“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” Gets The Green Light!
The fourth saga in the Twilight Series, “Breaking Dawn” is going back to it’s roots and will be filmed in Portland, Oregon. David Slade is directing “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse“, but it is unknown if he will also direct any of the Breaking Dawn films. In addition, a new production company, Sunswept Entertainment, has been brought on board for “Breaking Dawn.” Karen Rosenfelt, daughter of former MGM Chairman & CEO Frank Edward Rosenfelt, served as Producer on both “Twilight” and on “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse“. She did not work on “New Moon“, but is producing “Breaking Dawn” through her Sunswept Entertainment banner.
There will likely be quite a bit of tweaking to the fourth novel in the series due to the explicit sex and birth scenes to avoid an R rating. Inside sources confirm that Breaking Dawn may be filmed and released in two parts – “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I“, and “Part II“. Although this has not been confirmed officially by Summit, author Stephenie Meyer has stated,
“It would have to be made into multiple movies because it’s hard to imagine it fitting into ninety minutes”.
Bryce Dallas Howard Joins “Eclipse”
Bryce Dallas Howard (”Terminator Salvation,” “Spider-Man 3,” “Lady in the Water” “The Village”) has joined the cast of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” the third installment in Summit Entertainment’s vampire franchise. She replaces Rachelle Lefevre as the character of Victoria.
Lefevre played the role of Victoria in “Twilight” and appears in the upcoming sequel “New Moon,” but scheduling conflicts forced her to leave the picture.
“We are incredibly happy that Bryce has agreed to come into the franchise. Rachelle brought Victoria to great screen life and Bryce will bring a new dimension to the character. The franchise is lucky to have such a talented actress as Bryce coming in to fill the role,” said Erik Feig, Summit’s president of worldwide production and acquisitions.
2009 MTV Movie Awards Winners
Twilight, the popular vampire drama based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Stephenie Meyer,cleaned up during the ceremony, taking home five out of the seven nominations including the top honor, Best Film prize in Los Angeles.
Other winners include “High School Musical 3″, “Yes Man”, “The Dark Knight” and “Baby Mama”. “High School Musical 3″ brought home two kudos for Best Male Performance and Breakthrough Performance Female, while the others took in one each. “Yes Man” gave Jim Carrey a Best Comedic Performance win, “The Dark Knight” won Best Villain for Heath Ledger and “Baby Mama” earned Amy Poehler her Best WTF Moment.
The MTV audience was treated to exclusive first looks at the highly anticipated movie releases of 2009 including “The Twilight Saga: New Moon“, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince“, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen“, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” and “Public Enemies.”
The 2009 MTV Movie Awards was aired live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California starting at 9 P.M. ET on Sunday, May 31. Hosted by Saturday Night Live” star Andy Samberg, it saw musical performances from Kings of Leon and Eminem. Presenters of the night were Chris Pine, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kiefer Sutherland, LeAnn Rimes and Anna Faris among others.
New Moon Fan-Made Posters
The official poster for “New Moon,” “Twilight” sequel hasn’t been released yet. But we found some nice fan-made posters for the movie. Twilight fan Excape_07 who made these posters obviously is very talented.
Take a look at Dakota Fanning as Jane, Noot Seear – Canadian supermodel – as Heidi, Taylor Lautner as Jacob and of course Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart as Edward and Bella.
2009 MTV Movie Award Nominations – Slumdog Against Twilight
The hit films “Twilight” and “Slumdog Millionaire” get ready to battle it out as MTV: Music Television announces this year’s final nominees for the “2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS.” Pitting Hollywood vampires against the Mumbai slums, the movies’ rabid fans proved their loyalty as they sent both flicks to the head of the cinematic pack with each film receiving nominations in six award categories including “BEST MOVIE,” “BEST KISS” and “BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE.”
MTV will up the cinematic fun quotient this year by debuting the two new categories “BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE” and “BEST WTF MOMENT.” Fans will get the chance to vote on such movie soundtrack hits as “The Climb” from “Hannah Montana: The Movie” as well as pick this year’s most jaw-dropping “WTF” movie moment that left audiences speechless such as the naked break-up scene in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” The 18th annual awards show will be executive produced by Emmy Award(R) winning producer Mark Burnett. Hosted by Andy Samberg, the “2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS” will be broadcast LIVE from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, May 31st at 9p.m./8p.m. C.
10 Twilight Movie Mistakes
“Twilight” fans missed some mistakes in the movie for sure, but guys over at MovieMistakes didn’t because their job is to find them.
Take a look at the one of them below – during the hospital scene, when Edward is “sleeping,” his head goes from from leaning on one shoulder to suddenly on the other shoulder in the very next shot.
Check out the rest of images at MovieMistakes.com
Winner Of Mission Hollywood To Star In New Moon
A new German reality show “Mission Hollywood” hosted by German superstar Til Schweiger -”Inglourious Basterds” actor – promises its winner a role in “Twilight” vampire tale “New Moon.”
Til Schweiger with “Mission Hollywood” contenders
The show is running 12 contestants through a series of trials including competing against each other in kissing scenes, action stunts and dance perfs from pics such as “Dirty Dancing,” “Misery,” “9½ Weeks” and the James Bond franchise, the thesps will work with pro coaches to convince Schweiger, the audience and guest jurors of their acting ability.
The eight-part series, which began shooting in Berlin and Hollywood in March, bows June 8, 2009.
“Mission Hollywood” is no joke. The show, which premieres June 8 in primetime on leading German network RTL, features Til Schweiger, Germany’s biggest star, and the prize — a role in one of the “Twilight” sequels — is enough to entice even the most skeptical would-be thespian.
RTL and production house Tresor TV also have secured an impressive lineup of jury judges to assess the talent. Permanent jury members Schweiger and famed acting coach Bernhard Hiller will be joined every week by a third juror, among them Carmen Electra, producer Erwin Stoff (”The Day the Earth Stood Still“) and German A-list actors Thomas Kretschmann and Moritz Bleibtreu.
Jamie Campbell-Bower Joins New Moon
15-year-old Dakota Fanning, confirmed to take the part of Jane, has some company in the Volturi clan for “New Moon.”
British actor Jamie Campbell-Bower has been cast as Volturi leader Caius for the upcoming “Twilight” sequel. This casting news comes after the revelation of the wolf pack.
The 20-year-old actor who has appeared in “Sweeney Todd” and “RockNRolla” confirmed his casting to BBC News, saying being involved in the movie is “very exciting.”
“You’re the first people I’ve told. Shooting has already started, and I’m going over in June. I hadn’t read the books before,” he said.
“But it’s a great thing to be a part of, and it did very well last year.”
Campbell-Bower will work alongside heartthrob Robert Pattinson but doubts he will get the same reception.
“I doubt I’ll get the same sort of adulation as Robert, but it’s always nice when people recognize you for your work.”
Summit Casts New Moon’s Wolf Pack
Summit Entertainment announced today that Native American/First Nation actors Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson Houseman have signed on to star in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”
The quintet will join Taylor Lautner in portraying members of the wolf pack in “New Moon,” in which the pack defends humans against vampires.
In ‘New Moon,’ Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is faced with a separation from her one and only, vamp Edward Cullen (Rob Pattinson), and embarks on a new friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), spending time with him on the La Push reservation, where she encounters his friends in the “wolf pack.”
The film’s now shooting in Canada, with further filming due to take place in Italy as well.
“‘New Moon” will be released domestically on Nov. 20.
Twilight Sells Over 3million DVDs With Saturday Release
Summit Entertainment announced today that the home entertainment release of the studio’s action-packed, modern day vampire love story “Twilight” sold over 3 million DVD units in its first day of release. The DVD launch commenced this past Saturday morning at midnight with nationwide events during which time Summit and its retail partners provided “Twilight” fans with the chance to celebrate the DVD release of the film. “Twilight at Midnight” allowed participating retailers the opportunity to stay open late as fans lined up in impressive numbers to purchase the DVD of the epic romance at midnight parties.
Thousands of “Twilight” fans across the nation participated in the “Twilight at Midnight” event and some were surprised by filmmaker and cast appearances. 2,500 fans attended in Salt Lake City to see Rachelle Lefevre who plays Victoria; 2,000 showed up in Los Angeles to see Ashley Greene who plays Alice Cullen; over 1,000 fans came out to see director Catherine Hardwicke in Dallas; 700 fans lined up in New York for Edi Gathegi who plays Laurent; and 500 fans in Chicago saw Nikki Reed who plays Rosalie Hale.
Ashley Greene
With over 3 million DVD units sold, “Twilight” enters the top five best first day DVD releases over the past two years along with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix, and Transformers.
