The Hollywood Reporter (printed edition) has announced that Michael Welch will be playing Mike Newton.  Unfortuantely the article is only available in the print version so we can not host it here. Links to Michael’s Website and his IMDb page.  Recently Michael has been in Joan of Arcadia and the film Lost Dream.  We will update with any new information as soon as we get it.  Thanks to jennalou for sending in this information!!

And just as a heads up, with all the information coming out about the film and the books, we have to ask that you do not copy our posts word for word and put them on your website.  Certainly report the information as it comes to you, but use your own words.  That should go for any news you read about from any website.  Always put the info in your own words and give a link back to the source. 

The Hollywood Reporter printed an article stating the Cam has been cast in Twilight but no role was mentioned in the release, but we have it from what we believe to be a credible source that it is James. (the info is at the bottom of the article)  He is probably best known for his role in The OC.  Here is his IMDb page.  As soon as we get more information on his role we will let you know.

EDITED: We now have it from a credible source that Cam will be James.  Also, for everyone’s security, please no posting of phone numbers!!! We will delete them if we see them.

Incidentally since this will no doubt come up. Lomesir discovered that his last name is pronounced: Jhee-dant-ay

OK after all the speculation it seems that Justin Chon will be playing the role of Eric Yorkie and announced earlier this evening Anna Kendrick will be playing the role of Jessica.  All the information can be found here MTV Blogspot.  There is also another article here.   For those of you interested on getting information Justin Chon here is his Myspace Page.  Also here is Anna Kendrick’s IMDb page.  A big thank you to Sillybella for hunting down all this info, and all the others who PMed.

Of course in true Murphy’s Law style all this news is breaking when the mods are really busy. Just to let you know we are working on things, and we hope the boards with be back on Monday. Thank you everyone for your understanding and patience as we move things.

We found this on the Twilight Saga site and thought we should pass it on to all of you.

"The ECLIPSE special edition is on the way – featuring an excerpt of BREAKING DAWN and the first look at the cover!  It will be avaliable at 12:01 Saturday, May 31, along with the paperback of NEW MOON!

So there you have it folks.  Our first look at the story AND the cover for BD.

Also, in movie news, Shock Till You Drop is announcing that Justin Chon from Just Jordan has been cast in the film.  There are no details as to who he will be playing but we will late you know once we find out.  Lots of thanks to Cocoa for the heads up on both of these stories.  You can also find the information on Variety (who broke the story). It seems as if it was an announcement from Justin’s management and not Summit because Justin’s name and not the the film company nor the movie title were prominent in the release.

And in personal news, as many of you all ready know from live journal, I am getting a divorce.  We have to do lots of changes to the site for this reason, none of which should be noticable to you on your end.  It’s all maintenance and server changes and what not.  Also, the e-mail address for the lexicon must change.  Thus, if you send anything to the current address, know that it may never be answered.  If you need to contact someone, PM one of the mods. You can also e-mail us at: [email protected].  My life is quite upside down right now, so start with any of the mods first for your issues before you come to me.  Lots of the questions that come my way can be answered by any of the mods… and even just a lot of the general users!  So hang with me as we go through this massive change.

Alphie

EDITED BY PEL: You can also e-mail us at: [email protected]

Stephenie updated her blog today with information on how to get your own original work published.  She also answered several repeat questions that she – and I might add the Lexicon – get asked many times over.  Many thanks to Clover for the heads up!

But the best news of all is that she will be posting a chapter of The Host on her site on Valentine’s Day.  She doesn’t say that it’s the first chapter or what, just that a chapter will be posted.  At that time the Lexicon will open a forum on the Host for any and all discussion we might have about Stephenie’s new book.  We will not be doing a chapter by chapter run down or character bio area for The Host like we have for the Twilight series though.  The Twilight Lexicon will continue to support any and all of Stephenie’s future works, but not in the detail we have done for the vampires. 

Alphie

We’ve done some looking around at various sites trying to find the best sites for information on the stars of the upcoming Twilight movie.  We are very pleased to have some feedback from Michele at Rob Pattinson Fan that Rob is very good about answering fan mail and has been known to send autographs.  He does NOT, however, have a MySpace page.  (There are dozens of MySpace pages that claim to be him.  They are all fake.)  If you should like to contact Rob and show your support for him as Edward, you can write to him at the following address:

Robert Pattinson
c/o Endeavor Agency
Stephanie Ritz
9601 Wilshire Blvd. Floor 3
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Please do not send hate mail!  At the Lexicon, we are in total support of Rob in the role of Edward and do not want any hurtful mail heading his direction simply because we wanted to share with the rest of you who support him a way to contact him.  By all means, tell him that you are excited about the film and can’t wait to see his take on it.  Feel free to mention that you got the address from Rob Pattinson Fan or from the Lexicon so Rob knows where his support is coming from.

Alphie

I’ve just had an e-mail from Stephenie’s publicist, Elizabeth, that the sale date previously listed has been or will be removed and changed.  As soon as she has any further information, she will let me know and I will pass it on to you!

Alphie

I heard fro Stephenie today and she had a little extra to add about our werewolf geneology that was posted yesterday.  I thought I would share it with everyone and eventually add it to the PC’s.  We will update the chart when we get a chance!  Thanks Stephenie!!

"Harry is descended from Ephriam Black on his mother’s side, Sue comes from the Uley line on her mother’s side.  There are a lot of unnamed siblings floating around in these family lines that make all the ties work.  For example, Levi had a brother who was too young to make the wolf change the last time the Cullens were around, and two sisters who were unaffected.  Levi’s second oldest sister is Sue’s mom’s mother.  It’s a small tribe that was relatively isolated 75 years ago, so everybody is related if you go back far enough."

Alphie

Becoming a Werewolf

The history of the Quileute tribe and their connection things beyond the human is documented in ‘Eclipse’ chapter 11. We are told that “there has always been magic in our blood” and that they were “spirit warriors” before they became “shape-shifting” people. The tale of Taha Aki links the tribe for the first time with the wolf, as his spirit shared the body of the animal. This seems to have been the beginning of the possibility of being beyond both simple man and simple wolf.

The description of Taha Aki matches what Bella discovers about Jacob and the other werewolves. “He led the tribe for many years, for he did not age” (EC11) and the genetic passing on of the ability to transform to his sons “after they had reached the age of manhood.” It is important to note, that just as Jacob and his friends are different, the wolves in the story are different too, “because they were spirit wolves and reflected the man they were inside.” (EC11)

If no vampires are near then “the descendants of Taha Aki no longer became wolves when they reached manhood”. If there are one of two vampires, then “the pack stayed small.” (EC11) It is noticeable that when the number of vampires increase with Victoria’s army, then “the pack has grown” (EC18) so that they are able to fight.

There is a direct connection between the vampires and the wolves, although Bella believes that “The Cullens had no idea… They didn’t know that coming here would change you.” (EC5) but Jacob is certain: “Bella, honey, we only protect people from one thing—our one enemy.  It’s the reason we exist—because they do.” (NM13) If vampires were not present, then there are no need for werewolves to protect the tribe.

To change into a werewolf, it is vital to be a direct descendant of Taha Aki. People had always believed that it was a direct male descendant, but this is proven to be untrue when Leah Clearwater becomes one of the pack. (EC19) There is no escape from this: “What I am was born in me. It’s part of who I am, who my family is, who we all are as a tribe.” (EC4) It is not an option but something that will happen to a select number of people at the age of maturity: “It’s in my blood on both sides.  I never had a chance.  Like Quil doesn’t have a chance.” (NM15) Once a werewolf, there is no turning back. As Jacob bleakly jokes, ““No.  I’m in this for life.  A life sentence.” (NM12)

There is “no exact age” (NM15) that someone becomes a werewolf. Jacob explains that “Sometimes, if you get really upset or something, that can trigger it early” (NM15) and that you need to be able to control your feelings and anger to be able to phase back again. With Sam, “it took him two weeks to calm down enough to change back” because no one had anticipated it would happen to him and “he thought he’d gone insane” as a result. (EC5)

It is slightly unclear as to how long the initial transformation takes, but there are suggestions that it’s around a week. “Embry missed a week of school” (NM7) and Bella was going to give it “a week before she started getting pushy” (NM10) about Jake being ill. The high body heat is one of the symptoms: “Woah, Jake – you’re burning up.” (NM9) and there is some suggestion of pain with the “every part of me hurts” (NM9) although Stephenie Meyer points out that this is more “disorientating and mentally uncomfortable” (PC11) than physical pain.

The pack has one leader; an alpha male. In Bella’s time, this should be Jake because of his lineage, but he explains: “I didn’t want to be some legendary chief. I didn’t want to be part of a pack of werewolves, let alone their leader. I wouldn’t take it when Sam offered.” (EC21) Sam Uley leads them instead. The alpha does control the pack: “When he tells us to do something, or not to do something—when he really means it, well, we can’t just ignore him.” (NM14)

January 1st is the hubby’s birthday.  Yes, Darksied is a New Year’s baby!  Anyway, seeing as how it’s becasue of him that I know what little I know about the internet… and without him our site would be DEAD from the amount of traffic and hits we got over the casting info, I thought you might like to put a birthday banner in your siggie for the day.  Many thanks to Cornie who whipped these up in no time at all!

Oh… and I am running out the door to my own New Year’s party and can not for the lif of me get these images in this post correctly.  So until I have time to fix it, I’ll just give you links.  Please, no hotlinking as Cornie’s server will explode!

HUG THE TECHIE… IT’S HIS BIRTHDAY

MR. TECH GURU – YOU PWN US ALL

THANKS FOR ALL THE TECH SUPPORT…

And lastly, check back tomorrow afternoon when you have recovered from your parties tonight for some real honest to goodness updates in the character, werewolf, and vampire sections!!

Alphie