Archives for 2009

The Newborn Army Is On The Move

Filming of Eclipse continues in Vancouver. A recent scene, that those present surmise involves the newborn army because Xavier Samuel and Jodelle Ferland were present, was shot down at the waterfront. Various onlookers got to see quite the site by standing on public land on the opposite shore.  Mandy who ended up using the public rest room, got the shock of her life when she came out of the stall to find red-eyed extras waiting to use the facilities, now there’s something you don’t see everyday!

Vancity Allie, whose photo appears left, described the scene as:

“I had a chance to see a new set being filmed for Eclipse… the scene where the newborns arrive in Forks. It’s a picturesque scene, with mountains and water framing the background of the shot, and a sparse unoccupied beach for the newborns to arrive on… then they disappear into the forest. The vampire newborns looked absolutely chilling, and their rugged military-like outfits along with steely, determined glares just added to the mood. Filmed early in the morning, this scene was designed to look as if it had been shot at night, possibly just after dusk or just before dawn.”

See the rest of Allie’s photos and write-up here.

Mandy also visited locations similar to Allie. Mandy says:

“The vampires would simply go underwater once the camera was rolling then one by one emerge out of the water and walk slowly, menacingly towards to the shore. I love the darker angle David Slade is taking to this movie. I can’t wait for Eclipse to come out… but I have to wait for New Moon first… which I can’t wait for either :)”

You can see her write-up and photos here and here.

Reelz Channel: Twilight Locations Outtakes

Last week Reelz Channel did a whole segment on the locations used for the movie version of Twilight. the majority of those locations were in and around the Portland, Oregon area. They just added two outtake segments due to popular demand.

The End of the World Means Save Twilight?

The Sony Pictures website has a series of polls going on what items should be saved if the world ended in 2012. It’s all part of a PR stunt for their new movie 2012 which, as you may have guessed, is one of those end of the world as its premise type of flicks.

Anyway, Twilight already won as the top movie that people would preserve. It finished just ahead of Moonwalker and Star Wars.

Now, the Twilight Saga and The Host are up for contention in the literature category, and need your votes. They are also collecting nominations for music, so submit your favorite artist.

We’re wondering if some Sony executive is banging his/her head against the wall because the nominees and winners aren’t a landslide of Sony backed productions.

TY to TalithaGen on Twitter for the heads up.

Lee Safar: Doesn’t Make the New Moon Cut

MTV is reporting that Lee Safar, who was originally short listed for the New Moon album, has not made the final cut of artists.  Clearly, they do like her work because she has been asked to resubmit for Eclipse. As part of Lee’s official statement obtained by MTV she stated:

Summit have advised my team that while they are more than impressed with the songs and with my fan base, the music that was submitted did not fit the overall tone of the soundtrack and won’t be used for “New Moon.” Summit continues to deal directly with my team, both here in Australia and in LA, and have requested that we submit a never-before-heard “Lee Safar” original track for the “Eclipse” soundtrack. To further solidify the relationship between the Lee Safar brand and the “Twilight” franchise, I have been booked for the Official “Twilight” Tour here in Australia next month and will be the only artist performing on this tour. I will be doing press, TV and radio alongside the “New Moon” stars Kellan Lutz, Chaske Spencer, Charlie Bewley and Tinsel Korey.”

See the whole Lee Safar story on MTV’s Hollywood Crush

Introducing Wolfpack Wednesday!

Over the last several months the Lexicon has been very fortunate to attend several of the Official Twilight Conventions run by Creation Entertainment. At every one of the events we have Tweeted about the Q&A sessions given by the various actors. We Tweeted both on Pel’s account and the main Lexicon account August 28-30.

The last convention we attended in New Jersey had Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz, and Kiowa Gordon all on stage at the same time telling many funny and personal stories about their experiences on set while filming The Twilight Saga: New Moon. And as always, we Tweeted all about it.

Thanks to Creation, we were fortunate enough, to able to get the pack members to sign several glossy pictures of themselves. In all, we left that convention with five individual autographed 8X10 glossy photos. And the good news is that we want to repay you all for following our Tweets by giving these photos away.

Every Wednesday over the next five weeks we will post a trivia question pertaining to information that we gave on twitter during the convention while the wolf pack was on stage. Remember that they were on stage TWICE, so we have two hours worth of twitter information to pull from. If you know the correct answer, reply to the post with your answer and we will choose one winner at random at the end of the day. Make sure you spell your email address correctly when you post your comment so we can get in touch if you win.  Anyone can participate from anywhere in the world. we don’t care if the winner is on the Antarctic science station. we’ll get your photo to you no matter what continent you live on.

Now for our first question: Which one of the guys did shadow puppets backstage during the playing of the Being Jacob Black movie trailer? The correct answer will also tell you which photo and autograph you will be receiving! We will close this contest at 11:59pm est.

The Used on New Moon Soundtrack

According to an exclusive on Take 40, the Used are on the New Moon soundtrack:

“When we spoke to Bert McCracken of The Used yesterday, he revealed that a new song of theirs entitled ‘For You I Would’ was set to be the title track!

“It’s gonna be a big deal,” Bert told take40.com. “We wrote a really awesome original song for the movie.”

Bert also said that former Nine Inch Nails musician Danny Lohner produced the track.”

You can hear the actual interview here.

TY to multiple people who emailed in.

Anna Kendrick On Fame and New Moon

Ashley Greene Talks About Meeting David Slade

See the write up on MTV

Lana Veenker Sponsors New Twilight Themed Contest

For those of you unfamiliar with Lana, she was involved in the casting of the first Twilight movie. She’s based in the Portland area and gives seminars and classes on breaking into ‘the business”. She is now running a contest to win a Twilight poster signed by the local cast.

“Do you bear an uncanny resemblance to a Twilight character?

Send us your best Twilight look-alike photo!

Email your photo to twihard[at]slateplease[dot]com by October 1st, 2009.

Be sure to follow these guidelines:

  • Include your first name, age (required for minors), and where on the planet you live (City, State/Province and Country are sufficient) in the body of your email. Anyone, anywhere in the world can participate!
  • Your entry must be emailed to us in a file size no larger than 2MB. Please do not mail hard copies of photos or send links to photos. If it’s not attached to an email, it’s not eligible. Hard copy entries will not be considered or returned.
  • One entry per person. If you send multiple entries, only the first will be considered. If there are multiple entrants in a photo, only one poster will be awarded.
  • Contest ends at 11:59 PM on October 1st, 2009. Entries received after the deadline will not be considered.
  • Please keep photos appropriate for an “all ages” audience.”

Check out Lana’s site here.

Tinsel Korey Vancouver Bound After la Push Visit

This in from the Quileute Nation:

“Tinsel Korey who portrays Emily in the Twilight Saga:New Moon leaves the Quileute Nation today to begin filming Eclipse in Vancouver.  Korey spent a week on the Quileute reservation in LA Push, WA teaching acting classes for the K-12 Tribal School and raising funds for the school with an appearance on First Beach with legendary Quileute Elder Chris Morganroth.

The character Emily is actually from the Makah tribe, so Korey also traveled to Neah Bay to speak with the youth and Elders of the Makah Nation.  Tinsel was welcomed by the Makah with an honoring ceremony and given a flag to their nation.

“In true native tradition, she is doing what our ancestors & elders have taught us to do for centuries” states Chairwoman Carol Hatch, “Tinsel is giving back and sharing her gifts and talents with our Native youth.”

“Tinsel now knows were Emily and the “Wolf Boys” live and has walked the shores of First Beach, she can take that spiritual energy with her to the set.” states Quileute publicist Jackie Jacobs.

“Tinsel is bringing awareness to the real Quileute and Makah Nations.  That is very honorable, generous and respectful.  She is alway “Welcome” to come back anytime.”