Twilight Universe: Mar 15, 2010

Monday, March 15, 2010

Catalina Sandino Moreno Talks ‘Eclipse’

In a new interview with Eclipse vampire Catalina Sandino Moreno (aka Maria, the Vampire responsible for turning Jasper) she briefly discusses Eclipse and tells the reporter that she wasn’t a fan of the books before being cast -

Q: I wouldn’t be a good reporter unless I asked about your huge role in Eclipse.
Catalina: It’s not huge though, It’s very very little, very very very small, but it’s a huge movie, and it’s fun and it was great, and the people that I met they were lovely. I didn’t meet everybody, but the people that I met they were just fantastic, so I’m very exicted to be apart of that. It’s huge.
Q: In the books, Maria is very prominent. She’s the evil vampire.
Catalina: I know. I love that she was evil, I love that she had to do something evil. You know If I was going to be a vampire, I would rather be an evil vampire that does crazy stuff than a nice vampire. So yeah, she was so much fun though, she was great.
Q: Were you a fan of the books before you were cast?
Catalina: No, I saw the movies. I was a fan of the films. Chris Weitz is amazing and I loved the first and second “Twilight,” so hopefully this one will be amazing too. It’s going to be great. So I’m really excited they are releasing it very soon. I know it’s crazy they move so fast.
Q: Are you getting ready for all the junkets?
Catalina: I don’t think so…but if I go to the junket I’ll be very excited to be there and helping the movie because it’s a good franchise.
Catalina didn’t hang out with Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart on set! Sorry Twi-Fans! As for the Oscars, “I’m very excited and I just can’t wait to see whose going to win tonight,” Catalina said.

You can read the rest of the interview over at the Examiner.com!

Peter Facinelli Talks ‘Breaking Dawn’

With the third installment of The Twilight Saga slated for a June 30th release, all the buzz is now centered about the fourth installment:Breaking Dawn. Peter Facinelli aka patriarch Dr. Carlisle Cullen, talks with IESB about his career leading up to the Twilight phenomenon, his other projects, and the future of Breaking Dawn.

IESB: So are you getting ready for this big epic finale Breaking Dawn, they are saying it’s a two parter, possibly 3D, are they telling you to expect double the time for production?
PF: I haven’t really thought about it much. We just came off of New Moon and I’m still in the gear of finishing up Eclipse, I’m getting ready to go out and promote Eclipse, that’s my favorite book so I am excited to see that one hit the screens. But, I haven’t really put much thought into Breaking Dawn, I think it will be bittersweet but I will be excited to be able to finish up this series and then move on from there.
IESB: I know Kristen Stewart is saying she is excited to see it broken up into a two-parter, would you like to see it that way?
PF: I would. I think it’s a very big book, makes a great doorstop (laughing). It’s a very thick book and has a lot of stuff going on so to try to squeeze that into two hours would be difficult so I think making it into two makes the most sense. I don’t even know if they’ve made a decision on that yet, I heard that’s what they were steering towards. But, I let them do their thing, when they call me to show up on set, that’s where I’ll be, I let them do the business stuff and I’m supportive of their decisions. Summit has done a good job with the books so far with picking the directorsand putting the movies out there so I defer to them on those decisions and I’m just excited to bring Carlisle to life.
IESB: Any chance any of the previous three directors will return for Breaking Dawn or do you think they will go with one or two different directors?
PF: I think they would probably go with one because I think we would shoot it all as one and then it would be, in the editing room, split into two. I have no idea who they are looking at for directors, I’m out of that loop, but I am sure they will pick someone great. Maybe all three will come back to shoot it (laughing).

Peter usually gives us a good insight into the future, so I’m hanging on every word here lol. As long as the cast is talking Breaking Dawn, our hopes are still high, but for now…we wait.
Check out the full interview over at IESB!
(Source:IESB)

Screencaps of Elizabeth Reaser in ‘Purple Violets’

Screencaps of Eclipse Vampire Elizabeth Reaser (aka Esme Cullen) in Purple Violets, back in 2007.
She looks absolutely gorgeous!
More pictures after the break!

You can view more screencaps over at FoForks!

What Will Life Be Like After Twilight?

It’s bound to become a topic sooner or later. With the Twilight castmembers involved in so many wonderful individual non-Twilight projects, Ashley Green has ‘Apparition’ & ‘Skateland’ in the works, Taylor Lautner has ‘Valentine’s Day’ & ’Stretch Armstrong’. Not to mention Kristen Stewart’s many projects including ‘The Yellow Handkerchief’, and Robert Pattinson’s ‘Remember Me & the upcoming film ‘Bel Ami’, one has to wonder what will happen post-Twilight?

It’s no secret that we’ve become pretty attached to the Twilight bunch. And as much as it aches us to see them take on other roles and kiss other people, we have to start letting go! (Even with a likely three films left, still.)
Robert Pattinson is already ahead of the pack with Remember Me this weekend, Kristen Stewart stars in The Runaways, opening next week (with New Moon vamp Dakota Fanning). And our girl Anna Kendrick even got a an Oscar nom!
But they’re not the only Twikids with cooking careers. Take a look at what they’re all up to in our Life Beyond Twilight gallery!

Frankly this is not a topic that I even feel comfortable discussing, but what will life be like after Twilight? While I fully intend to continue supporting all the actors in all of their individual projects, I will continue to keep the saga alive. What will you all do when all the movies are completed, and perhaps Midnight Sun is complete?

(Source: EOnline)

During our recent interview, Chaske Spencer commented on the looming crisis at the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation in Montana, “I’m just trying to stay cool, you know? I keep telling myself to just stay cool,” Spencer said.
After interviewing this rising star, it’s obvious that Spencer is cool, quite cool, however that’s not the way he meant it. “New Moon’s” reigning werewolf Sam Uley, confidante to Bella Swan and enemy of immortal Edward Cullen in the Twilight series, Spencer intends to use his fame for something more important than the usual “celebrity as clothing designer, perfumer or bottled water face” avenues.
“I’m not really in to the spotlight. It comes with the job but I’m not comfortable with it. I never have been,” Spencer explained. “I want to shift the focus to bring it to something that needs it very badly. I’m very fortunate in that I’m in a position where I can do that.”
Spencer wants to help his fellow 15,000 Cheyenne River Sioux who have been living on a 2.7 million acre reservation, roughly the size of the state of Connecticut, without electricity or water since January. Spencer wants the Cheyenne River Sioux to get the water infrastructure they were promised over 150 years ago in a public treaty with the Unites States government. On February 1st, 2010 the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe was forced to declare a state of emergency after severe ice storms and a below zero wind chill devastated the reservation, toppling more than 3000 power poles and leaving 13,000 people with no power, heat or water. Although some private corporations have helped with supplies, no one in the US government and few outside of Montana have heard or cared about the Cheyenne River Sioux’ desperate situation.

Go to CocoEcoMagazine to read the entire interview! To learn more about the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation crisis and what you can do to help, go to ShiftThePower.
Love this guy.
[Source: CocoEco via Blackpack.