March 29

Eclipse News
Reel Empire has discovered that Amazon.com is now showing June 29th as the release date for the Twilight Saga Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion. In addition we can look forward to the paperback edition of Breaking Dawn in August. Check out more below:

Release date for ‘Twilight: Eclipse’ movie companion. I think we’ve posted more “Twilight” related updates in the past week than we have in our entire run as a website. If we haven’t filled your heads up with enough “Twilight” details to hold you over until the third installment in Summit Entertainment’s popular vampire series titled “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” arrives in theaters, than here’s another one to add to the plate.

Amazon has confirmed the release date for the “Twilight Saga Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion” which will hit retail shelves June 29th, 2010. They also revealed the release date for the mass market paperback edition for “Eclipse” which is May 25th.

Read the entire article at Reel Empire here.

The Host

Some fun news coming from Seth on Stephenie Meyer.com in the last few days. The Host is coming out in paperback on April 13th and is now available to pre-order on Amazon.com. Not only will you be able to buy The Host in paperback, but this edition is going to have a few surprises. Check out more from Seth below:

Good news: The Host paperback is now available for pre-order. I have just heard from the publishing company that the paperback release will have a Reading Group Guide that includes the following:

•New, never-before-published “bonus chapter”
•An interview with Stephenie
•Discussion topics and questions
•Stephenie’s annotated play list

It will be released on April 13, 2010. As always, I highly recommend The Host to anyone who has not yet read it. Have a great day!

–Seth

To read all the updates on Stephenie Meyer.com, click here.

March 25

Eclipse News
Very exciting news this morning! Summit has unveiled the one-sheet for Eclipse exclusively to their iTunes App Twilight tracker. This App is available for only .99 on iTunes here . Check out the one sheet below and go get that App!

Check out the one-sheet much bigger, in a high resolution poster HERE!

New Moon DVD News
Summit Entertainment announced today that the home entertainment release of the studio’s action-packed, modern day vampire love story THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON sold just over 4 million DVD units in its first weekend of release. The tally surpasses the first weekend sales of TWILIGHT in 2009 which sold 3.8 million DVD units, and went on to be the top selling DVD title of the year with 9.2 million units sold. The DVD launch of NEW MOON commenced this past Saturday morning with 7,000 retail locations nationwide taking part in events at midnight giving fans their first chance to obtain a DVD of the film.

Thousands of TWILIGHT fans across the nation participated in the “NEW MOON at Midnight” event and some were treated to surprise appearances by members of the cast as well as the film’s director. Fans saw actors Justin Chon who plays Eric, Christian Serratos who plays Angela, and Michael Welch who plays Mike in Salt Lake City; director Chris Weitz and Nikki Reed who plays Rosalie Hale in Los Angeles; Peter Facinelli who plays Dr. Carlisle Cullen in New York; Edi Gathegi who plays Laurent in Pittsburgh; and Liz Reaser who plays Esme Cullen in Phoenix. Other cast members of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON made appearances nationwide including Kiowa Gordon and Tinsel Korey in Cincinnati; Charlie Bewley in Denver; Chaske Spencer and Tyson Houseman in Atlanta; Daniel Cudmore in Houston; and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg in Seattle.

Summit Entertainment’s Co-Chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger stated, “Once again the incredibly dedicated fans of the TWILIGHT SAGA came out in massive numbers this weekend for the opportunity to be one of the first take home the second movie in the series. As we have said all along, the fans are what make this franchise and we once again thank them for their support.”

“The support that we have received from our retail partners in accommodating the incredible demand for the title has been nothing short of amazing,” said Steve Nickerson, Summit’s President of Home Entertainment. “The ground we have broken with in-store partnerships and the availability of this title has been a positive influence on the retail DVD business.”

Breaking Dawn News
Some new news on the Breaking Dawn front today. Although we still have yet to hear official confirmation on Breaking Dawn; according to EW.com’s Hollywood Insider, Summit is looking at some pretty big names to direct Breaking Dawn.

Sources tell EW that the studio has reached out to at least three top-notch directors, including Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation), Gus Van Sant (Milk), and Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) to gauge their interest in what is likely to be two movies. (Van Sant’s reps confirmed that he’s been approached, but Coppola and Condon’s people didn’t return phone calls by press time. Summit declined to comment.)

No decisions are likely to be made until the studio delivers screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg’s detailed outline to the directors. That should happen sometime next week. Until then we can just wonder how these three very diverse directors will approach Bella’s controversial birthing scene.

Read more at EW here.

March 18

New Moon DVD Midnight Release Party
There are several places holding midnight parties for the release of the New Moon DVD. Word on the street is the Riverton Wal-mart (just off Bangerter Highway) will have at least one guest from the New Moon Movie. The party will be held from 8pm to Midnight on Friday, March 19th.

13502 South Hamilton View Rd
Riverton, UT 84065
801 446 2981

To find a Midnight release party near you, click here.

Eclipse Movie Trailer

This is the Official official, Eclipse Trailer. It is in HD. If you would like to see it on the BIG screen, you can go see Remember Me. This film is out Friday. Enjoy.

Eclipse Trailer

March 3

Eclipse News
EW’s Hollywood Insider has breaking news regarding Eclipse this afternoon. Summit Entertainment has replaced the editor on Eclipse and replaced him with the editor who previously worked on Twilight. Read more below:

Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the uber-successful Twilight series, confirmed this morning that it has replaced Eclipse editor Art Jones with Nancy Richardson, the editor of Catherine Hardwicke’s original Twilight film. The studio is not placing blame on Jones, who previously worked with Eclipse director David Slade on his horror film 30 Days of Night as well as Slade’s Ellen Page-starrer Hard Candy. They do believe, however, that Slade’s material – which they call “very good” – needed a stronger edit. The studio has more confidence in Richardson, who they say understands the emotion of the characters and is an ace at balancing action with the other elements of the film.

Read more at EW here.

A Wax Robert Pattinson
Madame Tussauds has some fun news for us today! They have now confirmed that the newest actor admitted to their attraction is none other than Robert Pattinson. Rob’s wax figure is set to debut this March. Read more below:
We expect to spark fan frenzy today as we’ve just confirmed the next actor to be admitted into our attraction is the hottest celebrity of the moment, Brit born A-lister and star of the phenomenally successful Twilight saga, Robert Pattinson. The wax figure of the British heartthrob will be revealed in March, ahead of the release of his latest film, Remember Me, in early April.

The studios team are busy recreating R-Pattz’s trademark sultry expression and messy hair, whilst the figure’s outfit will reflect his rugged style with an open collared shirt and skinny trousers. The figure making process takes four months of intense work to complete at a cost of £150,000.

“Robert Pattinson is one of the hottest celebrities in the world and we have been inundated by requests to make him at Madame Tussauds London,” commented Liz Edwards, our PR Manager. “We are delighted that we’ll be able to give fans the chance to to meet their idol and pose for pictures with him. They can even give him a kiss on the cheek which I’m sure will be a big hit with his female followers!”

Read more about wax Rob here.