New Moon rising

Finally, it's here. It is approximately t-minus 21 hours until zero New Moon hour for me! My friends and I have been crashing email servers all week, eagerly awaiting tomorrow afternoon. So, in honor of New Moon eve, here is some R-Pattz eye candy!

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A new New Moon preview! Even though there's no Edward in it (boo), I have to admit this was really, really cool. Bella with the wolves. And it looks great.

Twilight Tuesday

I'm taking a break from my latest obsession (which would be vampire Eric Northman from the Sookie Stackhouse novels, and specifically Alexander Skarsgard as Eric Northman - but more on that later), to post these great new stills from New Moon. I must admit I am even salivating over the wolfpack, and I'm as far from Team Jacob as you can get. The Volturi also look very impressive. It's definitely looking more and more like New Moon will be of much higher quality than Twilight, with a less of an indie feel and more of a polished, glossy look. Check them out.

Twilight Tuesday

Finally, the news I've been waiting for all summer: principal photography has started on Eclipse! The cast all arrived back in Vancouver over the weekend where all kinds of hijinks ensued, including this atrocity (still hoping this doesn't mean they're together for real). It is so exciting to see them all back together again though. Eclipse has started! Summitt also released a new trailer for New Moon; it's very Jacob-centric. I'm worried about how much I'll end up puking at the movie theater each time Bella and Jacob stare soulfully into each others' eyes. Especially during that Jacob shirtless kiss scene. Spare me. Team Edward forever!

Twilight Tuesday

Here are pictures of the Volturi in full makeup and costume! I must say, I'm impressed. Especially with Dakota Fanning - she looks nothing like Dakota Fanning as Jane. Marcus looks awesome, so vampiric and menacing. Michael Sheen as Tony Blair...er...I mean, as Aro, still looks a bit strange, but Caius doesn't look half bad. Not sure I really had an opinion on Alec one way or the other, but all in all, I'm rather pleased!

There were exciting developments at Comic Con last week, ending in these two new clips from New Moon. The first clip (admittedly of bad quality) is the motorcycle scene between Bella and Jacob, and I gotta admit, it was cringe-inducing at its best and ugh-worthy at its worst. Ugh. Gross. Forced chemistry and awkwardness! The second clip is more like it - my favorite part of the book, the climactic Volterra scenes where Edward takes off his shirt!

Twilight Tuesday

I happily plunked down $10 for the highly-anticipated copy of US Weekly's special feature called The Sexy Stars of Twilight, which came out this week. Mr Hazel can scarcely believe I spent $10 on something like this, but we'll just ignore him. The magazine includes seven big pullout posters, as well as articles and quotes. I skipped over the feature on Kristen Stewart but devoured the rest, and my favorite was R-Pattz's quote along the lines of how he now sometimes feels like he's in a boy band. How cute!

Since New Moon has wrapped up filming and is currently in post-production, there has been a dearth of movie news, but today an exciting one came out: they released the filming schedule for Eclipse. Filming is to start on August 17 until October 31, again in Vancouver, and using the same set and studio as New Moon.

Twilight Tuesday

Finally, the first official New Moon trailer! This was debuted during the MTV Movie Awards, and it's great. We see the birthday party scene, we see the breakup scene, we see Jacob transforming into a wolf. And the CGI looks pretty good. Did you guys catch the MTVs? RPattz was looking particularly hot, and his British accent made him a hundred times more charming, if that's even possible. I wish Edward spoke with a British accent.



Also, my cousin Leslie and I talked about going on the Twilight cruise, with a pit stop in Forks, WA!

The sound of a billion screams

I know it's not Tuesday, but Twihards the world over have gone into a fine frenzy over these newly-released pictures of a shirtless RPattz kissing Bella during their long-awaited reunion. It looks like he's been working out a lot, because his pecs and abs and arms are so much more delicious than they were in Twilight (and less hairy). Do you see that six-pack? Oh, my.

Also, the black dots on his face and body (oh, my) are there so they can CGI the sparkles on him at post-production. Ignoring the fact that Edward isn't supposed to sparkle in these scenes, and the fact that he's supposed to be totally nekkid with a pile of white clothes at his feet...however, I'm too dazed to nitpick.

More deliciousness at PopSugar and LaineyGossip.

Twilight Tuesday

The Italy shoots are in full swing! Red flags in Monepulciano, people in red robes, and the yellow Porsche! The schedule was laid out over at LaineyGossip:

First two days will focus on Bella trying to make her way through the throngs of festival revelers to reach Edward. She jumps in the fountain, wades through it, towards him. Of course she makes it in time at which point he pulls her into a building.

By the way – if you’re wondering, yes, they’ll be trying to include the “slamming” into his body.

When they reunite, Bella and Edward do kiss followed by the arrival of Jane and the others.

They’ll also film something from Alice’s perspective on these two days. She “sees” Edward sparkling in the sunlight.

Some of the driving sequences will also go ahead on Tuesday and Wednesday, schedule permitting. .

On Thursday they’ll be jumping into a hole in the ground. This will likely be Robert Pattinson’s final day barring any major delays – heads up to you twi-hards who’ve made the journey.

Friday is more driving and Porsche work.

Now wait just a minute...Bella and Edward do not kiss that early! It was delayed gratification at its best! What is Chris Weitz trying to pull?

Twilight Tuesday

Fans are abuzz with the release of the first official New Moon poster! I wish Edward's hair was longer, and that Jacob wasn't in it.

I do like this mashup with the wolf pack.

Also, the other major buzz is that RPattz, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner will appear live at the MTV Movie Awards on May 31 to present the first glimpse of the New Moon trailer. I cannot wait. A majority of fans (including me) hopes that they will be showing some part of the Italy scenes.

Lastly, in case there was any doubt, RPattz has confirmed that he will be in Breaking Dawn.

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I am peeing my pants from excitement upon learning that RPattz is in talks to play Paul Atreides in the remake of Dune. DUNE! I am a huge Dune fan and at one point was absolutely in love with Kyle McLachlan as Paul Atreides. I used to watch Dune over and over again, and devoured the book by Frank Herbert, which the movie was based on. I am aware that I was a huge nerd as a child, but apparently I was ahead of my time, because RPattz is going to make Dune cool again and all the tween girls are going to start uttering the timeless quotes from the movie pretty soon.

He who controls the spice, controls the universe.

Stilgar, do we have worm sign?
Usul, we have worm sign the likes of which God has never seen.

Wow, I am so looking forward to this. I hope the remake does justice to the original, which is a cult classic to us sci-fi fans.

Second, I absolutely loved this article about how Twilight has brought mothers (and other adult women) closer together. I know just from my own experience that I've bonded with old friends and have also made new friends over Twilight (shout out to all my Twilight girls!). We exchange tons of Twilight emails throughout the day and have already made plans to attend the midnight showing of New Moon. It's a blast. I also especially love this quote from the article, because I think my friends and I can identify:

Hansen was a happily married woman who could not stop thinking about "Twilight" and Meyer's other novels in the series, "New Moon," "Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn." Not sure what to do or who to talk to, Hansen posted a note on her MySpace page asking other fans to come forward. "I was looking for 30-something moms and married people who were obsessed like I was," she said.

And, wait - ! Radaronline has the details of the New Moon wrap party in Vancouver. They're done already? I guess it's now Italy time! I can't wait to see the first trailer. The article also mentions David Slade, the guy picked to direct Eclipse and who, in the past, bashed Twilight on Twitter. He's now furiously backpedaling after realizing the thing he made so much fun of is now going to be his next (huge) paycheck. I'm still mad at him and it's making me anxious knowing that Eclipse is going to be directed by a hater.

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First off, I read that what is widely believed to be the New Moon script has been leaked online, but then was subsequently taken down. I refuse to actively look for said script because the temptation will be too great not to devour the whole thing, but I'm burning with curiosity nevertheless. I did read enough about it to know how the movie allegedly starts (or not start). At this rate, November 20, 2009 can't come soon enough for me.

Speaking of, the Volturi have arrived in Vancouver (or some of them, anyway). As Alissa said, these are the old man, the fetus, and Dakota Fanning. Why are they even in Vancouver anyway? They never set foot in Forks in the entire second book. We meet them in Italy. Uh, hello Chris Weitz? You better not be messing things up again as I suspect you are.

Third, a bit of a movie spoiler - judging from these pictures and from reports from the set, Bella doesn't merely approach those guys in Port Angeles after seeing the zombie movie with Jessica, she actually gets on the back of a motorcycle with one of them, with Edward's apparition apparently urging her not to. Clever way of keeping Edward on screen (thank you!).

Twilight is also being nominated for seven MTV Movie Awards, including Best Kiss, which it should totally win.

My cousin Leslie commented on yesterday's post that Bella also wears purple boots in the movie, which I had completely forgotten about. And you can get them here. So not only does it feel like Forks around here, but I'm wearing the same footwear as Bella. This can't be coincidence. Should I start checking Mr Hazel for sparkly skin? Speaking of, there is a Twilight Marriage Survey, where they want to know if Twilight has affected peoples' marriages. I am totally laughing out loud.

Lastly, my friend Sarah sent me these fan-made pictures. Check out the muscles on Edward in the second picture (is this a prelude to Breaking Dawn? The feathers and broken headboard scene?). Too bad RPattz is so puny and skinny and little, because if he really had arms like these, Edward would be ten times hotter. Which means they should CGI muscles on him.

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Melissa Rosenberg, the Twilight scriptwriter, wants Channing Tatum to play the part of Riley in Eclipse. I'm already drooling over this, even though Riley was just a bit part. That battle sequence between Victoria, Riley and Edward at the end of Eclipse was awesome, and then you add Channing Tatum to the mix? Can he be shirtless, please? Thanks.

In New Moon production news, I found it somewhat strange that they built an exact replica of Charlie's house to be used for exterior shots, but it's only a shell and not durable. Why did they even bother, seeing as they are using a different Cullen house this time around? And I never did understand why Chris Weitz chose Vancouver instead of the original locations in Washington.

I absolutely love these pictures of RPattz at LAX. He looks in character here, i.e., Edward at the airport! And apparently they are going to be releasing pictures of a shirtless Jacob similar to the shirtless wolf pack picture that caused quite a stir among fans last week. Can't say I'm highly anticipating it all that much, but I am curious, and maybe Jacob will end up surprising me.

For those of you on Team Emmett, how do you like this one?

Lastly, because today is Twilight Tuesday, I wanted to link to my book review of The Vampire Diaries, a story uncannily similar to Twilight.

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Team Jasper? Or, more accurately, Team Jackson Rathbone!

The cast has just about wrapped up filming in Vancouver and the actors have started leaving. They finished the cliff diving scene at an indoor pool, and apparently RPattz was in it, which has to mean that we'll get to see him as Bella's hallucination. Next stop: Italy!

ETA: Ohmygod. I just saw this. The first official photo shoot of the wolf pack. Yeowzer! So much eye candy, my head is spinning.

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The big news is that Aro has been cast, and sadly, it isn't Prince Caspian. Chris Weitz chose 40-year-old Michael Sheen to play Aro, and SIL Alissa and I aren't happy. First, they cast a guy who looks like he hasn't even gone through puberty yet to play Caius, but Aro is going to look like a 40-year-old? How does that even make sense? I read that Chris Weitz specifically courted Michael Sheen in order to lend "gravitas and credibility" to the production. I've got news for you, Chris Weitz - you're worrying about "credibility" and "gravitas" when Twilight took in $80 million during opening weekend? How much more credibility do you need? Bah! I knew I hated this guy ever since I saw that god-awful Golden Compass travesty. Is it too early to get worried? I mean, look at Aro! He's supposed to be a scary, powerful, menacing vampire, but he looks like Tony Blair!

But then I was excited to read about how Edward's Volvo is going to be changed to the Volvo as it was meant to be: the s60r. The use of the other, sportier 2-door model in the first movie has always bothered me.

And Lainey Gossip has a set shot of Bella holding a camera - could this be her fateful birthday gift from Charlie?

Cullen Boys Anonymous also has set spoilers of Edward and Bella at the Forks High School parking lot, near Bella's truck. I'm dying to know exactly what scenes are being filmed here. Note that Edward's makeup looks much better.




And lastly, we get this piece of news from Lainey Gossip:

Am told that a party scene involving the Cullen Family and Bella is (at press time) scheduled for tomorrow at a private residence

Is it paper cut time?!

Twilight Tuesday

First, I found the Twilight script. I am ecstatic. There were some changes in the actual movie, but a lot of it is the same. Second, there is so much New Moon production news to report this week. Here's Taylor Lautner filming the triple date scenes at a bowling alley (when Bella, Jacob, and Mike Newton went out on their defective date and they all got sick). Jacob's wig is so much better this time around than on Twilight, but he still doesn't scream "leading man" to me. This dude is supposed to tide me over until Edward's reappearance? Yeah, right. But then this! The arrival of the Forks High School posse - Jessica, Eric Yorkie, Mike Newton, and Angela Weber. This had me so excited that I couldn't chillax. Lastly, who needs a Snuggie when you can have this instead?

Twilight Tuesday

My hate for Kristen Stewart continues. While watching the Comic Con segment included in the special features of the Twilight DVD, I noticed that everyone who was with Kristen Stewart on the panel (RPattz, Taylor Lautner, Stephenie Meyer, Catherine Hardwicke, Rachelle Lefevre and Cam Gigandet) all addressed the obviously excited fans, except for Kristen Stewart, who instead rolled her eyes, fidgeted, and didn't say one word. She looked absolutely disdainful of the whole thing, and was a contrast to RPattz, who was everything that was charming and gracious. As if those weren't enough to escalate my disgust, she was also quoted on US Weekly bragging about how so many girls are in love with her now, and implying that she's too good for college. I hate this girl. I wish they would re-cast Bella. Begone from my beloved Twilight, Kristen Stewart!

Despite my hate, I was nevertheless excited to see these pictures of Bella and Jacob filming some La Push scenes. I wonder what scenes these are! I'm apprehensive, though, about Edward going missing from the whole middle of the movie. I read that they're filming some dream sequences with Edward in them, so I'm crossing my fingers. Defying rational logic, New Moon is actually my favorite book in the series (it was so wonderfully poignant and sweet) but I hate the fact that Edward disappears in the middle.

Twilight Tuesday

I am so glad to finally get my hands on the Twilight DVD (3 million copies sold this past weekend!). I got up extra early on a Saturday morning - an anomaly for me - so I can get the Target edition, which reportedly is the best version of the DVD. It includes not only a third disc with 45 minutes of extra features, but it also has a free iTunes download of the movie and all the extras. My cousin Leslie and I each ordered the Borders online special edition and we both were frantically trying to stop them from shipping the DVDs after we found out about Target, but we were too late. They shipped. So I'll have to return mine to Borders, even though it comes with sparkly Edward postcards.

Anyway, some thoughts on it. One extended scene should've been included: in the diner after Bella's first day of school, Charlie establishes that he eats there everyday, and Bella responds that she could cook instead. I remember having issues with the fact that they didn't show, let alone mention, Bella cooking in the movie when it was such a pivotal part of the book. There were two or three other extended scenes that were really cute and should've been included in the movie (except the one where Jasper is holding a parasol to protect his awful wig - seriously, a Civil War hero and dude needs an umbrella?). I was disappointed to find out that the deleted scene from Midnight Sun was so quick that I almost missed it: of Edward thinking about biting Bella in biology class. No Alaska. No Denalis. Boo.

And let's establish the fact that Kristen Stewart is a pretty bad actress, but I tolerate her because she's Bella. But from now on she should just shut her trap during press conferences. No one wants to hear her bitching and moaning about her lot in life. And what's with the fact that she doesn't close her mouth all the way? Reminds me of Ali Larter - both of their front teeth poke out, making them look like rabbits. Really bothers me.

Lastly, RPattz is at his best during the prom scenes: looks absolutely gorgeous, his makeup is subtle, his hair is great, he is at his most charming, and his smile is just devastating. My favorite scenes, especially the gazebo kiss-in-the-neck. Absolutely awesome.

And now I leave you with two new production pictures from New Moon: the motorcycles! On Bella's truck!

Twilight Tuesday

Well, whew. So much going on in the Twilight world. Reports are coming in fast and furiously from the New Moon set in Vancouver. Filming started this past Monday, and so far we have: a glimpse of Jacob Black's wolf pack (thank goodness they replaced the original ugly boys from Twilight), a promise that Edward's sparkle will be better (holding my breath), Bella's cliff diving will be CGI, what is believed to be Jacob's house and shed where he fixes up the motorcycles, a whole slew of set spoilers where we find out that virtually all the cast members smoke (RPattz you break my heart!), and revelation that the Italy scenes will not be filmed in Volterra, but in a town called Montepulciano.

RPattz is also going to be on the cover of April's GQ magazine and the outtakes are hotness personified. I mean, seriously.


Lastly, my friend Sarah works across the street from Summit Entertainment, so I asked her to take a picture of the building for me as a sort of vicarious Twilight experience. I totally love this!

I also ordered my copy (or I should say copies) of the Twilight DVD that's coming out in just three short days: the Borders special edition, and the iTunes version (so I can watch it on the train, over and over...and over).

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And so it begins. Rehearsals for New Moon started this weekend in Vancouver, where the whole gang started assembling, with filming to begin shortly after. Lainey Gossip had all the play-by-play of arrivals and sightings of the actors, including one of RPattz with his hair dyed an "Edward red" (though still a little bit too short). Also there are pictures of Taylor Lautner (boo!) learning to ride a motorbike for what are perhaps some of my favorite scenes from New Moon (my two most favorites being the gut-wrenching breakup scene and Volterra). Eeek! I'm excited!

And now here are two deleted scenes from the Twilight DVD (ten more days!) that were leaked out. My fellow Twihards and I have been in a tizzy all week over them. Consider this one. So hot that I almost fainted. I'm mad that they deleted this scene in the first place.



And then this bit of naughtiness here. I can see why they deleted this scene - they probably didn't want to give the tween fans a collective heart attack.