Nikki Reed Talks Exploring Rosalie’s Backstory

www.mtv.com: As avid book readers well know, once a movie studio decides to adapt a favorite novel into a feature film, certain changes occur. With regard to Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga,” the filmmakers and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg have done their best to stay as true to the source material as possible. But one expository aspect that is lost from book to screen is the various backstories of the supporting characters.

When MTV News recently caught up with actress Nikki Reed, who was out promoting her upcoming indie “Last Day of Summer,” she talked about the challenge of portraying Rosalie’s relatability for non-book readers, as well as making the most of her screen time.

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Michael Welch Joins Twitter!

Actor Michael Welch who portrays Bella’s human friend Mike Newton in the Twilight Saga has joined Twitter. No more fake Mikes, the fans can now follow the real one HERE

Alex Meraz Updates New Artwork at his Official Site

As many of you must actor Alex Meraz who portrays Jacob’s friend and wolf pack member Paul besides having a  love for acting also has a love for painting. And you can see many of his artwork and new updates HERE

Painting by Alex Meraz

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN Casting Director Update

Official local casting directors have been hired for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN. Stuart Aikins reprises casting duties for Vancouver-based casting. Fincannon and Associates Casting is handling talent searches for Louisiana-based casting. Both work under LA-based casting director Debra Zane. There are no other casting organizations involved with the production at this time.

Contact information for official casting directors:

Debra Zane Casting

5225 Wilshire Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90036

E-mail: BreakingDawnCast@gmail.com

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‘Twilight’ Author Makes $40 Million Without Writing a Single Book

www.luxist.com: Despite not having written a single book in the past year, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer raked in an eye-popping $40 million from her sexy vampire tales, Forbes reports. Meyer landed the second place spot on the magazine’s new ranking of the world’s highest paid authors, easily eclipsing Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. About $7 million of Meyer’s 2009 windfall came from movies adapted from the Twilight series, with most of the balance attributable to previously published works. In June the third Twilight adaptation made $175 million in its first six days.

Breaking Dawn Crew Concerned Over Shooting in Rio?

www.thedeadbolt.com: Although part of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn will be filmed in Rio de Janeiro, the Breaking Dawn plans in Rio may be shelved after a recent firefight and hostage taking incident gave cause for concern.

According to ABC News, the film crew for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn is uneasy about shooting scenes for Breaking Dawn in Rio de Janeiro after a hostage situation at an upscale hotel over the weekend. Riofilme, the company promoting film production in the city, reveals that because of the hostage situation and ensuing firefight, Summit Entertainment is in emergency talks with city officials.

Eclipse Action Figures Now Available

NECA sent us photos of the official Eclipse action figures featuring Victoria, Edward and a shirtless Jacob Black from the film “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” aka Eclipse.

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I really liked the Victoria action figure. I liked her outfit. What do you think of the eclipse action figures? Would you buy one?

It would be nice to see more of the supporting characters backstories, like Esme and Emmett which we haven’t seen, maybe even something of Alice which is still kind of a mystery. What do you think?

Do you like it that more and more of the twilight cast is joining Twitter? Are you following them?

What do you think of Alex’s artwork?

What are your thought on today’s twilight news? Join us in the discussion!

OBS is back with more A to Z and this time in honor of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse we have put together a list of words dedicated to the book. I hope that all you fans have had a chance to go see the movie, I won’t spoil it I’ll just say that David Slade was the perfect director for it Enjoy!

ECLIPSE

by
Stephenie Meyer

A: Alliance
(The Cullens team up with the wolves to fight against the newborn army.)

B: Bree Tanner
(Only newborn survivor of Victoria’s army. After she tells Jane everything that she knew Felix kills her.)

Bracelet
(Jacob gives Bella a bracelet with a hand-carved wolf charm for graduation.)

C: Claire
(Emily’s toddler niece who imprints with Quil.)

D: Diamonds
(Bella receives a large heart-shaped diamond from Edward and there are several diamonds in her engagement ring.)

E: Engagement
(Bella and Edward become engaged after graduation.)

F: Flyers
(Mrs. Newton gives Bella the wolf flyers to throw in the Dumpster.)

G: Graduation
(Bella, Alice, Edward, and the “humans” graduate from high school.)

H: Henry
(Son of Vera, Rosalie’s best friend when she was human.)

I: Imprinting
(Jacob tells Bella what one of those bizarre things they have to deal with is imprinting.)

J: Jacksonville
(Edward makes Bella use her present to go see Renée to Jacksonville while the others chase after Victoria.)

K: Kaheleha
(Powerful Spirit Chief.)

L: Lucy
(She helped Maria put together an army of newborn, including Jasper. She later on betrays Maria and gets killed.)

Leah Clearwater
(A female member of the Quileute tribe and the only female to become a member of the pack.  Stephenie Meyer has said that her father (Harry Clearwater) had his heart attack when he learned about her becoming a wolf.)

M: Maria
(Vampire that turned Jasper back in the Civil War looking for someone to train her own newborn army.)

N: Nettie
(Bonded with Maria and Lucy, later killed by Jasper and Maria.)

O: Old-fashioned
(Bella’s ring is old-fashioned, Jacob thinks the lineage is old-fashioned, Alice would like an old-fashioned wedding, even Edward is old-fashioned.)

P: Pain
(Bella thinks of the pain Jacob is in for not being able to see her. She needs to help him.)

Q: Quileute Legends
(The stories of the Quileute spirit warriors were told at the bonfire at LaPush.)

R: Riley
(A newborn vampire created by Victoria in Seattle.)

Royce King
(Rosalie’s fiance who assaulted her and left her for dead.  She killed him after killing his friends who took part in her assault.)

S: Switzerland
(Bella refuses to be affected by territorial disputes. She’s a neutral country.)

Seth Clearwater
(Brother of Leah Clearwater and the newest and youngest member of the wolf pack.)

T: Third Wife
(The Quileute legend that stood out the most for Bella was about the third wife.)

Taha Aki
(The last great Spirit Chief. First to shape shift thanks to the help of a wolf. He died saving his tribe.)

U: Utlapa
(Part of the Quileute legends, took over Taha Aki’s body and ruled as chief until he was killed.)

V: Vera
(Rosalie’s closest friend when she was human.  She got married at seventeen, had a wonderful husband and a baby. Everything that Rosalie ever wished for.)

Victoria
(Edward finally takes care of her in this book after she creates an army of newborn vampires.)

W: Witnesses
(Jacob wanted a place with witnesses so he could talk safely to Edward.)

X: eXibit A
(Jacob wishes that Sam would have taken a picture of Bella from when he found her in the woods for evidence.)

Y: Yellow Porsche
(Alice mentions how she hasn’t had the chance to drive her yellow Porsche yet.)

Z: Zero
(The number of Cullens and wolves taken out by Victoria’s army.)

Have you seen the movie? What is your favorite eclipse moment?

Welcome back to another Fan Art Madness feature. This week Katie and I are bringing you a special Eclipse edition dedicated to the ‘villains’ that just wont let Bella and Edward have calm happy life to celebrate the arrival of The Bree Tanner Novella. Enjoy!

Remember to check out our Book Club of the month Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer!

Twilight Saga: Eclipse by *myTduck

This is how Victoria is supposed to look. She is very scary and savage looking in this piece.
Now if only there was some way to make Bryce Howard look this scary.

More fan art HERE

What did you think of today’s Fan Art Madness?

Which fan art was your favorite?

Edward Saves Bella from Victoria in the Snow — New TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE photo released

So you’ve seen the new TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE trailer on Oprah, right? And you’re dying for some new pix? Check this one out — it’s from a very romantic and dramatic scene in which Edward and Bella (big faves Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart) are trying to get away from Victoria, who is out to murder them. Soon after this, supposedly, Edward will be knocking down a tree and finding Victoria clutching to its branches!

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All these images are getting me hyped up about Eclipse.  So far, it looks kick ass and I’m relieved to say the least. It would be so easy to screw any of these movies up (as I believe Hardwicke did in Twilight) – but New Moon was so much better and I believe Eclipse will be too. Now they just need to get the right directors for Breaking Dawn.

What do you think? Have you been looking at all the images floating around the internet? Or are you trying to stay away from them so they don’t spoil it for you?

Intertwined: Chapter 15 -by Caro

Aden could hear his name being shouted out while he fought his way out of the dark tunnel once again. He opened his eyes to see Victoria in front of him. Her hot hands pressed his cheeks. He had been missing for a few hours, but his first interest now was to find out if Mary Ann was still there.

And, she was. Nothing had changed from his future, everyone was here even Riley. He told them about his trip and how he had seen Dr. Gray. How he had told him about her and Tucker. Aden wanted to know Dr. Gray’s thoughts about him and asked Mary Ann to look for the files. Mary Ann didn’t want to still from her father but agreed.

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Characters Involved

Aden

Victoria

Mary Ann

Riley

Characters Mentioned

Mr. Gray

Vlad the Impaler

Victoria’s Mother

Dan

Places Visited

Mary Ann’s house

The Forest

Ranch

Memorable Quotes

Aden: “Do I live at the D and M ranch with Dan Reeves?”

Mary Ann: “You don’t remember?”

Aden: “Do I?”

Mary Ann: “Yes, you do. You’re scaring me, Aden.”

Riley: “You will cease scaring her immediately.”

Aden: “Did he ever ask you about a boy named Aden?”

Mary Ann: “Not by name, no, but once, right after I introduced him to Tucker, he sat me down and asked about my friends, if I had any new ones and if one liked to talk to himself. At the time, I didn’t think anything of it. I thought it was a joke.”

Victoria: “Silly human. I’m not going to poke out one of my eyes.”

Questions

Did you think everything would change after Aden returned?

What do you think Aden will find in Dr. Gray’s files?

Anything curious about this chapter that you would like to discuss?

Intertwined: Chapter 14 – by Caro

Aden could hear a voice calling him from far away. Where was he? What moment in time had Eve taken him to? A doctor was in front of him, it was Dr. Gray and Aden was eleven years old. It was curious how Aden had had a connection with Mary Ann even before they got to know each other. Dr. Gray was his doctor in this institution from his past, but Aden couldn’t remember what had happened then.

After all Eve was right, they did know Mary Ann from the past, but could Aden talk to Dr. Gray about it? What if it changed something in the future and he never got to meet her or Victoria? What if he ended in another place? He liked Crossroads and so did the souls. Aden tried to act as normal as possible but he was so curious to know about Mary Ann.

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Characters Involved

Aden

Souls: Eve, Caleb, Julian, Elijah

Mr. Gray

Characters Mentioned

Victoria

Mary Ann

Places Visited

Dr. Gray’s office in the past

Memorable Quotes

Eve: “I tried to tell you we knew her.”

Caleb: “Well, what d’you know.”

Narrator: Did eleven-year-olds talk like babies or grow-ups?

Eve: “I brought you here for a reason. I don’t care what the others say. Ask him what you are dying to know”

Caleb: “We’re close to having a girlfriend.”

Eve: “Ask him, ask him, ask him! I won’t shut up until you do.”

Elijah: “For God’s sake, what if he wakes up in another state, no Mary Ann, no Victoria. I hate what Mary Ann does to us, but he’s finally out of the hospitals and off the drugs they used to feed him.”

Aden: “Tucker is a jerk, by the way, and you should put a stop to that before it ever starts. Or maybe she’s supposed to date him. I don’t know. She will–”

Questions

Why do you think Dr. Gray is so important?

Which soul do you think Aden would be able to free?

Anything curious about this chapter that you would like to discuss?