“Twilight”-human Justin Chon talks to E! Online about how “Eclipse” will be different from previous “Twilight” movies and how the security around the cast has increased a lot.

Twilight star Justin Chon tells me that director David Slade’s Eclipse isn’t exactly taking his lead from Catherine Hardwick or Chris Weitz.
“He’s done pretty dark films so that’s where I see [Eclipse] really gravitating towards—more of a dark kind of moody film,” Chon said yesterday at BAFTA’s pre-Emmy tea party. “Just shooting the scenes that I’m in, the mood is definitely different.”
“David is very set on how he wants this movie to be portrayed,” Chon said. “It’s a lot more refined and maybe not as loose as the last two—at least for us humans. I can only imagine what he’s doing with everyone else.”
Chon also confirmed reports that Robert Pattinson has been living in a house rather than the usual hotel during filming in Vancouver, Canada.
“Security has been increased a lot,” Chon said. “They’re a lot more protective…If Rob was to go out in public without anybody, I think it could be pretty dangerous.”

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Two “Twilight” fans that were lucky enough to be cast as extras in “New Moon” share their amazing set experience from Italy with MTV: Hollywood Crush.

The two entrepreneurs know exactly what it’s like to see Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in the flesh, running around Italy as Bella and Edward, because they were lucky enough to get cast as extras in the heavily-anticipated flick!

Vanessa and Lisa are the co-founders of Novel Journeys, a company that specializes in tours to the birthplaces of famous novels. They were actually visiting Italy to do some research for a “New Moon” tour to Tuscany when they got the opportunity of a lifetime.

“One morning we’re sitting by the piazza. We’re having coffee at 6:30 in the morning and the casting director comes over and he says, ‘Hey! Do you guys want to be in the movie?’” recalled Vanessa. “That was it. We went [and] we put our red capes on and we worked until 8pm.” I wonder if they got to keep their special red capes!

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An exact replica of Bella Swan’s prom dress that was used in “Twilight” is now going to be available for purchase Black Diamond Bridal in Port Angeles, Wash.

Now “Twilight”fans can buy an exact replica of Bella Swan’s prom dress from the very town Bella bought hers!

Belva Bodey, owner of Black Diamond Bridal in Port Angeles, Wash., has created a to-die-for copy of the layered blue halter dress that Bella (played by Kristen Stewart) wears to the nearby Forks, Wash. high school prom in the “Twilight”movie, according to RadarOnline.com.

“We wanted to give people the opportunity to dress in something festive which Bella wore,”Bodey said, especially since Bella actually shopped in Port Angeles in the book to pick out her prom dress. “If she had shopped in Port Angeles, she would have bought her dress here.”

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Both Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner have been nominated for the Australian edition of the Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards and for the same category: “Fave Movie Star”!

From today, kids across Australia can start voting for their favourites in the world of entertainment, as Nickelodeon announces the prestigious nominations for Kids’ Choice Awards 2009 – the biggest event for kids on the planet, which gives kids the power to say who should be honoured with a blimp trophy…and maybe even honoured by slime!

Kid favourites who’ve notched a spot for the title of Fave Movie Star include Twilight heartthrobs Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, who’ll battle it out against the ever popular Zac Efron and Daniel Radcliffe.

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In an article posted over at New York Times, news about the soundtrack for “New Moon” is revealed: that the list of songs that are going to be featured are going to be revealed tomorrow and some other trivia stuff.

Ms. Patsavas, known for her work on television shows like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Gossip Girl,” said she was confident that the “New Moon” soundtrack would include Thom Yorke, Bon Iver and Band of Skulls. Death Cab for Cutie’s “Meet Me on the Equinox,” the first single, had its premiere on MTV.com on Sunday, as part of a “Twilight” promotional blitz surrounding MTV’s Video Music Awards. There has been extensive speculation in the music industry all summer about who else would be included. Representatives of Grizzly Bear and the Killers said those groups would be on the soundtrack, but Ms. Patsavas declined to comment, saying that the track list would be completed and announced on Friday.

For bands placement in a “Twilight” film means huge potential sales and wide exposure.

“If you’re an artist that’s successfully branded with a film as enormous as ‘Twilight,’ you get a lasting benefit beyond the movie and the soundtrack itself,” said James Diener, president of A&M/Octone Records. “You’re able to access marketing dollars that the film company has been spending beyond what a record company could or would spend.”

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The MPAA rating for “New Moon” has now officialy been revealed and is PG-13.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Rated PG-13 For some violence and action.
Release Date: November 20, 2009

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MTV is reporting that the first footage of the documentary “Twilight In Forks” was revealed for a few lucky twilighters this past weekend.

FORKS, Washington — Staying true to a pledge made before the surprising acquisition of their independently produced documentary “Twilight in Forks,” the makers of the film traveled to the tiny real-life town that serves as home to the phenomenon this past weekend, unveiling footage for the first time to a few hundred lucky Twilighters.

Director Jason Brown and producer York Baur continued a lengthy relationship with the fanbase on Saturday as they visited the real-life Forks High School for a special screening to help celebrate the town’s annual Bella’s Birthday/ Stephenie Meyer Day festivities. Those in attendance were able to view never-before-seen clips from the first documentary on the “Twilight” phenomenon — a sneak peek that seems even more significant now that “Twilight in Forks” has been snatched up by Summit Entertainment and had its release date pushed back to early 2009.

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In an interview with MTV, Anna Kendrick talks about co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s level of fame after the first “Twilight”-movie.

As the “Twilight” film franchise has shifted from under-the-radar property to out-of-this-world media and entertainment spectacle, actress Anna Kendrick has quietly continued to play the small role of Jessica Stanley, one of Bella Swan’s high school classmates. The 24-year-old has had a front-row seat as co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have become paparazzi targets whose every sneeze becomes tabloid-news fodder. After seeing what those two have endured, Kendrick is thankful for the relative obscurity of her part in the vampire saga.

“I would have gone insane at this point!” she told MTV News while promoting the George Clooney comedy “Up in the Air” at the Toronto International Film Festival. “They’re so levelheaded. They’ve handled it so gracefully.”

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According to Take40, the band The Used has a song entitled “For You I Would” set to be on the New Moon soundtrack that hits stores on October 20.

Publicity for the Twilight sequel New Moon is heating up as the film’s release date, November 19, creeps closer. *squeals excitedly*
take40.com reported this morning that Death Cab For Cutie will have the lead single for the New Moon soundtrack, a song titled ‘Meet Me On The Equinox’.
But we have some more exciting New Moon goss!
When we spoke to Bert McCracken of The Used yesterday, he revealed that a new song of theirs entitled ‘For You I Would’ was set to be the title track!
“It’s gonna be a big deal,” Bert told take40.com. “We wrote a really awesome original song for the movie.”

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Examiner is reporting that Reuters – “Twilight” and it’s director Catherine Hardwicke gained her and the film a place in the Guiness Book of World Records for “Highest-Grossing Movie By A Female Director.”

She’s the recent recipient of the Dorothy Arzner Directors Award at the Women in Film Crystal Lucy Awards. She’s been said to have “prove[n] that woman can muscle in on the blockbuster market too.” She’s been slated to direct films like Hamlet, If I Stay, The Girl with the Red Riding Hood, and Maximum Ride. Her name is Catherine Hardwicke, and she was the director of Twilight.

Her work on Twilight has, according to Reuters, gained her and the film a place in the Guiness Book of World Records for “Highest-Grossing Movie By A Female Director.”

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