Kristen Stewart Tops Forbes List as Highest Paid Actress

At 22 years old, Kristen Stewart has become the youngest actress to top Forbes annual list of the highest-paid celebrities.   This is certainly something for Kristen to be proud of since the next youngest actress on the list is 38 year old Kristen Wigg.  And when you consider that Angelina Jolie was at the top of this list last year, then Stewart is certainly in good company.  From Forbes: 

To determine who the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood are, we considered upfront pay, profit participation, residuals, endorsements and advertising work. We talked to manager, agents, lawyers and other in-the-know folks to come up with our estimates. We did not deduct for things like agent fees or the expenses related to being a celebrity.

Stewart’s earnings between May 2011 and May 2012 totaled $34.5 million, helping her [also] rank 43rd on our Celebrity 100 list.

Read the whole story at Forbes.com.

10 Second Preview of Tommorow’s Breaking Dawn Teaser

Here it is. What do you think is included tomorrow?

Movies.Com Discussion on Twilight Sequels and Reboot The Lexicon’s Laura Weighs In

Movies.com had Laura on as a Twilight expert to discuss the reboot and sequels buzz.

We cover:

  • Does a reboot make sense
  • What were the quotes about reboots and sequels
  • What a studio wants vs. what is likely
  • Material left not yet in the movies
  • Is The Host taking the forefront of new Stephenie Meyer project
  • But how can she resist the call of sequels
  • Is this really a money thing for both the studio and Stephenie
  • Will fan interest force a sequel
  • What about a DVD ultimate collectors edition
  • What are the stories left to tell that fans want filmed
  • Is it practical to film Midnight Sun
  • Would Taylor Lautner be more inclined to stay around

Get the audio here.

Laura’s regular Movies.com columns will be restarting as the Breaking Dawn part 2 hype now kicks into full swing.

 

 

What Are Your Top 5 For the Teaser on Wednesday?

Keeping in mind we are talking teaser and not full-blown trailer we aren’t talking a ton of time here. So what are you top 5 things that you want to see in Wednesday’s teaser? Here are some of ours:

  1. Renesmee…she walks, talks, something adorable. Maybe a live action shot of the still where Bella has her hand to her cheek?
  2. Sense of danger from the Volturi…Michael Sheen is the master of sadistic creepy with a smile. We want plotting Aro.
  3. Two words: arm wrestling…nuff said
  4. The new Bella and Jake dynamic…Bella chasing after Jake screaming about the Loch Ness Monster would be epic
  5. The Edward and Bella reunion…so she opens her eyes and who is there, or really any other E&B moment will do.

So do you agree? What are your picks?

New Official Breaking Dawn Part 2 Teaser to Debut Wednesday

According to Summit/Lionsgate:

To help fans worldwide celebrate Edward Cullen’s 111th birthday on June 20, 2012, Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF) company, will debut an exciting new teaser trailer for the highly anticipated THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2.

Also according to Summit/Lionsgate

A 10-second sneak peek of the teaser trailer will be available on Tuesday.

Official The Host Movie Website Launches

The Host movie already has an official Facebook, YouTube, and a Twitter. They have now launched their website. There’s not a lot to see so far other than the teaser, but take a look. You can see the film’s tagline: You will be one of us.

Check it out at http://thehostthefilm.com/

Via HMN

 

 

Summit Officially Denies the Reboot Rumors

Earlier today we reported on the latest on the Twilight rumor mill that Summit/Lionsgate was looking to do a Twilight reboot and/or sequels, and our opinion that sequels weren’t going to happen and a reboot might take place, but not likely for 10 years down the line.

Now Rob Friedman of Summit(who has been with the franchise since practically day 1) directly contacted Deadline Hollywood to set the record straight.

 

”We are not remaking Twilight. We will happily support Stephanie Meyer if she decides to proceed in any way. But this will be the last one unless that should change.”

Happy Fathers Day 2012

A very happy Father’s Day to Twilight folks who are dads to non-fictional children. Edward may now be a fictional dad, but these guys do the real deal 365 and 24/7.


Patrick Brennan

Billy Burke

Peter Facinelli

Alex Meraz

Michael Sheen

Chris Weitz


Rumor Mill At it Again on Twilight Sequels

twilight-booksSo here is what is being reported by Bloody Disgusting(Boldingours):

Lionsgate, who acquired Summit back in January for $412.5 million in cash and stock, will be in serious discussions regarding the future of the Stephenie Meyer vampire/werewolf franchise. They’ll deny it, right here, right now. We’ll get plenty of eggs in our face. Sites will burn us at the stake like a witch during the Salem trials. Still, the fact will remain: it’s true. In fact, they’re already discussing it internally. It will happen… It is still undecided exactly what the future of the franchise will be, though. It could be a direct remake, considering the initial saga is so poorly made, but then again it could also be a spinoff or maybe even a one-off sequel. It could be anything to keep the green bills piling high. But expect a remake. Yes, quickly.

Here’s our take(no special, insider knowledge here, just going on gut instinct and doing this for 6 years): For starters the Bloody Disgusting article states no one has approached Stephenie Meyer about this yet. They are just talking amongst themselves. Of course the studio wants more. Studios are like Oliver Twist, they always want more, that doesn’t mean they have the rights to do more. In order for them to do something else with Twilight they’d have to get the permission of Stephenie Meyer, who has said that she not writing anything vampire related for awhile. So that knocks out the sequel idea right there.

The only remaining Twilight stories left are the Bree Tanner novella and the backstories from the Twilight Guide. The first one is kind of short for a movie and the other would need major development since they are individual stories with minimal, non-linear connections.

Stephenie is also now doing The Host (which will probably entail two sequels that Stephenie needs to write) so she’s a little busy at the moment.

All the above brings us back to the fact that unlike other writers Stephenie Meyer  is very hands on about her work, and on set nearly everyday on her recent films she is a producer. It seems unlikely that she would relinquish control and say “sure go an make whatever you want without me.”

So to wrap it up:

Do we think that it’s possible the new folks at Lionsgate who aren’t incredibly familiar with Stephenie might be talking sequels amongst themselves? Yes.

Do we think that eventually there will be a reboot? Yes, but not for like 10 years at least.

Do we think a sequel, TV show, one-off movie is possibly in the near future? Not until The Host is done and that’s going to be awhile.

Chaske Spencer Talks Twilight Giving Native Americans Opportunities In Hollywood

For those of you who don’t know Chaske Spencer struggled with sobriety before getting his role in New Moon. He talks his journey and what Twilight has done for Native American actors. The Twilight specific portion starts at around the 4:30 mark.

Best quote on Twilight, “What I did like about Twilight,was that it put a whole different generation of Native Americans…it put Native Americans in the mindset of a younger generation who had no idea…I grew up and it was Dances With Wolves and Thunderheart and those are really cool movies. They influenced me a lot but, with this it’s different. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this. We’re not Natives in the stereotype form, we’re just people. And I know we wear cut off shorts and tear our shirts off, but it’s given me and the others guys a lot of opportunities in Hollywood which is not the most open minded place to break out of stereotypes.” He then goes on to talk about the kinds of scripts they’ve been offered and what they take.