MakingOf.com has another interview with Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg;

Reelz Channel nterviewed screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg recently. She talks about the writing process as well as some hints about Eclipse.

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As we all noticed in the movie, Harry Clearwater’s (Graham Greene) heart attack death was different from the book’s as they didn’t mention the cause of it, but in the movie they did! Check it out below.

When MTV sat down with “The Twilight Saga” screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, one of the big questions she addressed was the inclusion of Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) as the reason for Harry Clearwater’s (Graham Greene) death.

“In the book, Harry Clearwater’s death, heart attack is mentioned as something that’s off screen, although it plays a crucial role in the structure of the books,” said Melissa. “Reading that it was Harry Clearwater’s heart attack it just gave me the idea of, why don’t we see this? Stephenie [Meyer] doesn’t specify what caused the heart attack, so I decided, well, you know, if could be caused by something startling him. It could be caused by fear.” …

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‘New Moon‘ screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg sent EW her premiere night experience!

MELISSA ROSENBERG: The family started coming to town a couple days before The Night. Excitement has been high, lots of discussions about wardrobe, and some last-minute shoe and shirt shopping. Finally, everyone’s outfit is decided upon.

The big day arrives. Around noon, the house starts filling with the friends and family who are joining me for the premiere. Garen Tolkin, fab make up and hair artist, arrives to glam me up. Her assistant, Lydia Foster, is on hand to attend to my sisters, girlfriends, mother… she’s kept very busy.

Stylist April Steiner arrives with the jeweler whose company is named Diamond In The Rough. They present me with the most stunning, intricately designed bracelets, earrings, and cocktail rings for me to borrow. If I borrow them, I’m guaranteed to be nervous the entire night about losing them. But they’re so gorgeous, I accept the trade-off. …

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LA Times Blog interviewed “The Twilight Saga” scriptwriter Melissa Rosenberg about the huge phenomenon that the saga now is, how the script for “Twilight” differs from “New Moon” and much more.

In May, Hero Complex contributor Gina McIntyre traveled north to Vancouver to visit the set of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” and talk to the creative minds behind one of the most anticipated films of 2009. This week, as we count down to the Friday release of the vampy sequel, McIntyre gives us daily dispatches from her trip. Today it’s a Q&A with screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who was brought in to adapt Stephenie Meyer’s novels.

GM: So director Chris Weitz seems to run an incredibly relaxed set…

MR: This is a happy set. I was with him after delivering the first draft, we had a couple of meetings on the second draft and he was the same guy then as he is here on set. He didn’t suddenly turn into some maniac, stressed out and crazed. He’s really impressive. He’s just capturing every moment with the actors. I haven’t seen one wrong moment with the actors.

GM: What changes did you make to that first draft of “New Moon”?

MR: There was a lot of honing down, cutting down and eliminating certain scenes and pulling out certain elements of the story just to have it move faster.

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Pictures of Charlie Bewley, Cameron Bright, Jamie Campbell Bower and Melissa Rosenberg at The 4th Rome Film Festival – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” Premiere are now online in the gallery! The boys seem to be having fun

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The Volturis are in town. :p Charlie Bewley, Cameron Bright, Jamie Campbell Bower and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg attended today The 4th International Rome Film Festival: “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” Photocall. Pictures are now available in the gallery. Enjoy!

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Sci-Fi Tv Zone has an exclusive interview with Melissa Rosenberg, she talks about Dexter and The Twilight Saga!

As an executive producer/writer on Showtime’s Dexter, she’s helping to guide one of television’s most innovative series, in which serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) channels his “dark passenger” in such a way that he uses his urge to kill to remove those who truly deserve to die. At the same time, she is the screenwriter behind The Twilight Saga, the film series based on author Stephenie Meyer’s vampire romance novels, the second film of which, New Moon, is reaching theatres on November 20th.

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In an interview with E!. Twilight Saga screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg talks about how people often confuse chemistry on-screen with chemistry off-screen and about if she will be writing the script for “Breaking Dawn”.

Just because Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are such the perfect match on screen, Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg thinks it’s time we mind our own business about what goes once the cameras stop rolling.

“Their chemistry on film is so extraordinary,” Rosenberg told us at the Entertainment Weekly/Women In Film pre-Emmy party. “They were beautifully cast for those roles and their chemistry is amazing. I think people often confuse chemistry on-screen with chemistry off-screen.

“I think people should just enjoy what’s on-screen and leave their privates lives wherever they are,” she continued. “I don’t actually know what they are.”

First up, Breaking Dawn. Rosenberg is not allowed to could not confirm she’s going to be tackling the script. “That’s still up in the air,” she said. “We’re still talking and nothing’s been decided.”

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ETonline has a great interview with Melissa Rosenberg. Check it out!

ET: What can you tell us about ‘New Moon’ and ‘Eclipse’?

Melissa Rosenberg: It becomes bigger in scope. The first film was really a small romance in a way. There was the battle with James (Cam Gigandet) at the end. That was as big as it got. With ‘New Moon,’ we have the werewolf clan, we have the Vulturi — and in ‘Eclipse,’ there is an epic battle, so with every book, with every episode of the movie, it gets grander in scope, which is fun to write. What was great about that, too, is with the small story and the characters … to be able to grow with it and track it through, it has really been a great pleasure.

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