Archives for 2010

Archie Comic’s Twilight Spoof Preview at MTV

According to the Archie Comics press release:

Archie Comics—publisher of the must-have “Riverdale Shore” and “Battle of the BFFs”—is giving the world more outstanding shout-outs to today’s teens, and this time it’s something the world can sink its teeth into: “Twilite”! This August in ARCHIE & FRIENDS #146, the latest in a line of great comic book media parodies, Archie Comics is about to enter the thrilling world of vampires, werewolves and the mortal teens who love them!

It’s love at first bite when two new mysterious students arrive in Riverdale. Betty and Veronica are fascinated by the smoldering-hot Ivan, but Jared is warning everyone who will listen that Ivan is really a bloodsucker! Reggie jumps at the chance to help Jared expose Ivan as a vampire, but love… or maybe Ivan… is clouding Betty and Veronica’s vision! Can Archie and the others save the girls from the mysterious Ivan? Is there a greater danger lurking in the darkness?

America’s favorite comic book teens, Archie, Betty, Veronica and the rest of the gang enter the world of fantasy, where supernatural beings must choose between good, evil, and most of all, love! “Twilite: Part One,” the first of a two-issue crusade for truth, love and freedom, begins with ARCHIE & FRIENDS #146 and ends with a larger-than-life conclusion in the following issue, ARCHIE & FRIENDS #147!

“Vampires and the friends and foes of their world surround us every day,” remarks Archie Comics Co-CEO, Jon Goldwater. “It has been a spectacular treat to bring them to the world of Archie, Betty and Veronica in ‘Twilite.’ I can assure you, Riverdale has never seen a romance quite like this!”

Expect more from Archie Comics; visit ArchieComics.com for more of what you love!

ARCHIE & FRIENDS #146, “Twilite: Part One” arrives at comic book stores August 11th!

You can get a preview of the first 11 pages of the comic over at MTV

EW Sexy Beast: Jacob vs Louis

So the next pairing in the ongoing EW Sexy Beast contest has Taylor Lautner’s Jacob Black facing off against Brad Pitt’s Louis from Interview With a Vampire. At the moment Brad is winning.

Fanjunket Friday: What Kind of Twilight Merchandise Does Stephenie Have

Twifans.com: (LTT & Twifans) ask Stephenie Meyer TwiMerch & TwiRoom by twifans

LTT: So what have you been given where you’re, like, “Oh! Okay…that’s interesting…”

SM: What’s the weirdest thing I’ve been given? I been given some really amazing stuff, because someone gave me a quilt that…….I mean, I don’t have words. It’s amazing. Each square was made by someone different. And they depict scenes from different scenes from the book. And it’s lovely.
Someone knitted a giant Twilight book cover with the hand and the apple. It’s a bed-size blanket. And it’s amazing. That took a lot of effort!

(chatter)

Meghan: The drum?

SM: Oh, the drum….that was amazing. That’s one of my
favorite things. From the Quileute Nation, they sent me a drum, and I guess part of the package was “you have to make your first drum,” and it was somebody’s first drum that they had made, and it’s really beautiful. There’s one very similar to it hanging in Emily’s house. That was really cool. But they want things that are funny that I’ve gotten.

You can also read the rest of the transcript over at TwiFans.

EW: Sexy Beast Top 16

We are now on to the next round of the EW Sexy Beast Contest. Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen pulled ahead of Kellan Lutz as Emmet Cullen ins the last round. Don’t feel too badly for Kellan, because he took out Cam Gigandet as James in an earlier heat. Now Edward as played by Rob is up against Kate Beckinsale’s Seline from Underworld.

Taylor Lautner also survived his last heat. At some point this is headed to the inevitable Team Edward vs. Team Jacob showdown and it’s just going to get ugly

Ashley Greene Talks About Butter With ET

Ashley Greene filmed a small but key role in the movie butter. She plays the stepdaughter of Jennifer Garner’s overly obsessed champion butter carver. ET talked to the cast about their roles. The film, also starring Hugh Jackman and Alicia Silverstone, is slated for an unknown date next year.

Reminder Teen Choice Awards 2010 Voting Closes Tomorrow!

New Moon is heavily represented in several categories at the annual Teen Choice Awards. The awards air on August 9 on Fox at 8:00/7:00.

So far this is who is slated to be in appearance from the Twilight cast. Keep in mind that these appearances change day-to-day because many of the actors are currently filming other projects and have to squeak the awards show in between filming if their schedule allows.

Charley Bewley, Justin Chon, Kiowa Gordon, Ashley Greene, AlexMeraz, Robert Pattinson, Bronson Pelletier, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Christian Serratos, Michael Welch.

Currently missing from the line-up are Peter Facinelli (filming Loosies), Kristen Stewart (filming On the Road), Taylor Lautner (filming Abduction), Tinsel Korey (filming in Germany), Kellan Lutz (reshoots on The Immortals).

According to their press release: “FOX and Ustream, the leading live interactive broadcast platform, have partnered to offer viewers an exclusive look at the TEEN CHOICE 2010 red-carpet action with a special live webcast airing Sunday, Aug. 8 (3:30-5:00 PM PT live/6:30-8:00 PM ET live) online at ustream.tv/teenchoiceawards/v3 and teenchoiceawards.com.

Hosted by online personality Michael Buckley (“What The Buck Show”), the webcast will cover all the action at the summer’s hottest event and highlight the stars as they arrive on the red carpet. A special encore of the webcast will air Monday, Aug. 9 (6:30-8:00 PM ET/PT) at ustream.tv/teenchoiceawards/v3 and teenchoiceawards.com.

Remember you can vote until tomorrow so get over there and cast your ballot!

Seattle Art Museum Features Quileute Heritage: The Real Wolf Story

For the next year, there will be a display at the  Seattle Art Museum (SAM) featuring the Quileute Nation and the actual story of how the wolf relates to their tribe. According to their press release:

Opening Celebration Event, August 14, 2010, 1-3 pm

Join us for a performance by the Quileute Nation Drum Circle, celebrating the opening of the exhibition Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves. Organized in conjunction with the Quileute Nation, this exhibition brings together rare, never-before exhibited art works and creates a public forum for the Quileute people to introduce their culture beyond what is depicted in the Twilight books and films. The wolf plays a major role in the cultural beliefs of the Quileute Native Peoples of coastal Washington. According to oral traditions, the first Quileute people were changed from a pair of wolves into human form by the Transformer, Kwati. This creation legend is central to the Quileute world view, and wolf imagery can be viewed throughout the exhibition. “

For more information see the SAM site.

Supernatural Actors Talk about Upcoming Vampire Episodes

Yesterday we told you how the TV show Supernatural would be doing an spoof episode on Twilight and other vampire series. At Comic Con they also briefly hinted at it. TY to Hilda for finding the video. FYI, does contain brief swearing.

Welcome to the Rileys Costumer Talks About Working with Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart filmed Welcome to the Rileys (a film that is getting lots of positive buzz from the critics that saw it at various film festivals) in between New Moon and Eclipse. The costume designer, Kim Bowen, talks about working with the film’s stars. She seems to echo what others have said about Kristen on the Twilight films, that she is very concerned with doing the right thing for the character and that she cares about her projects.

Kristen Stewart’s investment in the character:

“Kristen is a very invested actress. She has been doing the Twilight films, and it was very important to her to play this character with a real dose of reality. I don’t think she wanted anything frivolous out of it, I don’t think she wanted to be glamorous. That wasn’t important to her, she wanted it to be real.”

“Kristen is a very courageous actress. She wanted to be fully that character of Mallory. She didn’t care about looking beautiful; in fact she thought quite the opposite. She had the make-up artist cover her with bruises and cold sores. Kristen looked a wreck half the time. She didn’t have any desire to be physically perfect.”

See a larger write up and listen to the podcast at Inside the Backlot.

Supernatural To Spoof Twilight and New Vampires Suck Trailer

According to TV Guide:

“We’re doing an episode about how vampires pretending to be Edward Cullen or the Salvatore brothers or Bill Compton are bad for you,” Supernatual showrunner Sera Gamble tells TV Guide Magazine.

At the CW/Showtime/CBS party during the annual Television Critics Association press tour, the creepy drama’s exec producer revealed that one of Season 6’s upcoming episodes (tentatively titled “Live Free or Twi-Hard”) will take fans’ ongoing obsession with undead hotties and hand it to Dean and Sam for a little skewering.”

See more at TV Guide.

This should be interesting since there are a lot of Twilight fans who are also Supernatural fans.

Also the Vampires Suck movie that we first told you about a few weeks ago released another teaser and a clip.