really is nailed." Now four books into the series, Meyer is going on instinct. "When I was writing at the time, I was not writing this for anyone ever to see. Even my husband didn't know what I was doing, so I was just having fun. If you could sit there and create your own little world, it was just as I was going, 'What if she could see the future? Well, that would rock" and it goes in. 'What would happen if they played baseball? Oooh.' It was just pure fun." The phenomenon her books became only hits Meyer at specific times, like when she came to San Diego Comic Con for the film's fan panel. "It's a very strange and surreal thing. Most mornings, I get up and don't think about it at all, and then I come someplace like here, and I'm not allowed to walk in the front doors. Its just weird. It's hard for me. I have a very normal life, and so when I have to step out of that and realize that I have all these readers and all this excitement, it's weird. It's great, but it's really strange." Perhaps the Meyer children should get ready to experience it too. "I don't know if they're old enough to use that. My oldest is eleven and I have an eight-year-old and a six-year-old. [The oldest] is getting there. He's right on the cusp of being able to say to some pretty little 11-year-old girl, 'Hey there, want a signed book?'" Twilight opens to theaters on November 21st.For the trailer, stills, poster and more movie info, go to the Twilight Movie Page.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

A Distraction Involving Vampires

Okay, so it's been two weeks since I've updated. For most people, this is no big deal (and really, it isn't). But I am irritated with myself all the same. :lol:The reason? Well, it has to do with a certain book series written by Stephenie Meyer known as the Twilight Saga. I never thought that I would read these books, let alone READ them and LIKE them! No, I was one of the side-liners that told myself, "What's the point? I won't like them anyway." And hearing that they're written like bad fanfiction didn't help matters.But then I saw the first book (the whole series, actually) sitting on a shelf at my local Wal-Mart and I gave in. I read the entire series in about a week and a half. That's one testament to their greatness.
( My Twilight Review (Yay!)


Harry Potter under threat from Bella Swan in new vampire film Twilight
Kristen Stewart [left] plays Bella Swan a High School student who moves to the sleepy town of Forks. She becomes drawn to Edward Cullen, played by British actor Robert Pattison

Bella discovers that Edward and his family are vampires. The pair then embark on an unorthodox romance and battle the forces of evil
But Bella Swan is set to challenge Harry Potter in the battle for teenage hearts.
Swan is the fictional heroine of Twilight, a new Hollywood blockbuster set in the shadowy world of vampires.
The film is based on a series of best-selling fantasy novels by Stephanie Meyer, a Mormon housewife-turned-publishing phenomenon.
Meyer, 34, has been hailed as the new JK Rowling and her last book knocked Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from the top of the best-seller list in the US, where the release of each new novel is greeted with near hysteria by her army of teenage fans.
The rivalry is set to deepen after movie giant Warner Bros announced it is delaying the November release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and showing Twilight in its place.
The film comes out in the US on November 21 and in the UK on January 9.
While Potter fans are bereft - some even threatening to boycott the film when it is eventually released next July - the move will stoke further interest in the Twilight franchise and make a star of its young lead, Kristen Stewart.
The 18-year-old plays Bella, a High School student who moves to the sleepy town of Forks, Washington State, to live with her father. She becomes drawn to Edward Cullen, a pale and mysterious classmate, only to discover he and his family are vampires. The pair then embark on an unorthodox romance and battle the forces of evil.
In a further Harry Potter link, Edward is played by British actor Robert Pattison, a 22-year-old best known as Harry's fellow Hogwarts pupil Cedric Diggory.
Stewart made her debut as a 12-year-old in Jodie Foster film Panic Room and has since appeared in the Sean Penn-directed Into The Wild and sci-fi thriller Jumper, but this is her first starring role.
If Twilight proves a box office hit - and Meyer's fans should make sure it does - a sequel will swing into production next year and all four books in the series will be set for the big screen treatment.
The Twilight series has sold close to 14 million copies worldwide - 10 million of those in the US - and have been published in 37 countries.
When the fourth instalment was published last month, launch parties across the US played hosted to thousands of screaming teenage girls and book stores held Potter-style midnight openings. There are over 100 internet fansites devoted to the books, Twilight-themed rock bands and clothing. Fans refer to themselves as 'Twilighters'.
In the UK, 20,000 copies were sold in the first 24 hours of sale - no match for Harry Potter, but still an impressive figure. Borders book chain described it as "phenomenally exciting... the closest thing we've had to Harry in recent times".
A spokesman for Meyer's UK publisher, Little, Brown, said the word-of-mouth had turned the novels into a hit: "The first book had no marketing attached to it so we had few expectations. We have been taken aback by how fast the books have jumped up the best-seller lists."
The books may revolve around the romance between the two lead characters, but parents can rest assured that the relationship is a chaste one. The author, a married mother-of-three from Arizona, says her Mormon beliefs inform her work, and she refuses to write about pre-marital sex.

Friday, August 22, 2008

Harry Potter" Influences the Agenda of This Fall’s Movies

Who would have though that Harry Potter will get to influence James Bond? After the sixth sequel of Harry Potter left the fall scene and headed to a warmer July, the 007 agent premieres a week later that initially scheduled.
Just as Warner Bros. re-scheduled the launch of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” from this November to July 17, 2009, Sony moved the premiere of the Bond sequel, “Quantum of Solace” back one week to November 14. Actually, the initial move triggered a series of re-schedules in the movie openings of this fall.
Warner Bros. chose July 17 as a more appropriate date, as it would make amends for the production blank of that period. The next move was made by Summit Entertainment, who set the release date of its vampire movie “Twilight” on the vacancy “Harry Potter” left, competing with Walt Disney’s “Bolt” and DreamWorks/Paramount’s drama “The Soloist,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx.
Moreover, Sony made its strategic move, too. As the James Bond sequels have almost become a Thanksgiving tradition, the executives took advantage of “Potter’s” departure and moved back one week.
“Harry Potter' moving out gave us an opportunity to get a little closer to the holidays, which has always been the traditional Bond spot. Bond has a really good history of not only playing through Thanksgiving but going deep into the Christmas holidays,” as Jeff Blake, Sony worldwide marketing and distribution chairman, explained.
The latest 007 flick, “Casino Royale” opened on November 17, 2006 and theatres didn’t cease playing it at the end of December, as the movie was still on 1,100 cinemas.
November 14 is a great day for moviegoers, as three more movie releases are scheduled for the day. MGM’s comedy “Soul Men” opens that day, starring Samuel L. Jackson and late Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes. Also, Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman team in “Australia,” a production signed by Fox and Freddy Rodriguez stars in Overture’s “Nothing Like the Holidays.”
“Role Models,” starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott and signed by Universal moved from November 14 to November 7, as the number of its competitors was diminished. However, the November 7 weekend will feature a very strong counter-candidate, with DreamWorks’ second chapter of its animated “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.”
As usual, the Bond sequel will open earlier in UK, its world premiere being set on October 29 in London. Also, two guests of major importance will attend the world premiere, as Sony stated: Prince William and Prince Harry.

Thursday, August 21, 2008


Interview with Twilight Author Stephenie Meyer
By Jeff Otto
How did a Mormon housewife go from diapers and PTA meetings to the New York Times Best Seller list? It all started with a dream -- one hot, steamy, fantastic dream featuring vampires, werewolves, and the fantastic landscape that would eventually make up the Twilight universe.
And an extremely popular universe it is. Tween girls everywhere dragged their parents to midnight release parties when the fourth book in the series, Breaking Dawn, was released earlier this month. The first Twilight movie won't be out until November 21 but already fan anticipation has hit a fevered pitch. Its stars -- Rob Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and Cam Gigandet -- have become pinups. Fans are already discussing the sequel. Anything other than a huge box office hit seems hard to fathom.
ReelzChannel.com sat down with Twilight scribe Stephenie Meyer recently to discuss the phenomenon. The unassuming Meyer looks like the suburban housewife she still purports to be -- that is, when she's not flaming the ever-escalating Jacob vs. Edward debate and promoting a movie. She also bears an unmistakable resemblance to the book's heroine, and to Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella in the movie.
"It's a very strange and surreal thing," says Meyer. "Most mornings I get up and don't think about it at all. And then I come some place like [Comic-Con] and I'm not allowed to walk in the front doors. I have a very normal life, so when I have to step out of that and realize that I have all these readers and there is all this excitement, it's weird. It's great, but it's really strange."
Meyer hasn't let the stardom go to head just yet. "My life is pretty much the way it was before. I'm all about my kids. So right now it's getting ready for school and all that. Then, every now and then, I have to step out of my comfort zone and be Stephenie Meyer."
While aspiring authors might not want to hear this, Meyer sort of fell into her novel success. "It was an actual flash. I was not planning to write. I had no aspirations to be a writer. I had this really fantastic dream and I wrote it down so I wouldn't forget it. Then one day I was hooked on writing -- to take this dream and make it concrete and real. And I could go back and revisit it. I was hooked."
"When I was [first] writing this, I was not writing this for anyone else to ever see. Even my husband didn't know what I was doing. I was just having fun. It was 'What if you could just create your own little world? What if she could see the future? Well, that would rock. What would happen if they played baseball?'" (Laughs)
The Cullen clan may have the largest fan base, yet the author has worked hard to sympathetically present the plight of her villains, who see humans as little more than meals। Which character does she most enjoy writing? "I love them all in different ways and I can totally see Victoria's perspective and James' perspective. I have a really hard time preferring one to the other. Obviously the Cullens get the spotlight most of the time, but I really have a fondness for my bad vampires."
When asked if other vampire tales have influenced her work, Meyer seems almost embarrassed to admit that she hasn't read any. "See, here's the thing," she says while placing her hands on the table for emphasis. "I'm not a vampire person. Before I started writing about them, I'd never seen a vampire movie. I'd seen pieces of them, but I'd never been to a vampire movie. I've never read a book about vampires. I'm really not into horror, so I don't know the genre."
"I think it's why [my books are] different. It's not a genre where I know what the walls are. I break through them because I don't know that they are there. But I think it's more about developing an ordinary person that people can relate to."
Like other authors who have taken the book-to-movie route, Meyer was understandably worried that her words would not be faithfully adapted. "I lost a few nights of sleep over it," she admits. "More adaptations than not turn out badly. There are a few that are amazing, but most of the time it's not a good thing. But then on the other side, I saw the book very visually when I was writing it and to see one scene of it on the big screen, that was alluring. I didn't care about anyone else going to see it, that was about me alone in the theater getting to see it and having it be real. That's what swayed me."
"As an author, you can't try to control that kind of project. First of all, as an author, they won't let you. Second, it's a different medium and I don't know how to work in that medium. I was very much [of the opinion that] Summit knows what they are doing and when they had questions for me, I was ready to answer them and I really loved seeing what was going on. I have not seen the whole thing yet, but from the script and from the days that I was on set, the goal was to make this as close to the book as possible given the time constraints of a film."
Now that Twilight is about to hit the big screen and cast images seem to be everywhere -- especially on the endless Twilight fan sites -- I asked Meyer if it has changed the characters for her. Is she able to stick to her original visions when writing or do cast images compete in her head? "Luckily I got a head start. I'd finished Eclipse before Twilight ever came out in stores. And with Breaking Dawn, I already knew exactly what I was going to write. I had the outline [and] I knew where I was going, so it hasn't been influenced by fan reaction or by the movie. Although, I will admit, when I read it now, I'm picturing Rob and Kristen doing this stuff."
Meyer has three young children, ages six, eight, and 11. Have her kids taken advantage of her "cool factor?" She laughs at the question. "[The 11-year-old] is getting there. He's right on the cusp of being able to say to some pretty little 11-year-old girl, 'Hey there, want a signed book?'"

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Our ‘Twilight’ Quiz Is Looking For A Few More Good Questions

Our ‘Twilight’ Quiz Is Looking For A Few More Good Questions
Published by Brian Jacks on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 3:17 pm.
Last week we asked you to help build our new “Twilight” quiz that will be built entirely out of fan-submitted questions. We got some really good responses, but we still need a few more.
So we’re putting out the call once more. We know you’ve got some good ones, so send your multiple-choice trivia questions about anything in the series’ four novels to quiz@mtv.com now through next “Twilight” Tuesday, August 27. Be sure to include the book titles and page numbers to back up your questions and answers (submissions without page numbers can’t be used). Please e-mail them instead of putting them in the comments (that way people can’t cheat and find the answers). We look forward to seeing what you come up with!


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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Stephenie Meyer building loyal following

Published 2008-08-19 10:38:50
Have you ever heard of book heroin? Stephenie Meyer, the author of a series of books, called Twilight, is causing just that. At bookstores all across the nation, thousands of people go to meet this 35 year old writer. People are saying they find an addiction to her books. Children from ages ten and up are wondering what the lead character, Bella Swan, will be up to next. Stephenie's fans not only keep track of any new events taking place in her career as an author, but they have went to the extreme of placing their own stories about the books on the internet and creating nicknames for themselves. Fans of Stephenie Meyer's books are often called Fanpires, Cullenists, and even Twilighters. They have even created Twilight-themed rock bands.The most recent breaking news in Stephenie Meyer's career is the release of her new book "Breaking Dawn". If this isn't enough, Stephenie is also having the first movie released Novesmber 21, 2008, based on "Twilight".Kristian Stewart will star as Bella Swan and Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen. She is also planning to release another bookm called "Midnight Sun," in Edward Cullens perspective.People all over the world, can't put down these books. They are tracking Bella and Edwards movements all along the way. They are waiting for the next event to take place, and will do anything to be there when it happens.

'Twilight' Tuesday: Jackson Rathbone Explains Jasper's Angst And Edward's Attraction

Jackson Rathbone



PORTLAND, Oregon — Lately, we've been doing a lot of talking about "Breaking Dawn," the best-selling latest novel from Stephenie Meyer — which seems only right, since the eyes of Twilight Nation have been buried deep in its pages for the past few weeks


'Edward and Bella have the greatest sadistic, masochistic relationship there probably is,' co-star says.
By Larry Carroll


But with the recent announcement that the "Twilight" movie has slipped into the high-profile release date that "Harry Potter" left wide open, this week's "Twilight" Tuesday returns the focus where it belongs: the eagerly anticipated film that is now only 94 (!) days away.

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Since I began meeting the cast, I can't shake the thought that "Twilight" might become one of those "Breakfast Club," "Diner" or "Dazed and Confused"-type movies that launch the careers of numerous young stars and then leave us all looking back, amazed that they all once acted together. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson obviously have big-time acting chops, and actors like Mike Welch, Taylor Lautner and Kellan Lutz are just a few of the others who seem like they could similarly explode if given the right project.
If I were a betting man, however, I'd place my money on Jackson Rathbone, a 23-year-old actor who also plays several musical instruments and has lived all over the world. In person, he's a cool customer with an Elvis-like twang, radiating the kind of charisma that could make George Clooney look like McLovin. While speaking with him, I found a disarmingly intelligent star who took the "Twilight" world as seriously as any super-fan. (Speaking of super-fans, in the MTV Movies blog, Rathbone addresses the one issue that caused an uproar among Twilighters when he was first cast.) Read on, watch the attached video and judge for yourself if a star is being born.
MTV: Tell us about your character.
Jackson Rathbone: Well, I play Jasper Hale, also called Jasper Whitlock, or Jasper Cullen; I've got a lot of names. [Laughs.] Jasper's from the Civil War [era], and that's when he became a vampire. Since then, he's been sort of wandering around; he's got a great back story, but that takes place in the later books. In this movie, Jasper is very angry, and still very reticent about his lifestyle of not eating humans.
MTV: Every year, it seems, Hollywood gives us a ton of vampire movies. What's going to make the "Twilight" movie different?
Rathbone: Well, most vampire movies are all about the gore and the action and the violence. This movie's about the heart. It's about what moves us as humans, and what is so moving to us that it is even encompassed beyond humanity. These are creatures — they're not people, they're not humans, they're kind of the decrepit side of everything. They're dead; there's no oxygen. They can't feel cold, they can't feel anything, but they can feel emotions and what those emotions lead us to do. You can choose morality, or you can choose the life that nature has provided for you, which is death. It's kind of a life-versus-death-story, but not so much in the realm of "you're going to get killed or get to do some killing," but whether you're going to choose to love life and choose love.
MTV: Why, after all these decades of storytelling, do we still care about vampires?
Rathbone: Well, I think everybody wants to be a vampire. I used to want to be a vampire [when I was young]. It'd be great, you know? Run around at night, never die, kill people. It sounds like a great life!
MTV: Yeah, but is there more to it than just being able to live in a horror movie?
Rathbone: I think the appeal is the mysticism of it all. We're searching for something beyond ourselves, and we find it in a lot of folklore, and a lot of these old stories that get tossed around about living forever and always being beautiful and young. That's the allure of the vampire: You don't age, you don't have to worry about getting old, or never accomplishing something. Time is not a factor, and I think that most people, especially these days, are caught up in time.
MTV: And then, at the center of "Twilight," is this great "Romeo and Juliet"-caliber love story. What can we expect to see from the work that Robert and Kristen have been doing?
Rathbone: Edward and Bella have the greatest sadistic, masochistic relationship there probably is, because Edward is putting himself through hell by being around her; all he wants to do is eat her. But he can't, because of his morality. ... Bella knows what she's getting into, and Edward knows what he's putting her through. So, you get these great characters who are so concerned about each other that they're not concerned about themselves.
MTV: What is it, exactly, that makes them so enamored with each other?
Rathbone: It's a love that is bred out of interest, almost. I mean, he can't read her thoughts, which is something so beyond him and so beyond anything he's come across in his life, so he's intrigued. He's so attracted to her. And she's attracted to him and his ability to coast through everything and be so respected and admired. It's like he doesn't even try. ... What Rob and Kristen have brought to these parts is this amazing lifelike [quality]; it's never fake. It's never put on. There's this weight behind them, and you can see it the moment they call action.
MTV: Your character was a Confederate soldier back in the day. Have you done research into the period?
Rathbone: Yeah, I did a bit of research about the Civil War. I was always interested in it, and I did spend a bit of time [living] in Texas, so whenever I took Texas history, I learned a lot about the Civil War. I was lucky enough to have that background around me already. What I've focused on was the stoicism. ... I never really grew up in the South, I grew up all over, but for my family values and all the Southern values: You don't speak unless you're spoken to; you keep a very calm demeanor; you try to keep everything as light as possible, but if things get heavy, it's not like you're not going to step up. But it's weird to talk about the actual character elements of (Jasper), because it's all so intertwined with the story of the third book, which is where Jasper begins to expand on his heritage and how he was turned and how he lived.
MTV: So, are you planting little seeds in "Twilight" that will pay off in the sequels?
Rathbone: Yeah, I'm putting it in, here and there. It's nice. I can't do too much with Jasper's power. Jasper has the power to manipulate emotions. There's a danger in that. There's a danger in having that ability, because if you're constantly manipulating emotions around you, there's no reality around you. And because Jasper is able to distort reality, I wanted to steer away from that. I wanted everything to be as real as possible. So I've tried to make the choice for him not to use the power [for now], to be as stoic as possible, be as still and just concentrate on keeping himself at bay, especially in terms of the hunger.
MTV: I can't help but notice that you've naturally got a Southern twang in your voice. Are you keeping that for the character, to show his roots?
Rathbone: I try to keep it as light as possible, because he's been around for 200 years. He hasn't been in Texas that entire time. ... With Jasper, it would be too much to have that accent, especially when you're pretending to be a normal kid. If he had a Texas accent in Washington, in Forks, I think people would tend to notice him a little bit more. MTV: Are you signed on for the next two sequels?
Rathbone: Yes, I'm signed up to do all three. So, hopefully, all the fans like me in this one.
MTV: What's the coolest thing about being a vampire?
Rathbone: The singular coolest thing, to me, would have to be the ability to just stay out of the sun. I'm not really a sun person; I'm not a beach bunny. I'm more of an indoor-sports kind of guy. You know, just sitting at home with a guitar, very simple. I'm all about nightlife. I live during the night, so that would have to be the coolest aspect for me.
Every Tuesday is "Twilight" Tuesday here at MTV News! Check back here each and every week for the hottest scoop on the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's beloved vampire series, and we'll still bring you breaking "Twilight" news throughout the rest of the week. And make sure you check out the MTV Movies Blog for our ongoing "Twilight" discussions each and every day.
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'Twilight' movie release date moved up three weeks

By Paige Dickerson, Peninsula Daily NewsFORKS — "Twilight" will come early for eager fans awaiting the movie's release this fall.The movie, based on best-selling book of the same title and set in Forks and the West End, was originally slated for release Dec. 12.But in the wake of the movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," changing dates to next year, "Twilight" was moved up three weeks to a Nov. 21 release."Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was moved to July 17, 2009, opening up the Nov. 21, pre-Thanksgiving premiere date."This is Warner Bros.' decision, and it was not motivated by anything 'Twilight'-related," wrote Twilight author Stephenie Meyer on her Web site Friday."Though we're all sad to have to wait for 'Harry Potter,' this open spot at the theater creates a cool opportunity."The good people at Summit [the movie studio] were thrilled to let me know that now Twilight fans are going to get their movie three weeks earlier than scheduled."Based on first bookThe movie is based on the first installment in the teen phenomenon series, which is dominating four out of the top five spots on USA Today's best-seller list for the past two weeks.The books, using such locations as Forks and LaPush, tell the stories of human teen Bella Swan and her dashing vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen.When the star-crossed couple meets, adventure and romance ensue.The newest in the series — Breaking Dawn — which was released Aug. 2, soared to the top of the best-seller list.Twilight, the first book in the series by Stephenie Meyer, was fourth.New Moon, the second in the series, was fifth, and Eclipse was second.Only the supernatural thriller Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon interrupted the series' showing on the USA Today list, based on sales at selected bookstores nationwide.

Nothing filmed in ForksAlthough none of the movie was filmed in Forks — locations in the Portland, Ore., area were substituted — director Catherine Hardwicke visited the West End several times.But the Twilight saga continues to be a draw for fans from throughout the nation and world.While juggling the 100-or-so visitors a day, the Forks Chamber of Commerce is planning a tribute event Sept. 13, which is Bella's birthday in Twilight.The town is expecting hundreds, if not thousands, of fans to show up on that Saturday to celebrate the officially proclaimed "Stephenie Meyer Day."However, Meyer isn't expected to be one of them.

Monday, August 18, 2008

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This is the 2008 San Diego Comic Con "Twilight" The Movie promotional collectors card set। These collectors cards are MINT IN BOX (still wrapped in original cellophane and are handled with the utmost of care) and in PERFECT condition. This is a perfect addition to any Twilight fans collection. Get it today before it's gone!

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[1] Item is the 2008 San Diego Comic Con "Twilight" The Movie promotional collectors card set.
[2] These collectors cards are MINT. They are still wrapped in the original cellophane. I will ship these cards so they will be protected and remain in mint condition.
[3] These cards were handed out at Comic Con 08 and are relatively rare
[4] The promotional cards come in a set of 4 which show (#1 Edward & Bella, #2 Bella, #3 Edward, #4 James)

Much-anticipated vampire movie fills former 'Harry Potter' release date

The first movie based on Stephenie Meyer's popular vampire series "Twilight" was moved up to fill the slot on Nov. 21 when "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was supposed to be released. The Potter film will now be released July 17, 2009. Last week I could feel the disappointment across cyberspace when it was announced the release of the movie "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was delayed from Nov. 21 to July 17, 2009. I actually talked to people who already had plans to see it on Thanksgiving break. But now the film adaptation of the only series that really gets fairly compared to the "Harry Potter" series is taking its place.
The first movie in the popular "Twilight" series by Stephenie Meyer was pushed up from Dec. 12 to Nov. 21. It's impossible to duplicate the success of the "Harry Potter" series, but will "Twilight" be a successful movie series? It depends on how good the adaptation is. Click on the arrow below to sneak a peak at it by looking at the trailer.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

WARNER BROTHERS - TWILIGHT FILM TO FILL HARRY POTTER SLOT





Twilight - the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's teen vampire novels – is to be released early by Warner Brothers as a replacement for the delayed Harry Potter film.The film's US release was to be December 12th but has been pushed forward to November 21st. It is not yet known if the UK release will follow immediately.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been pushed back to July 2009.Meyer is still relatively unknown in the UK but in the US her books create the kind of excitement enjoyed by those of JK Rowling.The Twilight film from Summit Entertainment stars Kristen Stewart, recently seen in Into the Wild, and Robert Pattinson, who played Cedric Diggory in two Harry Potter films.Rob Friedman from Summit explained the changed release date for Twilight, following the move for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."We saw a unique opportunity to slot in our film, which has been gaining tremendous awareness and momentum over the past several months," he told Hollywood Reporter."We by no means are trying to fill the shoes of the incredible Potter franchise for 2008. Rather, we are just looking to bring the fans of Stephenie Meyer's incredible book series the film series as soon possible."Meyer has said on her website that neither she nor Summit had anything to do with the change to the Harry Potter schedule.In the US, Meyer's books are highly anticipated. Earlier this month, thousands of fans, many clad in the outfits of Meyer's characters, gathered at midnight bookshop parties.The reason for this frenzy was the release of Breaking Dawn, the fifth and final part in Meyer's vampire series, The Twilight Saga.Meyer's Twilight books follow the story of Bella Swan, an ordinary high-school student who falls in love with the "vegetarian vampire" Edward Cullen.Though Meyer is not yet a household name in the UK she certainly has a growing body of largely teenage fans, who mainly learn about her books through word of mouth.

Friday, August 15, 2008

'Twilight' Bumps Up Release Date After 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince' Delay


Book-turned-movie will open three weeks earlier than planned, on November 21.
By Shawn Adler

When news broke Thursday that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was shifting its release date from November until next summer, we wondered: Did the Boy Who Lived move because of "Twilight"?
Maybe not, but guess who's moving because of "Harry Potter"?
Summit Entertainment announced Friday (August 15) that "Twilight," the first film adaptation to be made from Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster series, has moved its North American release date up three weeks from December 12 to November 21, the weekend previously occupied by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
"When Warner Bros. decided to move 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to the summer of 2009, we saw a unique opportunity to slot in our film, which has been gaining tremendous awareness and momentum over the past several months," Rob Friedman, co-chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment, wrote in a statement. "We by no means are trying to fill the shoes of the incredible Potter franchise for 2008, rather we are just looking to bring the fans of Stephenie Meyer's incredible book series the film as soon possible from a programming perspective."
The move allows for "Twilight" to premiere on more screens than it otherwise would have and to stay in theaters for a longer time prior to the major holiday season, according to the press release.
"Twilight" will now face off against Disney's "Bolt," the animated story of a hero dog, for the box-office crown. Previously, it would have competed against Scott Derrickson's "The Day the Earth Stood Still" starring Keanu Reeves.
Every Tuesday is "Twilight" Tuesday here at MTV News! Check back here each and every week for the hottest scoop on the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's beloved vampire series, and we'll still bring you breaking "Twilight" news throughout the rest of the week. And make sure you check out the MTV Movies Blog for our ongoing "Twilight" discussions each and every day.
Check out everything we've got on "Twilight."
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com
August 15, 2008
Movie News Flash!
So, many of you have heard that the release of the sixth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, has been moved from this Thanksgiving to next summer. First and foremost, please know that this schedule change has absolutely nothing to do with Twilight, me, or Summit Films (so enough with the imdb death wishes, okay?). This is Warner Bros. decision, and it was not motivated by anything Twilight-related.
Now for the good news! Though we're all sad to have to wait for Harry Potter, this open spot at the theater creates a cool opportunity. The good people at Summit were thrilled to let me know that now Twilight fans are going to get their movie three weeks earlier than scheduled. That's right—Twilight will be released in theaters November 21st! Let the merry-making commence!
--Stephenie

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Interview with Twilight Cast and Crew

DAILIES TRANSCRIPT "Twilight Interview" INTERVIEWED: Taylor Lautner, Catherine Hardwicke, Stephenie Meyer, Robert Pattinson ORIGINAL AIR DATE: July 28, 2008 See where to watch ReelzChannel TV Mike Richards: Welcome to Dailies. I'm Mike Richards. Now as part of our Fan*tastic Summer we've taken Dailies on location, out of the soundstage to bring you the latest in all the big summer movies. And the big summer action was right here in Comi-Con, We're in San Diego, the big comic book and movie convention. A lot happened over the weekend, we've got it all covered for you. Let's start with the stars of Twilight who talked to me about meeting the very excited fans of this book, soon-to-be movie. Mike Richards: This is your first, sort of, interaction with the fans of Twilight and they're rabid fans. Taylor Lautner: It was good, you know, the fans they're, uh, they're crazy but they're passionate. I understand their passion for the book because I'm just as passionate for it. Mike Richards: Was there nerves bringing your books, your movie to Comic-Con? Catherine Hardwicke: Well I didn't wear white in case tomatoes were hurled at me but Stephanie was brave... Stephenie Meyer: I wasn't afraid. Mike Richards: We've talked to the cast a little bit about being on the set, that it didn't feel like this big, huge movie but now that it's here you're, I'm watching them begin to get overwhelmed. Did you guys give them any advice? Stephenie Meyer: I did lean over to Rob today with the screaming and said, "I apologize for what I've done to your life." (laughs) Robert Pattinson: It's a terrifying sound, like, hearing 6,000 people screaming. It sounds like the devil is coming down or something.

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