Archives for November 2009

Twilight Saga Stars Other Projects on the Horizon

So out of these, which one are you looking forward to the most?

Jackson Rathbone in Dread.

“Rathbone describes Dread as a Kinsey-esque study of fear. “It has those base elements: What are you afraid of? Why are those urban legends urban legends? Why are they told over and over again? Because, those ideas are scary. There have been many documented cases of a complete stranger murdering many people and getting away with it and no one ever knowing why. It’s very rare that you’ll find a film or a piece of literature that delves into the mind of someone that’s been affected by that and what they do to get over it. We all have something in our lives that causes that dread, that inspired it and that’s kind of what we’re trying to get to the root of in this film. Barker’s story did it with such lyrical prose. It’s just beautiful and the imagery is haunting, it really is. We filmed scenes that just made a lot of people sick. Not just because of the gruesome element, but the idea of those situations where you’re like, ‘Yeah, if I was in that situation what would I do?’ And you know what you do a lot of times and you just wouldn’t ever want to think about it.”

Anna Kendrick in Up In The Air

“Q: What did you enjoy most about your character, Natalie?

Anna: I love that she’s unapologetically ambitious. I don’t have that and I wouldn’t really want that for myself, but I admire it so much, in her. I love that she’s independent and strong. I know that the audience really falls for her, after she completely melts down, and I love her even when she’s in her bratty mode. There was almost a desire for me to not show as much as Jason [Reitman] wanted me to show, and keep her protected and not give as much away because I feel protective of her and I wanted her to maintain her dignity. I love her, even when she’s a nightmare… I think she’s a control freak, and I think I’m a control freak, but we react to being out of our element in very different ways. I get more awkward and I fumble and things immediately fall apart. And, Natalie’s rigidity and self-awareness increases exponentially, when she feels out of control. She tries to cling to anything that she can control or keep orderly, whether it’s her hair or her computer. It makes for some very interesting comedy.”

Robert Pattinson in Remember Me.

Kristen Stewart in The Yellow Hankerchief

CNN: Why Vampire Romance Works

CNN interviewed various vampire romance writers, known in the industry as paranormal romance writers, as to why vampire novels are on the upsurge, and what exactly is it that resonates. The Lex admin team members are all big JR Ward fans in addition to Twilight fans (not that we all flew to a remote area in Kentucky in full costume on Mother’s Day for a JR Ward signing or anything like that.) And we know that a lot of members of our forums are Harris, Ward, Rice, etc. fans. So just what is the appeal?

Heather Graham (not the actress) has written vampire novels under both her name and her pseudonym, Shannon Drake.

Graham said she enjoys the creativity that comes with creating romances with vampires as the main characters.

“There is total freedom,” said Graham. “The only rules are once you make any, you then have to stick to them.”

Graham, whose book “Dust to Dust” melds two frightening topics as vampires seek to save Earth from the 2012 end of the world prophecy, said life can be fraught with lots of anxiety.

Vampire romances are a good escape from that, she said.

“You get to have something sexy, something edgy and something that is scary, but outside the realm of our everyday scary,” Graham said.

Ward said women gravitate toward vampire heartthrobs because the vampires are “always in 3-D.”

“They are deadly, they are dangerous and they are desirable,” Ward said. “Big, bad, sexy and lethal, but redeemable is a great setup for a romantic hero.”

Read more on CNN.

Timbaland Gets Twilight Inspired

A couple of months back Timbaland announced he was interested in Twilight. Well, it looks like he was serious.

TY to NolwennP from Twitter.

Ashley Greene on NYC TV

EW Interviews Chris Wietz: The Post Movie Reaction

“ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was your biggest fear going into [opening] weekend?
CHRIS WEITZ: I didn’t have any particular fears. The tracking numbers were enough to indicate that I wouldn’t be letting the studio down. But if one could imagine their biggest fears, it would be complete rejection of the movie, by the fans. What I’ve realized over the last week is I won’t necessarily get good reviews for this movie. Having swallowed that, this was made for the fans, and if you don’t get it, then you don’t get it.

Did the negative reviews surprise you?
Nothing surprises me in terms of reviews. Having been a reviewer myself, there are only two ways to spin this story. You can either be the one guy who says this is a great movie, or more likely, take a more jaundiced view of the whole thing. And given the media blitz that has accompanied New Moon, it’s rather unsurprising. I do wish there was more appreciation for cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe. I think he’s a genius and I think he made something beautiful.”

Read the rest on EW.

Meet the New Moon Cast on Bonnie Hunt

This just in from The Bonnie Hunt Show:

“The Bonnie Hunt Show” is giving Twilight Fans who will be in the Los Angeles area a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet either Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed or Ashley Greene after they tape their appearances on the daytime talk show.

Kellan tapes his appearance on Tuesday, December 1 at 2pm PT
Nikki tapes her appearance on Tuesday, December 1 at 6pm PT.
Ashley tapes her appearance on Thursday, December 3 at 2pm PT

One lucky “Bonnie Hunt Show” Twitter follower will receive two VIP tickets to “The Bonnie Hunt Show” which tapes in Culver City, CA. The winner will get to meet one of the “Twilight” stars backstage for an exclusive meet and greet and photo opportunity.

To enter, become a Bonnie Hunt Show Twitter follower and tell us who you would like to meet and one lucky follower will be picked at random. There will be one winner per Twilight star chosen.

@bonniehuntshow I want to meet Kellan Lutz!
@bonniehuntshow I want to meet Nikki Reed!
@bonniehuntshow I want to meet Ashley Greene!

The winners will be notified by Friday, November 27th.

Good Luck!!!”

Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene on Breaking Dawn

Read the text here

Twilight Twitter Round-Up

We had a lot of requests for this, so back by popular demand is the Twitter run down. So this brings us to our semi-monthly or so Twitter round up. Here’s the run down of who has a real Twitter and who doesn’t.

Here are a listing of the real Twitters
relating to the Twilight Saga

Updated as of 11/23/09

Summit Entertainment Twilight Saga Movies

http://twitter.com/Twilight

Cullen Family Members

Peter Facinelli (also on Twitter is Peter’s fabulous wife Jennie Garth)

Ashley Greene

The Volturi

Michael Sheen

Jamie Campbell Bower

Charlie Bewley

Cameron Bright

Daniel Cudmore

Forks Humans

Justin Chon

Christian Serratos

Billy Burke

Anna Kendrick

Quileute Tribe Members

Gil Birmingham

Kiowa Gordon

Tinsel Korey

Alex Meraz

Chaske Spencer

Boo Boo Stewart

Other vampires

Rachelle Lefevre

Edi Gathegi

Jodelle Ferland

Directors

David Slade

The Twitters supposedly run by Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed are all fakes. Ways to tell: mislabeling of photos stating where & when the pics were taken, Tweeting while clearly performing , all created around the same date, claiming they are posting personal photos when in reality are actually recycled paparazzi shots, official sites of actors don’t list a Twitter, etc. Also if they were real, Mr. Uber Twilight Twitter himself, Peter Facinelli, would no doubt mention it. They are also such A-list stars that their account would be verified by Twitter right away. So don’t get fooled by the fakes!

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NOTE: The band list is not fully complete, but the actor/director list is

100 Monkeys The Band Jackson Rathbone plays with

Twilight Soundtrack

Bobby Long Writer of Let Me Sign along with Marcus Foster, performed by Rob Pattinson on the Twilight soundtrack

Sam Bradley Writer of Never Think, performed by Rob Pattinson on the Twilight soundtrack

Marcus Foster Writer of Let Me Sign along with Bobby Long, performed by Rob Pattinson on the Twilight soundtrack

Paramore

Mute Math

New Moon Soundtrack

Death Cab For Cutie – @DCFC

Anya Marina – @anyamarina

Muse – @muse

Band of Skulls – @bandofskulls

OK Go – @OKGo

Sea Wolf – @SeaWolfMusic

Lykke Li- @Lykke_Li

TY to Devon for compiling the New Moon band list!

Taylor Lautner in Rolling Stone

Taylor Lautner is rocking the magazine covers this month. He was previously seen on Men’s Health, now he is on Rolling Stone.

You can get the photogalley here and a video of the shoot here.

Taylor has a great Q & A:

Don’t you think that when some fans see New Moon, they may be disappointed, because you’re kind of the villain in a way.
I have some pretty passionate team Jacob fans [laughs].

Right. But you’re also the obstacle getting in the way of the great romance between Bella and Edward.
I can see where you’re coming from. The thing is, Jacob and Edward are two completely different guys. They are opposites. And it’s just what kind of girl you are. If you like that more mysterious, dangerous type, then that’s one guy. I personally love Jacob and Bella’s relationship, and how they began as friends. They are so much more open, and can tell each other anything. And Bella and Edward’s relationship, it’s always tense. It’s always serious. But Jacob and Bella’s friendship starts growing stronger and stronger and you just wonder if they can go past friends. It looks like that at some points.

But when your character hangs up on Edward in New Moon, it sets off the whole chain of events that almost lead to a major tragedy. That’s something a villain would do.
Yes. that is part of Jacob’s character. He can’t really control himself. When he gets mad, he gets mad. And all Jacob has on his mind is on Bella. That’s who he cares for. That’s who he loves. If somebody gets in his way, it’s not good. And he will explode. So I guess you could see that either way.”

See more on Rolling Stone!

Taylor Lautner On Conan