Eclipse Start Date Comes Into View

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Had Summit made the start date of Eclipse any sooner, Bella Swan may have been in danger of sporting a decidedly unflattering mullet for her third round of Edward Cullen-swooning.

As it is, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, a beefed-up Taylor Lautner and the rest of the Twilight gang will be reassembling in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Aug. 17, when they will begin production on Eclipse, the third installment of the Stephenie Meyer franchise.

Production on the film will run until the vampire- and werewolf-friendly date of Oct. 31, just a few weeks before the recently wrapped second installment of the saga, New Moon, is released on Nov. 20.

As for Eclipse, which will be directed by David Slade and written by Dexter scribe Melissa Rosenberg, the blockbuster-in-waiting is scheduled for release on June 30, 2010.

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Michael Sheen is Aro in Twilight New Moon

He’s spent his entire life fighting them, and now he’s become … one of them! (Cue dramatic music!) I’m talking about Michael Sheen, of course, who has played the werewolf character Lucian in three “Underworld” movies, or you might know him more as the guy who grilled Nixon in Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon”. Talk about range: Sheen has gone from action/horror movie to the star of an Oscar-nominated drama and now to a teen vampire movie in the “Twilight” sequel, “New Moon”. Who does this guy think he is? A highly versatile, highly skilled actor?

According to Variety, Sheen will play the leader of the Volturi, an Italy-based coven of vampires who appear in the “Twilight” sequel. The article doesn’t say who he’ll play, but apparently there are three leaders in the Volturi — Aro, who can read minds, Marcus, who “senses” relationships (whatever that means), and Caius, who apparently is the only powerless vampire of the bunch. (Update: EW says Sheen will play Aro, the mind-reading fella.)

Wikipedia says the Volturi are considered vampire royalty, because they’ve been around for so long, and act as a secret police for the species, keeping their existence hidden from humans. When they learn that Bella has knowledge of the existence of vampires, they demand she be turned or else killed. See, I told her hanging around vampires was gonna end up bad.

Below: Maybe instead of killing Bella, he can ambush interview her! Same difference.

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Good Luck Getting Your New Moon Tickets

The new Twilight movie doesn't open for two more months.

Oh, did we make that sound like a long time? What we meant was, "New Moon opens Nov. 20—GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!! HURRY!! HURRY!! AAAGGGHHH!!"

Not to cause a panic, but advance-ticket sellers are already reporting sold-out screenings for the obsessed-over sequel.

MovieTickets.com says more than a dozen of its show times have been picked clean. Fandango reports 50—50!—sell-outs, and says New Moon is its top-seller heading into this weekend. (E! Entertainment and Fandango are both owned by Comcast.)

Sorry to worry you if you don't have your tickets yet. We just thought you should know. So you can start worrying.

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Another Vampire for New Moon’s Volturi Clan

Look at me, using words like “Volturi clan” like I know what I’m talking about. I don’t, of course, but apparently the Volturi clan are a bunch of olden vampires in Stephenie Meyers’ “Twilight” books, and they are featured prominently in the next movie, “New Moon”. The last we heard, Dakota Fanning was already cast as one of the Volturi, and now actor Jamie Campbell-Bower has joined her.

From the BBC:

British actor Jamie Campbell-Bower has revealed he will play Volturi leader Caius in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

The 20-year-old, who has appeared in RockNRolla and Sweeney Todd, told the BBC news website that taking part in the vampire series was “very exciting”.

“You’re the first people I’ve told” he said. “Shooting has already started, and I’m going over in June.”

So the 20-year old is going to play the leader of a vampire clan? One that includes 15-year old Dakota Fanning? Man, I don’t know whether to run away if these guys come after me, or grab a stick and start yelling at them to “Get off my lawn!”

Oh who am I kidding. It’s definitely the latter.

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Peter Facinelli Talks New Moon

Peter Facinelli is just as excited about New Moon as we are!

"You've got a little bit of a love triangle going on in this one," Facinelli said earlier this week at the premiere of his new Showtime series, Nurse Jackie. "You've got werewolves, you've got vampires, CGI. Stir it up all together, you've got New Moon."

Facinelli also revealed to me at the MTV Movie Awards that New Moon director Chris Weitz seems to be really gettin' into the flick.

"I always tell him, 'You remind me of Dr. Cullen,' because he's very thoughtful and always thinking and always calming," he said. "If there's any chaos going on, you can look to him and it's all calm, so he really is Dr. Carlisle Cullen."

"He even started wearing scarves," Facinelli continued. "I was like, 'Hey, you're stealing my thing, man.' "

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Twilight New Moon Updates: Noot Seear is Heidi, Pattinson Interview

A couple of updates for you Twilighters out there, the first being the casting of Canadian supdermodel Noot Seear (pics below) as Heidi, a character described as a gorgeous “human bait” used by the vampires to lure victims to be fed on. Meanwhile, Robert Pattinson has said that “New Moon” will be extremely depressing. Hey, it is about vampires and teen angst, after all.

Noot Seear’s Heidi casting comes from E! Online, who says the beautiful Canadian product won the role over 90210’s AnnaLynne McCord. The Heidi character is described as “a ‘fisher’ who brings humans to the Volturi vampires to eat. She has ‘exceptional, unforgettable’ beauty, which includes stunning legs, long hair and violet eyes.”

Hey, if you gotta go, you mind as well go at the stunning long legs and violet eyes of Noot Seear, am I right?

Meanwhile, in an interview with Reuters, Robert Pattinson talks about “New Moon” and its depressing storyline:

“The book of ‘New Moon,’ the majority of it is incredibly depressing,” Pattinson told Reuters. “Obviously ‘Twilight’ was about finding first love and the difficulties of that, but ‘New Moon’ is really about loss and reconciliation, but the reconciliation isn’t completely full.”

“It’s a strange story to have for a market that, I guess, wants to see a love story,” he said.

“New Moon” is currently in production under director Chris Weitz. It’s scheduled for a November 2009 release.

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Eclipse Cast's Sinful Future and Playful Present!

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Last time we chatted with Robsten pals and Twilight costars Michael Welch and Christian Serratos at the MTV Movie Awards, they said the Bella-Edward onscreen action was "only going to get hotter." So, just how hot is that?

"I doubt it'll go R-rated," informed Christian, when we dished with her and Mike at the Mi-6 club opening in West Hollywood. "But I think everyone is going to get exactly what they want [in the sequels]."

Guess Chris can't read our quasi-perverted thoughts, cause it definitely steps into triple-X territory. Maybe we should pick up one of these to sooth our nerves?

Keep reading for more dish from the Eclipse cast (and some other famous faces who are making public guest appearances with the Twi-crew), plus which vamp-playing babe has got everyone running scared...

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Twilight New Moon Casts The Wolf Pack

In “New Moon”, the sequel to “Twilight”, a group of Native American Indians known collectively as The Wolf Pack take the side of the humans in their battle against the bloodsucking vampires. Well, the evil ones that want to romance your kids by sucking them dry, and not the kind that knocks on your door and asks her out to the prom, I mean. Yesterday, casting for said Wolf Pack was announced.

Summit Entertainment has already started shooting “New Moon”, but they’ve just announced the casting of the Wolf Pack to join Taylor Lautner’s Jacob Black: they are Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson Houseman.

In making the announcement, Summit would also like you to know that all five actors, who will be making their film debut with “New Moon” are all real Native Americans, with Sioux, Purepecha and Hualapai among the tribes represented in the fivesome. So there, don’t go complaining or nothing, you politically correct types out there.

“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” howls November 20.

Below: Have I mentioned how friggin’ huge Taylor Lautner has gotten? Holy taco.

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Rob and Kristen Still in Control!

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You may be seeing less and less Robsten lately, but those behind the Twilight scenes sure aren't. One of our very in-the-know sources dished to us that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are hardly being nonchalant about their feelings with each other.

"Everyone who wasn't directly involved in the whole situation obviously speculated about what was going on between them, but lately it's become clear to anyone who works with them—Rob and Kristen are very much together."

So how about their castmates? Are they behaving themselves and staying out of Robsten's way? Surely one name in particular comes to mind...

"Nikki Reed is out of the picture. She has been for a long time," sasses our Eclipse ears.

We've tried contacting Nikki's rep to see if all is still well in billionaire land with Paris Latsis, but have heard nada back. Was it something we said...or rather typed?

As for the rest of the cast, studio and crew, Rob and Kristen being together is still making people on the set just a tad nervous. No one likes to think about the "what if" possibility of Robsten going Splitsville. But everyone is going with it.

If Robsten continue to be low-key and maintains their privacy, we totally think this smooth-sailing relaysh will last. Don't you?

Oh, and as of now, Rob, Kristen and Taylor Lautner will be at the VMAs in person to present a new clip for New Moon—one with much more Rob in it, we're assured. Happy now, folks?

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First Look: Volturi Vamp It Up in New New Moon Pics

LIPSE, BREAKING DAWN, BELLA, EDWARD CULLEN, JACOB BLACK, STEPHANIE MEYER, KRISTEN STEWART, ROBERT PATTINSON, TAYLOR LAUTNER, NIKKI REED, DAKOTA FANNING, JANE, ALEC, ARO, CAIUS, MARCUSKimberly French/ Summit Entertainment

It was only a matter of time before new New Moon photos started to see the (twi)light of day.

And luckily for the breathlessly waiting Twi-hards, that time is now.

Feast your eyes (and any other body parts you wish) on the film's vicious, red-pupiled fresh meat, courtesy of a crop of new promotional photos released today by Summit.

Sure, they may be missing the Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner Twi-umvirate, but if you had vampires this badass staring you down, you'd probably mosey on out of frame, too.

Still, new photos of Dakota Fanning as the angel-faced Jane, Cameron Bright as her twin Alec, Michael Sheen as Volturi leader Aro, Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius and Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus—a group we only caught glimpses of in the film's official trailer—aren't such a bad way to enter the weekend.

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Twilight: Eclipse Gets Summer 2010 Release Date

“New Moon”, the second of the “Twilight” movies, is scheduled to go into production very soon with Chris Weitz directing for a November 2009 release, but Summit Entertainment has already announced a June 30, 2010 release date for the third movie in the franchise, “Eclipse”. This isn’t really a surprise, as the first “Twilight” has racked up an impressive $189 million in the U.S. alone, with $174 million in overseas duckets. And we’re not even talking DVD sales yet.

The original cast from the first movie returns for the sequel. Robert Pattinson as Edward, Kristen Stewart as Bella and Taylor Lautner as Jacob. It was touch and go there for young Taylor Lautner, but Summit has since confirmed that he would indeed return as Jacob.

According to Variety, the script for “New Moon” has already been completed by Melissa Rosenberg, who is already at work on “Eclipse” as I type this, which means yes, Twilighters, parts two and three will be coming very soon to a theater near you, and you won’t even have to wait that long for part 3 once “New Moon” opens in November later this year. Lucky dogs.

Below: “So you come here often? And of course by often I mean climb up the length of a giant tree with a vampire that’s trying not to suck you dry.”

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Breaking Dawn: What's Up With the Movie?!

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Breaking Dawn will be made into a movie!

While there's been no official announcement that all systems are go for a fourth Twilight flick, a rep for Summit Entertainment promises that Eclipse will not be the last we see of Robert Pattinson & company...

"The fans should rest assured the we're working with Stephenie Meyer to bring Breaking Dawn to the big screen," the rep said. "As in all creative processes, things take time. We want to make sure we get it right."

And as Twilight fans know, that probably means softening the more hard-core aspects of Breaking Dawn.

"Our fans are in the PG age range, and I don't feel a big necessity to see violence and to see gore," Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg told us in late April.

Gore or not, Kristen Stewart probably said it best when we chatted with her in March.

"We all really hope there is going to be a number four," she said at the time. "I'm pretty confident that the fans aren't going to...lose interest. The only case that a fourth one wouldn't be made is if all of a sudden people stopped caring, and I really don't think that's going to happen."

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Taylor Lautner Credits Power Ranger for Werewolf Role

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Most werewolves are born because of an unfortunate night in Transylvania, but that wasn't the case with 17-year-old Twilight hunk, Taylor Lautner, who points the finger at a childhood karate coach who also happened to have been a blue Power Ranger.

"At first, I wasn't interested," the Michigan native says. But by the end of the month, "I liked it." Of course, Lautner's talking about breaking into acting – not becoming an actual werewolf. He just plays the werewolf love interest of Kristen Stewart's Bella Swan in the upcoming films New Moon and Eclipse. But, in the October issue of Teen Vogue, the newest teen heartthrob recalls how his karate teacher convince him to go on auditions while he was training to become a martial-arts champ.

"Taking on roles that were the opposite of what I could be in real life? That's still my favorite thing," he says. Next on the wish list for the young star? He'd love to do a series of Bourne Identity-type movies, though for now he has to deal with 12 photographers' cars camped outside his family home near L.A.

"You can't ever get really used to it, because it's not normal to have people snapping pictures of everything you do," he says. "You just have to try not to let it affect you."

He adds of his shot to fame, "I think the fans would love anybody who played Jacob ... I'm just lucky to be the one who got the chance."

Lautner stays mum when it comes to the gossip surrounding costars Stewart and Robert Pattinson – or his own rumored relationship with Disney's Selena Gomez.

"She's a great girl," he says, evading further probing.

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Summit Confirms Chris Weitz as Twilight Sequel Director

What can I say: the Internet rocks. You want hard, fast news that might not necessarily be accurate? That’s the Internets for ya, baby! Okay, so most of our “news” turns out to be rumors or just downright inaccurate fan rumblings, but you know, we always say it first. That’s our story, and we’re sticking to it! So the latest “The Internet got it first, biotches!” is that Summit Entertainment has now confirmed Chris Weitz (”The Golden Compass”) as stepping in for Catherine Hardwicke to direct the sequel to “Twilight”, called “New Moon”. The story was broken by DeadlineHollywood early last week, and Summit has just now confirmed it this Saturday.

Via Summit Entertainment:

Los Angeles, CA, December 13, 2008 — Summit Entertainment announced today that filmmaker Chris Weitz has been hired to direct the second film in the studio’s TWILIGHT film franchise. The film, NEW MOON, is based on the second book in author Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster book series. The announcement was made by Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production.

Weitz, an Acadamy Award®-nominated writer, director and producer, has a proven track record working with a broad range of material dealing with youth-oriented characters, fantasy and action. As such, he has the potential to bring alive in NEW MOON the dimensions and depth that fans will demand in the next installment.

Feig stated, “We love Stephenie Meyer’s fantastic TWILIGHT series. Thinking long and hard about how to turn NEW MOON into the amazing movie we know it will be, and working with Stephenie Meyer to find the right candidate, we are thrilled to announce Chris Weitz as director of the film. Chris very much understands the world of NEW MOON and has the skill set required to bring the book to glorious life as a movie. We think he will be an excellent steward of Stephenie Meyer’s vision.”

“I am honored to have been entrusted with shepherding NEW MOON from the page to the screen,” said Weitz. “The extraordinary world that Stephenie has created has millions of fans, and it will be my duty to protect on their behalf the characters, themes and story they love. This is not a task to be taken lightly, and I will put every effort into realizing a beautiful film to stand alongside a beautiful book.”

Weitz previously penned ABOUT A BOY, which led to an Academy Award Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2002, and adapted and directed THE GOLDEN COMPASS (2007), which was nominated for two Academy Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Additionally, Weitz co-wrote the 1998 animated film ANTZ and went on to produce the major box office success AMERICAN PIE and executive produced the film’s two theatrical sequels. Weitz also produced IN GOOD COMPANY starring Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace and executive produced AMERICAN DREAMZ starring Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid and Mandy Moore.

In NEW MOON, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested. Production on NEW MOON is scheduled to begin in the coming months and the studio is planning to release the film towards the end of 2009 or early 2010.

Feig will oversee NEW MOON for the studio along with Summit Entertainment’s Director of Production Gillian Bohrer.

So there you have it, Twilighters. Your new director is the guy who directed “The Golden Compass” and “About a Boy”. I actually liked the latter; it was very funny, heart-warming, and endearing. Haven’t seen the former, though.

Below: Bella meets the family. Just don’t go over for dinner, Bella.

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Kristen Stewart: The Truth About Twilight, Rob Pattinson and the Fans

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Good news, fanggirls: Kristen Stewart says there will be a fourth Twilight movie. She can't imagine why there wouldn't be a big-screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn, the last novel in her young vampire series.

As we all know by now, Twilight was one of last year’s biggest hits, New Moon starts shooting any minute now, and the studio most recently announced they've officially started work on developing Eclipse.

"We all really hope there is going to be a number four," Stewart, 18, told me yesterday afternoon when we sat down to chat in a suite at L.A.'s Sofitel hotel. "I'm pretty confident that the fans aren’t going to all of a sudden lose interest. The only case that a fourth one wouldn’t be made is if all of a sudden people stopped caring, and I really don't think that's going to happen."

And that's not about to happen for Stewart, either. In fact, she'd like to set the record straight about critics who have come to attack her as some sort of Hollywood ingrate who doesn't think very highly of Twilight or its more dedicated—some would say obsessed—fan base.

"I love the fans," she insists. "I feel like I am one of the fans and any direct interaction I've ever had with them has been the most warm and pleasant and enthusiastic. If anything, it's the biggest driving force that could propel you to do something."

That doesn’t mean all the new attention—OK, hysteria—can't be overwhelming at times. But when she was recently quoted in a magazine as describing some of these experiences as "psychotic," some felt she was taking a dig at the fans. "It's not normal for me to be in a situation that Twilight puts you in," she explains. "It's not personally normal for me to see 5,000 screaming girls. But I'm not criticizing them for being 'crazy' about me. I’m sort of going, "Wow, this is just crazy!' "

Crazy too are the yet to be proven rumors that she and Robert Pattinson are more than just friends. "Rob and I are great friends," Stewart says. "But I understand why you would assume that when we lean on each other for support, there must be something more…And I'm not criticizing anyone for thinking it, either. If anything, they're really perceptive, because they can see a closeness." (Her longtime boyfriend, actor Michael Angarano, isn't fazed by the talk, either. "We laugh about it," Stewart says.)

When Stewart wasn’t at the Oscars last month, critics pounced again. Did she dislike Twilight so much that she wasn't willing to support it like Pattinson, who was a first-time presenter? Was she scared that the supposed secret romance between her and her costar would be too hard to hide if they appeared together on the same stage on Hollywood's biggest night?

Um, no! She had a very good reason for not being there—she wasn't asked. "If I was invited to the Oscars, I would be there in a nanosecond," she says. "If I got an invitation to the Oscars, I wouldn’t turn it down!"

Perhaps next year she and Pattinson could sing together at the Oscars? Late last month, the two engaged in some late-night karaoke while promoting Twilight in Tokyo. Stewart and Pattinson covered Elton John's "Your Song." "Rob could definitely do a musical," Stewart says.

Also belting out tunes were Hugh Jackman and director Baz Luhrmann, who were in Tokyo for the local premiere of Australia. When Stewart first arrived at the bar, Pattinson and Jackman were already engaged in a "really, really elaborate ABBA moment.” Later on, Luhrmann joined Pattinson at the mic. "It was really funny seeing Baz Luhrmann and Rob singing a David Bowie song," Stewart says. "It was a talky one so they both could sort of talk to each other, and they were riffing back and forth."

She adds with a laugh, "They were looking longingly into each other’s eyes."

As for Stewart, she starts rehearsals for New Moon next week, followed by about four months of filming in Vancouver and Italy with new director Chris Weitz. Then she's off to play Joan Jett in a biopic about her 1970s all-girl band, The Runaways. Stewart plans to do her own singing. "I don't see any reason not to," she says. "If it’s not going to be Joan, it's going to be me."

Her research included spending New Year’s Eve with Jett. "We were in a little city in Washington and she played through midnight," Stewart says. "And then we spent, like, hours into the morning talking."

On her plate right now are two upcoming indies. In the quirky and very sweet Adventureland, from Superbad director Greg Mottola, she's an angst-ridden coed spending her summer working at her hometown amusement park, where she finds herself torn between a married man (Ryan Reynolds) and a lovable nerd (Jesse Eisenberg). In first-time director Mary Stuart Masterson's The Cake Eaters, she's a high school student with a fatal neurological disorder who's trying to find love before it's too late.

"I get to do something that literally if I didn't get to do, I would implode," Stewart says of acting. "There's really no better position for me to be in right now in my life, and I am entirely grateful."

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Robert Pattinson Kristen Stewart Engaged?

According to Ok! Magazine, ‘Twilight’ costars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are engaged. Considering Kristen just recently came out with a statement refuting the claims of their relationship, I doubt this is true.

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Twilight 2 and 3, New Moon and Eclipse, to Film Back to Back?

Yes, says the Acting Auditions blog, which lists upcoming auditions for movies and TV shows. According to the blog, Summit Entertainment is planning to shoot not one, but two “Twilight” sequels back-to-back in order to save on the cost of production. The first sequel we already know will be based on the Stephenie Meyer book “New Moon”, and since “Eclipse” is the third book in the series, it would only make sense that it would be the third installment in the movie franchise. If true, this isn’t really much of a surprise. We already know that the “Twilight” stars got a huge pay raise (could that have been for both movies?), and shooting movies back-to-back makes sense from a financial standpoint.

Via Acting Auditions:

Summit Entertainment has started preparing the sequel New Moon, based on Stephenie Meyer’s second book in the series, and to contain costs, the studio is filming the third book, Eclipse, back to back using the same new director. On Sunday, December 7th, Summit Entertainment confirmed that Catherine Hardwicke will not direct the films New Moon or Eclipse. Filming begins on New Moon in March, 2009, and will continue right through completion of Eclipse.

The first sequel “New Moon” will introduce a love triangle into the ongoing romance of Bella and her vampire beau Edward in the form of a werewolf, while “Eclipse” forces werewolf boy and vampire boy to team up to protect Bella from yet another supernatural force. I’m guessing a lot of teen angst stuff and much meditations on love and what-have-you takes place in-between. Couldn’t they just sit down and watch MTV together? Isn’t that what kids do nowadays? Anyhoo.

As previously reported, “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke won’t be returning for the sequel(s), so Summit is currently looking for a new director. And actors, apparently. Head over to the blog if you think you got some acting chops. Or would make good vampire food.

Below: An apple a day keeps the vampire away.

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Twi-Screenwriter on Robsten: Leave Their Private Lives out of It!

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Just because Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are such a 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 onscreen with chemistry offscreen.

"I think people should just enjoy what's onscreen and leave their privates lives wherever they are," she continued. "I don't actually know what they are."

So what scoop did Ms. Rosenberg tell us about our fave vampire movies? Read on to find out…

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."

Eclipse's Riley (Xavier Samuel) will have a much bigger presence in the movie than he has in Stephenie Meyer's novel. "This is a character that's really interesting and I got a chance to flesh him out," Rosenberg said, adding, "It's going to be really interesting watching the relationship between Riley and Victoria [Bryce Dallas Howard] growing."

As for the next flick to be released, New Moon, she said, "There's a lot of things that go on in New Moon that expand on the book. The conflict at the end with the Volturi is an example. Building on them is going to be really intriguing for the fans."

Among the other guests at the EW/WIF bash was Twilight's original Victoria, Rachelle Lefevre, who is doing just fine since her dramarama with Summit Entertainment, thank you very much. "To be honest, I sort of feel like I have everything," the ginger beauty glowed. "I have an amazing boyfriend, I love my house, I'm wearing a great Jay Godfrey dress and I'm at an Emmy party."

And we can attest to the amazing boyfriend, The Tudors star Jamie Thomas King—well, at least what he looks like. We got a peek of him at the bash and he is quite the hottie.

Also seen mingling at the soiree, which took place at the Sunset Marquis Hotel, were Audrina Patridge, Sela Ward, AnnaLynne McCord, Shaun Sipos, new So You Think You Can Dance judge Adam Shankman, Andrea Bowen, Katie Cassidy, Johnny Galecki, John Leguizamo, and Sharon Stone, who made her way through the party on the arm of EW's managing editor Jess Cagle.

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Team Edward or Team Jacob? Time Is Running Out to Make Your Ultimate Fan Case

There may be 66 days left until New Moon hits theaters, but there are less than half that many days — a mere 31 left — to make your case for being Edward's or Jacob's "Ultimate Fan."

Up for the challenge? Prove your Edward/Jacob devotion by submitting a video (up to five-minutes long), short essay, art, photos, or any other form of creative expression. The submission deadline is October 19, 2009. U.S. residents only.

Get more details about our Ultimate Fan Search.

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Two Twilight New Moon Posters Make the Rounds

Summit Entertainment should rethink calling “New Moon”, the sequel to “Twilight” by the long-winded title of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”. That doesn’t exactly roll off the tongues. “Hey, mom, can you take me and Kathy to go see ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’? Pretty please?” I’m just saying. Anyways, in absence of actual “New Moon” news, here are a couple of fanmade posters for the movie that have surfaced.

Posters are via Cinematical, who have indeed confirmed that both posters were made by enthusiastic fans of the Stephenie Meyer young adult books. Still looks very good, though.

For those who haven’t read the book, here’s the plot of the sequel:

After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. However, a minor accident during the festivities results in Bella’s blood being shed, a sight that proves too intense for the Cullens, who decide to leave the town of Forks, Washington for Bella and Edward’s sake. Initially heartbroken, Bella finds a form of comfort in reckless living, as well as an even-closer friendship with Jacob Black. Danger in different forms awaits.

Plus, werewolves. I hear werewolves show up to do some damage in the sequel.

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Twilight’s Lovebirds Get $10 Million Pay Raise for New Moon

Coming hot on the heels of the announcement by Summit Entertainment that they are quickly moving ahead with the sequel to “Twilight”, to be based on the novel “New Moon”, comes this (probably very true) rumor that the franchise’s two stars, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, will be getting a nice fat pay raise for the upcoming sequel. Of course these are just “inside whispers”, but chances are, it’s true. You don’t open a $70 million dollar movie and not get a healthy pay raise. The first sequel to a blockbuster almost always does better than the original at the box office, since by the time the sequel is getting ready to come out, even those who didn’t see the first one in theaters will have heard all the raves about it and seen it on DVD, so the audience is all but guaranteed to double. See the “Matrix” and “Lord of the Rings”.

The news of an impending pay raise from Stewart and Pattinson’s reported $2 million each for the first movie to a very healthy $12 million each for “New Moon” comes courtesy of the Chicago Sun Times:

Also, sources say stars Robert Pattinson, 22, and Kristin Stewart, 18, will get huge salary boosts from the $2 million each earned for “Twilight” — reportedly $10 million more, per film, plus a nice percentage of the future movies’ box-office take.

The article also notes that “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke hasn’t been confirmed as coming back yet, and indeed, I don’t think it would matter. As long as you get the stars back, there’s no way the sequel won’t be a hit anyway regardless of who is behind the camera. And in any case, according to many of the reviews I’ve read, it’s not as if Hardwicke has been getting a whole lot of praise…

Below: “Pssst. Did you hear? $12 million for ‘New Moon’! Sha-sweet!”

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An Insider's Guide to Eclipse

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Pattinson and Stewart as Edward and Bella

There's never a dull moment for the Twilight cast, who headed to Vancouver Monday to begin pre-production for Eclipse, the third installment of Stephenie Meyer's hit vampire series.

Eclipse will have all of the tortured, mortal angst that Kristen Stewart's character, Bella Swan, goes through in Twilight and New Moon – but with more action, more blood, and yes, more Robert Pattinson.

The book picks up with Pattinson's character, Edward Cullen, and Bella reunited as a couple, while Jacob (Taylor Lautner) continues to vie for Bella's heart. But as Edward and Jacob compete for Bella's affections, the clans of vampires and werewolves unite over the common enemy: A set of murderous vampires (including the Volturi) who are on the hunt for Bella.

Here's what to expect on and off set in Vancouver as filming gets underway.

• New Faces on Set
With Rachelle Lefevre no longer portraying the blood-thirsty Victoria, Bryce Dallas Howard will step in to fill her role. Another new face is Australian actor Xavier Samuel, who plays a recruit in Victoria's army of vampires out for Bella's blood. Eclipse also provides meatier plotlines and more screen time for fan favorites Nikki Reed and Jackson Rathbone, who play Rosalie and Jasper Hale.

• Rob and Kristen Together
While their characters get engaged in the movie, Pattinson and Stewart have been spending more time together off set as well. Starting Aug. 6 in Los Angeles, the pair spent two nights in a row together, attending concerts at the Hotel Café and then mingling with pals at the Chateau Marmont. Word on the movie set is that "[Michael] Angarano and Kristen Stewart are completely broken up," a source tells PEOPLE. "Everyone is pretty convinced that the Pattinson and Stewart are hooking up."

• Fierce Fights!
The vampires and werewolves are training for more intense fight scenes. "In Eclipse there is an epic battle," screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg told Entertainment Tonight. "With every book, with every episode of the movie, it gets grander in scale." The actors are planning accordingly: In Vancouver, they've begun fight training and getting in shape for the demanding roles. Peter Facinelli joked that to prepare, "I re-read Eclipse, I read the script. And then I got on a treadmill."

• Cast Bonding
After arriving in Vancouver, Reed, Facinelli, Lautner, Howard, Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene and producer Wyck Godfrey all convened over dinner in a private room at CinCin Restaurant on Robson Street. "It's really enjoyable," Greene says of hanging with the cast. "We can just be open and honest." Other favorite hangouts include the Glowball Grill, where Pattinson likes the spaghetti and meatballs, and the Yaletown Brewery, where the male cast members have gone for after-work drinks.

• Final Film?
Eclipse is the last planned filmed adaptation of The Twilight Saga – for now. "I haven't heard anything about Breaking Dawn," Facinelli told Twilight Examiner on Aug. 3. "When we shot Twilight, no one knew if it was going to be a success or not, and we didn't know if we were going to shoot a second movie or not … If New Moon performs in the box office, and the fans come out, and Eclipse, then that's their way of saying they want more. I'm hoping when New Moon comes out they'll push the green button."

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Get Lost in Robert Pattinson & Taylor Lautner…Literally

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We always knew Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner were amazing, but we never thought they'd be so a-maize-ing!

The fine folks of Black Island Farms in Syracuse, Utah, have created a set of corn mazes featuring the New Moon hotties' heavenly likenesses.

For $10, you can get lost in their eyes for real!

After selecting Team Edward or Team Jacob to tackle and weaving in and out of the tall stalks, you won't discover the Tri-Wizard Cup or even a helpless Bella to save, but we can't imagine not finding a good laugh or two.

And here we thought South Dakota's Corn Palace was impressive.

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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's Low-Key Concert Night

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Before jetting off to Vancouver to begin filming Eclipse, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart got some downtime together and enjoyed a concert Thursday night and then again, Friday night, in Hollywood.

The Twilight stars snuck into Bobby Long's concert at Hotel Cafe about three songs into his set with Pattinson's close pal Marcus Foster (who wrote a song on the Twilight soundtrack) on Thursday. The group watched the performance from a curtained off area on the stage where there was sound equipment and a few bar stools.

"Robert was super low-key when he walked in," an onlooker tells PEOPLE, adding Stewart, 19, and Pattinson, 23, went unnoticed by fans the entire night. After Long, a friend of Pattinson's, finished his set, the group quickly exited the venue and jumped into a waiting cab.

The two headed out for a second night in a row Friday, this time catching Foster's show at Hotel Cafe.

"Kristen and Rob, just the two of them, came in and walked towards the curtained-off area on stage where they watched Marcus," says a source. "They seemd to go unnoticed."

Stewart and Pattinson later showed up together with a group of pals at the Chateau Marmont, and hung out well into the night.

While the two have remained tight-lipped on their relationship, the actors have spent time together off set – and are more than costars, according to a source.

"Word on the set of Twilight is that [Michael] Angarano, [Kristen's boyfriend], and she are completely broken up," a source tells PEOPLE. "While people don’t want to talk about it, everyone is pretty convinced that Pattinson and Stewart are hooking up."

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Robert Pattinson interview in UK Edition of “O.K!” Magazine

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In a recently published interview with the UK Edition of OK Magazine, Robert Pattinson talked about the ‘Twilight‘ phenomenon, his female fans, and his relationship with Kristen Stewart!! Check it out below!

Did you have any idea what you were in store for when you signed up for Twilight?

No way. I read the script and I barely even knew that they were books too. The only reason I went to the audition was to see Kristen, because I’d just seen Into The Wild.

Are you saying you had a little bit of a crush on her?
Of course! No, we are just very good friends.

But there have been a lot of rumours about you two…
I know – but honestly, we are just friends.

Do you have a girlfriend?
No, no. I am young, free and single.

What do you look for in a lady?
I like people being forward. Gosh, I don’t know. I like strong people, chiselled abs… I don’t know, I take what I can get!

You have a huge amount of female fans, are you ever scared by them?
I had no idea people could get so obsessed. But it’s not scary – it’s amazing. People just project their idea of my character on to me and they just seem to assume that I’m the same, when in reality I’m not.

How comfortable are you with all the idol-like attention?
It’s kind of weird, but I still haven’t really had time to reflect on it because I’ve been doing stuff to do with Twilight and my other movies.

I’m working constantly and I feel like I’m always surrounded by Twilight people – if not my work colleagues, then my fans. Right now it is fans – it’s a little bizarre if I’m honest.

What is the hardest part of being Edward Cullen?
Probably trying to be scary when you’re supposed to be looking pretty at the same time.

Does it worry you that you may always be cast as a heart-throb?
I’m so surprised things have worked out the way they have, I just keep thinking the whole time, I don’t really have the right personality to fit in to that kind of role.

If you could live forever, like Edward Cullen, what would you do?
Probably learn to speak French. Or I might spend three weeks straight with no sleep learning the piano. You’d get really good at stuff because you would have time to do everything.

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Twilight's Justin Chon: Dark Eclipse, Tighter Security

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Get ready for darkness.

Twilight star Justin Chon tells me that director David Slade's Eclipse isn't exactly taking his lead from Catherine Hardwicke or Chris Weitz.

"He's done pretty dark films, so that's where I see [Eclipse] really gravitating toward—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."

How so? Read on for more...

"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." (Chon plays Bella's classmate Eric.) "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."

Even so, Pattz is dealing with the attention well. "It takes him a lot more time to get in and out of places," Chon said. "But he doesn't get angry. He's handling things great."

BAFTA's soiree wasn't the only bash in town toasting the television industry's biggest night. Saturday Night Live pooh-bah Lorne Michaels was honored last night at a star-studded party thrown by 42 Below vodka. Among the guests at the Sunset Tower Hotel soiree were Jon Hamm, Hugh Laurie, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Andy Samberg, Jane Krakowski and Kristen Wiig.

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