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It’s official. The Twilight Saga:Eclipse has grossed a quarter of a billion dollars, domestic and closing in at half a billion dollars worldwide. Twilight Saga author, Stephenie Meyer’s vision continues to hold its own after its 3rd week at the box office.
Final box office estimates are in for Friday, July 16. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse took in $4.5M from 4,001 domestic locations for a per theater average of $1,125. This represents a 30.8% increase from Thursday and a 59.3% decrease from last Friday. Eclipse now has a cumulative domestic total of $255.871M after 17 days in release.
For those comparing the films in The Twilight Saga, it should be noted that Eclipse is once again ahead of New Moon in cumulative domestic totals over time. At this point in its release history (after 17 days) New Moon had taken in $255,363,052. Eclipse is now at $255.871M. Both films hit the $250M mark on the 16th day.
Keeping track of records, the film with the least number of days to reach $250M was The Dark Knight, which hit $261,847,503 after eight days. New Moon is in 13th place, having taken 16 days to reach $251,530,186. Eclipse lands just behind it in 14th place, taking 16 days to reach $251,371,417. This puts the film ahead of Shrek the Third, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, and Iron Man 2, which all took 17 days to hit $250M.
So far, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has set all-time box office records for Opening Wednesdays, Single Day Wednesday Gross (non-adjusted), and Single Day Wednesday Gross (adjusted for inflation). It is in second place for Opening Day Gross, Single Day Gross, and Non-Opening Thursday Gross. Release records include Widest Releases, Widest Independent Releases, Widest Opening Independent Releases, Widest PG-13 Rated Openings, and Widest PG-13 Rated Releases.
There’s been quite a bit of discussion online regarding the film’s box office success. In particular, I wonder about the fairness of comparing the Twilight films against each other. The validity of judging Eclipse vs. New Moon is questionable given their strikingly different release schedules. As I’ve been saying since it opened, the idea was not to compete against or beat New Moon’s early numbers. That may be a goal of some people but the idea is to make money, and maybe set some records in the process.
First, there is no way that a “weekend” that begins on a Wednesday can be compared to a “normal” 3-day weekend (when New Moon opened). At that point New Moon had been in theaters 10 days while Eclipse had been out for 12 days. So any comparison between the two based on how many “weekends” it’s been out simply isn’t valid. Next, look at the time of year the two films were released. New Moon came out during the Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday season. It’s a big time of year for Hollywood but still doesn’t compare to summer, when they put out their “tentpole” films — the potential blockbusters that will keep the studios in the black for another year. The competition is much more fierce beginning Memorial Day weekend through the 4th of July. It’s simply a different marketplace.
Check out all of the dollar amounts, facts and figures here.
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Twifans has posted more of what they learned during last month's Twilight fansite junket with Stephenie Meyer .
In their recent write-up, Twifans shares Stephenie's thoughts on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse including angry Robward, Edward's volvo and what "producer" title for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn means for Stephenie.
Stephenie on Angryward
Kim: Okay, we have a question about the Angry Edward, and how hot he is. When he gets angry, he pulls up, and he’s like…ya know……if you ever touch her against her will again. All the fans just love it. We all love it and everybody went crazy. The members, our members, we all wanna know about angry Edward.
Alison: Why do you think the fandom thinks Angry Edward is SO hot?
SM: Ya know it’s funny about this scene, and Meghan’s giving me the eye. That’s the one I walked out on, on the dailies because in my head that scene was so much different. In the movie Edward is quite separate motivation-ally from the book Edward. At this point in the film in the story for me he’s gotten past this. Like he’s realized “I can’t act like a teenage boy anymore. I have to give her space. I have to be the mature one here.” And in that scene in the book, he has, icy calm control. He is very gentle. He is very soft spoken. He is very mature. So when I see him….and plus ya know, the movies are unable to bring to life some of the elements in the mythology. If Edward had, in anger, grabbed Jacob by the shoulder, his arm would have come off. And the fact that Taylor is uninjured, and that he just kind of sits there…..bothered me. So I'm like…wait! If we are gonna go for it, tear his arm off. Ya know. And it’s hard for them, because blood puts you over the limit and stuff, and they would not tear off Jacob’s arm. I’m like….if we want angry Edward, I wanna see some blood. They had already filmed that day, so we couldn’t redo it but, people have responded really well to it.
Kim: That is the thing because it is different than the book.
Alison: He's as close to a vampire as we’ve seen him, because he was so restrained.
SM: And restraint is pretty much his middle name. And we don’t have the scene early in the book, where she comes back from La Push, and he’s like “are you trying to make me insane?” He really lost it. We don’t have that evolution where he goes overboard. We have a little bit, the battery disabling. Which is really over the line, and then he’s supposed to learn and he’s supposed to stop. By that point, we’re so far in, it’s like….”why is he still acting like this?” But okay, it is hot…I’ll give you that.
Kim: It turned out well considering it was a deviation from the book, and anyway……we liked it.
Stephenie on the movie Volvo VS book Volvo
Kim: Kind of have a little silly question. It’s not super silly. What about the movie Volvo? It’s not like the book Volvo.
Alison: We had to go there.
Kim: And we really have to go there because, ya know, I’m over it now, but….
(laughs)
Kim: What about that?
SM: Ya know, the reason Edward drives a Volvo is to be inconspicuous and because ya know, people see a Volvo and think you buy them for safety. It’s kind of a joke. It’s the way to blend in, because the last thing in the world he needs is a safe car. And so when I was doing the cars. My brothers are car freaks ~~ says to Alison “you know”~~(http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_cullencars.html) And I asked them, I said “okay, If you were going to drive a Volvo but you were a care enthusiast” and they were like “ugh” and I’m like “no, what are you gonna drive?” And they were like “well, there’s the S60R. Very limited, and not a lot of people get it. It looks like it’s built for racing” So I’m like “Oh, that’s perfect” but they don’t make them anymore, so that was kind of a problem.
Alison: But they don’t make Bella’s truck anymore either. We could find that
SM: Bella’s truck is a 67’ in the movie and a 53’ in real life. They look nothing the same. Which kills me, because I love the old body style. In the sixties, they got very square. In the fifties, it was all round and it was really of cute. That was actually, that one was harder than the Volvo. But I am very car attached, so yeah……I had. I mean, I didn’t have back in the day….I didn’t really have a lot, I didn’t have a lot to do with Twilight (the movie). They were great about telling me what was going on, but I wasn’t part of the conversation. So with the cars, it was already a done deal. They already had the three sets of them, and I kinda went “ohhh”
Alison: It’s not silver. It’s the mom-mobile Kim & Alison: now
Alison: It's not a sexy vampire car *whining*
SM: Actually. It’s kind of a fun car. They went with the darker gray. They tried a different shade. I’m interested to see if it evolves again. I’m not sure if it will.
Kim: But there are plenty of them driving around
Alison: They are everywhere here
SM: I wouldn't budge on the Porsche. The right Porsche in the right color.
Alison: Well we just had to ask you because your opinion was really the only one that matters. To the fans.
SM: If I were going to do it. If I were going to raise a bunch of money. The cars would be spot on. That’s how it would go.
Stephenie on her role as producer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
Alison: What made you decide to put the producer hat on for Breaking Dawn? And what do you think you’ll bring to that last movie?
SM: I don’t think it’s gonna change that much. I do feel like, I mean Breaking Dawn is tricky. It’s real tricky. Now, I feel like we have more of a handle on it. Because the script and with Bill Condon. I am more calm, but originally, I was very much on the fence. Maybe we shouldn’t make this into a movie, ya know. Some things can’t be made into a movie and come across exactly the right way. So it was a big struggle for me to go forward. I knew it would disappoint a lot of people, and that was really one of the main instances, that people would be like “What?” I didn’t want to disappoint people. So I was concerned. And still my plan was and still is, to be there every day. And so as the producer, can do that. So it’s really a lot about being….in the room. And it’s going to be a lot of upheaval in my life, but I felt like it was important. And then also, it’s the last one. So I kinda feel like, I’m going to commit to this for this year, I’ll get it done, and then I won’t do that again.
(laughs)
SM: And then also. I get to be more involved with it.
Jodi: I have this recorded
SM: Ya know, I think we will have a little more of the same music, which will be a big deal. Instead of hearing about the decisions afterward. We will be there when they are being made. That’s gonna help. With Eclipse, I was pretty much, right on the line with producing. I was very much involved with the script and a lot of the choices. So it’s not a huge difference, but it’ll be really, an interesting experience.
Kim: Well we breathed a sigh of relief when we heard you were producing.
SM: I don't know if those sighs are a little bit premature. I’m not sure that there will be that much more that I can do. um…..but, I keep fighting. I can’t quite make myself give up, so.
Alison: We do appreciate it.
SM: They can’t be exactly like the book. So it’s about having those key things that can make it, have that feel of the book. They have really done a really great job and not all of it I get right away, because for me it’s like “no, keep it closer to the story”. Then I have to say. “Okay, this is a good alternate” but it has it’s merits…..like angry Edward. It wasn’t in the book, and yet….that has a lot of value for you. There are things that they’re able to do that I can’t do. It’s a nice little compliment. And like Taylor and the love for Jacob. That’s a good thing. A good thing
Alison: Yeah!
You can read more of Twifans' interview with Stephenie HERE
Michael Welch participated in a USO tour meeting military families visiting Teen centers and more.
Check it all out here along with more pictures.
Here is an excerpt: “Traveling with the USO and meeting military families has been a new experience for me, and one that I will never forget. Hearing firsthand what it’s like to have a loved one deployed is humbling and it makes me realize how much military families sacrifice, and how grateful I am for their service.” – Michael Welch
Native Spirit Public Relations have recently written at their official website that they are formally inviting Gil (Billy Black) to participate in Quileute Days, Saturday, July 16 at the Akalat Center Grounds:
LA PUSH, WA (July 14, 2010)—In honor of actor Gil Birmingham’s portrayal of tribal chairman Billy Black and his telling of the legends of the Quileute tribe in the block-buster film Twilight Saga Eclipse, the Quileute Nation has invited him to participate in Quileute Days, Saturday, July 16 at the Akalat Center Grounds. Quileute Days will run Friday through Sunday and will include traditional tribal games, softball games, a parade, vendors and more. The annual event is free to the public.
Just announced! Toys-R-Us has a new The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Sweepstakes! Link here.
One lucky winner will receive a signed Eclipse movie script as the grand prize.
They also have a lot of really nice Eclipsemerchandise.
The July issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine has an article featuring 10 Reasons We Are Still Obsessed with Robert Pattinson. I can name about a thousand, but here are the 10 chosen from Cosmo:
1. He doesn’t date skanky chicks.
2. He isn’t afraid to be a goof.
3. He works sunglasses like James Dean.
4. He’ll whisper in your ear.
5. He has serious bedhead.
6.He’s just scruffy enough.
7. He walks like a tiger.
8. He always signs stuff for fans.
9. He’s sexy – even when he looks pissed off.
10. Uh…he’s really hot!
Twilight Saga star Kellan Lutz aka Emmett Cullen isn’t only a talented actor and model. There are brains to go with his beauty. Lutz explains his passion for creating gadgets that will save time.
The Twilight hunk has always had a passion for creating things and even studied chemical engineering before he catapulted to fame.
The brainy actor says he tries to make his busy life easier by inventing products which will save his time.
The star’s latest creation is a machine that allows him to create tasty egg-based dishes in a short amount of time.
“I tried to make an omelette maker. It’s out there on the market but I tried to make it on my own,” he told Australia’s Kyle and Jackie O radio show.
He then went on to reveal the details of his crazy invention and confessed that store-built omelette makers may be more practical.
“You have toast that pops and I attach a frying unit where I can cook my eggs also with melted cheese. It doesn’t exactly turn out like the ones you can buy but it turns out well,” said the proud star.
Kellan has always been interested in design and has expanded his inventing to other areas including mechanics.
“I have a fascination with creating random things. I love making my life easier by tweaking different objects in the kitchen and car,” he said. “I have a weird invention bug.”
I loove it. Kellan is hilarious. But seriously if you saw his invention on the shelf at your local store, would you buy it? *Raises hand* It’s Kellan, hale yea.
(Source: CullensNews)
July 16, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA)- Los Angeles band 100 Monkeys have been nothing short of active these past few months after the first part of their fan-picked 100 City Tour came to an end. Two new singles, Kol Pix and Future Radio, were debuted worldwide earlier this month and made their first radio appearance on the Jimmy Star Show this past week. 100 Monkeys also announced the release of the first disc of a two-disc live CD titled “Live and Kickin’ Part 1.” The songs on the CD were recorded during the first-half of the 100 City Tour and will be released just before they leave on tour. In less than four days they’ll embark on a Summer Tour consisting of twelve cities which run up and down the west coast. These guys have been nothing short of busy.
100 Monkeys are highly driven by their fan base and all of the people who support them. Their last tour, the 100 City Tour was picked by the fans themselves who voted for the band to come to their city. Those cities who had the most votes or pleas to come to their city, were setup to be visited. Two cities picked by the fans that now stand out more than ever are Sacramento, CA and San Francisco, CA, which will be played on the upcoming Summer Tour. Sacramento is a city they have yet to visit on any tour, and was set to be played in January but ended up having to be cancelled. San Francisco is a city they haven’t played since early 2009 and during their last tour also sadly had to cancel.
Their Summer Tour begins on July 20th, 2010, and runs through to August 6th, 2010, and will include the following cities (in order): Hermosa Beach, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Las Vegas, NV; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Fresno, CA; Reno, NV; Sacramento, CA; and wraps up in Los Angeles, CA.
100 Monkey members, Ben Graupner, Lawrence Abrams, Jerad Anderson, Ben Johnson and Jackson Rathbone (who appears in such movies as The Last Airbender, and the Twilight Saga) are looking forward to visiting all twelve cities, but Sacramento, CA and San Francisco, CA, are ones in which they can’t wait to play as they were skipped the last time around and it will be a chance to hopefully see some new faces.
In an effort to “pack the house” at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA and The Venue in Sacramento, CA, the Official 100 Monkeys Street Team is offering up goodies for those fans and supporters who wish to help make these shows truly sensational. These two cities were picked at random for the “goodie giveaway” which worked out perfectly as they were previously canceled on the 100 City Tour. Fans are being asked to print the flyers and take pictures of where they are posted throughout these cities. Fans who submit five pictures/venues to streetteam@100monkeysmusic.com will score themselves a signed flyer by all of the guys (and maybe more since we’re feeling generous)! If you need flyers for either of these events, please email the Street Team. For any fans wanting to go above and beyond and live in the San Francisco, CA area, feel free to text your local radio stations Live 105 (Text# 36105) and Alice @ 97.3 (Text# 25423) requesting 100 Monkeys. For those fans living around the Sacramento, CA area, anyone who logs on to http://www.krxq.net/ can also requests 100 Monkeys on the form on their website.
Recently 100 Monkeys was featured in Rolling Stone as one of “Bamboozle 2010’s Five Breakout Bands to Watch, their honest and catchy lyrics combined with the fusion of Rock, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and even borderline Country, creates a truly eclectic sound; one which the band has coined “onomatopoetic, but for the sake of simplicity, we’ll call it funky rock-n-roll,” and a show not to be missed.
Just as unique as the band’s sound, are their live performances, which feature their now patented “Monkey Switcheroo,” in which band members exchange instruments, often during a song. Additionally, fans attending live shows look forward to the nightly “Improv Song,” where the band takes title suggestions from the audience and turns it into a lyrical masterpiece.
Check out 100 Monkeys at their Official website.
Fans who have been disappointed that there will not be an Eclipse panel at Comic-Con this summer can have some consolation with the announcement that three cast members will do an autograph signing at the con. Bronson Pelletier (Jared), Kiowa Gordon (Embry) and Kirsten Prout (Lucy) will attend an autograph signing on July 25. Here are details via Twilight Examiner.
Originally, it was reported that there would be no special The Twilight Saga: Eclipse panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, and while it is still true that there’ll be no formal panel, there will be a special three-person autograph signing session with stars from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
Bronson Pelletier (“Jared’), Kiowa Gordon (“Embry Call”), and Kirsten Prout (“Lucy”) will all be present for a The Twilight Saga: Eclipse autograph session at Comic-Con on Sunday, July 25th from 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. PST.
According to the press release, “Twilight Fans may bring any Twilight merchandise to be signed by these 3 talented actors.”
Details on the autograph session are available here.
Other Twilight series castmates reportedly appearing at Comic-Con for other films include Anna Kendrick (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World), Michael Sheen (Tron: Legacy), Cam Gigandet (Priest), and Billy Burke (Drive Angry 3D).
Charlie Bewley aka Demetri talked to Pique, he talked about Twilight fans on Twitter, saying "They're like really protective of me! If anyone kind of has a go at me on Twitter, they're in there and they just rip to pieces whoever it was - they're great! Really, I've got a wonderful set of fans out there."
Bewley also talked about his first experience with the fandom - that which came just after he was cast.
"So I just put it out on Facebook. I was like, 'By chance, does anybody know about this character called Demetri from the Twilight series?' And out came all these closet Twilight fans in my Facebook list. Suddenly, I had this network of minions working for me around the clock!" he explained.
Aside from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Bewley also has a couple of other projects lined up, it seems, including Ecstasy (self-explanatory), Soldiers Of Fortune (with Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames and Dominic Moynahan), and Like Crazy ("another independent project that Bewley compares to The Notebook").
More from Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse fansite junket with four sites - Twilight Series Theories, Twilight Source, Twifans, and Letters To Twilight - has been revealed, and this time she's talked to them about The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella.
Twilight Series Theories has posted a portion including the new Bree Tanner information . . . one part of which a lot of you have expressed interest in: does "Freaky Fred" ever meet the Cullens?
"If I were to go ahead with it, he would definitely come up again. After his character sort of warmed he would fit into a rightly place. I don’t see Edward actively seeking him out. Having the knowledge he had gotten from Bree he realizes that Fred probably wouldn’t appreciate that pretty much, but I do see them crossing paths," she explained.
She went on to discuss Fred's backstory and the logisitics of his special power, and you can read all about that here at Twilight Series Theories!
Twifans asked a really interesting question about Eclipse and the "Angry Edward" sequence outside of Bella's house.
Many Twilight fans were on the fence about the scene. Some found Robert Pattinson's performance to be great, while others thought that the progression of that moment strayed too far from the cool, collected Edward Cullen they'd grown to know with the book.
Stephenie Meyer, it seems, sided with the latter during shooting.
"That’s the one I walked out on, on the dailies because in my head that scene was so much different. In the movie Edward is quite separate motivation-ally from the book Edward. At this point in the film in the story for me he’s gotten past this. Like he’s realized 'I can’t act like a teenage boy anymore. I have to give her space. I have to be the mature one here.' And in that scene in the book, he has, icy calm control. He is very gentle. He is very soft spoken. He is very mature . . . They had already filmed that day, so we couldn’t redo it but, people have responded really well to it," she explained.
Read and listen to the rest here at Twifans!
Finally, Letters to Twilight has three bits of audio where Stephenie Meyer talks about whether she's a fan of other vampire series like True Blood and how perfectly she finds Riley to have been cast in Xavier Samuel. She also reveals a quite interesting story about Xavier Samuel's first experience with the paparazzi.
Listen and read up on their reactions here at LTT.
It seems the Abduction script calls for a little bit of shirtlessness, and I’d say the legion of Taylor fans are not complaining. Here are new photos of Taylor Lautner on the set of his latest film!
Cullen Sighting in Forks?! Twilight Fandom Entertainers The Hillywood Show Make Special Appearance in Twilight’s hometown of Forks, WA Who , What, When, Where
In Forks, the setting for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga, fans will soon see Edward and Bella strolling down Forks Avenue hand in hand. The Hillywood Show, the production company that brought fans the Twilight and New Moon parodies with several million views on YouTube, will be making a very special personal appearance on August 6th and 7th in Forks. Their appearance is sponsored by Dazzled by Twilight, the company that provides the ultimate Twilight experience in Forks.
The Hillywood Show began as a fun hobby for two sisters, Hannah and Hilly Hindi, putting together parodies and spoofs in their living room with little more than a handheld camera and some convincing wigs. Their 5 to 8 minute videos involve character impersonations from films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight, The Runaways and more, with their own spin on incorporating multiple references into one hilarious vignette. As their fan base grew, so did their talent, diversity and ability to connect with a loyal audience. Their recent parodies of Twilight and New Moon are now played on web sites all over the world and have created a fan base numbering in the millions. What is perhaps the most surprising fact is that all directing, editing, acting and design is done completely by Hannah and Hilly. They are also the hosts and emcees of Creation Entertainment’s Official Twilight Tour (Summit Entertainment’s licensed and endorsed convention company) and currently tour all over the country year-round with their cast of Edward, Bella, Jacob, Alice and Jasper. Their upcoming parody of Eclipse, releasing in the fall, has media in a frenzy to get a look at the girls’ next genius production. Learn more at www.TheHillywoodShow.com.
Link to the Twilight Parody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MKz0gkcgAo
Link to the New Moon Parody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti13oOYvyp8&feature=related
The Twilight Lounge in Forks will house events on Friday, August 6th and Saturday, August 7th for and by The Hillywood Show, including an exclusive Q&A session, dance instruction by the dynamic sisters who choreograph their own dances in their parodies, a formal Hillywood Ball and screenings of their collection of parodies. At Dazzled by Twilight’s exclusive tour company hub, The Hillywood Show will also be signing autographs and taking pictures, where you can also pick up your very own Hillywood merchandise.
The summary of events are as follows:
• Friday, August 6th
o 7pm-8pm: Meet and Greet with THS (Twilight Lounge)- A free event where fans can meet the cast and creators of The Hillywood Show up close and personal! Mingle with friends and converse with these talented entertainers! Space is limited.
o 8pm-1am: The Hillywood Ball (Twilight Lounge)- A $10 cover charge will admit you into a spectacular formal ball where you’ll step back in time. Dress in your Volturi best! The cast of Hillywood will join us for a limited time during the ball. Then dance the night away with Dazzled by Twilight’s hottest DJ! Space is limited.
• Saturday, August 7th
o 2pm-3pm: Twilight/New Moon Dance instruction (Twilight Lounge)- This free event will have you dancing like the stars! Sisters and creators of The Hillywood Show, Hannah and Hilly Hindi, will teach you in easy-to-follow steps the hip-hop routines danced in the Twilight and New Moon parodies. Wear your dancing shoes! Space is limited.
o 3pm-4pm: The Hillywood Show Screening Party (Twilight Lounge)- Get together with your friends and head to the Twilight Lounge for a screening of all of Hillywood’s productions! Concessions will be for sale and laughter is guaranteed. This event is free. Space is limited.
o 4:30-5:30pm: Q&A session (Twilight Lounge)- This is a rare opportunity to have your questions answered by Hillywood! How did they learn to do their own makeup? Where do they film? How many people are behind the scenes? This fun event isn’t to be missed! This event is free. Space is limited.
o 6pm-8pm: Autograph/Photograph Session/Shopping (Dazzled by Twilight Tour Company Hub)- Take a picture with Hillywood or receive a signed photo slick from the cast and creators of the show (minimal charges apply). Don’t forget to purchase a Hillywood tee shirt!
Media is invited to participate in any and all events!
About Dazzled by Twilight, sponsors of The Hillywood Show in Forks
Dazzled by Twilight is the premiere company dedicated to all things Twilight. Based in Forks, Dazzled by Twilight offers a plethora of Twilight-related merchandise in their beautifully designed store. Their premier bus tour company hosts exclusive tours that highlight the locations in Forks mentioned in the series, and features in-character tour guides, trivia and prizes. Dazzled by Twilight also owns and operates other Twilight-themed businesses in Forks, including a venue and night club called the Twilight Lounge, The Lodge in Forks Restaurant and The Dungeon, a Volturi-themed bar based on the vampire hierarchy in the books. You can learn more about Dazzled by Twilight at www.DazzledbyTwilight.com.
Dazzled by Twilight CONTACTS
Media: Becky Scoggins, Marketing and Publicity Director
Marketing@DazzledbyTwilight.com
336.230.0015 Office
336.210.2009 Direct
Forks Store: Annette Root, Owner
Annette@DazzledbyTwilight.com
360.374.5101 Office
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Michael Sheen who plays Aro in The Twilight Saga:New Moon has been nominated for a 2010 Emmy award. Here are the nominees:
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie:
Sir Ian McKellen, as Two The Prisoner
Dennis Quaid, as Bill Clinton The Special Relationship
Jeff Bridges, as Jon Katz A Dog Year Michael Sheen, as Tony Blair The Special Relationship
Al Pacino, as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
You Don’t Know Jack
Michael goes up against his cast mate Dennis Quaid in the Lead Actor category.Tune into the Primetime Emmy’s on Sunday August 29th 2010 8pm EST on NBC. For the full list of the nominees click here.
Last night, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse star Ashley Greene appeared on the red carpet of and presented at the ESPY Awards (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards, put on by ESPN) in Los Angeles, California.
On the red carpet for the event, Greene wore an asymmetrical orange-red dress.
On-stage, Greene presented with Tracy Morgan the award for "Best Upset."
Tracy Morgan, however, thought that the "Best Upset" was the fact that he didn't receive the part of Nelson Mandela (portrayed by Morgan Freeman) in 2009's Invictus.
He presented a skit of his audition tape for the picture, and Greene played along with his wacky antics.
Greene had reminded her fans on Twitter that she'd be a presenter at the show, and it's a good thing she did because the ESPY Awards are not usually where Twilight fans would expect to see the cast on-stage.
Here's a video of Greene's presentation with Morgan:
Both Kellan Lutz and Gil Birmingham ("Emmett Cullen" and "Billy Black" in the Twilight series respectively) are heading out for good causes over the next few days.
Kellan Lutz will be appearing at Monday's 2010 Do Something Awards, a VH1 awards show which showcases the good deeds of celebrities.
Surprisingly, none of the Twilight cast is on the list of nominees for their charitable work (despite the tireless efforts of those like Peter Facinelli), but you can find out more about that event here.
It'll air on VH1 at 9 p.m. EST on Monday, July 19th.
Gil Birmingham will be appearing on Saturday at this weekend's Quileute Days festival in La Push, Washington.
According to PDN, "Birmingham will participate in the Saturday parade and meet with council and fans, but his schedule is not yet finalized" and "Quileute Days will run Friday through Sunday and will include traditional tribal games, softball games, a parade, vendors and more. The annual event is free, and the public is invited to attend."
As previously posted, we told you about the fourth installment of The Twilight Saga:Breaking Dawn being filmed in Vancouver and in Louisiana. The lucky location will be Baton Rouge, Louisiana and this sparks questions about boosting the town’s economy.
“Breaking Dawn,” the fourth chapter in the “Twilight” story, will be released as two separate films in the franchise, which has grossed more than $1.4 billion worldwide to date, according to a news release from Summit Entertainment.
Getting the vampire film juggernaut to the Red Stick was the result of aggressive marketing by the Baton Rouge Film Commission, said Paul Arrigo, chairman of the BRFC and president of the Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
“The Baton Rouge Film Commission was very involved with soliciting and nabbing ‘Twilight’ for Baton Rouge,” Arrigo said.
Mitchell-Smith said she worked hard to communicate constantly with the film’s producers, making herself available at all times for questions about production.
“We’re putting our best foot forward in the market and showing them exactly what it is they want to see,” she said. “This is about customer service, first and foremost.”
In addition to Louisiana’s tax incentives to production studios, Mitchell-Smith said Baton Rouge offers a wide array of benefits that lure projects to the city.
“The film industry obviously spends so much money locally that another major reason you have local offices like our Baton Rouge Film Commission is so we can be aggressive promoters and marketers of our area,” she said.
One of the city’s programs to benefit film studios is a “grassroots vendor discount program,” Mitchell-Smith said.
The program includes more than 70 local businesses, ranging from office supply stores to restaurants, spas and car rental companies, which typically offer 15- to 20-percent discounts to film productions.
In addition to helping keep production costs manageable for film studios, the program also benefits local businesses that get more traffic and can create brand awareness in the film industry, Mitchell-Smith said.
The production’s prolonged presence in Baton Rouge will be advantageous for local crew members who will have work for as long as the project is in the city.
“Sometimes you’re on a show for two to three months, then you’re looking for another production,” Mitchell-Smith said. “Folks on this [project] will have consistent employment and a huge resume builder, never even having to go to California.”
Mitchell-Smith said “Breaking Dawn” will be an “enormous boost” to Baton Rouge’s economy through set building and production work, as well as the stimulus of cast and crew who stay in hotels and eat in local restaurants.
The most highly anticipated movie from The Twilight Saga is of course Breaking Dawn. With all of the rumors and speculations in the air, one can only guess as to what the final decisions will be. Well Pop Sugar has a break down of what we know so far.
As racy as that tropical island honeymoon sex scene in “Breaking Dawn” has the potential to be, the movies will stay PG-13, a Summit Entertainment executive told MTV News last week. Intrepid MTV News reporter Eric Ditzian spoke with distribution chief Richie Fay for all the advance “Breaking Dawn” details he could squeeze out of the guy, so we decided to make it easy on all of you, and give you a roundup of what we know so far: 1. IT WON’T BE RATED R
“I don’t see it ever becoming an R-rated movie,” Fay said. “The middle road we have to travel is a mutual respect as to staying true to the book but not turning off your audience.
“It’s always with the eye of making Stephenie Meyer happy and making the audience happy,” he added. “I can’t say for a fact, but I just don’t see us getting into an R-rated area with any of the ‘Twilight’ titles.” 2. PART 2 DOES NOT HAVE A RELEASE DATE
“We’ve targeted a number of dates, and we have yet to determine when it will happen,” Fay said. “We haven’t even determined that it will be the summer. It’s still the source of discussions.
“We might have a preference when we see where ‘Eclipse’ ends up,” he said of whether it’ll be released in summer or winter of 2012. “It certainly might color our thinking, but we’re comfortable with either place. Right now, it’s a bit early in that stage of planning.” 3. FILMING IN 3-D IS STILL A STRONG POSSIBILITY
“That decision has yet to be made,” Fay said. “It’s still the source of a discussion.”
While rising 3-D ticket prices are a consideration, it’s mostly a creative issue. “There’s certainly a financial part of the discussion,” he said. “And yes, there’s a certain amount of technology that has to be considered and accounted for. But it really comes down to the creative folks.”
“In any of these roundtabls conversations, [Summit CEO] Rob Friedman has always been concerned about the ‘Twilight’ patron,” Fay added. “His concern is always the people that come in to see this movie. He doesn’t want to turn them off or offend. That’s why it’s a creative decision. A big factor is the perception of our audience. What are their feelings going to be? If it lends itself to being a better movie because of 3-D, then that’s the technology we’ll use.”
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