Be Part of New Moon and Visit the Set

OMG! The Twilight Movie website is holding a contest for all you hardcore Twilight fangs who dream of being part of the upcoming New Moon movie and visit the set.  To enter the contest you have to submit a one-minute video by March 20 telling them why you deserve to be part of New Moon. You do have to be at least 14 years old to enter though, and a resident of the U.S. The winner will be flown to Vancouver on or about May 5, 2009. How freaking exciting is that!!!

The 1-minute video will be judged on creativity, originality, and clarity of expression.  Make sure you read the rules before submitting your entry.

So what are you waiting for? Stop wasting time reading this, and head over to the site to find out more. Good luck to you all!

Crochet Jacob Black

I love running across interesting Twilight products that are original and one-of-a-kind like this tiny Jacob Black Crochet Doll I found over at Etsy. The doll is four inches in height stuffed with polyester fiberfill and crocheted with cotton yam. His eyes are tiny beads, his hair is black yarn, and he’s in his blue sweat pants. Isn’t he adorable (even if you don’t like Jacob)? Etsy seller deadcraft also  makes a cute Edward. You can find her dolls here.

Behind Edward’s Wings

I just watched Twilight for the fourth time, and finally noticed how beautiful Edward looks with angel wings in the lab scene thanks to a prop sitting right behind him. I thought the effect was too perfect to be mere coincidence, and apparently I wasn’t the only one who noticed. Britten from Feyavanya’s Thoughts spotted the owl behind Edward, and decided to ask Catherine Hardwicke what that was all about in a live online chat. Her response?

“Okay, the set decorator came and she had all these cool birds, you see all birds in the scene and an armadillo, the Texas state animal, you know, I am a Texan. Anyway I saw that owl and I remembered there was a beautiful art exposition one time where an artist took a photograph of ashes in the snow and nothing else and while the artist took the picture an eagle was flying by and the photograph was taken at the same time (snaps fingers), it was really cool with the wings right behind it, so when I saw that owl and I thought this could be kind of cool, so we worked it around.”

Honestly, I wish she would’ve gotten a little deeper here. Besides being a cool effect, she could’ve gone into details about why do this particular effect in this particular scene.

When I saw the wings on Edward, I immediately thought of Claire Danes in “Romeo and Juliet” when she’s dressed as an angel, so could that have been a source of inspiration for Hardwicke? After all Edward and Bella have been  compared to a Romeo and Juliet many times before.

New Moon and Eclipse release dates leaked

First things first. The upcoming movies, “New Moon” and “Eclipse,” will be now part of “The Twilight Saga.”  Fair enough. It’s a long name, but those who haven’t read the books need to know the movies are a continuation of Twilight.

Now on to the good news, artwork and release dates have been leaked online for “New Moon” and “Eclipse.” It appears “New Moon” will be hitting theatres on November 20, 2009, while Eclipse will be out the following Summer on June 30, 2010.

MTV  News has confirmed the news:

“Yes, it’s true,” a source at Summit Entertainment confirmed to MTV News Friday evening (February 20). ” ‘The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse’ is dated for Wednesday, June 30, 2010.”

The synopsis has also been leaked:

“As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger,” the plotline explains of the film based on Stephenie Meyer’s “Eclipse” novel.

“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 ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death.”

Oh yes! I can’t wait to see them both, although I wouldn’t put my money on that June release date for “Eclipse.” It sounds a little too rush unless they’re being filmed and edited simultaneously by different directors, which is a possibility.  Many of the characters, including Rob Pattinson, are barely in “New Moon” so I don’t see why they wouldn’t be filming the rest of the saga while Jacob chases after Bella in LaPush.  I’m crossing my fingers on this though, although I’m not sure I want to see the end of the Twilight Saga happen so darn quickly.  This is a story you don’t want see come to an end.

What do you guys think?

Stehpenie Meyer in Vogue

I haven’t bought a copy of Vogue yet, but Vogue has an interview with Stephenie Meyer. You can read it here. What I found interesting is that she says towards the end that she feels really distanced from the Twilight Saga project, especially after the fifth book was leaked online. She admits to experiencing “a little bit of stage fright at this point” so  I really hope she continues to write the Twilight Saga despite being scrutinized and criticized by every one out there. I can’ t imagine what she must be feeling. I also love how she thinks Twilight is “a small business” to her:

“It’s a small business for me still. I mean, people don’t understand; it’s just a little family thing. I couldn’t deal with it if I didn’t keep it small. It freaks me out.”

She’s just so humble and down to earth! I love it.

Kellan, Christian and Michael at TwiTour

We’ve posted a bunch of interviews of people we met at TwiTour, but the stars of the show were of course Kellan Lutz, Christian Serratos, and Michael Welch. These guys showed up on Saturday, and took questions from the fans for an hour. We took tons of photos and put them up on Flickr for your enjoyment.

Here are a few:

www.flickr.com techiedivas’ Twilight Convention (www.twilightfangs.com) photoset

The Twilight Parody

Have you seen the ‘Twilight Parody’? It’s so awesome, you just have to see it yourself. We caught up with “The Hillywood Show” at the Twilight Convention and were just blown away by how talented this young group of people is. Hilly and Hannah act, direct, and edit their movie parodies. which is just amazing.  So sink your teeth into the “Twilight Parody” video below set to Katy Perry’s “Hot and Cold”, then check out our interview with them after that.

The Bella Cullen Project Interview

We caught up with the “The Bella Cullen Project” at the Twilight Convention in San Francisco and managed to ask them a few questions about their band, songs, album a few more things. Check out the interview below:

Twilight Moms

I’m not a teenager or a Mom, but I love  the Twilight Saga.  Britten from Twilight Moms tells us you can join Twilight Moms even if you don’t have kids, but you do have to be over 25 and be married.  In the interview below she tells us more about their great website for Twilight women.

The Vampire Tours in San Francisco

We caught up with Mina Harper from the SF Vampire Tours at the Twilight convention who told us a few scary stories, and invited us to one of her vampire tours. If you love vampires and are in the San Francisco Bay Area, head over to Nob Hill to meet Mina Harker who will give you a tour of some very cool sites like Grace Cathedral, Huntington Park, The Nob Hill Cafe, and The Fairmont Hotel.  The tour happens on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and starts at the corner of California and Taylor Streets. For more info check out http://sfvampiretour.com/.

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