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We launched our Eclipse Movie Event yesterday evening. In case you missed the details, you can find everything you need to know on our movie events page located on the sidebar to the left.
The event will take place at the Carmike Cinema in Franklin, TN on July 3 at 10 am. Tickets are $10.50 and every person in attendance will win a prize! We hope to see you there!
According to Digital Spy and the UK version of MTV:
“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will get advance showings in the UK.
The third movie in the vampire romance franchise is to screen on Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, July 4 before it rolls out in cinemas across the country on July 9. The movie opens in the US on June 30.
UK Twilight fans will be able to make advance bookings for Eclipse from May 21.”
There’s a new Eclipse clip up on Apple Trailers that you can download to your desktop, IPone, or just play. It’s a great example of what the movie experience can do to broaden the Twilight Saga. Since the books are entirely first person from Bella’s perspective in Eclipse, you only get to see what Bella sees with her own eyes. Well, ever wonder what the Volturi were thinking about the newborns, and why they did or didn’t take actions? Watch and find out!
According to Box Office Mojo:
“The Motion Picture Association of America’s Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly ratings bulletin this morning, which included a rating for the highly anticipated third part of The Twilight Saga.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse received a PG-13 rating for “intense sequences of action and violence, and some sensuality.” Both Twilight and New Moon were PG-13 as well, but for slightly different, and somewhat telling, reasons: Twilight garnered its rating due to “some violence and a scene of sensuality,” while New Moon earned it for “some violence and action.”
It is our belief that Breaking Dawn will garner a PG-13 rating under similar reasoning when its time comes. Is anyone surprised that it got a PG-13 rating, or did you think it would be plain PG?
Via His Golden Eyes
The LA Times has a longer version of the piece that appeared last week of that was entitled “Family the Slays Together Stays Together”. The longer version has several new photos.
“”This time around, you get to see their true vampire-ness,” said Peter Facinelli, who plays head vampire Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the series based on the bestselling books by Stephenie Meyer.
The film is being helmed by David Slade, the edgy filmmaker behind “Hard Candy” and “30 Days of Night.” And if the trailer is any indication, he’s definitely given the franchise a darker sensibility.
“The guys are going to bring their girlfriends to this one, mark my words,” said Kellan Lutz, who plays Emmett Cullen. “There’s a lot of fighting, a lot of cool stunts. It’s a little darker. The stuff I’ve seen so far is amazing. Amazing. The music is great. Everything is just really captivating. I’m excited to see it, and I’m excited for the fans to see it. The stunts are so cool. It was a bit weird, like for the main battle scene where the newborns come in. I mean, we’re looking at these cardboard cutouts as we’re acting, as we’re supposed to be head-butting creatures. So to see it live on the screen is so cool. And running on the treadmills to do the chase scene was awesome. We were being pulled by a truck going really fast to make it seem like we were running at vampiric speed. To see it on screen, it looks epic.”
The LA Times breaks down exactly what is to be gained by having Eclipse debut at the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF).
“The annual event, which announced its lineup on Tuesday, will feature the world-premiere screening of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” the long-awaited third installment in the popular vampire franchise. It’s not exactly typical film festival fare, but organizers are hoping it will serve a larger purpose.
Though there was much speculation that Eclipse would debut at the famous Chinese Graumman’s Theater word came out today that it will be at the famous Nokia Theater as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF)
“The Festival will host the invitation-only world premiere of Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on June 24 at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. Details for the screening can be found at LAFilmFest.com. The film is directed by David Slade and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, and Dakota Fanning. In Eclipse, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings, and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the struggle between vampire and werewolf. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens nationwide on June 30, 2010. “
See the entire press release here.
EDITED: We have asked Summit for clarification on fans lining up, possibility of people seeing the movie, etc. They’re a little busy the next two days with Oprah and then the Letters to Juliet opening, so we may not have an immediate answer!
The official Twilight Saga movie website has updated the Eclipse section with various photos. The photos are scattered throughout the site in various montages, but they are also most easily seen in the cast section. Notably missing is a shot of Booboo Stewart, Gil Brimingham, Billy Burke, and Bella’s high school friends. We’ve asked Summit for info on these missing people, we’ll update you when we have an answer.
The photos are not as heavily stylized as they were for New Moon. For example the wolfpack doesn’t look like they stopped off for spray tans. Also Alex Meraz, Chaske Spencer, and Bronson Pelletier look much more like themselves than they did in the New Moon group shots where Alex in particular looked very different.
Jackson Rathbone’s hair continues to morph yet again to another style. It’s decidedly less poofy than the previous films and a warmer shade of blonde. speaking of hair, we really liked the photo of Dan Cudmore. The weird combover thing from New Moon has changed.
So which star’s look is your favorite?
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