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Summit released the following information and rules about the Breaking Dawn Part 1 Premiere: TWILIGHT Fans are allowed to begin lining up for camping in Tent City at NOKIA PLAZA L.A. LIVE at 6:00am PT on Thursday, November 10, 2011. No fans are allowed to line-up prior to that time. The location and start of the official fan camp line will be set by Summit Event Security and all other non-official lines will not be recognized. Overnight camping is allowed in designated areas only, starting in the Nokia Plaza. Please follow all directions advised by L.A. LIVE and Summit security. Please note, that special wristbands will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis and each fan must be present to receive a wristband. Each wristband will be numbered and reserves a space in the Fan Viewing areas for the BREAKING DAWN – PART 1 Red Carpet arrivals in sequential order. Every individual who is granted access into Tent City will be entered into a database that matches them with their unique wristband number. The wristbands DO NOT enable access to the Movie Premiere. Fans will be asked to change location as Premiere set up begins in the Nokia Plaza on Monday morning November 14 at 6:00am PT. This will be the only relocation during the camping event. PARTIAL LIST OF RULES AND CODES OF CONDUCT: · ONLY Standard Sized Pop Tents will be allowed (4′x4′ [16 sq. ft.] or less. No oversized tents, staked tents, etc., due to limited space) · ABSOLUTELY No Drugs or Alcohol allowed on premises · No Cooking On-Site or open flame · No horseplay. If anyone dumps food or beverages on another camper, they will be subject for removal · No amplified music. All music devices must be used with headset or earphone · Smoking in Designated Areas Only outside of the NOKIA Plaza boundaries · Fans are responsible for their own property. LA Live, AEG, nor Summit is responsible for any lost or stolen items · Everyone must please pick up after themselves. A fine will be enforced for anyone who litters on Nokia or LA City property · Please only use the restrooms designated for fans and respect the other area businesses · Guests must follow the rules and directions of L.A. LIVE Management/Summit Security at all times THANK YOU for your cooperation and adherence to the above to help ensure a safe and entertaining experience for everyone! WRIST BAND DETAILS AND EVENT DAY LINE UP TIMES Twilight fans will be given wristbands starting at 6:00am PT on Thursday, November 10 2011. Wristbands MUST be worn until the premiere is over. Any wristband that has been tampered with or removed will NOT be considered valid. Any fan arriving without wearing the original wristband they were provided will not be allowed into the viewing area. There will be periodic spot checks through November 14, the day of the event. I originally planned on attending the premiere and I wish I could go to both, but I have decided to go to the Los Angeles Convention instead. Is anyone attending the premiere? Let us know in the comment section. |
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After reading comments, feedback, and criticism from fans, I have decided to compile a list of things we have learned today just from the promo poster Summit has released. Keep in mind this is just for fun and a sense of humor and understanding of sarcasm will be needed 1. To Summit, all fans sound like the teacher from Charlie Brown: Wua, wua, wua. That is all they seem to hear when fans voice their desires and concerns for these films. This has been a theme throughout the films, mainly with the handling of Eclipse. This poster is evidence that Summit simply does not care. You would think after the backlash from how scenes were altered in Eclipse and how much focus has been on anything but Edward and Bella, they would listen, but apparently they hear “Wua Jacob wua wua wua shirtless. Wua wua not Edward and Bella. Wua Wua alter scenes from books.” 2. Condon and Summit are not one in the same: Like a lot of fans, I was losing faith in Condon since this poster was so generic, but I am relieved that it is just a promo poster that Summit, not Condon, put out. He is not responsible for the poster. This is all Summit’s handy work and I think that is obvious if you really look at it. 3. Continuity…..what is that?: Summit having some sort of continuity in these films is like me seeing Kellan Lutz, asking him to marry me, and him accepting. It is not impossible, but not likely at all. The wigs, the hair in general, the makeup, and even the clothes change in style each and every film. Can we at least expect some continuity between Part 1 and Part 2 since it was all shot at the same time? Hopefully, but I would not be shocked if something was off. |
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I know some fans thought that Summit intentionally leaked the Breaking Dawn photos, but this statement says otherwise. We all love the films and books and want to see as much as possible, as soon as possible, but let’s try to show our support by not encouraging illegal materials to be leaked. I have not seen the pictures and I am glad that I haven’t. I do not want to spoil the film for myself because I am sure it will be worth the wait. Here is what the filmmakers had to say….. Dear Twilight Saga fans, As some of you may know, pictures and screen grabs of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn as a work in progress have leaked on the internet. We are extremely proud of this film and also extremely heartbroken to see it out there at this stage. The film and these images are not yet ready or in their proper context. They were illegally obtained and their early dissemination is deeply upsetting to the actors, the filmmakers and Summit who are working so hard to bring these movies to fruition to you in November 2011 and November 2012. Please, for those who are posting, stop. And please, though the temptation is high, don’t view or pass on these images. Wait for the film in its beautiful, finished entirety to thrill you. Sincerely, Stephenie Meyer, Bill Condon, Wyck Godfrey and Summit Entertainment |
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From the Official twilight Facebook Page
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From the LA Times: After releasing the first three movies in “The Twilight Saga” in a span of just 19 months, Summit will take its time with the franchise’s final two films. Plenty of time. The studio announced this morning that the second installment of “Breaking Dawn” will follow the first one by a full year, coming out on Nov. 16, 2012. This despite the fact that Bill Condon is shooting the movies back-to-back beginning this fall, which would mean the second film would certainly be ready by the summer of 2012.
It may not be the worst move from a seasonal standpoint. Despite bringing out “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” in an expectation-laden summer, Summit has been able to gin up only marginally more business for the David Slade film than it did for the November release of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” (Domestic grosses at a comparable point in the release cycle sit at $288 million, compared to $277 million for “New Moon.) But in taking its time between the movies, Summit is increasing the risk that that fans will get distracted or lose some enthusiasm. Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter franchise was able to wait longer stretches between a few of its installments — for much of the film series, a stream of new books kept the property front-of-mind. “Twilight” doesn’t have that. It has to hope interest carries over between films all on its own, and that filmgoers don’t outgrow it or move on to a new phenomenon in between. The yearlong wait between the two “Breaking Dawn” films is even more striking because the two movies come from source material that was initially conceived as a whole. No matter where Condon and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg choose to split the book (spoiler alert: Bella’s traumatic childbirth is a logical option), for filmgoers it will mean waiting a full year for what’s essentially the same story to pick up again. With its bang-bang release of the first three “Twilight” films, Summit was initially perhaps a little too worried fans would age up or lose interest over time. With the more languid pacing for the final two, it’s possible they may not be concerned enough. – Steven Zeitchik |
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Summit is going to only release the Breaking Dawn Movies in November because the summer blockbuster thing didn’t work out so well for them. This is good news to me and while I know most won’t agree with me about my statements, hey I will say them anyways. Summit has no one to blame but Summit. Sure a lot of critics and fans thought that Eclipse was by far the best film of the series but box office numbers don’t lie. Several things led to numbers not being the greatest and no, it being released in June instead of November is not the biggest issue. Maybe Summit should re-evaluate their marketing techniques and who they are trying to please because something is off. |
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Alright so everyone on here that knows me also knows that I am not the biggest SM fan at times but this interview has made me really appreciate her in ways that I didn’t. I always knew that Summit had way more say than she ever could for the movies, but this interview shows just how much Summit tries to change up the books for the movies and how much SM fights to keep it the same. It is an audio interview so I have posted the transcript below. I know it is long but every TwiHard should read this! Often scenes from the books are changed or left out all together for the flow of the movie. Stephenie explains how and why she picks her battles when it comes to depicting her books into movies. When do you choose your battles? In seeing the movie and the book. You have the book, they have a vision. They throw out a line, and you’re like “They would have never said that” SM: It’s really difficult. Because you do have to choose which ones you won’t bow down on. And I know that even when I really say “Okay, I cannot live with that” It’s still 1 out of 10 I’ll get it. When I really throw a fit. Which is rare. It is really rare because I realize ya know, they’re making a movie. When they come to me for advice, I’m happy say things. There are very few things that I will….and its things that just feel so wrong, that there’s no other way. And some of them are such small little things that, like with the…(?) we were talking about. A lot of that was (?) related. It’s harder than you would think. It’s funny. Some things you take for granted in movies. And it’s amazing how difficult Alison: All the fans would have cared. Not one fan would have been happy with that. SM: The one thing I scheduled my whole schedule around in Eclipse was I had to be there for the tent scene was number one. That was on the calendar. And I had the other scenes in order of priority, and I had those dates booked. I was already going to Vancouver and they had a weather problem. They filmed it when I wasn’t there. So I’m like “Okay, I’m not gonna panic.” But in the original version, Jacob gets into the sleeping bag (whispers) and doesn’t touch her. Alison: Like just his legs are gonna keep her warm from the bottom of the sleeping bag? SM: It’s impossible to keep someone warm when doing that. And then you have the extra added thing. This is the girl he is in love with and he’s in a sleeping bag with her….I mean, come on. I was just like, “what…why aren’t you touching her? Why isn’t he touching her?” People are going to freak out. Alison: Everybody would have freaked out SM: It doesn’t make sense that he would do that and you’d sit there and say “why? He’s supposed to be warming her up, right?” Even if you had no baggage from reading the books, you would still have the same reaction. It was interesting, because the original script for it, I was fine with but then they tweaked the script because they felt like one part of the conversation got a lot more in depth in the original we kind of already knew. You know, you have the whole rehash when Edward’s talking about “when I first met her” and they pulled that and instead went with the later part of the scene where Jacob’s like “how did you cope?” And I think the emotionality of it just went through the roof. Kim: The dialogue between Rob and Jake, I mean Edward and Jacob Alison: And it was so long, and I loved how long it was SM: Yeah! I love that they just let it happen. I think that, that was Rob’s best day of shooting. It was so funny, did you guys hear all the rumors about the problems? Rob was only supposed to be there for the last day. The first two were Jacob and Bella scenes where the wig had been a problem. The last day was the tent was the tent and that was it & it was a pretty easy shoot. The only problem for that day was that Kristen had the stomach flu and luckily, she was supposed to lay there, but between every like scene, oh, she was so sick. And Taylor, he was over digging around, grabbing garbage cans. Why is Taylor taking the garbage? Takes them over there so she could puke in them. It was so sweet. Everybody was taking care of her and everything, but it was a hard day. You look at actors and a lot of people are like “I wanna be an actor” it’s so hard and then to sit there. She’s wanting to puke and she’s all feverish, and she’s having to do the shivering. She was a work horse that day. That was our only drama was that poor Kristen got sick, and I think it was food poisoning. But it was a great shoot. It was one of those days where at the end you’re like “We really killed it today! It’s gonna be great!” It was a great day. HOW SHE WILL OVERSEE ALL THIS AS A PRODUCER IN ‘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. And then also. I get to be more involved with it. 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. |
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Okay, okay, Kristen and Robert and Taylor weren’t in town, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t up for saying hello to the other guys in Forks, Washington. Watch as we talk giant pillows, trombones, and ‘wolfification’ with the likes of director David Slade, vampires Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, and Xavier Samuel, as well as werewolves Alex Meraz and, um, Booboo Stewart. Top bloke, that Booboo. via @TwilightFB source |
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by Mandi Bierly from EW
If you’ve seen The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, odds are you left raving about the wolves — particularly the scene in which Jacob, in wolf form, saddles up to Bella during the training sequence. It’s one of the moments Phil Tippett — a two-time Oscar winner for Jurassic Park and Return of the Jedi whose visual effects house, Tippett Studio, handled the wolves for both Eclipse and New Moon — is most proud of. “That was an unusual thing for us in that most of the time, we are doing these ‘god awful animals start tearing each other apart,’” Tippett told us recently, phoning from England where he’d just celebrated Ray Harryhausen’s 90th birthday. “So it was great to have a quiet moment. A tender scene that telegraphs a budding and suppressed relationship was tricky. In fact, the entire training sequence was difficult in that the wolves do nothing. A bunch of wolves standing around watching vampires train and trying to portend some kind of anxiety was tricky. It’s tricky for any actor when you have to carry a certain part of the scene where you do nothing, because you have to figure out a way of filling up the nothing with something.”
It was important to Eclipse director David Slade that Taylor Lautner actually film that scene with Kristen Stewart so she was able to establish eye contact with him instead of with a golf ball that could’ve been used as an eyeline and painted out later. The wardrobe department dressed Lautner in a neutral grey leotard and hoodie — primarily so his skin tone wouldn’t bounce back onto Stewart and create lighting issues when Wolf Jacob was added, Tippett says. We, however, like to believe someone was already thinking about the DVD extras. That will be great, won’t it? The tender moment was made more challenging by the fact that Slade had a different vision of the wolves than New Moon director Chris Weitz. For starters, Weitz wanted the wolves to have their actor’s eyes. “He kind of wanted the performance to feel like the wolf behavior was being filtered through a human brain,” Tippett says. Slade wanted the wolves to have wolf eyes to de-anthropomorphize them. “David wanted the performances to be more feral, twitchy, and agitated. He wanted to see wolves that were more photographically representational, which had to do with things like getting more hair follicles, making the paws smaller.” The believability of the wolves was equally crucial in the climactic fight sequence with the newborn vampire army. “We had to come up with a rationale for what happens when a 1,300-pound wolf that’s running 35 miles an hour crashes into a newborn vampire [played by an actor that weighs 165 lbs], how we justify that,” Tippett says. “David allowed us the transgression of saying, ‘Well, let’s just say that the newborns, since they’re not made of human material but some kind of a more marble-like material, have an actual mass of something like 500 pounds, so they have a lower center of gravity.’ And that allowed us to begin thinking about how to make all of that palpable, without thinking that they’re existing in two different physical universes.” Watch a clip of how that action gets put together below. Which wolves did you prefer: New Moon‘s or Eclipse‘s? Go here to see Video in the wolves |
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by Nicole Sperling The Twilight Saga: Eclipse couldn’t match the first six days of its predecessor, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, but with $175 million in its coffers, the film still pulled off one of the biggest openings ever. (New Moon earned $178 million in its first six days.) Female audiences internationally swooned for the third installment of the popular series, which now boasts a worldwide gross of $275 million. The Last Airbender performed incredibly well, grossing $70 million over its first five days. The PG-rated film from M. Night Shyamalan has its own rabid fan base that came out in droves despite dismal reviews. And the movie’s three-day weekend gross of $40 million marks the third highest for Shyamalan, behind Signs and The Village. Toy Story 3, Grown Ups, and Knight and Day dominated the rest of the top five. Toy Story 3 crossed the $300 million mark as expected, with a four-day gross of $42 million. It now stands as the second highest-grossing Pixar film. (It will surpass Finding Nemo shortly.) Grown Ups took in $26 million for the four days, bringing its cume to $85 million. Knight and Day generated $14 million for its second weekend in theaters. The Tom Cruise-starrer’s total take is hovering near $50 million. Hope the holiday was a good one. Til next week… |
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REMEMBER ME hits the street on DVD & Blu-Ray today and Summit is offering an $8 off coupon! Coupon expires July 6, 2010. Click here to go to the coupon!
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