July 29th

Eclipse News - so depressing

Summit Entertainment has announced tonight that Bryce Dallas Howard will take over the role of “Victoria” in the upcoming film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Rachelle Lefevre, who played Victoria in Twilight and the upcoming New Moon will not continue in the role due to scheduling conflicts with another commitment the she has made. Eclipse is due to start filming this coming August in Vancouver. “We are incredibly happy that Bryce has agreed to come into the franchise,” said Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Worldwide Production and Acquisitions. “Rachelle brought “Victoria” to great screen life and Bryce will bring a new dimension to the character. The franchise is lucky to have such a talented actress as Bryce coming in to fill the role.” Bryce most recently starred in Terminator Salvation as Kate Connor and has been seen in Spider-Man 3, Lady in the Water, and The Village. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her leading performance as an actress in the HBO film As You Like It.

I don't know about this ladies. I think they did a good job re-casting, but she just isn't Rachelle. This kind of reminds me of Days of Our Lives. They had a different Roman and Bo there for awhile. Totally sucked!

New Moon News

We are happy to announce that the New Moon soundtrack will be in stores on October 13th! That will give you all plenty of time to get to know the music before the movie is in theaters on November 20th. As Chris Weitz has mentioned, artists such as Thom Yorke, Bon Iver, Muse, and Band of Skulls are being discussed for the soundtrack but nothing is confirmed so far. Stay tuned to www.newmoonthesoundtrack.com for exciting information about the official soundtrack pre-order, which will get you tons of extras and exclusives before the album arrives!

Check out the official New Moon soundtrack site here.

July 19th

Eclipse News

Riley has been cast! And the lucky guy is Xavier Samuel. Click here for an interview with Xavier.

The 25-year-old Adelaide-born and Sydney-based actor’s career has so far focused on small and independent Australian films.

The vampire movies have already made hot properties of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, the latter now comes with his own travelling pack of obsessive teen fans.
“I’m in a bit of a daze but it’s a wonderful bit of news,” Samuel exclusively told Confidential from Los Angeles last night.

Samuel has only recently hit Tinseltown after appearing in five small Australian films including Newcastle, where he played a Goth teenager among a group of surfers, September and the upcoming Road Train, where he stars as one of a group of teens terrorised by an out-of-control truck.

In Eclipse he takes on the role of a newborn vampire named Riley, a good-looking university student involved in a plot to kill Stewart’s character Bella.

Samuel is still getting his head around the Twilight phenomenon.

“I managed to catch the film on the way over on the plane,” he said. He admitted he’s not read any of the best-selling books of the series - yet.

“I’m going to start reading the first one tonight.”

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New Moon Chocolate

There are 3 of them, one for Bella, Edward, and Jacob and they cost $0.79 each. They’re from the maker of Skybar candies. It looks like they’re pictures from New Moon as well. The package says their names in red on the very top left corner and at the bottom it says “The Twilight Saga New Moon Heart’s Desire Creme filled milk chocolate heart”. The candy itself has Bella’s name on the top, the Cullen crest in the middle, and the Skybar name on the bottom.

July 17th

Twilight scene it?
How freaking cool is this? The game does not come out until October, but you can pre-order it now at Amazon. The game will cost $29.99.

Scene It? Twilight Deluxe Edition features hundreds of clips, trivia questions, and on-screen puzzlers from the Twilight movie phenomenon! Experience customized mini-games and bonus activities that will challenge your observation, memory and puzzle solving skills that are unique to Scene It? Twilight. This game will quench players’ thirsts for more Bella, Edward, Jacob and the gang while reliving favorite Twilight moments again and again! Game includes game DVD, 4x collectible metal tokens, 100x trivia cards, 30x fate cards, 1x 6-sided die, 1x 8-sided die, and instruction sheet.

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Comic Con Update

Summit Entertainment has issued a press release with details regarding The Twilight Saga: New Moon at Comic-Con.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON - The highly anticipated sequel to last year’s box-office smash TWILIGHT is the subject of a question-and-answer session featuring surprise members of the cast. In anticipation of being one of the convention’s most talked-about events, the panel will also thrill the crowd with a first look at never-before-seen footage from the film. With THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan) and Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen) return in a captivating new chapter of the action epic that has enthralled audiences around the world.

Special Evening TWILIGHT Screenings Summit is also proud to present “The Twilight Experience,” a one-night-only special theatrical re-release of global sensation TWILIGHT, featuring an introduction by cast members.

Screening tickets are $10 and can only be purchased online at Fandango (www.fandango.com) and picked up at the theater prior to the event. Multiple staggered showings of TWILIGHT will take place at the Pacific Gaslamp 15. Doors open at 5:30 and fans with tickets will be admitted on a first-come, first-seated basis. The Pacific Gaslamp 15 is located at 701 5th Ave., just a few blocks from the Convention Center. Two tickets per person limit.

Photo Booth, Giveaways and More!

Throughout the convention, visitors to the Summit Entertainment booth in the Grand Hall will have the opportunity to have their pictures taken in an exclusive THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON photo booth and collect special edition trading cards for the film. They can also meet the CG-animated versions of classic characters brought to new life in ASTRO BOY. With each spin of the prize wheel, lucky visitors will win promotional giveaways or exclusive prizes

Twilight Comic Book

EW.com is reporting that a Twilight Graphic Novel is in the works-

For those of you who can’t get enough Edward and Bella, EW can announce — exclusively — that Yen Press will be publishing Twilight in graphic-novel form. Though Korean artist Young Kim is creating the art, Meyer herself is deeply immersed in the project, reviewing every panel.

Take a close look at the biology-class sketch we’ve obtained (that’s an empty dialogue bubble between their heads, if you’re wondering). What’s interesting to me is that it doesn’t look simply like an artist’s rendering of Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson. In fact, the characters seem to be an amalgam of Meyer’s literary imagination and the actors’ actual looks. The description of Edward from biology class: “His dazzling face was friendly; open, a slight smile on his flawless lips. But his eyes were cautious.” And Bella: “I was ivory-skinned …. I had always been slender, but soft somehow, obviously not an athlete…” To me, this graphic-novel Bella seems much closer to me to Meyer’s book than to Stewart’s sultry portrayal. The Edward shown is closer to Pattinson, but not a real duplicate; there’s something very winning in the sketch that I don’t see in Pattinson’s all-too-perfect tousled bronze locks and piercing eyes.

If you’d like to see more before weighing in, pick up a copy of EW magazine, which will hit newsstands on Friday, July 17 — it contains finished illustrations of Edward, Bella, and Jacob.

Seth posted the following at Stephenie Meyer’s official site-

Exciting news:Click here to read about a very cool new project that Yen Press is working on: Twilight: The Graphic Novel. The newest issue of Entertainment Weekly (hitting newsstands on Friday) will feature three exclusive illustrations from the book. More information about the book, including the publication date, will be coming. This is the first announcement of the book, so it is still not available for pre-order, but I will post a link as soon as it goes on sale.

July 13th

Comic-Con 2009 - San Diego CA July 23rd
Comic Con 2009 has released the programming for day one of the convention, Thursday July 23rd. Why does this concern Twilighters? It includes the schedule for the Summit Entertainment panel which contains the New Moon sneak peek and panel. Read below for more details:

1:45-2:45 Summit Entertainment— Summit Entertainment presents a sneak peek of exclusive footage of some of its upcoming major film releases!Astro boy—A classic superhero origin story set in a futuristic world, Astro Boy is an all-new CG-animated feature film about a young robot with incredible powers and his adventure-filled journey in search of his identity and destiny. Join Freddie Highmore and Kristen Bell as they premiere the final trailer for Astro Boy before it’s in theaters.

Sorority Row—When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret. Join the cast of Sorority Row as they debut footage from the film exclusive to Comic-Con 2009.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon—Summit Entertainment is proud to present the panel for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the highly anticipated sequel to last year’s box office smash Twilight. Surprise members of the cast will answer your questions about the second film in the series and debut never-before-seen footage from the new film.

The panel will be held in Hall H from 1:45 to 2:45 but remember to get in line as early as possible to guarantee yourself a seat in the hall! There is no official panel list of who will be attending, but you can read our post here for all the details we have right now.

Harry Potter vs. Twilight
As a new “Harry Potter” movie opens next week, the bespectacled wizard faces a new challenge: how to compete for the attention of a young audience that has been growing up—and is starting to prefer the angsty teen romances and cooler, edgier characters of the “Twilight” books and movies.

The film moves directly into the territory where “Twilight” now rules. The sixth “Potter” movie, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” has a distinctly more grown-up tone than its predecessors and features a strong romantic plotline.

The movie’s timing may have helped its vampire rival. Last year Warner Bros. delayed the release of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to fill a hole in its summer-2009 schedule. Hollywood studio Summit Entertainment wasted no time pushing its teen vampire picture “Twilight” into the vacant November slot. The film, adapted from the best-selling book series about an epic love story between a vampire who looks 17 years old and a normal teenage girl, became an overnight success, grossing more than $382 million world-wide on a shoestring budget of $37 million.

Warner Bros. and the team behind “Potter” say they didn’t take the “Twilight” franchise into account when designing their marketing materials for “The Half-Blood Prince.” Instead, they crafted a campaign aimed to resonate with previous “Potter” films, the executives and filmmakers say, dismissing the notion that there is a rivalry between the franchises among fans.

For its part, Summit Entertainment, the studio behind “Twilight,” says it has been careful to steer clear of the commercial juggernaut that “Potter” has become, especially because its “Twilight” fan base overlaps with the “Potter” audience. The studio says that its strategy has been to avoid releasing any “Twilight” material too close to big release dates for “Harry Potter.”

“It’s the only franchise that we ever pay attention to,” says Rob Friedman, chief executive and co-chairman of Summit Entertainment. “We are very cognizant of where they are, and we’ve always been wary of being in too close proximity to ‘Harry Potter’ because we know our fans cross over so much, and we definitely don’t want to compete with ‘Harry’ for attention.”

Haami Nyangibo, a 13-year-old girl from London, says that after years of reading “Harry Potter” she has come to find the “Twilight” books “far more relatable. They just engage in a more realistic way. A lot of my friends have gone off ‘Harry Potter’ and are onto ‘Twilight,’ ” she says.

To read the complete article, click here.


Edward Doll
The Tonner Doll Company has just announced a new Twilight doll, called “Hungry Edward”, that is exclusive to Comic Con 2009. The doll will sell for $129.99 in TONNER booth number 4148 and is only one of 200 made. This is a Comic Con exclusive, but if pieces are left over at the conclusion of the convention, they will be available online. Read/see more below:

Hungry, Edward from Twilight™

San Diego Comic-Con 2009 Exclusive! Hungry, Edward from Twilght™ will be available for purchase exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con. At the conclusion of San Diego Comic-Con, if any product remains it will be available for purchase right here on TonnerDirect.com!

TONNER CHARACTER FIGURE™

EDWARD must fight his insatiable thirst for BELLA, no matter how Hungry he gets. This latest incarnation of EDWARD CULLEN comes dressed in a soft knit long-sleeved t-shirt and dark wash jeans. Socks, faux leather lace-up shoes, and faux leather bracelet with the Cullen Family crest also included.

Important New Moon Party/Movie News

Hello Twilight Fans~

For those of you who are coming to the New Moon Party and/or the Midnight showing, please check your email. I have sent an update regarding both events. If you did not receive an email, please email me at ericafitton@comcast.net.

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend.

Erica

July 8th

I do hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. It is my favorite holiday! Now back to the Twilight world...........

Rumor: Kristen Stewart Pregnant with Rob's Baby
The original source is an Australian gossip magazine whose headlines aside from the Kristen story were: Jen [Aniston] Tears Over Brad, Britney Spears Getting Married, and Michael Jackson’s Death, Was It Murder. So, you judge the credibility. The inside story goes on to state that Kristen sent a friend out for a pregnancy test because she was afraid to go to the drug store and be spotted getting one. The said friend then went and blabbed to someone who told the Australia-based magazine.

Now let’s think about this a second. Kristen has pretty much grown up in the business and realizes how rumors start, and knows that media eyes are on her. She’d risk sending “a friend” to get the test, especially one who can’t keep his/her mouth shut? Two words: mail order!

Now it gets better. We thought we had seen just about everything on this latest rumor and then it jumped the proverbial shark. Another gossip website states that Kristen responded to the rumor via her Twitter, yet they don’t cite what Twitter account that was, yet they quote it. Now putting aside the fact that Kristen doesn’t have a Twitter, let’s think about this. In a series of Tweets Kristen supposedly says that her publicist could have made up the rumor. In our opinion, when you have a career as big and hot right now as Kristen Stewart’s, no publicist (if they value their job and reputation) starts a pregnancy rumor. It’s not like Kristen isn’t getting a ton of PR via Runaways and New Moon. She would need a pregnancy rumor to attract additional attention because why exactly?

Next, Ted Casablanca, the one of the kings of Hollywood gossip is calling people out and saying BS. Now, when your rumor is at the point when a guy who makes his livelihood trading in rumor is pretty much going, “yeah right” instead of playing along (he also called BS on the “cab attacks Rob” and with logical back up)…you decide.

Thanks to Twilight Lexicon for this news. All I can say is let's hope it is not true.

Exclusive New Moon Peak
Mark your calendars for August 14 for an exclusive trailer of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, which can only be viewed in theatres in front of BANDSLAM!

The exclusive trailer will run in front of all showings of BANDSLAM during its opening weekend.

BANDSLAM, a music-driven comedy starring Vanessa Hudgens, Aly Michalka and Gaelen Connell, opens nationwide on August 14.

Magazine Mania
Thanks to the lovely people over at Twilight Poison, we have some HQ scans of the newest issue of US Weekly magazine with Robert Pattinson’s six page spread:



Twilight Saga News
According to the Deadbolt, Showtime has gotten the rights to broadcast the Twilight Saga films. The report goes on to say that the deal will allow them the exclusive opportunity to air the films upon their release to cable TV. Read more below:

Amid the Twilight Saga craze, Showtime has landed the rights to broadcast the Twilight Saga, With all New Moon corners of the media market capitalizing on the popularity of the Twilight Saga, it was announced that Showtime has signed an exclusive Twilight deal with Summit Entertainment that gives Showtime the rights to air all Twilight films in the Stephenie Meyer based Twilight Saga upon the release of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking dawn to cable television. With cable television curry enjoying a new moon in popularity and far from any twilight of what TV fans can expect, the release of critically acclaimed cable TV movies and series have overshadowed mainstream networks.

The new Twilight Saga - Showtime deal is a bold move for Showtime after executives chose to not continue relationships with Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM. Prior to the new Twilight deal, it appears the new moon direction of Showtime was made after excessive over broadcast fees by studios became too much. Showtime will now have access to 42 Summit Entertainment films, which include the four instalments of the Twilight Saga that star Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and supporting actors Peter Facinelli, Ashley Green, and Nikki Reed.

The Twilight Saga is a lucrative acquisition for Showtime given the popularity of the Stephenie Meter penned Twilight novels and the first two Twilight Saga films, Twilight and New Moon. Showtime has steadily become a popular cable network in the years prior to Twilight and New Moon, with such shows as Queer as Folk, Weeds, The L Word, and the new hit Nurse Jackie, which includes Twilight Saga cast member, Peter Facinelli.

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July 1st

New Moon News
Check out this cool bottle. The Volturi is the most feared and powerful coven of vampires, and that same dark, exciting sensibility can be felt in its products.

The Volturi family crest appears on the packaging and some standouts include “Deity Body Lotion,” “Immortal Body Shimmer” and “Crown Mascara” (shown above).

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New Moon Soundtrack
Amazon.com has the New Moon soundtrack available for pre-order. Click here for more details. The release date is Novmeber 20th, but I am sure they will release it prior to the movie like they did with Twilight. What else are we suppose to listen to on our way to the theater?

New Moon: The Complete Illustrated Movie Guide
First, in case you didn't see it, New Moon: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion is already available for pre-order (even though the cover art has not been released). For those of you who haven't seen the Twilight Companion, it is filled with high-quality images and behind-the-scenes information. Please note that Stephenie does not write these books, but I really enjoyed the first one.

Also, Random House (the company who produces the Twilight audiobooks) is hosting another contest through their subsidiary suvudu.com. They will be giving away the entire Twilight series on audio books (you must be a resident of the United States and 18 years of age or older to enter).

Site of the Month
Site of the month for July is.............Twifans.com

Just one more place to get your Twilight Fix.