Archives for 2008

Many of you have hit our inbox with news from multiple sources that the Twilight movie’s release date has been moved up to Nov. 21, 2008.  Here is a link to an article from the Wall Street Journal talking about the change.

Reposted with permission from StephenieMeyer.com

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

The folks over at TwilightVinculum.com were able to attend the Seattle Beaking Dawn Concert Tour. They have video and photos that they were able to take during the event.

Set your TIVOs to ABC’s Nightline program tonight. Nightline was at the Seattle Breaking Dawn Concert Tour, and they interviewed fans for the program. Check your local listings for exact times. Thanks to Sonya for the heads up.

Not quite a teen? Not quite a mom? Looking for others your age who are into Twilight? Twilight Twentysomethings is looking to give you what you may be looking for. Check out their new site.

We are still in the process of rebuilding our own forums and will have news on that this weekend after we have more time to configure them. It’s too early to answer a lot of questions regarding the forums because  we just haven’t had enough time to work with the new software yet and answer accurately. In the interim two forum members (Kit and Camber) have put up a site where you can contact Lexiconers that you may have lost touch with due to the forum being down.

Kim of Cinematical asks the question, "Is Twilight Anti-Feminist?" and looks at several sides of an interesting and often posed issue.

The Sydney Australia based Sunday Morning Herald has a mixed review of Breaking Dawn. They also feature a different cover shot. Any Aussie fans out there that can tell us if that graphic appears on your books? It’s the first we have seen of it.

A group of Twilight fans are testing the waters on the interest fans fan have in a Twilight convention in 2009. They are still very much in the early stages and are asking for your input on a number of levels. Their site can be found here.

Film.com has an article on rabid fanbases. They mention various groups from the Trekkies, to "Ringers", AKA Lord of the Rings/Tolkein fans, to yes, you guessed it, Twilight Fans.  Thanks to Stephanie for the heads up.

Mike Welch is going to be doing one of the scariest things an actor can do, no we don’t mean facing rabid Twilight fans. He is going to be doing live theater, no calling cut, no redoing a scene; it can be scary.  You can read all about his upcoming role here and Mike’s Blog here.

According to the Associated Press, Breaking Dawn appears on several best seller lists. Each one has their own way for tracking books. Unlike the New York Times that has many categories, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today only have a few categories.  We are still checking, but we believe Breaking Dawn would not be eligible for the New York Times list until next week, but we’ll update when we know for sure.

The Wall Street Journal has the following:

1. Breaking Dawn
2. Eclipse
4. Twilight
5. New Moon
9. The Host

USA Today has the following:

1. Breaking Dawn
2. Twilight
4. New Moon
5. Eclipse
23. The Host

Media Boulevard has interviews featuring Robert Pattinson and Rachelle Lefevere, as well as Kellen Lutz. They also have several others that are forthcoming.

Elena from first book reports that they had a huge spike in participation in FirstBook. The rules state "vote now vote often", so if you missed out participating in this cause the first time, or you want to vote again, it’s a great cause.

The Twilight Saga is finally starting to take off in the media  in the UK.  The Times has an overview article

This is one of many post Breaking Dawn projects around the Internet. Joanne Maria pointed this one out to us. If you liked the project, please also comment on her YouTube section.

FearNet has an interview with Robert Pattinson and Rachelle Le Fevere.

The Q & A sessions from the Chicago and Los Angeles Breaking Dawn Concert Tour are now located here.

The Seattle transcript is still incomplete, but what we have so far is here. When we have the whole thing, we will move it to the location of the other two tour stops where there was a post book release Q&A.

EDITED: The Full Seattle transcript is now here. Thank you to the fabulous Ousia (who happens to run The Host Index) for providing this transcript.