Various Twilight Cast Members at Comic Con 2010

Both Anna Kendrick, Billy Burke, and Michael Sheen will be at Comic Con this year, but not in connection to Twilight. Anna is going to be promoting Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Billy is going to be promoting Drive Angry. If you are going to Comic Con their panels should be relatively accessible. Now Michel on the other hand is going to be there with Tron Legacy, and that will draw quite the crowd. Access may be tougher, so plan ahead.

Comic Con always has other actors present to represent various series that don’t per say have a movie out in the current year. This year according to their press release, “Kiowa Gordon, Bronson Pelletier and Kirsten Prout  appear at Comic Con 2010 in San Diego CA on July 25th 2010. They will sign autographs from 1:30pm to 5pm at the Comic Con 2010 Convention held at the San Diego Conevention center.  Twilight Fans may bring any Twilight merchandise to be signed by these 3 talented actors.Information on Comic Con 2010 signings can be found at  http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_autographs_grp.php

Now for all of you who may be at Comic Con and need a fanfiction fix. There is a fanfiction authors panel featuring a Q&A/dialogue with Snowqueens Icedragon (Master of the Universe), m81170 (An Introduction to Swirl & Daisy), MsKathy (The Trip Home), HMonster4 (Deconstructing Dracula), Giselle-lx (Ithaca is Gorges), ElleCC (A Murmur of Fire in the Vein), and Amethyst Jackson (Bonne Foi). Santa Rosa Room, Marriott Hotel and Marina

Behind the Scenes at Comic Con

MTV’s Hollywood Crush has a great off-stage look at the cast.

MTV: Jamie Campbell Bower Comic Con Interview

You can read Larry Carrol’s write up on MTV.

Collider Interviews Melissa Rosenberg at Comic Con

You can find the Collider write up that gives the background here.

Rotten Tomatoes: New Moon Comic Con Top Ten

Rotten Tomatoes has a top ten list on the things New Moon proved at Comic Con.  Number 9 was out favorite:

“9. Twilight fanaticism was as strong as ever this year. While nothing could top the ear-piercing and unexpected sounds of thousands of girls at the Twilight panel last year — where fan boy culture’s hold on the Con was hijacked by a vampire romance, of all things — 2009 sure came close. And Twilighters were better prepared for the challenge of getting a coveted seat in Hall H for Thursday’s panel; a few fans camped out a full two days ahead, and by Wednesday morning, Twihards were Twittering from the line.”

Check out the whole list here.

Kellan Lutz Hangs With Stan Lee

If there were a master of all masters in the comic’s industry, Stan Lee would take that title.  He is responsible for some of the most iconic superheroes of the 20th century. His creations include Spiderman, X-men, and the Fantastic 4  to name a few.  What’s even better, is that at 86,  Stan Lee has more energy than men half his age. Stan was one of the biggest, mesmerizing, fan draws at Comic Con. By “mesmerizing fan draws” we mean that glazed over and in awed look that that people get accompanied by a barely audible, “I love your work.”

According to Just Jared, it looks like Kellan Lutz got to meet Stan at the The Radical Event hosted by Barry Levine, Gene and Nick Simmons  at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on Saturday night, two nights after the Twilight Comic Con appearance.

Kellan wasn’t incognito at the party, but he was earlier on Friday when various fans (including Kallie and Kassie of Twilight Series Theories) recognized him under a bad wig and hood.  Actually, what caught their eye was that accompanying Kellan on his journey through the exhibition floor was castmate Noot Seear. We had met Noot the night before at the Twilight Experience event, and and they recognized her.  Being a runway model, between striking good looks and stauesque build,  she tends to stick out in the crowd.  She stands out even moreso when you wonder how the guy in the bad wig managed to hang out with her. That’s when Kallie and Kassie put it together and realized the two were trying tobe  incognito explore the the exhibition floor.  It probably would have worked if he was solo. Kallie and Kassie had a good laugh, and didn’t give Kellan up.

LA Times Comic Con Buzz-makers

The LA Times evaluated the pieces that rose to the surface during Comic Con, and perhaps to the surprise of no one, New Moon made the list.

“The teen vampire sequel didn’t disappoint the cultish crowd, many of whose members camped out overnight for a scream-filled (not for scares, but for star Robert Pattinson) presentation in Hall H. Director Chris Weitz said the fan base is excited no matter the setting, including during production of the Nov. 20 “Twilight” follow-up: “There was a moment where I had to go to the bathroom, and there was not a cafe I could go into without being mobbed,” he said. “Not because I’m me, but people wanted to know if I could set up meetings with Rob.”

See their entire play-by-play on the LA Times.

USA Today also has a similar list.

Comic Con New Moon Panel Report

Alphie and Be My Escape just got in from the New Moon Panel and clip screening.  After sitting through some great footage of A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, and yes Tron, as well as listening to the Q&A with Bob Zemeckis followed by Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, we finally got to hear the Summit panel.

Of course the screaming rivaled that for the Beatles, but eventually died down so that we could have some real Q&A time with Chris Weitz, Rob Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and Ashley Greene.  One of the most memorable questions was when they were all asked about what they were looking forward to doing in future films.  Ashley said she wanted to do the heavy fight scene in Eclipse.  Taylor said he was looking forward to the deeper love triangle and the tent scene.  But it was Rob and Kristen’s answers that really got the crowd reaction.  Kristen said she couldn’t wait to REALLY get pregnant, putting a jib in the many media outlets that was posted rumors to the fact that she was already pregnant.  Then Rob said he was looking forward to the cesarean birth in Breaking Dawn.  Much laughter will be heard on our footage once we get it uploaded.

On another note, the same guy from the press conference who got in a supposedly “screened” personal question again showed up in Hall H (how he accomplished this when Pel couldn’t even get back in is beyond us).  His question this time was about how they managed to portray Dracula… and he said it with plastic fangs in his mouth.  Not even cool and the panel pretty much just moved on.

The two clips that were shown… and I state this now that there are spoilers here… were of Bella and Jacob and the motor bikes and Bella trying to save Edward before he steps into the sun.

We will post footage of the Q&A as soon as we can get back to the hotel and get some power to the camera!  Other than that, I’ll wrap up now so that those of you who don’t want to spoiled won’t have to read any further.

SPOILERS!!

WARNING!  There are spoilers here, so look away if you really don’t want to know!

For the first clip, Jacob shows Bella how to work the bike, and as she reeves the engine a “ghost” of Edward appears.  This spurs her on and she heads down the road passing multiple “ghosts” on her way until she crashes.  Jacob rushes to her and worries over the bleeding gash on her forehead.  She apologizes for the blood, to which he says, “it’s only blood, Bella,” and removes his shirt so he can use it to clean her up.  Bella gives him the once over and tells him he’s kinda beautiful.  He then asks her is she maybe bumped her head too hard.

The second scene was of Alice and Bella driving through Volterra surrounded by the people in red robes.  Bella darts out of the car and rushes through the crowds toward the clock tower.  She sees Edward just as he is opening up his shirt and getting ready to step out into the sun.  She darts over though the fountain telling him to stop and then… the footage ends.  Great teaser there!

How Early Should I Get To Comic Con?

A lot of people have been emailing and Tweeting us asking about Comic Con and what time they should get there to be able to get a seat.  Honestly, we are hesitant to state a time because if we are wrong and people don’t get in, we don’t want to be hacked to death by an angry mob.

So here’s what we did. We asked people who were there last year to help us out by telling us what time they got there and what kind of seats they then got. So, use this as information when making your own decisions:

@pattinsononline 7:30pm the day before and we got front row. I don’t think we’ll ever do that AGAIN.

@KelseyDD about 2 hours early. I had to sit way in the back too. Thought I wouldn’t make it in.

@LadyBelle616 We got to comic con about 8am and sat about halfway back

chloeeesays Actually, we probably got there about 2-2.5 hours early, & I didn’t think we were gonna make it. Sat in the back too.


Jamie Campbell Autograph Session

If you have a weekend pass to Comic Con, you may be able to see Jamie Campbell Bower up close and in person. Jamie Campbell Bower will be doing an autograph session at Comic Con on Friday, July 24th. He will be appearing along with his castmates from The Prisoner: Jim Caviezel and Lennie James from 12:45pm-1:45pm in Autograph Area 7.

According to AMC’s press release, ““The Prisoner,” a re-imagination of the 1960s cult classic created by the late Patrick McGoohan, premieres this November on AMC.”