Archives for 2009

John Henson Updates His Collection

John Henson had a room to himself at the Eye-con convention where his collection was dubbed “the Twilight Museum”. Here’s how John describes some of  it.

“Bella’s birthday party replicas, as seen in the upcoming NEW MOON parody by THE HILLYWOOD SHOW. Bella’s custom green taffeta dress with black rose flocking (Not the NECA replica), Alice’s deep purple dress, Rosalie’s dramatic black gown and Esme’s frilly pink/lavender party frock. On the table is a sign announcing the upcoming NEW MOON parody, along with a few other pieces like Rosalie’s VINCE CAMUTO pumps (which are usually displayed with her NANETTE LEPORE blazer she wears in the cafeteria scene and in promo shots, but didn’t come to Orlando), Bella’s green “kangaroo” hoodie from the treetop scene and Rose’s slouch hat from the aforementioned cafeteria scene.”

We saw John’s collection up close in Atlanta and his originals and replicas are fantastic. John has a super eye for detail. Seriously, the man gets the undershirts right; that’s dedication. John’s collection is going on the road to Australia. Check out his blog for full details.

Get Alice’s Fingerless Gloves

Laura from Craftzine sent us this.

“When a professional knitter and a movie critic live in the same household, there’s bound to be some crossover. In our house, that convergence takes form as “Movie Mondays” on my blog. Every week I post screenshots of the knitwear I spot in one of the many flicks we’re watching — we’ve become veritable eagle eyes of Silver Screen yarn; my sons even commenting when a beanie or blanket flashes across the television. Recently, while researching Twilight for his movie news website, smellslikescreenspirit.com, my husband came across this photo still of Alice wearing fingerless mitts in the upcoming sequel, New Moon. Enter this project: simple wrist warmers for a complicated girl!”

Check out the pattern instructions here.

Charlie Bewley: Man of Mystery

Holloywood.com was able to go in depth with Charlie Bewley about his past and his future hopes:

“Charlie Bewley won’t say how old he is.

He also won’t elaborate on the details of his seemingly scandal-heavy past, which he alludes to frequently, nebulously describing it as “erratic, risky, bread-line. High highs, low lows.” In passing, he mentions turbulent romances and family dramas, and says he doesn’t really drink anymore, but keeps mum on the reasons why. He is decidedly mysterious.

“I have to be,” Bewley says.

What’s known is that Bewley is a British expat who worked several snow seasons in ski mecca Whistler after immigrating to Canada several years ago. For a time, he supported himself by driving a cab (“I had the most money out of all my friends”) and later moved to Vancouver, a two-ish-hour drive from Whistler, to pursue his acting career. The choice necessitated another move to Los Angeles in September of this year.

This is, of course, because Bewley plays the Volturi vampire Demetri in the upcoming New Moon, the second installment of the culturally permeating Twilight Saga series.”

Learn more about Charlie on Hollywood.com

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Shaunna Cross to Pen Catherine Hardwicke Project

Shaunna Cross who recently wrote the screenplay Whip It based on her own novel Derby Girl. Collider was able to do a brief Q&A with Shaunna about the project.:

“According to Cross, she’s not exactly sure where the project falls into Hardwicke’s schedule as the director is developing both “Hamlet” and the “Red Riding Hood” project at Warner Bros. But with Cross telling us they’re going to go out for casting soon, that probably means whichever film gets the financing together first, that’s the one Hardwicke will do.

If you’ve ever wondered why a director attaches themselves multiple projects, this is the reason. You can have a great script with a great cast, but if the money isn’t there, it’s not getting made. So what directors do is develop many films at once and whichever one gets the money gets made.”

See more on the project on Collider.

The Twilight Movie Game

This just in from Summit:

As you all know, there’s a NEW MOON rising… but before it does, we’ve got something to test your trivia and get you ready for the next chapter to unfold.  A new mobile game is launching exclusively on AT&T today, and we’re only telling the biggest TWILIGHT fans (that’s you!) about it first.  If you have an AT&T handset, download Twilight The Movie Game for hundreds of trivia questions that will bring back your favorite moments from the movie (click here if on a mobile handset).  Play solo or challenge friends to find out who among you is the most devoted fan. Watch the trailer and find out more on www.twilight-mobilegame.com.

Got an iPhone or iPod Touch? We haven’t forgotten about you!  A special ‘Scene it?’ version of Twilight will be released soon on the App Store, and it will blow your mind!  Videos, puzzles and more trivia will keep you entertained for hours.   Watch for a ‘Scene it? Twilight’ trailer to be posted soon at www.twilight-mobilegame.com.

For a chance to win an iPod Touch, free copies of the game and other fun prizes, follow @RealTweeter on Twitter and be ready for frequent Twilight quizzes!

Win Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz autographed prizes

M magazine is offering up two unique prizes with autographs from the stars of Twilight. One lucky fan can win a portable DVD player signed by Emmett aka Kellan Lutz.

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And another fan could win a pretty journal that Ashley Greene autographed.  Visit their site for full details.

Twilight reaches MIT

One of the most interesting and surprising things to hit our Google alerts lately is an article from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of all places!  They examine how  the Twilight phenomenon has sparked debate over reinventing traditional myths about vampires.

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The concept of the vampire has been around for centuries, and the Twilight series seems to incorporate very little of it. Fine, so Edward Cullen drinks blood, is sort of ancient, and has a mild allergy to sunlight, but then again, so does Ozzy Osbourne. Few would mistake Ozzy for a vampire, and much fewer would mistake him for the lead in a romance novel.

Read the full article over at The Tech website.

Eclipse filming on the hush hush.

Canada.com is reporting about how tight lipped the production crew for Eclipse is being.   As usual, fans from all over the world are flocking to VanCity in the hopes of catching a glimpse of Robert Pattinson and other stars of the franchise.  What isn’t so usual is that fans are having more and more difficulty finding out where the filming is going on, something we caught on to very quickly as most of the reports out of Vancouver have been about finding the filming sites AFTER the filming has happened.

Earlier this month, it was reported that Eclipse producers had asked newspaper websites and radio stations outlets in Vancouver not to disclose the filming locations, citing possible security and safety concerns for both the cast and crew, as well as the fans.

New Michael Sheen clips

Collider has five new clips from Michael Sheen’s upcoming film The Damned United.