New Moon DVD TV Spot with LA premiere footage

Here is a new New Moon DVD TV Spot with footages from the LA premiere.

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Kristen Stewart at Jimmy Fallon

Kristen Stewart dropped by at the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote her new movie, The Runaways.

Here is also a new clip of Kristen in the movie, rocking out post-Runaways.

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Kristen: Blue Water Comics FAME cover

MTV exclusively premiered Kristen Stewart’s cover of Blue Water comic’s FAME series. Here is the official press statement of the company:

Actress Kristen Stewart to get Fame treatment from Bluewater Productions

Actress Kristen Stewart became an instant celebrity the moment she signed on to play Bella, the love interest of vampire-with-a-soul Edward in the Twilight series of vampire/romance movies based on the popular novels of the same name.

Now Stewart is making the leap to full-on celebrity: She is the newest star of Bluewater Productions’ Fame series of biography comics coming in June.

But Stewart has been acting long before Twilight, and most of her work hasn’t involved vampires or werewolves. In fact, anyone who has watched the coming-of-age drama/comedy Adventureland, knows just how powerful of an actress Stewart can be.

Fame brings to life in graphic form the stories of the world’s biggest celebrities. The series premieres in May and covers the life stories of Lady GaGa & Robert Pattinson. Future editions will include the stories of Taylor Swift and soccer sensation David Beckham.

Writer Kim Sherman, who has also penned Bluewaters’ Robert Pattinson entry in the series, said that Stewart’s versatility and talent might surprise readers who only know her as Bella.

“For Twilight fans, Kristen Stewart is a woman whom fans long to be and love to hate,” Sherman said. “But Kristen has been in the public eye for years, and her career as a serious actor spans dozens of films over a 10-year period of time. My goal with this biography was to show readers the depth residing in this young woman and the roles she’s beautifully tackled through a series of spot shots, pinups and word art.”

Sherman added that the art on this book, provided by renowned artist Warren Martineck, perfectly brings Stewart’s story to life.

“Well-known artist Warren Martineck, of Marvel and D.C. fame, takes my script and provides an amazing viewpoint of the beauty, the grit and the individuality which defines Miss Stewart,” Sherman said.

The 32-page comic book, Fame: Kristen Stewart will be available in June, and will retail for $3.99. Two covers will be available: cover A, by Juanmar Studios which attaches like a puzzle to the FAME: Robert Pattinson issue. Cover B is done by famed comic book artist Randy Green “X-men and Witchblade”.

Bluewater Productions has become well-known for its biography comics. In addition to its Fame series, the company also publishes both the Female Force and Political Power line of biography comics. March 31st comes the release of Female Force: Ellen Degeneres.

“I look at every one of our biography comics as a way to lead a new group of readers to the world of graphic storytelling,” said Darren G. Davis, president of Bluewater Productions. “I have little doubt that Kristen Stewart’s biography will accomplish this.”

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Chris Weitz: the CNN interview

In a new interview with CNN, director Chris Weitz talked about his regrets and decisions in making New Moon. Chris also shared his thoughts on making the DVD as well his future plans and movies. Here is an excerpt of his interview:

CNN: For the DVD, what do you think the fans will appreciate the most?

Chris Weitz: What they’ll appreciate most is certain scenes that didn’t make it into the film. … There’s basically more Bella [Kristen Stewart], there’s more Edward [Robert Pattinson], there’s more Jacob [Taylor Lautner], and it’s often sort of more extended versions of scenes where things are discussed at greater length rather than entirely new scenes. I think there’s a lot of good stuff in the movie for fans, and at the same time we didn’t want to get rid of any of their favorite scenes.

CNN: At the time the movie came out, you said you were hoping to do the commentary with Pattinson and Stewart. What happened?

Weitz: They blew me off! (laughs)

CNN: Those young actors.

Weitz: I have to say, they had a lot on their plates … and there came a day when it was just me in a room, and I said, “I don’t want to do this alone,” so we managed to get my editor [Peter Lambert] on a satellite linkup, and we watched the movie together. And I think that it’s frankly rather amusing, because we have a joshing relationship, whereas it may have been a bit more stilted had it been the kids and me, because they’d have to say nice things about me all the time.

CNN: When you watch the movie again, is it the kind of thing that you say, “Why did I make that decision?” perhaps because there was a deadline you had to hit.

Weitz: Well, there is that old saying, “A film is never finished; it’s abandoned.” But there’s only one shot in the movie that embarrasses me, because every time I saw it in the movie, everybody laughed, even the most Twihard of them all. It’s when you first see Bella has become a vampire, and she’s running through the woods in this very diaphanous dress, and I guess my corny-meter was off that day. Everyone seems to find that terribly amusing.

CNN: How did a Cambridge-educated, nice, half-Jewish boy get involved with “New Moon” to start with?

Weitz: (laughs) Well, they asked. I think the first reason that I got involved was that I liked the actors very much. I think they’re very good. Then I went to see the [first] movie in a little theater, and the response of the fans around me was amazing — their degree of devotion, the delight they took in it. And you don’t always get that as a director. You don’t always know that there are going to be people watching and taking pleasure from what you’re doing, so that’s kind of a wonderful opportunity.

CNN: In the DVD commentary, you said you let the opening shot of the moon go on and on because you figured there would be 30 seconds of screaming when the titles came up. Was that true?

Weitz: The first time I saw it, there was quite a lot of screaming, just because of the buildup and anticipation were so great. People had been waiting so long to see it that it was good that they had a bit of time to calm down before you first saw Bella.

CNN: Were you reluctant to get involved in this, having come off “The Golden Compass” — another big studio project, best-selling book series, where you had both fans who knew the books backwards and forwards and a studio that wanted a big hit?

Weitz: Well, no. I had something to prove, which was that if you really made a movie that was faithful to the book that it was going to succeed, and I felt that hadn’t been the case on “Golden Compass.” … I knew I could do it properly if given the right kind of support. So there was a bit of redemption that I was looking for in that regard.

To read the rest of the interview, click on the link above.

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Robert Pattinson at The Remember Me Premiere in London

Twilight actor Robert Pattinson attended the UK premiere of his new film, Remember Me last night at the Odeon Liecester Square. He was joined by his co0star Emilie De Ravin. During the premiere, he was interviewed by SKY News where he was asked regarding his fans and maybe filling the shoes of 007 in the future.

Despite his fame, Robert says that he still hasn’t got used to all the screams and adulations that were given to him.

“I never go to places where crowds congregate, so it’s always a novelty. It’s a completely separate aspect of my life. It’s nice.”

His co-star Emilie De Ravin says that both she and Rob were passionate about his project and promises that the film will touch people’s lives.

We were both completely passionate about this project and did everything we could to make it as good as we could. He’s a really nice person and very talented.”She said promised the movie would “really touch people”

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Twilight Actors to Appear At DVD Release Parties

All the cities have now been announced with the talent that will be there.  As you can see, there is no information of location aside from the city.  We don’t know what stores, but if it’s like last year they will be at various Borders, Barnes and Nobles, and Walmarts and other stores hosting midnight parties.  We will inform you if we learn anything more about their locations.

New York City:

Peter Facinelli

Pittsburgh:

Edi Gathegi

Atlanta:

Chaske Spencer & Tyson Houseman

Seattle:

Melissa Rosenberg

Salt Lake City:
Mike Welch, Christian Serratos, Justin Chon

Houston:
Daniel Cudmore

Phoenix:
Liz Reaser

Denver:
Charlie Bewley

Cincinnati:

Tinsel Korey and Kiowa Gordon

Los Angeles:

Nikki Reed & Chris Weitz

The Hunt for Breaking Dawn Directors

According to Entertainemnt Weekly Summit is currently scouting for someone to direct Break Dawn.

“Sources tell EW that the studio has reached out to at least three top-notch directors, including Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation), Gus Van Sant (Milk), and Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) to gauge their interest in what is likely to be two movies. (Van Sant’s reps confirmed that he’s been approached, but Coppola and Condon’s people didn’t return phone calls by press time. Summit declined to comment.)”

See more at EW.

Aziz Ansari Tweets While Watching Twilight

Actor Aziz Ansari of the sitcom Parks and recreation started watching Twilight and has been Tweeting his reactions. The picture above is his reaction to Bella not figuring out Edward was a vampire sooner.

Some of the the better comments  include:

“You better hold on tight spider monkey.” Same thing I say anytime a date steps in my Kia Sportage.

“I can’t read your mind, you have to tell me what your thinking…” Now you know how us non-vampire bro’s feel Edward!!

That kid with the six pack is this movie but he’s not in shape yet and he needs a haircut. Weird

Doesn’t the 6 pack kid turn into wolf in New Moon? Hard to believe a person that turns into wolf is into Twizzlers.

Check out his full commentary here. Aziz claims he will be doing the same with New Moon.

Behind the Scenes of the Cliff Dive

Access Hollywood has a great behind the scenes look at the cliff diving sequence with Kristen Stewart.

New Moon wins ShoWest Fandango Fan Choice Award

The Twilight fans have pulled through again. The second movie in the Twilight Saga Franchise has received the ShoWest Fan Choice Award for 2009’s Best Movie. This is the second time the Twilight Saga has won the award after winning the same award last year.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is receiving the ShoWest Fandango Fan Choice Award for 2009’s Best Movie. ShoWest, which runs March 15-18, 2010, is the most prestigious and longest running event exclusively for the cinema exhibition and distribution community, and this is the second year Fandango has sponsored the Fan Choice Award in conjunction with the conference.

“Moviegoers on Fandango have been behind the franchise from the very beginning, and that’s why the first Twilight movie won the Fan Choice Award last year,” said Fandango Chief Marketing Officer Ted Hong. “The big question will be whether or not Eclipse will be in the running for next year’s award and if the franchise can pull off a three-peat.”

You might have guessed that Avatar would win this year’s Fan Choice Award since Avatar was the top ticket-seller in our company’s history,” Hong added, “but never bet against the passion, loyalty, and dedication of the vociferous Twilight fans.“

ShoWest is currently being held in Las Vegas with the Final Night Banquet and Award Ceremony going to be held on Thursday, March 18 at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.

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