Archives for 2008

In the midst of all this coverage of the film stars, it’s good to know that some people actually talked to the author!

Reelz Channel  talks with Stephenie on what the movie might had been like if the first studio who had optioned the film had actually gone through with it.

There’s also info on Stephenie’s site about the Heroes clip tonight.

Since tons of media outlets were at the Twilight press junket this past weekend, and a lot of the article repeat information, we thought we’d hit the highlights of what is unique.

Reelz Channel coverage:

"During the course of the marathon junket, we had the chance to confirm that each and every character from the book series is signed on to three Twilight movies.

What about Breaking Dawn? Since the book wasn’t out when the contracts were drawn up, it was not part of the deal. Translation? If this series gets all the way to part four, Summit is either recasting or Stewart, Pattinson, Lautner, and crew can look forward to a nice fat raise."

 

LA Times coverage:

He’s not sure how, after he had refused to write music for "Twilight," director Catherine Hardwicke got ahold of his songs. But he suspects co-star Nikki Reed snuck it off his laptop, where he keeps some of his music. (Hardwicke later told reporters that she was eventually able to convince him to record the songs and it was only after she showed them to him together with footage from the movie that he agreed to let them be used.)

 

E! Online coverage:

“I was embarrassed going into the casting because in the character breakdown, the first line is, ‘Edward is the ideal perfect man,’” he said. “I literally put it off for five months and then I went in mainly because I had seen Into the Wild and I wanted to meet Kristen because I thought she was cool. But I felt like an idiot being like, “Hi, I’m here for the ideal man audition.“

Shock Till You Drop coverage:

Nikki Reed: "I change my mind about whether or not I want to be an actor all the time. Right before Chain Letter, I had moved to Hawaii to go back to school because I decided I was never going to be an actor again."

Collider, who was the first to bring you the new footage released on the press junket, has a series of stunning interviews with:

Rob  Pattinson

"Actually, I was in New York doing a radio interview and they people sending in messages. Ninety five percent of the messages were saying, ‘Take your hat off.’ I was just like, ‘Okay.’ When people say something has become a trademark you have got to get rid of it. It’s the worse."

Kristen  Stewart

Stewart: I was ready to follow it for as long it decided to go. I would love to do the second, third and fourth. Again, it was that initial responsibility. I can only do a movie if I feel entirely compelled to it or else in every frame I’m just going to look confused…."

Catherine Hardwicke

"Actually, I have been working on the DVD already.  So we put together all the deleted scenes and extended scenes, there’s quite a few, like 12 or something like that.  And then I made some montages of some other crazy elements, like more vampire kiss, biting.  And more human hijinks.  And I made a pretty wild music video, like a remix of Bella’s Lullaby and I did some pretty trippy things that you may like."

News in Film mentions how Twilight midnight showings are starting to sell out. Multiscreen theaters are adding the film on several screens where the technology allows.

Novel Novice has announced their election results in their Twilight inspired voter awareness drive. team Edward won.

Could the Twilight movie win an award? Possibly, according to the LA Times, The Envelope.

Set your TIVO’s, DVR’s or even tune in live to Ellen on November 21st when Robert Pattinson will be on. TY to Sarah.

Here’s a little something different from our weekly sales report, USA Today had a feature on the top selling books from the past 15 years.  Here’s how the Twilight Saga made out:

26.   Twilight 26
37.   New Moon
41.   Breaking Dawn
45.   Eclipse

NY Times

12.  The Host (hardback fiction category)
1.     The Twilight Saga (children’s series category)
1.     The Twilight Illustrated Movie Companion (paperback advice)

Publishers Weekly

12. The Host (fiction hardback)

USA Today

1.   Twilight
2.   New Moon
4.   Eclipse
6.   Breaking Dawn
20. Twilight:The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
40. The Host

Wall Street Journal

2.  Eclipse
4.  Breaking Dawn
12. Twilight
14. New Moon

Steve on Collider just got back from the major PR Twilight junket that went on this weekend and he has lots of goodies to share, including his sizzle reels and the EPK (electronic press kit) footage . This is pretty much the best footage we’ve seen so far that from the looks of it gives a glimpse into just about everyone in the cast.

Starting Monday, after a long weekend media junket, the Twilight cast hits the road on the Hot Topic Store Tour.

Now wanting the scoop on how this all was going to work at the Hot Topic store near me I decided to ask what the process was for getting wristbands etc. I definitely recommend that everyone intending on going to a tour appearance do this, because procedure is going to vary site to site.

So anyway, I went down to the Hot Topic store in Paramus, NJ where Kristen was going to be and I encountered a very enthusiastic employee named Larence. Super guy, scores a 10 on the friendly and helpful scale.  Seriously, the guy was uber enthusiastic, but not in an annoying way, and very nice to someone who clearly was not his usual store demographic. He helped me find the Twilight sweatshirt in the size I wanted (this was the first Hot Topic store not to have only XS and S in stock). We had a great conversation about Rob and Kristen and how Larence was totally getting into Twilight. 

So Larence told me which entrance to the mall was opening early (like way early), the time they would begin handing out the wrist bands, and how this was all going to work in a pretty narrow store.  Larence then says that he’s imagining lots of moms lined up for their daughters. I said, well there’s going to be a bunch lined up for themselves, and that this is really popular with people of all ages. He then tells me that he’s just starting to realize this.

Then we got to the funny part. All of a sudden Larence says to me, "You know there are a lot of Twilight sites online." My husband, who was standing next to me starts to smirk. (triggering subtle ankle kick from me) I said, "Well actually I happen to have one of those, and yes there are quite a few of them."  Larence looked at me a little funny, but then we kept up our conversation on how the process for Kristen’s visit would go. He then says, "Oh, remember that when you come back with your son or daughter that each person who wants an autograph needs a writstband." At that point my husband is now trying not too successfully to supress his laughter, and says "Oh no, this is for her."  Again, Larence looks at me oddly (Like I said, I’m obviously not his usual demographic, at least he didn’t call me mam.) But I smiled and thanked him for the info and said I’d look for him when I came back.

So, if you happen to be by the Paramus Hot Topic, say hi to Larence (tell him about the Lexicon because I think, he thinks I was kidding when I said I had a Twilight site) who will give you the whole scoop specific to that store. You can find the general procedures here.

Here is Michelle’s report. She attended the MTV Spoiler taping last night, there are actually (not major) but spoilers for the movie discussed so we put it in a scroll box spoiler font because the scroll box refuses to cooperate so no one innocently stumbles on what they don’t want to know. TY to Michelle for sharing the experience.

I just got back from the taping. I have to say, the clips they showed us were AMAZING! Everyone in the theater went insane! The whole cast was there, but Rob and Kristen introduced the clips they showed us. By the way, I can finally put a face to the voice of Larry Carrol after so many Twilight Tuesdays!   On the Larry Carroll recap, I was the one wearing the Bite Me t-shirt [from the twilightteez.com store!] and I got to ask a question to Catherine. I was the first one with a question so I’ll be on tv [hopefully!]

As for the clips (highlight to read the rest), it had to have lasted around half and hour. They repeated a couple of clips, but some were new. Now for the clips- we saw the ballet studio scene again, the first appearance of the Cullens [from the Rome Film Festival], the cafeteria scene again, AND we saw when Bella wakes up to find Edward on her bed and its when he says "I want to try something…" [OMG THAT SCENE IS WAY TOO INTENSE!], we also saw when Bella introduces Edward to Charlie for the first time [Charlie was cleaning his shotgun…. so funny!!], and pretty much an extended version of the last trailer. This last part, it had added the complete parking lot crash at school- we saw how Bella confronted Edward and asked how he saved her [GOSH his intense eyes!!!]. 

Overall, it was an amazing experience to watch the scenes with all these other fans, screaming our heads off, and had a great time rocking our Twilight clothing and just have fun! When Larry first came out, we ALL yelled, "THANK YOU LARRY!!!" and yelled that again at the end haha! He made a really funny Twilight pun, I hope they put it in the episode [he said "I know Twilight is going to him you all like how Tyler’s car hit Bella!" hahaha… so silly].   I can’t express in words how I felt before, during, and after the screening… I can’t wait until the movie comes out!

Remember that November 16 is the deadline for video submissions for the Twilight Ultimate fan contest sponsored by Summit and various fansites. The prize for the winners is access to an exclusive online chat with director Catherine Hardwicke.

Length:     No minimum time, but max three minutes.

Submission:    Video uploaded to YouTube, Photobucket, MSN video, or DVD mailed in.

Style:         It can be live action or a series of photos and captions strung together using Movie Maker or similar program.

Important Fine Print:

1. One video per person/email address.  So if your family has one email address and more than one person in your house wants to enter, now would be a good time to open a new email account.
2. You have to be 13 or older.  Yes, we know it sucks, but US contest law as it applies in this type of contest is something we have no control over.
3. Only one person can appear in the video. So even if your baby cousin Samantha is adorable, if she’s sitting on your lap during the video, she is in fact another person. This would disqualify your video. So make sure you are in it solo, or if you desperately need moral support, grab fluffy the cat and not another human.
4. Do not incorporate "…ANY MATERIAL OR ELEMENTS THAT ARE NOT OWNED BY THE CONTESTANT AND/OR WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES, THE ENTRANT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING, PRIOR TO SUBMISSION OF THE ENTRY…" in other words, even if you are sure to wow Simon, Paula, and Randy on the next AI, unless you have an up close and personal relationship with Paramore where the band grants you the rights to perform your own version of Decode, you can’t include stuff that is copyrighted by someone else. You can sing original stuff, not someone elses.
5. Send your contact information in with the entry. Your complete contact information is as follows: your name, address, city, state, zip code, daytime telephone number, e-mail address and age to: [email protected] (if you are submitting via email) or The Twilight Lexicon, Box 396, 759 Bloomfield Ave., West Caldwell, NJ 07006(If you are submitting a DVD by mail.)

So What Should you focus on?

Be your enthusiastic self. The entries are judged on:

40% Creativity/Originality displayed

30% Display of entrant’s knowledge of the motion picture and book “Twilight”

30% Devotion to the motion picture and book “Twilight” demonstrated

Last night a lucky few fans got a peek at part of Twilight as part of MTV’s new spoilers show. We hope to have an onsite fan account later that we will put under a cut so you aren’t spoiled if you don’t want to be.

EW has part two of their Rob interview. If cars were as cheap as sock, Rob would probably have a pile of cars or at least their dashboards two weeks from now.

The LA Times continues their Twilight Countdown with more Q & A with Rob.