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The Host Movie Filming to Start in New Mexico

April 10, 2012

Much of The Host Movie was shot in the very same place and surrounding areas as was Breaking Dawn: The Celtic Media Center in Baton Rouge and the surrounding countryside.

Now the production is moving to New Mexico for some authentic outdoor ambiance. Frances Fisher, who plays Maggie, Tweeted the above photo today.

Here’s some more info that the stars have dropped about the production via Twitter:

Stephen Rider:

regarding Stephenie Meyer: “Yeah, she’s on set almost everyday. She’s the best!!”

regarding reading the book: “we all have”

regarding the whole experience: “The cast is stellar and everyone is fully on board with the project. Truly an amazing experience!” and “Its gonna be great! The cast, crew, and producers are wonderful!!”

regarding the contacts: “They look great! Can’t wait for you to see…(he’s not allowed to tweet of photo of them)

regarding his character: “I’m the Seeker’s right hand man. The second lead seeker in the movie. Seeker Reed…” and “I don’t have a scene with him[Jake Abel]. But do have plenty of scenes with Diane Kruger and Saoirse Ronan.”

Frances Fisher

On hair color: He’s a blonde(Boyd Holbrook’s(kyle) confirms her hair is white for the film

regarding who is playing Sharon: you could tell us who will play Sharon? please?? ;)” I can’t; you will know why when film comes out!

regarding who is the funniest on set: director Andrew Niccol

regarding who is playing Doc (still not listed on IMDB) Scott Lawrence is Doc

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Breaking Dawn Part 2 Storyboard Hints

April 9, 2012

We admit that we are probably one of the last ones to find this story, but we wanted to make sure everyone sees it just in case you haven’t been checking all the other great Twilight sites over the Easter weekend.  It seems that Twilight vef France and Breaking Dawn Forever stumbled upon a few Breaking Dawn Pt 2 Easter eggs of their own while watching the DVD for Breaking Dawn Pt 1.

The Storyboard shows two key scenes from Breaking Dawn Pt 2.  First is the hunting scene where we can see Bella being distracted by the scent of a nearby human.  As Amanda Bell points out, it’s a rock climber and not a fisherman as it is in the book.  But it’s the second scene in the storyboards that is sure to have fans cheering!  One of the finniest scenes in the Twilight saga is the arm wrestling scene, and from the looks of these images it will be included in the film.


There are also a few shots of the Breaking Dawn Part 2 script where cryptic words like “back tears” and “Phil” and “his hand” can be seen in image 1 as well as “Bella hugs her” and “I love you” and “separate, massive, and Charlie” in image 2 are clear but the majority of the words are blurred.  If you manage to decipher the text, let us know!  And leave us a comment – does this make you more excited for BD2?

See all the images here.

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Chris Weitz to Publish YA Trilogy

April 9, 2012

Chris Weitz..cgThe director of New Moon has signed with Stephenie Meyer’s publishing house, Little,Brown, to publish a post-apocalyptic YA trilogy in 2014.  According to MTVs Hollywood Crush:

According to the announcement from publisher Little, Brown, the literary trilogy-to-be will kick off with “The Young World”: a story about the teenage sole survivors who inherit a destroyed and desolate earth, after a cataclysmic event kills off every person on earth not between the ages of 12 and 21. Ill-equipped to restore society to working order, the surviving residents of New York City must try to rebuild their world from the ground up—a tough charge for any decimated population, but especially difficult if you’re trying to save your species from annihilation while simultaneously going through puberty. Drama will abound!

Let us know in the comments if you think the book sounds good and what your opinion is on Weitz taking a stab at YA.

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Angela Sarafyan Runway Covergirl and Upcoming Interview

April 6, 2012

According to the Runway press release:

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2’s rising actress Angela Sarafyan graces the Spring 2012 issue of “Runway,” the international fashion and celebrity review magazine. Angela’s issue is hitting newsstands nationwide on April 24, 2012. In an in-depth interview Angela covers her favorite designers, creative process and much more.

On Thursday April 19th, Runway will be hosting an the a major fashion industry and issue release event featuring FORD models for a sneak peak at this years hottest swim suit designers. The Event will take place at The Mint in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona host by Angela and special guest who will be flying in from Hollywood to support Runway.

On a crisp March morning, the crew arrived early at Beachwood Studios in the heart of the bustling Hollywood, California to shoot the cover of Runway. The star of the shoot, Angela walks in shortly after everyone else, dressed comfortably in vintage apparel and ready to work. Angela sits down for an interview with the fashion director before the shoot begins and has the entire team in stitches with her subtle-yet-quirky humor and comical tone that reminds everyone that they’re there to have fun as well as accomplish a common goal.

Working with famed-photographer Gary Lyons Angela never complained once posing almost effortlessly and playing to the camera. It was an effortless transformation from natural beauty to dynamic ingenue, and in a short time, Angela’s posing matched the vibe of the concept and clothing to a tee. The shoot theme intended to revolve round Angela’s newest flick Twilight 2 where she plays an Egyptian vampire aiding in the Cullen’s crisis.

In an exclusive interview with Runway, Angela explained the audition process and her role as Tia in Twilight. Angela goes on to share her favorite designers, fitness secrets, and much more in the interview.

 

The Video below is on Runway’s website. Click the image to be sent to their site

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Hillywood Teams Up With Peter Facinelli

April 6, 2012

The Hillywood Show has worked closely with Peter Facinelli over the past three years at the Official Twilight Tours. Now they are teaming up officially. According to their press release:

Hilly and Hannah Hindi are back at it! The sisters behind the Hillywood Show® – a YouTube program dedicated to pop-culture skits and spoofs of big-time blockbusters and Hollywood’s hottest celebrities – have just released their latest: The Hunger Games Parody.

The parody, which was co-produced with YouTube’s music discovery channel myISH and Facinelli Films (the film production company of Peter Facinelli) plays homage to The Hunger Games – the beloved-book- series-turned-major-Hollywood-film. Caesar, the Hunger Games’ flamboyant, blue-haired host (played by Hilly), evokes the Capitol citizens’ obsession with appearance. Singing and dancing along to entertainer Jimmy James’ song Fashionista, Caesar and the tributes (including Hannah as Katniss Everdeen) “show a look, have a look, or give a look.” You can also catch a sneak peek into the making of the video on myISH.

MTV’s Hollywood Crush blog says, “The sisters pull off a fun preview of their talents for viewers unfamiliar with their other videos.” Have you seen the Hunger Games Parody yet?

Past Hillywood® parodies include a Lady Gaga-friendly version of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, which has been viewed more than 2.5 million times on YouTube, and a hilarious Harry Potter spoof to the tune of Rebecca Black’s song Friday – with a whopping 3.4 million YouTube views. And their Halloween parody on Lady Gaga – Gagaween – has been seen and approved by Lady Gaga herself!

ABOUT myISH

myISH is your channel for discovering new music daily. No matter what you’re into at the moment (electro-pop? hip hop? garage rock?), our music-maniacal hosts will turn you on to just-released singles, news bands, never-seen performances, exclusive artist interviews, emerging YouTube stars, and more.

ABOUT FACINELLI FILMS
Created in 2010 by Peter Facinelli and his producing partner, Rob DeFranco, Facinelli Films develops character driven films for a commercial audience. Facinelli Films is in development on several projects and recently released its first feature, Loosies, written by and starring Facinelli. Among his 30-plus feature film credits are The Twilight
Saga, Finding Amanda, The Big Kahuna, Riding in Cars with Boys,The Scorpion King, Supernova, Foxfire, and Can’t Hardly Wait. On television, Facinelli can currently be seen on Nurse Jackie and has appeared
on Damages, Six Feet Under, and Fastlane. Born and raised in New York, Facinelli attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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What Hot Topic Learned About Movie Merchandise From Twilight

April 6, 2012

We’ve all known Hot Topic as one of the carriers of Twilight merchandise. We’ve all also noticed how the quantity of that merchandise changed movie to movie. Here’s what Hot Topic thinks they learned. Interestingly, there’s no thought given to tee shirt design and Hot Topic’s incredibly small size range/cuts of shits, an item that has frequently been discussed here.

According to CFO:

It also comes as no surprise that companies like Hot Topic, a pop-culture-oriented apparel and accessory retailer, are tying their profits to the hit film. Hot Topic, a $697 million company that targets older teens, has a long-running relationship with popular franchises like Harry Potter and Twilight. But budgeting and planning for the movie releases has not always been easy.

“We’ve had some big blockbusters in the past that kind of caused our business to go boom and bust,” says Hot Topic CFO Jim McGinty. “Boom when they came out, and then bust either immediately after” or at the end of the year, when the stores held an abundance of excess inventory that no one wanted to buy.

Case in point: Twilight, the film based on a teen novel about a girl who falls in love with a handsome vampire. After the first Twilight movie was released, the demand for Bella- and Edward-related merchandise shot through the roof — and the company was on a sales high, McGinty says. When the next Twilight film, New Moon, came out, Hot Topic bought more merchandise than it could sell. “We made a big commitment,” he says. “The idea was more about making sure we didn’t miss a sale.”

Ultimately, this strategy backfired. “In buying that much merchandise, we probably didn’t miss a sale, but we certainly gave up margin dollars because of the markdowns on the back end,” says McGinty. Because the stores were so heavily stocked, they would sometimes sell only about 40% of their film-related inventory by the time a popular movie was released.

Definitely check out the rest of the article. Do you agree with their conclusions, or are they missing some key points?

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UInterview Needs Twilight Fan Questions For Maggie Grace

April 5, 2012

UInterview just did a recent feature with Nikki Reed. Now they need fan help again for an upcoming feature on Maggie grace. They wrote in to say:

Uinterview.com is taking questions for Maggie Grace, who played Irina from ‘Breaking Dawn,’ and next stars with Guy Pearce in the upcoming ‘Lockout.’ Submit your questions for Maggie here: http://uinterview.com/

When you are on the site, look in the upper left hand corner and you will see the interface.

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Peter Facinelli Talks His First Job

April 5, 2012

The Wall Street Journal is doing a feature on various celebrities’ first working experience.

Growing up in Queens, New York, in the 1980s, Peter Facinelli was anxious to get around. Too young to ride the subways alone, Facinelli’s dominant means of transportation became his bicycle. Which is why it came as no surprise that Facinelli entered the working world in an occupation that relied heavily on his wheels — newspaper boy.

“I wasn’t very good. I’m really lazy and I hated getting up in the mornings so my mom would get up, and bless her heart, she would fold the newspapers and put the rubber bands on them and then she would put all the papers in my milk carton basket that was strapped onto my bike. I would, half-sleepily like in a zombie state, deliver these newspapers,” said Facinelli, who will reprise his role as the vampiric Dr. Carlisle Cullen in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.”

See more on the Wall Street Journal.

We can say from experience that Peter’s work ethic has improved. He is one of the most energetic and always prepared and professional actors on the Official Twilight Tour.

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Marlene Barnes Interview: What Drew Her to Twilight

April 5, 2012

The Pattinson Post has an interview up with Marlane Barnes who plays Maggie in Breaking Dawn Part 2.


Were you familiar with the Twilight series before you got the part? How was it for you, as an actor, to come into the last movie of the Twilight series?

I actually was not! I’m always the last person to know about things in pop culture. But, before I auditioned, I read synopses on fan sites and watched the first two movies to get to know the world. When I was actually cast, I was floored. I mean, it’s such a huge franchise and the fan base is so involved that I did worry at first that I wouldn’t be what everyone was hoping for! But, then you just have to trust the production team and yourself and do your best.

What was it like working with the director, Bill Condon on Breaking Dawn?

Bill is a very sweet, intelligent, and considerate man. He was great to work with, because I really felt like he was invested in everyone’s experience and input on the film. He created a collaborative environment on set, which was great considering how many of us were new to the franchise. I also loved the direction that he took Part One, so I am very excited to see Part Two!

See more on The Pattinson Post

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