Reelz Channel Opens New Facebook

Reelz Channel has been a pretty big Twilight supporter since the beginning. In fact met them the day Catherine Hardwicke described in the Twilight Director’s Notebook as “my worst day of filming ever”. We were on the beach with them in Portland the day of our set visit with some of the worst weather ever.

Reelz Channel is now opening their own Facebook page and they want to get the word out. They wrote in to say: “In an effort to promote our new Facebook page, we are running monthly, general and fan based sweepstakes through the end of 2011.  Our current sweepstakes is for Free Movies.  For every 100 fans we increase, we will draw a fan at random to win a $25 Fandango Gift Card.

The link to the Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/MovieTrailersbyReelz

They also told us they have other giveaways planned in the future.

FoForks Has More Details on Filming in Brazil

FoForks, the Brazilian Twilight site, has learned some more details about the upcoming shooting in Brazil. We are bullet-pointing the highlights. You can read the full version on FoForks if you throw the site through Google translate you get a pretty good idea. (Which is how we translated because our Portuguese helper wasn’t available tonight. So, we translated via Google translate and knowledge of similar words in Spanish)

Be warned there is a bit of a spoiler on how the scene in the water between Rob and Kristen will be shot assuming their info is accurate. To avoid the potential spoiler, we left it out of our translated bullet points, but you can see it on their site. (Remember: FoForks is in Portuguese not Spanish!)

  • Stephenie Meyer will be in Brazil
  • Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Sebastião Lemos and Virgüez Carolina (Kaure) are certain
  • Virgüez Carolina is a Colombian naturalized Brazilian actress with several awards and nominations under her belt
  • There is some unreliable information indicating Taylor may be coming
  • There is some purely speculative information that MacKenzie Foy may be coming
  • There have been lots of items obtained that are all pumping money into the economy of Brazil such as  helicopters, multiple armored cars, underwater cameras, not to mention all the actual equipment needed to film
  • It is unclear where the actors with be staying. Usually celebrities stay at the Copacabana Palace. U2 and The Rolling Stones stayed there recently. However it would be a great distance from where filming would likely take place, so perhaps not. There is also speculation that this site might be used as interiors. Regardless of where they stay, security will be incredibly tight
  • 3 different islands were scouted as possible locations, the area of LAPA might be a location, their information indicates a possible scene in a taxi where they need a busy place, with many people that is brightly lit.
  • Actual filming is scheduled for 4 and a half days with another day devoted just to the logistics of setting things up. This will begin on or around November 3rd
  • A warning is provided that people should not attempt to go to the airport or filming locations as the security is tight and being able to obtain an autograph or photos or to be any place near the actors in those specific locations is unlikely and arrival times and methods are highly subject to change (Lexicon Note: we are a little hazy on this last part, we think it’s because they are saying the armored cars and the possibility of private planes makes this unlikely)

Anne Rice Gives Her Opinion of Twilight

Well first we had Stephen King giving his opinion, and now we have Anne Rice in an interview with New Jersey’s The Star Ledger. We’re assuming she’s equally opposed to The Vampire Diaries given the main crux of her dismay.

“Q. It is complicated, which is why I have such mixed feelings about “Twilight.” It’s so sanitized.

A. It’s based on a really silly premise: that immortals would go to high school. It’s a failure of imagination, but at the same time, that silly premise has provided Stephenie Meyer with huge success. It’s almost like a stroke of genius to put vampires in high school. They just graduate over and over again.

Q. I hated high school.

A. Doesn’t everyone? The idea that if you are immortal you would go to high school instead of Katmandu or Paris or Venice, it’s the vampire dumbed down for kids. But it’s worked. It’s successful. It makes kids really happy.

Q. It seems those books are sanitized whereas in the rest of pop culture, you’ll see very young girls dressed in an overtly sexual manner. The vampires are wholesome compared with the rest of what’s out there.

A. I don’t think vampires are very wholesome. They’re fantasy characters, and we have to keep reminding ourselves of this. They don’t exist. I get e-mails from people who are outraged that I watch “True Blood.” They say, “How can you condone the evil of ‘True Blood.’” I say, “Are you kidding? Vampires aren’t real. Keep that in mind.”

Read the entire interview on NJ.com

Thoughts?

WNYC Has Audio of the Melissa Rosenberg, Stephen King, et al Panel at the 2010 Ner Yorker Festival

At the annual New Yorker festival this year, Stephen King, Melissa Rosenberg and others had a panel on writing and in particular vampires. WNYC, the local NPR station, now has the audio file up that has only been available in abridged format before today.

They also provide a brief summary here.

TY to Twilight News Site for the  heads up

What Would Alex Meraz Sing?

If Alex Meraz were on Glee what would he sing…interesting choice.

Jodelle Ferland as Katniss for Halloween

Jodelle dressed up as Katniss from the Hunger Games series, which if you haven’t read it yet you’re missing a great read. Jodelle has a series of four pictures of her as Katniss. Check them out here.

Booboo Stewart and his sisters celebrated in style. They were at the Children Affected By AIDS Foundation’s 17th Annual Dream Halloween event at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California.

See more photos of the event here.

Twilight Bike Tour Needs You

There is a newly formed group on Facebook that is putting together ideas on how to do  a Twilight themed bike tour that culminates in Forks, and raises some money for charity at the same time.

So if you are a cycling person, have a background in event planning, or just want to see what it’s all about, check them out.

More Information on the Brazilian Filming From Sergio Sá Leitão

As we reported yesterday, Sergio Sá Leitão,  is the CEO of RioFilme, an organization that promotes Brazil as a location for filming among other industry related items. He confirmed that Breaking Dawn would film in Brazil. Well today he is back on Twitter responding to some fan questions.

Here is the translation based on our knowledge of Portuguese and Google translate.

Question from @raquelgaldino: Is there any chance of there being an event for fans that  Robert and Kristen might attend?
Answer: Unfortunately not, it’s a matter of a security issue.

Continued answer: In regards to Breaking Dawn … The  safety standards have nothing to do with the fans. It’s normal with a movie this size for there to be tight security. The cast and crew will be here for  five days of intense work.

Continued answer: It is our hope that everything runs smoothly and on time. At this point we are dealing with a film being shot and not a promotional tour. Some of the conditions (Lexicon note: we think this means time availability of the cast) are determined by producers.

Continued answer: We (meaning RioFilme)did our part by making it feasible for Breaking Dawn to be shot in Rio. This filming of is bringing in funds and promoting  our city and it’s also giving a better realism to the film.

Continued answer: Let’s look on the bright side.  Having Breaking Dawn filmed here is better than not, right?  So let’s celebrate!

Via FoForks and prihfoforks

The above information does not rule out a Brazilian promotional tour once the movie is released. In general, actors on large chain movies like the Twilight Saga do not do appearances while filming on location because budgets are tight and they are in the area for only a short time with day and night shoots. In general, they are also only contractually obligated to a set number of promotional appearances. So studios, want to save those appearances for events closer to the actual release of the film, especially a film that doesn’t release for a year.

On the other hand, Rob, Kristen, and the rest of the folks going to Brazil have to eat sometime. If you are lucky, maybe you’ll catch them walking around incognito taking a midnight stroll.

Happy Halloween Hillywood Style

Happy Halloween

Over the years Hillywood has made a bunch of Halloween videos, we thought we’d feature them today.

2010-A Hillywood Flashback (can’t imagine what ever gave Hannah and Hillary the idea that dressing up as boys for Jack Sparrow videos might be fun)

Hillyween-2009 (Hillary’s lack of love of gushy things)

Hillyween-2008 (This was before they knew anything about Twilight…can you imagine roughly two and a half weeks later their next inspiration popped up!)

Blast Magazine also just did an interview with the girls. Check it out!

Judi Shekoni: No Doubt About It Ready to Tackle the Amazon Zafrina

The role of Zafrina in Breaking Dawn is a fan favorite. Most people love Zafrina’s kick-butt, take no prisoners approach. Well check out Judi’s demo reel! Skydiving, kick boxing, and more!