You have to love Jackson’s sense of humor on this.
Archives for 2010
Moviefone’s Hottest Men of Summer 2010
June 10, 2010
Moviefone has come out with their annual Hottest Men of Summer list and Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner have both made the cut. They join names such as Tom Cruise, Ashton Kutcher, Russell Crowe, Dev Patel, and Bradley Cooper. Sadly Jackson Rathbone did not make the list along side his fellow Twilight and Last Airbender castmates.
Here is what they had to say about Robert Pattinson:
‘He Plays: Vampire Edward Cullen, the one true love of mortal Bella Swan
Where Else You’ve Seen Him: Besides the ‘Twilight’ series? He was poor doomed Cedric in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,’ and romanced Emilie De Ravin in ‘Remember Me.’
Why He’s Hot: The knife-sharp cheekbones! That shock of unruly hair! That heroic profile! If ever any actor was born to brood, it’s R-Pattz. He’s just how we imagine our dream vampire boyfriend should be: pale and thin, with eyes that seem to bore into our soul. When he says, “I promise to love you forever,” who doesn’t swoon?”
See the whole list on Moviefone.
New Clip: Bree and Riley What Did You Do To Me
June 10, 2010
For those of you who have read the Bree Tanner book, how do you think this compares to the book? (Obviously, spoilers will be in the comments. Don’t hit the comments if you are trying to stay spoiler free.)
Via TwiFans
Eclipse Soundtrack Soars To The Top of The Billboard Chart
June 10, 2010
According to the Reuters wire story:
“The U.S. album chart is finally heating up after a lengthy lackluster spell, with the latest “Twilight” soundtrack set to lead a trio of notable newcomers next week.
“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is going up against Christina Aguilera’s first studio release in nearly four years and the latest EP from the cast of the Fox TV show “Glee.”
Industry prognosticators think “Eclipse” will likely debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with possibly as much as 140,000 to 160,000 copies sold by week’s end on June 13. The last “Twilight” release, “New Moon,” was released on a Friday and sold 115,000 in just three days, debuting at No. 2. In its first full week, it sold 153,000 and moved up to No. 1.
Sources also predict that the “Glee” album, “Journey to Regionals,” might sell around 110,000 to 130,000 while Aguilera’s “Bionic” could move 100,000 to 120,000 copies.”
See the entire Reuters news feed here.
Bree Tanner Hits the US Sales Charts
June 10, 2010
Yesterday we reported how The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner rocketed to the top of the UK sales charts. Today, USA Today is reporting the same thing.
USA Today along with the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Publishers Weekly are the premier lists that booksellers want their products to appear on. Publishers Weekly and The New York Times subdivide their lists into various subcategories whereas USA Today and the Wall Street Journal throw everybody in together. What often happens, is that it’s very hard to tell how a book is really doing via the New York Times lists (there are over 30 subcategories) and Publishers Weekly (they don’t rate children’s/teen books). In fact the New York Times subdivided its list as a direct response to the Harry Potter books clogging the top spots for over a year. On the other hand you can really see the domination of YA material on the USA Today and Wall Street Journal lists. Last year the Twilight Saga, the Whimpy Kid Series, and the Hunger Games series dominated those lists for weeks.
USA Today published the following today:
“‘Bree’ rules: Like Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, Books 3 and 4 in Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight saga, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella enters USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list in the top spot. The big difference? Fans had a choice: Buy the book, which went on sale Saturday, or read it for free through July 5 at breetanner.com. Little, Brown reports 350,000 copies were sold in the USA in the book’s first 48 hours on sale; 15,000 have read it online so far. “Given all the time in the world … I could write a short story for every one of my characters,” Meyer says.”
You can check out the USA Today top 150 list here.
Here are where the Twilight Saga books currently rank:
1. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
9. Eclipse
37. Breaking Dawn
54. Twilight
65. New Moon
Peter Facinelli: New Directors is a Good Thing, New Actors As Family Members…Not So Much
June 10, 2010
Peter Facinelli spoke to Access Hollywood about his personal feeling regarding shifts in cast members (avoided when Ashely Greene and Kellan Lutz signed on for Breaking Dawn) and directors.
Peter on replacement cast members:
“I thought that would be really weird to have to act against other people and all of a sudden those are your family members…I’m glad it all worked out,” Peter said. “I think it would have been silly in the end if, or it would have watered down the franchise if all of a sudden we had a whole new family.”
Peter on changing directors each film:
“It’s exciting. To be able to jump from that talent pool to another talent, from one talent to another like that, it’s great because you get a whole new perspective, it’s fresh,” he said. “You don’t get complacent because you’ve done three movies with the same director and all of a sudden it’s like, ‘OK, let’s do this again…It’s probably more scary for the director to come in,” Peter added. “They have big shoes to fill from the last director that made the franchise successful and a lot more people will putting your movie under a microscope.”
Twilight Saga New Moon Wins Licensing Award
June 10, 2010
Given how many products from Burger King, Volvo, NECA and others came out for New Moon, we doubt this surprises anyone. According to the press release by LIMA (Licensing Industry Merchants Association):
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the second installment of Summit Entertainment’s blockbuster film series based on the popular vampire romance novels, was named License of the Year at last night’s Opening Night Awards Ceremony at Licensing International Expo 2010 in Las Vegas. In addition, licensing programs supporting the Twilight property were honored in the entertainment and retail awards categories:
FILM, TELEVISION, CELEBRITY OR ENTERTAINMENT(Lexicon note: New Moon swept this category)
• Best Film, Television, Celebrity or Entertainment Program: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
• Best Film, Television, Celebrity or Entertainment Licensee – Hard Goods: Cardinal Industries, Inc. (for The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Movie Board Game)
• Best Film, Television, Celebrity or Entertainment Licensee – Soft Goods: National Entertainment Collectibles Association (for The Twilight Saga: New Moon apparel and accessories)
RETAILER
• Best Retailer: Nordstrom (for The Twilight Saga: New Moon)
OVERALL BEST LICENSED PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment, LLC
See more from LIMA. Via Hollywood News
Twilight Saga Eclipse has already started their campaign with NECA, Nordstroms, Tonner Dolls , Barbie (Alice Doll pictured left) continuing to be strong players.
AMAZING Opportunity For UK Citizens Via E1 and LoveFilm
June 10, 2010
The timing is tight on this one so don’t miss out!
“LOVEFiLM are giving you the chance to interview Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson AND Taylor Lautner in L.A.
We’ve teamed up with E1 Entertainment to offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a fan to jet over to L.A and ask the Twilight stars three questions each about their new film Eclipse, hitting cinemas on July 9th.
The winner will be flown to Los Angeles THIS SUNDAY (13th June) and will get up close and personal with the cast on Monday, and arrive back in the UK on Thursday. This will be the official LOVEFiLM interview that we’ll use and promote on our site, so the pressure is on!
We’re looking for a true Twi-hard that will be able to show off their passion for all things Twilight. All entrants must be over 12 years old. Under 18s must be accompanied by a legal guardian.”
Riley Biers Has Disappeared Fandango Clip
June 10, 2010
There is a new clip on Fandango called “Missing” featuring Xavier Samuel as Riley Biers. Biers is apparently Riley’s previously unknown last name. TY to ceecee for the heads up.
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