Archives for 2010

Julia Jones To Do Music Video

chuck-juliaJulia Jones, who plays Leah Clearwater in the upcoming Eclipse movie, is going to be in a Chuck Wicks music video. According to The Boot:

“The two never met until last week and didn’t even know each other existed until a mutual friend put them together. “I talked to my publicist out in L.A and said, ‘I need somebody that’s just a great actress, that’s exotic and sexy,” Chuck tells The Boot. “And she [said], ‘I’ve got the perfect person … Julia Jones.’ And so, you know me, I googled her! And I said, ‘She’s perfect.’ And she said, ‘Yeah, I’ll do it.’ [Julia] heard the song and loved it. That’s what was mind-blowing to me is that she said she loved the song and that was cool.”

Julia didn’t know anything about Chuck before getting cast in the music video, so, naturally she took similar action to the singer. “I got this phone call and the first thing I thought of was, ‘Well, let me hear the song,'” the actress tells The Boot. “So I did two things — I listened to the song and then I googled Chuck. And I said, [giggling] ‘OK!'”

Read the rest on the Boot. Via TwilightPoison

Twilight stars Visit Naval Exchange

According to the local Fox affiliate:

“Yeah, it’s a lot of pressure,” said actress Christian Serratos, who played ‘Angela’ in the movie. “I mean nobody really wants to disappoint these fans.”

Organizers say the event was a way to thank the military families for all they go through.

“It’s really geared towards the military families, the active duty and their dependents, “Robin Joseph, General Manager of the Navy Exchange Oceana Complex told WAVY News 10. “And it’s just a great opportunity for the stars to give back to the military community.”

That goal wasn’t lost on Serratos.

“One, you’re getting to see some really cool stuff and on the other hand you’re grateful to these people who are risking their lives,” she said. “It’s awesome.”

After their appearance at the Exchange, the cast members toured the base, visited a squadron and saw a F/A-18 Super Hornet.”

TY to ~Nintieka~

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 Shatters Graphic Novel Debut Sales Record

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This just in from Little Brown:

“The graphic novel adaption of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight sold over 66,000 copies in its first week, the largest debut for a graphic novel in the US, according to publisher Yen Press. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1, illustrated by Korean artist Young Kim, already broke the record for largest first printing for a graphic novel with 350,000 copies.

“We are absolutely thrilled to see such a historic debut for the Twilight graphic novel,” said Kurt Hassler, Publishing Director of Yen Press. “For many of Stephenie’s fans, this incarnation of Twilight is their first experience with graphic novels, and we sincerely hope that it will help foster a lifelong appreciation of the craft.”

The release date for the second volume is forthcoming.”

Twilight Lexicon Interview: Dan Cudmore

We had a great opportunity to interview Dan Cudmore at the Atlanta Official Twilight Convention. we are going to be at the next convention in Houston, Texas and we’ll be bringing you another fabulous interview from one of the Twilight Saga actors.

Monsters and Critics: Cameron Bright Interview

The Monsters and Critics site has a great interview with Cameron Bright up.

M&C – Your character Alec the Volturi only appears briefly in New Moon but we’ll see more of him in Eclipse.  How did you flesh him out aside from the book and script?

The Lexicon’s Birthday Giveaway #3!

This month we celebrate four years of being on line with the Twilight fandom. We posted a podcast three weeks ago talking about all kinds of funny moments and lessons learned over our time online.  Every Wednesday for the rest of the month we will be giving away birthday gifts to you, our dedicated readers, as a way of saying thank you for sticking with us and supporting us. Each week we will ask a question that can be answered by listening to the podcast.  All you have to do is listen to the podcast for the answer and then post your answer here on the blog.

This week’s questions is: The Lexicon was on the set of Twilight on the worst day of filming EVER.  According to Alphie, which actor always says something to her about it when they meet up at a convention?

This week’s prize: A canvas tote bag with the “What I Learned From the Twilight Saga” listed and autographed by Mike Welch, Justin Chon, Peter Facinelli, Kiowa Gordon, Chris Heyerdahl, and Charlie Bewley.

If you want to win the autographed tote bag, reply to this post with the correct answer. We will choose a winner at noon on Thurs. March 25th.  Good luck!

Jackson Rathbone Headed to Kids Choice Awards

The annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice awards are coming up this weekend(vote below). Last year Twilight won as best book and Taylor Lautner was there to pick up the award on behalf of Stephenie Meyer.  Somehow Taylor managed not to get slimed. This year, according to some well spotted commercials and a press release, it looks like Jackson Rathbone is going to be there promoting The Last Airbender, which started out as a Nickelodeon series.

There are commercials starring Jackson and Nicola Peltz(his co-star). Somehow we are thinking that Jackson, unlike Taylor, is not going to be able to avoid the green goo!  via the Racebending LiveJournal Community

According to the press release:

“The 23rd annual “Kids Choice Awards” are set to air live on Saturday, March 27th and its packed with more stars than some of the recent high-profile Hollywood award shows. Among the stars announced as presenters for the awards are Tina Fey, Katy Perry, and Robert Downey Jr.

Fey will appear with Steve Carell, who both star in the upcoming comedy “Date Night.” Also on hand to promote their upcoming summer movies to the tween set are Robert Downey Jr. of “Iron Man 2,” Dev Patel and Jackson Rathbone of the upcoming “The Last Airbender,” and Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan of “The Karate Kid,” among others.”

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Moviefone Interviews The New Yorkers Lining Up For Peter Facinelli

It’s a good thing that there were record breaking temperatures in New York City the night of the New Moon DVD release. It was near 70 degrees. Otherwise the people lined up on the street outside of Best Buy would have frozen waiting their turn to get into the store to see Peter Facinelli!

Hillywood: The Trailer and Future Parody Plans

New Moon DVD Hits Sales Record

Chris_Nikki16This just in from Summit:

“Los Angeles, CA  March 23, 2010 – 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.”

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, directed by Chris Weitz and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, was released in theatres on November 20, 2009 and has since grossed over $705 million worldwide.  In the film, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as Bella Swan (Stewart) delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of—only to find herself in greater peril than ever before.  Following Edward Cullen’s (Pattinson) departure from Forks, Washington, Bella discovers his image comes to her whenever she puts herself in jeopardy.  In time Bella’s frozen heart is gradually thawed by her budding relationship with Jacob Black (Lautner) who has a supernatural secret of his own.

The third installment of the TWILIGHT franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE will be released in theatres throughout North America on June 30, 2010. “