Today, The Sun Sentinel.com has a great Behind The Scene – The Twilight Saga : New Moon article. We get an insight of how the Edwards’s apparition is shot and Chris Weitz vision for New Moon.
Robert Pattinson is having an Obi-Wan Kenobi moment. Inside a soundstage where “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” is shooting, the lanky English heartthrob stands in front of a tall, wide green screen murmuring a tender admonition, “You promised me nothing reckless.” Motion capture cameras hurtle toward him across a length of track affixed to the stage floor, while a team of technicians studies his stance and the tilt of his head.
The plan is to digitally insert Pattinson, who plays swoony good guy vampire Edward Cullen, into a scene that was filmed much earlier—one in which he appears as an apparition to his costar, Kristen Stewart, cautioning her headstrong character Bella Swan against hanging out with some unsavory-looking biker types. For the effect to work, Pattinson’s image will need to be dropped in at exactly the right position, so despite the cast and crew nearing the end of a very long early May day, perfectionism is still the standard. …
…..During post-production on (Golden) “Compass,” concerns over the story’s take on organized religion and its grim ending caused studio New Line to take control of the $180 million movie.
The film earned only $70 million domestically, though it fared better overseas, and Weitz still despairs that he was unable to faithfully execute Pullman’s vision. (New Line declined to comment for this story.)
“It’s one of the great sadnesses of my life that it didn’t turn out the way I intended it,” he says.
“New Moon,” a story about surviving the ultimate heartbreak and loss, is Weitz’s chance to heal his wounds and find a new creative path. It’s a path that winds through the gloomy forests of the Pacific Northwest and the Italian village of Multipulciano. The last three days of the shoot will happen there, but before then, Weitz needs to complete the complicated camera maneuvers that will enable him to transform Pattinson’s Edward into a spectral vision. …
..Godfrey points out that “Eclipse” is darker in tone than the stories that precede it and more action-packed, making Slade the right choice.
A bigger question mark hangs over what is the most adult entry in Meyer’s series, “Breaking Dawn.” Godfrey was mum as to specifics, saying only that everyone involved fully intends to make what would be the fourth movie. (The Web site imdb.com lists “Breaking Dawn” as in development with a tentative 2011 release date.)
“We’re shooting ‘New Moon,’ prepping ‘Eclipse,’ doing all the marketing—it’s a little overwhelming to really think in a detailed manner of how we’re going to crack this, but we have every intention to,” he said of “Dawn.”
It’s now July, and in only a few days, Weitz will face 6,000-plus screaming fans as he unveils some never-before-seen footage from “New Moon” at Comic-Con International in San Diego. At last year’s convention, months before “Twilight” was released,” the delighted squeals were nearly deafening….
Read the complete article here.
Remember Twilight Tuesdays on MTV.. apparently we’ll be getting New Moon Mondays now. Well its not actually called New Moon Mondays and neither its on MTV. It’ll be called Twilight Weekly: Spotlight on Reelzchannel.com. Full story here.
REELZCHANNEL announced today the launch of a new weekly series, “Twilight Weekly: Spotlight,” as a cornerstone of the network’s extensive on-air and online coverage of the hugely popular Twilight movie saga. Hosted by REELZCHANNEL’s resident Twilight expert and correspondent Naibe Reynoso, the new series is sure to galvanize the legions of diehard movie fans by giving TV viewers and web users the inside track on all of the latest news and info leading up to the highly anticipated fall movie sequel, New Moon. “Twilight Weekly: Spotlight” premieres in its Monday primetime slot beginning August 10, 2009 at 10:00 pm ET.
Wow!! Its a shame that Larry Carroll of MTV won’t be doing it anymore. He did a great job with Twilight and knew what the fans wanted to know! Nonetheless, I can’t wait to see Naibe Reynoso do her coverage and exclusives as well!
Apparently a Twilight fan have taken to cliff diving in order to emulate what the Wolf Pack and Bella did in the book/movie New Moon. The Twilight Examiner’s Amanda Bell has a story on it.
A recent press release from the Quileute Nation has highlighted a very disturbing set of recent events. According to them, one Twilight fan took anticipation for The Twilight Saga: New Moon a little too far. Says the release, “A Twilight fan visiting Quileute from Georgia was rescued from an island they surmised could be the location where the main character Bella Swan goes cliff diving in the 2nd book of the Twilight saga New Moon.”
Read it here.
UPDATE: It’s Aishah here, and i bet you guys are dying for more New Moon stills. Here’s one from LA Times!
On the Set: ‘New Moon’ on the rise
“I don’t know if you can get used to it,” the baby-faced Lautner says of the ardor the series inspires. “We have seen the passion and dedication in the fans. We wouldn’t be here without them, but they’re everywhere.
Yes…even in the midst of Potter-mania, I’m still BLOODY EXCITED about New Moon!!!!
Of course, HP came first but Twilight is juz WAAAY more special and closer to my heart.
Is it true tt Kristen Stewart Pregnant With Robert Pattinson’s Baby?
This is just a rumor when an Australian Tabloid magazine came up with the story.
It’s up to you to believe if this is true or not.
And as for our site, we do not post any tabloid reports at all.
We’ll post all things that are genuine and comes straight from the horse’s mouth.
Ditto Aishah!
K: Please realise by now that those CRAPPY mags are full of BS, taking random pics and making wildly suggestive speculations, based on ‘un-named sources’, ‘insiders’ and supposedly ‘close friends’.
I confess…I did flip thru’ them for a short spell recently but when those pregnancy rumours came out, that was it…I’ve stopped looking at them altogether, preferring to stick to legit websites and mags.
Rob himself had awready alluded to all this tabloid stuff in an earlier interview and was resigned that he juz has to put up with nonsense like that as he gets famous.
Got ya! thanks for clearing things out, kinda shocked too wen i heard of it