Stephenie Meyer Addresses “Annoyed” Rumor

Earlier this week (see series of Tweets here) a reporter for Variety Tweeted that, “HUNGER GAMES presales begin tomorrow; early tracking shows it outpacing the first TWILIGHT pic. My theory as to why: Safe for boys. As long as we’re on topic: Stephenie Meyer was deeply annoyed that LG brass said they’d do more TWILIGHT pics. She has no such intention.”

Stephenie Meyer issued the following statement on her website:

“Hey all,

Just wanted to clear up a little rumor making the rounds. I have absolutely no issues with anyone at Lionsgate. Far from being a negative thing, it’s actually a very nice feeling to know that both Lionsgate and Summit would like to make another Twilight movie if I were ever to write another Twilight book. So, thanks for the support, Lionsgate and Summit. I look forward to working for the first time with new friends at Lionsgate and working again with my old friends at Summit!

Steph”

Breaking Dawn Part 1 Hits 5 Million DVD Sales

According to the Lionsgate press release:

Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE® company, announced today that the home entertainment release of the current installment in the studio’s blockbuster TWILIGHT SAGA film franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1, has sold over 5 million DVD and Blu-ray units in the first 11 days of release. DVD sales for the film, which became available at retail on February 11th, are approximately 13% ahead of sales of the third film in the franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, at the same point in its release. Digital sales of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1 are also strong with over 74,000 electronic sell through transactions (53% ahead of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE at the same time) and over 175,000 video on demand transactions (162% ahead of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE at the same time).

Male TwiHard Twilight Academy Awards 2012

The Male TwiHard is back with more fun.

Best Supernatural Feature

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″
“Super 8″
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” (no way that kid is a mere mortal)

WINNER: “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″
Summit

Best Supernatural Sequel

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2″
“Paranormal Activity 3″
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”

WINNER: “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″

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Video: Nikki Reed Answers Fan Questions at UInterview

We posted about this site taking questions the other day. Here are the results.

Michael Welch Reflects on Life After the Twilight Saga

Breaking dawn Part 1 marked the last Twilight film for Michael Welch, who by-the-way coined the term Twi-Hard back in spring 2008. Here is what he had to say to

You’ve finished shooting Twilight. What are you going to miss most about filming the saga?

I really enjoyed playing Mike Newton. It was a fun, uncomplicated role that I connected with pretty easily. I’ll miss Mike, but mostly, I’ll miss hanging out and working with the people who I made good friendships with over the years. Making these movies kind of felt like summer camp. We would all get together once a year, far away from home, usually for about two weeks in my case, and create something together. We worked hard, but mostly, we just had a lot of fun.

Twilight has been a part of your life for many years now. What was the last day on set like for you?

I just tried to just take everything in with gratitude and joy. Experiences like that don’t come around very often, so I really wanted to enjoy the moment, share it with my friends, be proud of what we had all accomplished, and be happy to have been a part of something so incredible.

What’s the funniest fan experience you’ve ever had?

The first time a girl cried when she met me was the funniest experience to me. I certainly wasn’t laughing at her vulnerability, just at the situation. I almost felt like a con man, like I had somehow tricked this poor girl into thinking I was a really important member of society, that my very presence should cause her to shake and bring tears to her eyes. The first few months of the Twilight experience were really wild. It was 0-100 overnight. One minute I was just some dude, the next, crowds of people were screaming at me and some girls were suddenly crying at my feet. It’s hard to describe what that’s like.

See more on Shalom Life

Kristen Stewart Compares Her Snow White Character to Bella

Kristen Stewart will be starring in the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman. She has stated that Bella and Snow White are in general very different, but they do have at least one common tie.

Can you compare the movies in general?

Bella and Snow White are slightly—they both come to find that they’re leaders. They’re very, very, very different people. Everyone’s telling them “No.” And both of them see the light. Both of them are more intuitive and spiritually for whatever reason connected and their gut is always sort of dead right.

See more on Teen Vogue.

Will you be seeing Snow White and the Huntsman?

Video: Jackson Rathbone and Dentist

We aren’t really sure to be honest what this is all about, but it made us laugh and the news is kind of light right now so we thought that we would share it.

Variety Reports that Stephenie Meyer is Annoyed at Lionsgate CEO

As we reported back in January, a Lionsgate CEO saying that he hoped for more Twilight movies and a possible TV series didn’t mean that such a thing was eminent(see article here) We came to this opinion if for no other reason Stephenie Meyer would have to agree to such and she’s said numerous times that she is taking a break from Twilight and focusing (at least in the relative short term) on two other projects: The Host and Austenland. She made no mention of future Twilight projects when she updated her website for the first time in almost a year earlier this month. Additionally, she is very ‘hands on” regarding adaptations based on her work, and it didn’t seem likely that she’s give Lionsgate free reign to go ahead and dabble in a new movie or TV show without being majorly involved.

So, tonight it’s probably not surprising that a reporter for Variety Tweeted the following regarding the Lionsgate Hunger Game franchise and Twilight( bold emphasis ours).

HUNGER GAMES presales begin tomorrow; early tracking shows it outpacing the first TWILIGHT pic. My theory as to why: Safe for boys.

As long as we’re on topic: Stephenie Meyer was deeply annoyed that LG brass said they’d do more TWILIGHT pics. She has no such intention.

I’d bet the TWI franchise outperforms THG over time. But those openers & domestic BO figures will be competitive.(in response to this tweeted question: But we saw the following movies multiple times, and played out DVDs to death. I just don’t see that for “The Hunger Games”.)

EXACTLY (in response to this tweeted question: And absolutely no chance that it will surpass, or even equal, Twilight in the long haul.)

That was my point tho — TWI was overwhelmingly female. THG appeals across genders, and also touches fanboy elements. (in response to this question: the Twilight books have zero depth, Hunger Games have strong relatable characters…which should draw everyone not just boys)

 

It is also worth pointing out that though Lionsgate and Summit merged, we believe that there is still a large degree of newness as to what is the status of the films each organization has in its arsenal. They don’t fully know all the players and what their likely intentions are. With all the PR and questions from very corner, that’s probably what lead to what is looking more and more like a case of overly enthusiastic open mouth insert foot on Lionsgate’s part from speaking off the cuff.

For our part we wish the Hunger Games franchise well. It will do well if for no other reason like Twilight and the later Harry Potter books it has dominated the best seller charts for years. However because the New York Times (after the third Potter book) relegated these books to the children’s sections, so people don’t always realize how popular they are. The real test of popularity is looking at lists like USA Today that put all book sales against each other cross category.That’s where you see the Hunger Games, Harry Potter,Twilight, the Wimpy Kid, and several other “children’s/YA” series dominate the market. In other words, YA isn’t as much of a mystery as people think if they’d just look at book sales that matter on say USA today and the Wall Street Journal charts they’d have the info they need right at their fingertips.

Shout out to His Golden Eyes for being the first Twilight site to break the story.

Video: Booboo Stewart Talks The One Thing He Can’t Live Without

Booboo has some fun on the red carpet.

Bombay Bicycle Club Says Being on a Twilight Soundtrack Isn’t What They Thought

The Washington Post has an article on the London-based band The Bombay Bicycle Club. Apparently the band is not entirely happy.

“We ended up just swallowing all of the doubts that we had because we realized that it was going to be fun,” he said.

However, on closer inspection the assignment wasn’t the high-profile leg-up they were hoping for. Their track didn’t accompany Bella and Edward walking down the aisle or feature in the long-awaited sex scenes — in fact it was barely noticeable.

“Apparently it is just in the background of one scene in the film very quietly,” guitarist Ed Nash told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “I haven’t seen the film but our drummer went to see it with his whole family and I think they were bitterly disappointed.”

See more on the Washington Post.

Now what is a little odd in all of this is that the band isn’t on the Breaking Dawn soundtrack as this article suggests, rather it is a bonus track from the Eclipse soundtrack along with a Cee Lo and Fanfarlo song. It seems a little odd to be talking about disappointment 18 months after that movie released.