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Breaking Dawn Outselling Eclipse on DVD

February 14, 2012

Breaking Dawn is the most successful Twilight movie to date when you add up the domestic and foreign box office totals. It is now also the most successful on DVD. According to Reuters:

Part 1″ got off to a stronger start on home entertainment than the last “Twilight” movies, selling 3.2 million DVD and Blu-ray discs over the weekend.That is 18 percent more than the 2010 “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” took in its first weekend of home release in December 2010. “Eclipse” sold 2.7 million units its first weekend of release.

The discs went on sale at midnight on Saturday — timing reserved for big titles. Target and Walmart stores each sold exclusive versions of “Breaking Dawn” DVDs and Blu-rays, and held special events just after midnight Saturday morning.

Summit said that film also had approximately 50,000 digital sales, a 47 percent increase over “Eclipse,” and approximately 80,000 Video-on-demand transactions, a 142 percent increase over the 2010 movie.

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Original Twilight Novel $2.99 Today only on Amazon

February 14, 2012

If you are a kindle user, you can get the original Twilight novel for $2.99 today in honor of Valentine’s Day. Check it out here.

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Breaking Dawn Part 1 Goofs

February 13, 2012

Now that the DVD is out and people have a chance to analyze, it’s only natural that some goofs become apparent. AllyeNohealanion Twitter sent us this one . she writes, “Hey @TwilightLexicon! MAJOR typo in the BD Wedding video! E/B marry on August THIRTEENTH not the THIRTIETH!”

Anybody catch any others?

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Chaske Spencer 2 Video Interviews

February 13, 2012

Chaske Spencer talks working in the series.

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Booboo Stewart Talks Recording the Wolf Telepathy Scene

February 13, 2012

Trades has an interview with Booboo Stewart.

The werewolves are running around without shirts all the time. How do you guys stay warm when you’re filming? It’s not shot in a warm climate.

It’s freezing cold. Most of the time I have sleeveless shirts on. For the sleeveless shirts, they have an extra layer underneath that’s cut smaller so you can’t see it. And we have hand-warmers! But they make it so it’s sticky ones so you can stick it all over your body. That keeps up really warm. Besides that, we are putting pants on between takes, and jackets, scarves. But when you have your shirt off – well, there’s nothing you can do about it.


Did you do your own stunt work in the films?

Because when we fight, we turn into wolves, we didn’t get to do anything really. We did have to do voice-overs for the wolves – funny growls. It was kind of embarrassing.


“Breaking Dawn, Part 1” you did the wolf voices or internal monologues. How was that?

It was really cool. I was wondering how they were going to do this – for people who weren’t fans of the books it might be really confusing. I think they did it really well – they didn’t make it sound exactly how we do.

We did one version like a regular voice. Another version, we talked as low as we could. In another, we had to use growling voices. And then, they just mixed it all together and made it sound really cool.

See more on Trades.

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Casey LaBow Talks the Denali Clan, Fans, Lee Pace,and Breaking Dawn Part 2

February 13, 2012

Casey LaBow who plays Kate was interviewed by About.com

What has it been like being a part of this franchise with this huge fan base?

Casey LaBow: “Incredible. I mean, I have never witnessed that sort of devotion before. When we went down to tent city the day before the actual premiere in November…we went down and we gave out breakfast and signed some autographs and there was just so many people. I’m like, ‘This is true serious love.’ You’re camping out on concrete for five days with no showers. I want to love something that much.”

Nothing in your life so far has hit you like Twilight has hit these fans?

Casey LaBow: “No. I’m waiting for something. It’s going to arrive. Maybe my kids will.”

Do you understand the passion of these fans?

Casey LaBow: “I do; I get it. I think that probably when I was younger there were things that I got really excited about. [Laughing] Maybe I’m just a little old and bitter – and jaded – now.”

Why sign on to a franchise like this where you know everything is so scrutinized by fans?

Casey LaBow: “Really? I don’t think that’s true. I think everybody’s so in love and so enamored and so excited about it and by it, that they’re just happy to see it happen. I haven’t really encountered too much scrutiny. I think that the devotion and passion overrides any box of scrutinization – if that’s even a word.”

See more on About.com

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Stephenie Meyer to Start Writing Again InMay

February 11, 2012

It’s easy to miss this tidbit in the update that Stephenie Meyer did to her website. However this is probably a pretty important detail!

 

On the page where she talks about The Host Movie, Stephenie wrote, “So the busyness will not be ending anytime soon with all three projects currently ongoing. I’m hoping to get a little writing done at the same time, but writing on set has proved an elusive goal for me in the past year. I’m looking forward to this May, when I will officially be home for good and back here at my computer where I like to be best.”

This is huge as the last full-length novels that Stephenie wrote came out back in 2008: Breaking Dawn and The Host. Since then, she has written two other items that were not full-legnth novels: The Bree Tanner novella and the Official Illustrated Twilight Guide.

There was no mention of what universe this writing is going to take place in: Twilight, The Host, or something new entirely, but the good news is that there will be more of something!

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Stephenie Meyer Updates Her Website For First Time In Almost A Year

February 11, 2012

Stephenie Meyer just updated her website today. She has information on each of her upcoming film projects: Breaking Dawn 2, The Host, and Austenland.

Here is a pretty good visual of where I usually was instead. Note the thirteen layers of weather protection. In my very limited experience, watching movies being made is almost always a cold, wet business.

Since I’ve been M.I.A. so long, I thought I would do a little “my summer vacation” essay for those who are interested—though it’s really a “my last whole year away making movies” essay, with occasional camera phone illustrations.

I’m going to break this down into three separate pages, as my time has been spread across a few different projects. Click the links to visit the pages you’re interested in:

Check it out on StephnieMeyer.com Pictured with Stephenie is her partner in her new production company, Fickle Fish Films, Megan Hibbet.

The major item of note that is buried in the last paragraph on The Host page is this, “So the busyness will not be ending anytime soon with all three projects currently ongoing. I’m hoping to get a little writing done at the same time, but writing on set has proved an elusive goal for me in the past year. I’m looking forward to this May, when I will officially be home for good and back here at my computer where I like to be best.”

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Frances Fisher and William Hurt Confirmed as The Host Cast Members

February 11, 2012

Stephenie Meyer just updated her website today with this bit of The Host Casting news.

The Host begins filming this coming Monday the thirteenth, and I am so excited. It’s somewhat of a dream to have the creator and director of my favorite sci-fi film (Gattaca) helming this movie. I love the script he’s written, I love his beautiful vision, and I love working with him.

I also can’t say strongly enough how thrilled I am with our cast. The talent involved is unbelievable. We’ve been so blessed/lucky/kissed-by-fate all throughout the casting process. Wanda/Melanie is a very complicated role, and for a long time one of our biggest worries in the producer camp was finding an actress who could bring those two distinct personalities to life. And then Saoirse came along and we all quit worrying. If you’ve never had the pleasure of watching her act, I highly recommend her recent release, Hanna. Actually, watch her in anything she’s done and you’ll see what I mean. After Saoirse joined us, amazing actor after amazing actor signed on until none of us could believe our good fortune. Just the other day I got to meet William Hurt (!!) in full Jeb beard and hair, and it kind of choked me up. He looks amazing—they all look amazing!—and I can’t wait to see them in action next week.

Another incredible addition to our cast—one which I believe I’m the first to announce—Maggie will be played by the wonderful Frances Fisher. Welcome, Frances, I couldn’t be happier that you’ve chosen to join us!

Frances Fisher is probably best remembered as playing Kate Winslet’s mother in Titanic.

Check out more info on The Host Movie Page

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The Breaking Dawn DVD Review

February 11, 2012

Thankfully this isn’t like New Moon where we had to buy three versions just to get all the extras! The DVD’s are basically the same content no matter who you order it from it’s the packaging perks that are different. Though the Walmart version also has Bruno Mars and Chritina Perri videos on it ( hit youtube and you can see those as they have been out for months)

So, help out your fellow Twilight fans who haven’t run to the store or online yet.

Which DVD/blu-ray did you buy?

Which retailer did you get it from?

One thing we realized this morning was that the Blu-ray special edition (the one with the packaging that matches the special editions from the other films)was only available from Target online. You could get the basic blu-ray in the store.

Also what is your favorite part in the extras?

Walmart versions
—Perk= fabric poster on the wedding dressing version

Target versions
—-Perk=prop flower used at wedding in collectors tin collectors edition

Version available any place

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