Cancel that manicure and call off date night because you've got an appointment with Edward Cullen on March 20. At the stroke of 12:01 a.m., the "New Moon" two-disc special edition DVD and special edition Blu-Ray will hit store shelves. And you can bet your sweet Volvo they're full of juicy extras.
Along with the fantastic film, fans can expect a six-part, behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the creation of the film, rehearsal footage from Muse, three music videos from Death Cab for Cutie, Anya Marina and Mute Math, as well as audio commentary by director Chris Weitz and editor Peter Lambert. But where, oh where, is the commentary track with Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner that Chris promised back in the day?
Perhaps that, along with the 20 minutes of deleted scenes, are among the "And more!" that the Summit press release touts. Count Hollywood Crush among the sorely disappointed if RPattz's self-depricating humor isn't included on the disc.
The DVD will retail for $32.99 and the Blu-Ray for $34.99. Both will go on pre-sale January 26.
Even though it does not hit theaters until November 2010 - we have a teaser trailer! What's up with that Summit - Eclipse is out in 167 days!!!! NOTHING YET!!!!
New 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Trailer Released; National Weather Service Reports Category 5 Geek-Gasm (VIDEO)
Been suffering from Harry Potter withdrawal since Half-Blood Prince's release last year?
Fear not; though the next installment of the saga won't hit the big screen until November, here's a taste of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1, via a newly released trailer. Feast your eyes below, as Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson wizard all over the place. We recommend two viewings a day until the withdrawal symptoms subside:
CELEBUZZ will not let you embed the video or the picture but you can follow the link below to see the new teaser trailer!
How do you get a gazillion young people to help earthquake-devastated Haiti?
Have Robert Pattinson talk to them.
As you may have already heard, George Clooney is heading up a telethon on Jan. 22 to raise disaster relief funds for the Caribbean nation.
Pattinson, I'm told, is on the top of everyone's list to take part in what will likely be an A-list effort…
Organizers, a source reveals, are aiming high and will be asking for Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner to take part.
It's too early to say what—if anything—the world's most famous vampire movie stars will do, but a source close to Stewart tells me, "She'd jump at the chance to do something to help."
That something may have to be pretaped. Stewart is scheduled to be traveling to the Sundance Film Festival at the time of the telethon to promote Welcome to the Rileys and The Runaways.
Clooney first told Roger Friedman at the Hollywood Reporter that the telethon would take place on MTV. But as of this afternoon, I'm happy to report ABC, NBC, HBO and CNN have agreed to air it, too.
(CNN) -- Appeals for aid quickly flooded out to the international community on Tuesday after a major earthquake struck Haiti, the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation.
"I'm calling on all friends of Haiti and people who are listening to me to please come to our aid," said Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the U.S. told CNN's Wolf Blitzer by telephone.
The magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday, knocking down buildings and inflicting a new catastrophe on the impoverished Caribbean nation, its ambassador to the United States said.
The quake struck about 15 km (10 miles) southwest of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince shortly before 5 p.m. Joseph said he had little information about the extent of damage from the quake, but one government official -- the only one he was able to reach -- told him houses had crumbled "on the right side of the street and the left side of the street."
Impact Your World: How you can help
"Today as Haiti is going through the worst day in its history I am calling for all others who got help from us in the beginning to help in support," Joseph said. "The only thing I can do now is pray and hope for the best."
Cuba felt quake Singer Wyclef Jean, nephew of ambassador Joseph, stressed the need for help for what is considered the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
"We're going to need immediate aid," Jean told Blitzer on CNN. "We're going to need the United States and the international community to react immediately." He founded Yele Haiti, whose community service programs include food distribution and emergency relief.
In Washington U.S. President Barack Obama said the government would "stand ready to assist the people of Haiti."
At the Pentagon, the U.S. military said humanitarian aid was being prepared for shipping, but it was not yet clear where or how it would be sent. A U.S. aviation source said the control tower at the Port-au-Prince international airport collapsed, possibly hindering efforts to fly relief supplies into the country.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters that Washington is offering "our full assistance" to Haiti. "And our prayers are with the people who have suffered, their families and their loved ones," she said. The deputy chief of the U.S. mission in Haiti, David Lindwall, told Clinton that he saw "significant damage" from the quake and said U.S. officials there expect "serious loss of life," Crowley said.
And Clinton's husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton -- now the U.N. special envoy for Haiti -- said the world body was "committed to do whatever we can to assist the people of Haiti in their relief, rebuilding and recovery efforts."
Haiti's government is backed by a U.N. peacekeeping mission established after the ouster of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004.
The United States has been heavily involved in Haiti commercially, politically and militarily for most of the last century. U.S. intervention under Clinton restored Aristide to power in 1994 after a 1991 coup, and a U.S. jet hustled him out of the country again in 2004 following a rapidly spreading uprising against his government.
With people stripping the trees for fuel and to clear land for agriculture, the mountainous countryside has been heavily deforested. That has led to severe erosion and left Haitians vulnerable to massive landslides when heavy rains fall.
Roads in Haiti were unsafe to travel on because of a lack of lighting and because many buildings along transportation routes had collapsed or were not deemed safe, said Ian Rodgers of the relief organization Save the Children.
"What I can hear is very distressed people," Rogers said. "There is a lot of distress and wailing of people trying to find loved ones."
A representative for the aid group Catholic Relief Services in Haiti described the situation in the nation as "a total disaster," said Robyn Fieser, regional information officer for the group.
Haiti's dense population will increase the risk to its people, Jean said. The nation's need for aid will range from water and food to medical and building supplies.
"This is the worst devastation that we as Haitian people have faced," he said.
Hurricane Gordon killed more than 1,000 people in 1994, while Hurricane Georges killed more than 400 and destroyed the majority of the country's crops in 1998. And in 2004, Hurricane Jeanne killed more than 3,000 people even as it passed north of Haiti, with most of the deaths in the northwestern city of Gonaives.
Gonaives was hit heavily again in 2008 when four tropical systems passed through.
According to the U.N. Office for the Special Envoy for Haiti, unemployment reaches 70 percent nationally, and 78 percent of Haitians live on less than $2 a day.
LOL gotta love this response, whether it holds water or not! HMMMMM did Summit really call Ted's office and leave a nasty gram? Would have loved to been a fly on the wall to hear that voice mail!!!!!
OK - and have things changed????? Who's telling the truth and who's playing hard ball - Guess we will have to wait and see! ANYWHOOOOOOO here is Ted's responde to Stephenie Meyer's rebuttal to his article from yesterday stating that Meyer is the holdup between Summit officially announcing Breaking Dawn - sit back and enjoy!!!!!
Stephenie Meyer on Breaking Dawn Drama: "There Is No Drama"
We always know something big went down in Twi-land overnight when we wake up to hundreds of frantic tweets and emails.
It seems the media-shy Stephenie Meyer had some choice words regarding yesterday's Breaking Dawn update, in which we reported she and Summit can't decide on how to film the fourth Twilight book.
Here's what Meyer posted:
"Just a quick note on the subject of the Breaking Dawn film: there is no drama over whether the book should be one movie or two. My personal feeling is that it would be very difficult to cram the whole story into one movie (as I've said in many interviews previous to this), but if a great way of doing that surfaces, I'm all for it. Two or one, whichever way fits the story best is fine by me, and everyone I've spoken with at Summit seems to feel the same way. We're all excited to move forward on this, and we are slowly and surely getting there. I know people are anxious for news, and so sometimes gossip get fabricated to stir things up, but there's no basis to this particular story."
Clearly our item hit some kind of nerve! First there was the not-so-happy voicemail left on my answering machine by Summit, and now the usually silent Twilight author weighing in on the story.
We never said there was an all-out bitter feud between Meyer and Summit. Just that we know for a fact that behind-the-scenes talks are a bit pricklier than she's letting on.
Summit wants two movies, we're told, and they are trying to persuade Meyer in the peachiest way possible that it's the best thing to do, creatively. So if Steph feels one movie would be too cramped, we wonder what the holdup is? Like we said—ball is in her court. If she wanted B.D. to be two movies, she would get two movies like that.
It seems obvious to us, then, that S.M. and Summit haven't agreed on certain terms that would come with splitting up Breaking Dawn. Is it wishful thinking to hope that after New Moon Stephenie wants a better script writer or something? If that's the case, consider us Team Meyer all the way.
Amanda Bell over at Twi Examiner brought the following information to our attention this morning concerning Stephenie Meyer's stance on whether 'Breaking Dawn' should be made as one or two movies. I knew I wasn't crazy, that I had seen more than 1 interview whereby Stephenie stated that she felt to do the book justice 'Breaking Dawn' should be made into 2 movies. She even stated in the one interview that she knew exactly where the first movie should end and the second pick up.
When I saw the article hit Twitter yesterday morning (Mon. Jan. 11, 2010) from Ted Cassablanca over @theawfultruth - stating that it was Stephenie Meyer herself that was holding up the official announcement of 'Breaking Dawn' I immeditately responded to Ted with a THIS IS BS statement! Well, not long after that the article from the LA Times hits Twitter with the interview with Wyck Godfrey concerning Chris Weitz "PROBABLY" not returning to Direct the final installment of 'The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn', whether it be 1 or 2 films. I MUST SAY - if this remains to be true, I am definitely saddened by this news! I think Chris's compassion to the story itself is going to be very hard to replace! (MY HONEST OPINION) - So I began to wonder - what in the heck is going on here? Within a short span of time we have 2 breaking stories coming out of LA concerning 'Breaking Dawn', where is this coming from? Can this information all be true? Seems to me - and this is purely conjecture here - no hard evidence to support - Summit could be behind all of this! They are definitely being pressured by the fans, (YES I RAISE MY HAND GUILTY), daily to "OFFICIALLY" announce Breaking Dawn. After all, TPTB did say in interviews that it would be up to the fans response to New Moon as to how they would proceed with 'Breaking Dawn', WELL Summit, I think you have your answer! But they know we the fans are screaming for information on 'Breaking Dawn' and for whatever reason negotiations are moving along slowly on this venture. So, could Summit have leaked information to try and force all involved to speed up the pace a bit? Sounds logical to me - happens all the time! TRUST ME!
NOW back to the initial reason for this post! Stephenie Meyer has made the following statment over at her Web site:
"January 12, 2010
Just a quick note on the subject of the Breaking Dawn film: there is no drama over whether the book should be one movie or two. My personal feeling is that it would be very difficult to cram the whole story into one movie (as I've said in many interviews previous to this), but if a great way of doing that surfaces, I'm all for it. Two or one, whichever way fits the story best is fine by me, and everyone I've spoken with at Summit seems to feel the same way. We're all excited to move forward on this, and we are slowly and surely getting there. I know people are anxious for news, and so sometimes gossip get fabricated to stir things up, but there's no basis to this particular story. Steph"
So there you go Twi Fans - the Queen herself has spoken, and I for one am glad -that I wasn't totally crazy! I knew I had read and watched those interviews!!!!
Hollywoodcrush has already brought you the first trailer of Kristen Stewart's latest (but earlier filmed), "The Yellow Handkerchief," and now they're bringing you some exclusive material in the form of a new clip and new stills from the film.
Though the movie follows two love stories, this clip focuses on that between Martine (Kristen) and Gordy, played by Eddie Redmayne. In it, Gordy shows Martine his science project, though both she (and us) aren't quite sure how the book pertains to science. After some flirting, one thing leads to another, and we'll let you watch the clip (after the jump!) to see where things go from there.
From what we can gather in the scene, Kristen's Martine falls somewhere closer to her role of Tracy in "Into the Wild" than Bella in "The Twilight Saga" with a free-spirit attitude and penchant for love. Fortunately, as can be seen in both of the above stills, Kristen is wearing a headband through much of the film, which should cut down on her tendency to run her hands through her hair.
"The Yellow Handkerchief" was completed several years ago (it appeared at Sundance in 2008) and is only getting studio release now, and seems to be standard Kristen Stewart indie fare. There is nothing wrong with that, as her films tend to be pretty good, but I'm also interested in seeing her performance in "Welcome to the Rileys" to see her really stretch herself acting.
We Are Movie Geeks certainly think Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning look the parts of Joan Jett and Cherie Currie! See what they have to say in their Sundance Review of 'The Runaways'.
Sundance 2010 Preview: THE RUNAWAYS
THE RUNAWAYS brings us a child actor all grown up, and a teenage actor all grown up in Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart. I didn’t think I would be really impressed with Dakota Fanning once her cute little child acting wore off, but after seeing her in PUSH I was quite impressed. Lets not even get started on my love affair with Kristen Stewart…even in TWILIGHT, but especially in ADVENTURELAND. How they will do playing rock legends Cherie Currie and Joan Jett have yet to be seen… they look the part, and I have a feeling its going to kick some major ass.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:
Of all the bands to come out of the 1970s Los Angeles music scene, The Runaways are by far the most uniquely fascinating. This is partially due to their music but more so to the fact that they were teenage girls whose wild and reckless lifestyle was the stuff of legend.
Focusing on the duo of guitarist/vocalist Joan Jett and lead vocalist Cherie Currie as they navigate a rocky road of touring and record-label woes, the film chronicles the band’s formation as well as their meteoric rise under the malevolent eye of an abusive manager.
It's hard to put into words just how jacked up we were for the sequel to the first "Twilight" movie. We obsessed over the various trailers for the vampire-vs.-werewolf flick, dissected every frame, and asked Twi-Hards what they thought. We would not let it go when it came to searching for definitive proof that Robsten (stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart) were indeed an item, and then we got all distracted by the many, many, many shirtless photos of new breakout hunk Taylor Lautner.
And that's all before the movie actually hit screens in November and smashed records with a $142 million opening weekend. And, of course, we're going to do it all over again this year in the ramp-up to "Eclipse."
Wins Best Picture, Director, Actor from National Society of Film Critics
(CBS) "The Hurt Locker" swept the awards bestowed by the National Society of Film Critics today.
The Iraq war drama about a bomb disarmament crew took honors for Best Picture, Best Director Kathryn Bigelow and Best Actor Jeremy Renner.
French actress Yolande Moreau was named Best Actress for her portrayal of French artist Seraphine de Senlis in "Seraphine."
Mo'Nique was named Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the abusive mother in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."
The NSFC diverged slightly from other critics groups who have given Best Supporting Actor honors to Christoph Waltz for the Quentin Tarantino film "Inglourious Basterds." Instead, they split their award between Waltz and Paul Schneider in the Jane Campion romance "Bright Star."
The Best Screenplay award was given to Joel and Ethan Coen for "A Serious Man."
"The Beaches of Agnes" by veteran filmmakers Agnes Varda was named Best Nonfiction Film.
Olivier Assayas' "Summer Hours" was named Best Foreign Language Film.
The critics' technical awards were granted to "The White Ribbon" for Christian Berger's black-and-white cinematography, and - in what may be a first - the production design honors were won by Nelson Lowry for the stop-motion animated film "Fantastic Mr. Fox."
The National Society of Film Critics is comprised of members from media outlets in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. Their choices have rarely paralleled those of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts& Sciences. (Last year the group named the Israeli animated documentary "Waltz With Bashir" as Best Film, while the Oscar went to "Slumdog Millionaire.")
However, "Hurt Locker" has so far won Best Picture honors from critics' groups in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington and Austin, and is nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Film (Drama).
Avatar, Paranormal Activity, Twilight and The Dark Knight close out the list.
It has been a great decade for the exhibition industry. Box office numbers don’t lie: the movie business is alive and well. 2009 will reach the $10 billion milestone–a first for the industry.
We are headed into a brave new world full of digital screens, immersive 3D flicks and compelling new projects from talented filmmakers. These are exciting times.
Many films that embody the future of filmmaking were released this decade. BOXOFFICE looks at the most influential … for better or worse. These are the movies that broke box office records, started (or ended) trends, invigorated tried-and-true genres and even changed the way films are released to the public.
The new decade will be a challenge to the exhibition industry as our audience is baited by even more diverse media options. But there’s no need to worry. As long as films stay this ambitious and interesting, people will always show up to the movie theater.
2008: Twilight
A new (undead) franchise was born in November 2008 when it stunned box office prognosticators by opening in first place against Bolt, Quantum of Solace and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Twilight ended its domestic run with more than $190 million in the bank and another $160 million internationally—and more importantly, a craze that hit Hollywood with more force than teen classics like The Breakfast Club. (You can even buy hand-painted Bella and Edward shoes.) The premise is so simple that writers across the world slapped their foreheads and groaned, “I wish I had thought of that.” An awkward teenage girl falls in love with a mysterious guy crushed on by every single girl at school. The good news is that the feelings are mutual. The bad news is that he’s a vampire who has to constantly restrain himself from sucking her blood. While teenage girls melted over the budding romance, their moms picked up on the abstinence undertones, assuaged that their daughters were mooning over a romance scripted by a married Mormon.
At the center of the storm are stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, both off the radar just 15 months ago and now front page news on every weekly tabloid where their “are they or aren’t they?” romance has been breathlessly analyzed with a fever heretofore reserved for A-listers like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It’s heartening advice for other burgeoning studios like Summit: why spend money for an established star when you can spend it establishing new ones (with contracts for sequels already signed). But if Twilight’s success seems easily duplicated, 2009 saw a legion of imitators trying to capitalize on the teen horror-romance, and it’s likely that nearly all of these would-be franchises will stall out after their first installment. Yet Twilight’s sequel New Moon opened to more during its first day of release than Twilight did during its entire opening weekend—and it has easily surpassed Twilight's cume. The third film, Eclipse, is one of the surest hits of July 2010, but even if it’s blotted out by the summer blockbuster sun, the franchise has left a lasting bite mark. — Phil Contrino
The movies & shakers of 2010: Our film critic Mark Adams on what's big in the year ahead
July: Four hotly-anticipated sequels go head to head. Teen heartthrob Robert Pattinson's vampire in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is up against Shrek Forever After, Meet The Parents follow-up Little Fockers and Toy Story 3D as the toys seek a home after being binned. October: Expect more shock and gore in Saw VII.
It may have happened in November, but if you listen closely, you can still hear the collective squee from Twi-hards upon seeing Robsten finally, FINALLY, holding hands out in the open as they prepared to board a plane in Paris.
E! Online readers voted this the most memorable photo of 2009.
2. Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart
Whoever coined the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words" may want to rethink that number—at least when it comes to this particular photo from the New Moon set in Italy that had fans feverishly blogging, texting and talking incessantly. But really, can you blame them
For the rest of the 2009 Most Memorable Photos check out: E! Online
"Though Rob looks appropriately hipsterish in his flannel and dark denim, we can't help but prefer him in his Edward Cullen blues." Oh how I so agree with this statement! But on with the rest of the story.........
If the "Eclipse" still we debuted earlier today didn't fully satiate your Robert Pattinson cravings (we'd already seen the pic in People, after all), then we've got another dish for you to try. Summit has just released a new still from Rob's other upcoming project "Remember Me."
In the film, Rob plays melancholy college student Tyler who's grieving after a family tragedy. He finds refuge in fellow co-ed Ally (played by "Lost" star Emilie de Ravin), who he begins a romance with. Pictured here, Rob appears to be reading over journal entries or perhaps some poetry in his New York apartment. After rewatching the trailer, this still seems to be taken from a scene when Tyler's roommate bursts into his room to first tell him about Ally (fast-forward to the 1-minute mark to see if you agree). Though Rob looks appropriately hipsterish in his flannel and dark denim, we can't help but prefer him in his Edward Cullen blues.
People Who Mattered: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart of Twilight
It's been at least a decade since we had a pair of authentic, shriek-inducing, catch-me-when-I-faint teen idols on our hands. But suddenly, OMG, they're back. What makes the stars of the Twilight series so idolizable? It's partly that ineffable combination of dirtiness and innocence: they're sexy, but they're not sexual. They're also not generically beautiful. God knows they're hot enough, but they look interesting too. Intelligent. Slightly askew. You don't just want to look at them or sleep with them; you want to talk to them. Like the vampire Pattinson plays onscreen, you can see that once upon a time they were merely human, just like us.
In 2009, all eyes were on RPattz. Despite only releasing one movie, there were few people whose face sold more magazines, whose every word made more of a ripple and whose public appearances caused such a stir. Under such pressure, a lot of 23-year-old actors would end up getting into trouble, indulging to the point of excess and disappointing their fans. But somehow, the uniquely suited-for-stardom Robert Pattinson took it all with a good-natured grin and self-deprecating charm. In "Twilight" and beyond, his future seems so bright that he'll likely be sparkling for quite some time.
2009 Highlights: We all know Rob had a busy 2009, and everybody had their own thoughts on what he should do after "Twilight." Few saw his first move coming, however, as he dropped out of the indie flick "Parts Per Billion," leaving producer/star Rosario Dawson sad but promising the show would go on. In February, he showed up at the Oscars and stole attention away from stars as big as Brad and Angelina. Despite expressing fears that he might become "Twilighted out" while shooting "New Moon" and "Eclipse" back-to-back, he nevertheless got back to work as Edward Cullen.
At the MTV Movie Awards, Rob unveiled a new trailer from "New Moon," Kristen Stewart left him longing for a cold shower, and he cracked up watching KStew fumble her trophy. During an exclusive interview, he promised that "New Moon" would look "amazing." Rob later returned for the Video Music Awards alongside Kristen and Taylor Lautner and helped raise eyebrows with their fashionable duds.
Despite rumors that his reduced screen presence in "New Moon" would keep him away, Rob made a surprise appearance at San Diego's Comic-Con to show off footage from the movie, reflect on a hallucinating Bella and hang out with the geeks. Things sure were a lot different than they were a year ago — even if Rob insisted he's stayed the same.
In the midst of all the hype, rumors and insanity, Rob actually managed to make movement on some non-"Twilight" movies in 2009. His romantic drama "Remember Me," opposite Emilie de Ravin, had a memorable time shooting in New York, which appears to have left him brooding after that time he was almost killed by a taxi — or barely grazed, depending on whom you ask. He also signed on to "Unbound Captives," a western co-starring Rachel Weisz that offered Rob the chance to play a character who "can't really be more different from Edward." He also signed on to "Bel Ami," a film that pits him opposite Uma Thurman as a "totally immoral character."
A Look Back On Robert Pattinson's 2009
But all that paled in comparison to when he hit the "New Moon" premiere, looking fashionable as he greeted the fans and talked about the good and bad parts of being, well, him. Fans freaked out when he hit the Hot Topic tour opening night, and in a very revealing Rough Cut with MTV News, he spoke about his lack of endorsement deals, why "New Moon" is his favorite "Twilight" book, what he loves about Kristen and Edward's annoying habit of parking his Volvo across multiple parking spaces.
To make a long story short, "New Moon" had a record-shattering opening and became one of the biggest films of 2009. Now, with Taylor Lautner hosting "Saturday Night Live," we continue to hope that RPattz can't be far behind — so let the guy write a sketch already! Edward might be a jerk, but of all the dudes who hang out in our office on a regular basis, Rob will always remain our favorite seasonal vegetable.
We'll be rolling out our list of the Top 9 Men and Women of 2009 two per day until Friday, when we unveil MTV News' Man and Woman of the year! As always, we also want to know what you think, so weigh in with comments below, or upload them to Your.MTV.com!
