Yesterday we reported on a number of official Twilight universe books making their debut in the next 15 days or so. Well it turns out that the movie book is now widely available. There was no one-day laydown  date in play, meaning merchants can more or less ship the item at will. Amazon.com and Wallmart (perhaps other vendors, but those are the two we heard about) have shipped the book.

It’s a huge hit on Amazon.com where it has been fluctuating between their number 3 and number 7 position all day.. 

Intoxicated Twilight is running a Twilight Themed Halloween contest. Check out the details here.

Also, just like last year, if you are celebrating Halloween in a Twilight or The Host kind of way, we want your pictures. We’ll post a collage of the most original and interesting items on Nov 1.

The UK site Twilight News scored and interview with Cam Gigandet.

About.com interviewed Catherine Hardwicke at the Sex Drive premiere.

The Docubloggers Show based out of KLRU in Austin, Texas has an interview with screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg tomorrow and they want your help. They want to know what questions you want answered.

Torrid, a sister company to Hot Topic is now carrying a fuller line of Twilight merchandise. Torrid specializes in sizes 12+.

Now for those of you who saw the action figure the other day, have no fear. Tonner Dolls is on the case. They make the high end Harry Potter dolls that are known for their quality and likenesses. Check out their Harry Potter dolls based on Luna Lovegood and Voldemort and you’ll see what we mean.  In any case there is a brief interview with Tonner Doll’s president and founder here.  We hope to have more info soon as Tonner Dolls has agreed to a Lexicon interview.

For those of you interested in the action figure, produced by NECA, it will shortly be available in the USA and other characters are anticipated.  No pictures yet, but they will be available shortly. The same company is slated to have key chains and other accessories.  So you won’t have to order the action figure from the UK if you are interested in it.

MTV makes mention of the Hot Topic listening parties that we reported on yesterday.

A variety of cast members were at the premiere of the Summit film Sex Drive Last night.

Ashley Greene, Rob Pattinson, Kellan Lutz, Edi Gathegi.

Photos on WireImages.

Arrivals with Ashley and Rob

Red carpet featuring Ashley and Rob

Kellan, Ashley, Catherine and Rob

Edi, Ashley, Catherine, Rob

TY to CS

The Movie Fanatic has hands down the best article we’ve seen on the recent flurry of rumors surrounding the possibility of a New Moon movie. Kudos to the Movie Fanatic for putting all the pieces together and giving fans a detailed picture of a very complicated process.

The Italian Blog, La Gazetta di Forks was given an exclusive photo by the company that is distributing the movie in Italy. The photo appears to be of a flashback scene concerning Carlisle creating Esme. For those of you who don’t speak Italian, run the page throught the Babel Fish translator and you get a pretty good picture of the backstory.

Twicon 2009 has just announced that they have booked The Bella Cullen Project to make an appearance at their convention this summer.  The others currently slated to appear at Twicon are Mike Welch, Kaleb Nation (AKA The Twilight Guy), and The Evil Iguana Productions (the people behind the spoof videos)

The Eternal Twilight convention in the UK has just booked Ashley Greene. So far Ashley and Kellen Lutz are slated to appear during their convention which takes place at the end of February. TY to Kayleigh for the heads up.

Later tonight, we’ll have more coverage on the people running the conventions in the USA this summer.

Well realizing that everyone is going to want that Twilight Soundtrack, various sites are doing everything in their power to make such you get the CD from them.

Hot Topic is having a listening party on October 24th at 7:00pm. Anyone who pre-orders the item then gets special unnamed gift while supplies last. They also get a 10% off coupon for your entire purchase made during the listening party. So if you have been dying for one of those new items that Hot Topic seems to roll out every other day, now is your chance to get one cheaper.

Now Barnes and Noble has its own offer. They will throw in exclusive stickers with their CDs.

The Paramore site Fueled By Ramen is also in on the act with a tee shirt and bookmark to sweeten the deal. TY to Ellen for the heads up.

There are a bunch of opportunities to meet the twilight actors. Now, of course you can roll the dice and hope to be the lucky winner in a contest sponsored by Hot Topic or Reelz Channel. One the other hand, if you have the money, you can go for the sure thing.

First up is one trip for 4 people being offered by Sam’s Club.  For the price of $9,500 four fans get first class airfare, premium hotel accommodations, food by Wolfgang Puck, and a chance to meet and greet the Twilight Stars. If you have the cash, it’s actually a very good deal for what you are getting.

For an opening bid of 1,981.00 you can have lunch with Jacob Black.  Over on Ebay there is an auction for lunch with Taylor Lautner with the proceeds benefiting St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Ty to Monica for the heads up.

Now for those of us on a tighter budget, there is Twilight Tours. These are the same people who run the highly successful Harry Potter fan trips. They have two opportunities. One is a trip to see the midnight release of the movie in Portland. The other is a sneak peak for an advance showing in Portland on November 18th. It doesn’t matter which of the trips you book to get a fabulous perk, which is: 

"As a special bonus, fans taking the Movie Sneak Preview or Midnight Release Fan Trips will receive VIP passes at an appearance of the Twilight villains – James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) & Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) on Nov. 10th, 2008."

Within the next 15 days or so a variety of Twilight Saga items hit the shelves.

First up is the Twilight Saga Box Set. So if your editions of the books are looking a little shabby, or you want a great Christmas gift for someone who has never been exposed to Twilight. It’s not a bad deal and it hit the shelves today.

There is also the Twilight Collectors Edition. "This deluxe edition of Meyer’s #1 "New York Times" bestseller is housed in a slipcase and features a ribbon bookmark, leather-like spine, newly designed chapter openers, and much more." This one has been available since October 1.

Now shifting over to the movie, Twilight: The Complete Movie Companion hits shelves on October 28th.  "Designed as a celebration of the film–opening on November 21–this lavishly illustrated paperback edition is an exclusive behind-the-scenes guide featuring full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, as well as storyboards, interviews, details of special effects, and more."

And rounding out the items releasing in October and November is the movie soundtrack.