New Moon Director, Chris Weitz Joins Twitter!

Follow @ChrisWeitz for what I'm sure will be a very funny feed - his interviews and commentary for New Moon crack me up :)

- Lorabell

Stevie Nicks - Yup, from Fleetwood Mac - Writes New Moon Inspired Song... Mind. Blown.

Crazy and Cool just got that much better!

Rock ‘n Roll’s reigning queen Stevie Nicks will be releasing her highly anticipated new CD “In Your Dreams” on May 3rd, it was announced today by Reprise Records. This will be Nicks’ first CD of new material since the release of her Grammy nominated “Trouble in Shangri-La” ten years ago. “In Your Dreams” was written and recorded at Nicks’ Los Angeles home and is co-produced by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard. Nicks and Stewart co-wrote seven of the album’s thirteen songs.

“I had written a song in Brisbane, Australia when I was on tour with Fleetwood Mac in 2009 called ‘Moonlight — A Vampire’s Dream’ which was inspired by the ‘New Moon’ film. When I finished writing that song, which came together really quickly, I knew the time was right to start recording. We had a core group of five people who were at the heart of the creation of ‘In Your Dreams.’ Dave and myself, my longtime friend and musical director, Waddy Wachtel, and my girls, Sharon Celani and Lori Nicks. It was a perfect blend,” commented Nicks.

I'm hoping Stevie is reading The Host - her songs for that would be incredible!

Read in full at Twilight Lexicon

- Lorabell

Win a Signed New Moon Red Cloak for the Special Olympics!

Want to own a piece of New Moon collectors memorabilia? You can win your very own red cloak worn during filming in Montepulciano - and BONUS, all proceeds go towards the Special Olympics!

Although the description doesn't specify whether any principle character wore the costume, it is signed by many of the cast:

Here's your chance to own a one-of-a-kind red cloak worn in the Twilight: New Moon movie and signed by nine of the movie's leading actors.

The 5-foot, wool cloak has been autographed by Twilight stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Peter Facinelli, Michael Welch, Chaske Spencer and Alex Meraz. It was worn during the shooting of the San Marco's day Festival in Volterra, Italy.

The cloak comes with an authentication letter from Summit Entertainment -- providing absolute assurance of authenticity. Summit Entertainment donated the cloak, and proceeds from the auction will benefit the 13,000 athletes of Special Olympics Southern California.

Special Olympics Southern California
All proceeds from the auction will help provide free year-round sports training and competition for the 13,000 athletes of Special Olympics Southern California. Participation in Special Olympics empowers people with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of the community. Summit Entertainment is a sponsor of Special Olympics Southern California, and we appreciate their support! To learn more about how you can get involved with Special Olympics, visit www.sosc.org.

Bid over at EBAY!

- Lorabell

NEW New Moon HQ Stills

Click for HQ

Wow, New Moon almost seems so long ago - loving these new HQ stills though - I'm all about the detail :)

Via source

- Lorabel *zoom and zoom*

Twi Teen Choice Award Nominations...

Aw, check out the old school pic - say "Vampire"!

And the nominations are:

Actor Fantasy: Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Actor Fantasy: Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Movie Fantasy: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Movie Drama: Remember Me

Movie Drama: The Runaways

Actor Drama: Robert Pattinson – Remember Me

Actress Drama: Kristen Stewart – The Runaways

Actress Drama: Dakota Fanning – The Runaways

Romantic Comedy: Valentine’s Day

Movie Horror/Thrillers: Nightmare on Elm Street - Kellan Lutz

Villain: Rachelle Lefevre as “Victoria”- New Moon

The show airs on Fox, August 9th at 8pm EST / 5 PST / 1am GMT - come on live stream *fingers crossed*

Vote at Teen Choice Awards - especially for Rachelle because it was be E-PIC if she won!

- Lorabell

P.s. Kristen didn't get nominated for Fantasy Actress? Ouch! That's a first for the saga...

Tickets for Triple Twilight Triolgy Screenings!

Oooooh, I want!

Who's going with me?!

Buying over at Fandango

Via TwiAddicted

Twilight MTV Movie Award Voting Guide...

BEST MOVIE

Alice In Wonderland

Avatar

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Hangover

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

Amanda Seyfried – Dear John

Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Zoe Saldana – Avatar

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

Channing Tatum – Dear John

Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Zac Efron – 17 Again

BEST BREAKOUT STAR

Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air

Chris Pine – Star Trek

Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Logan Lerman – Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Quinton Aaron – The Blind Side

Zach Galifianakis – The Hangover

BEST KISS

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning – The Runaways

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds – The Proposal

Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner – Valentine’s Day

Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington – Avatar

GLOBAL SUPERSTAR (New Category)

Robert Pattinson

Kristen Stewart

Taylor Lautner

Johnny Depp

Daniel Radcliffe

As much as I would reeeaaally love Kristen and Dakota to take Best Kiss (come on, that'd be epic!) I am curious as to whether Kristen and Rob would make good on the tease from last year!

The MTV Movie Awards air on June 6th, 9PM EST, 6pm PST, 2am GMT - vote at MTV!

- Lorabell

Did I just spot an epic New Moon goof?

Nom nom nom - I don't share my dinner, Edward - outside of her right arm bite...

You're welcome, Kristen for the random still (you know I heart you!) - outside of her right arm bite...

Ah ha! Click and zoom... inside of her right arm bite!

So, I was having a New Moon watch-a-long with TK (say "Hi" in the comments, TK) as you do and realized... Bella's fricking scar is on the wrong fricking side or her emmer effing arm *face palm*

What goofs did you spot?

Pics via EverGlow

- Lorabell ;)

Vote Twilight (and friends) for the MTV Movie Awards

-BEST KISS:

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in ‘New Moon’

Robert Pattinson and Emilie De Ravin in 'Remember Me'

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning in 'The Runaways' <--- um, awesome much?!

-BEST FEMALE BREAKOUT STAR:

Anna Kendrick for ‘Up in the Air’

-BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Kristen Stewart for ‘New Moon’

Kristen Stewart in 'The Runaways'

Dakota Fanning in 'The Runaways'

-BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Robert Pattinson for ‘New Moon’

Robert Pattinson for ‘Remember Me’

Taylor Lautner for ‘New Moon’

-GLOBAL SUPERSTAR:

Kristen Stewart

Robert Pattinson

Taylor Lautner

-BEST MOVIE:
‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’
'The Runaways'

Go to MTV to vote for the nominations!

Thanks Irene :)

P.s. I might get a HALE load of slack for it, but I think it would be EPIC if Kristen and Dakota won Best Kiss - come on!

Update: GOOD POINT, Irene - can you IMAGINE a follow-up of last year's NON-kiss?! Ooooh!

Holy HALE HQ NM Screen Caps, Batman!

Click for DVD dreams...

Go HERE for HQ NM epicness

Thanks Marie Swan

- Lorabell

The Weitzmiester's 5 Things in NM you probably didn't know...

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

MTV sat down with Chris to reveal some NM deets:

Going for the Gold: In "Twilight," RPattz and the rest of his vegetarian vampire cohorts have gold-colored eyes as a result of abstaining from consuming human blood. For "New Moon," the vamps' eyes were clearly more golden. Why'd Weitz have his actors switch to brighter contact lenses?

"It's a more noticeable gold," Weitz said. "I thought that in the first film they hadn't popped quite enough and I wanted to have that sense of otherworldliness carry through more."

The Silent Vampire: Actress Rachelle Lefevre was notoriously replaced in her role as the vampire Victoria following "New Moon," with Bryce Dallas Howard taking over the part for "Eclipse." In "New Moon," Lefevre is seen but does not speak. Is there a connection between her lack of lines and what happened with the casting decision?

"It wasn't so much that," Weitz said. "There was a dialogue scene with her, and eventually that will show up whenever they release deleted scenes. It was one of those scenes that, when you look back at it, it's kind of a surplus to the whole storytelling requirement of the movie. So there was no ill intent there. I wrote Rachelle and explained why that scene didn't end up in the film, and in terms of filmmaking I can't regret it, although I do regret it very much if it hurt Rachelle's feelings."

Why So Torn Up, Edward?:At one point in the film, Pattinson's Edward Cullen appears in a ripped T-shirt, but we never learn why. So ... what the heck happened?

"What it's supposed to be is that he's essentially been wearing the same clothes for several months, and that eventually they've just worn out because, as you I'm sure know, his body is like stone. So he must've rubbed up against something and it ripped," Weitz said.

Our Lord?:In its Italian-set portions, "New Moon" features a significant amount of religious iconography, and Edward certainly suffers a great deal. Is he supposed to be a Christ figure?

"I think that he is in a sense he's doomed to suffer eternally," Weitz said. "He actually thinks of himself as a damned figure, but he's wrong about that. So in some senses, yeah, he is a martyr figure."

Black Eyes: In Stephenie Meyer's book, Edward's eyes go black in Italy. Why don't his eyes turn in the film?

"It's because I screwed up!" Weitz admitted.

Really? He just forgot?

"Well, yeah, I kinda did," he said. "Well, there are two reasons. One is that I messed up. The other reason is that I actually thought that onscreen it would be quite bizarre to see his eyes go completely black, and that it would be more satisfying and less jarring to have that moment of reunion be a reunion with revivified Edward. But probably, the long and the short of it, there are many details that I did not drop the ball on, and there are some that I did."

Thanks Irene!

- Lorabell

The Weitzmeister Doesn't Like The Frolicking Vamps Either!

And all is right with the world!

BuzzSugar has an exclusive interview with Chris Weitz, talking about New Moon's DVD commentary, rumours for Eclipse and Breaking Dawn as well as... the frolicking vampires:

There are lots of different editions of the New Moon DVD. Which bonus features are you particularly excited about?
I’m excited that my voice will finally be heard! For me, the fun thing was doing the commentary with Peter Lambert, my editor, because it kind of re-created the atmosphere in the cutting room. Peter’s a really funny guy, and we were able to delve into not only the behind-the-scenes moments, but to explain why certain things were shot or cut together in certain ways. So that, for me, was the most fun.

When you go back and watch it again, are there things you’d like to change if you could?
I would like to never have shot Rob and Kristen running through the forest and Kristen’s just turned into a vampire. Because everybody always laughs and it makes me feel terrible. [Laughs] I would have shot it a different way so it wouldn’t get that response. But otherwise, I’m very happy with things.


You must get lots of questions abut Rob and Kristen. Do you laugh it off or are you totally sick of hearing about it?
I’m somewhat clueless — when you’re the director, you’re kind of like the school principal. Nobody really tells you anything. You really have no idea what’s going on. I’m the last person who would know about this kinda stuff. I’m sure you could get more from reading the paper.

What was your favorite scene to shoot in New Moon?
I’m very fond of the memories that a lot of the scenes invoke in me. My favorite scene is probably somewhere between the very last scene, and the cliffhanger that it’s left on, and the scenes in Italy. Just the experience shooting those scenes was so magnificent. We were in this beautiful hillside town in Tuscany, and going home to fresh-made pasta every night, and surrounded by thousands of fans of the series while we were shooting it. I know I’ll never experience anything like that ever again.

What’s your take on the rumors that Breaking Dawn will likely be two movies, possibly in 3D?
3D seems to be the new thing that everything has to be. I think the good thing about 3D is that it can lend tremendous depth to a picture, and really make it extraordinarily lush, visually. And also that it gets people to go out to the theater. Film directors want people to see things in the theater, on the big screen, at least the first time. So that’s a good thing. As for the book being broken up into two films, I think it’s a good idea. There’s so much material in the final book that I think it’s warranted.

How would you direct Breaking Dawn?
Very carefully, because I think that you want to deliver the fans a faithful version of the book that they love. Yes, there’s a lot of extraordinary goings-on. So it’ll have to be done carefully.

How do you think the movie franchise has been affected by using different directors?
I think it’s good for it, because I think there’s a tremendous amount of coherence thanks to a very strong cast, who care about getting their characters right. And I think that the fans’ interested will be un-dimmed, and I think it’s interesting to see the different visual approaches, different stylistic versions, different choices that different filmmakers take.

Are you excited to see Eclipse, or will you inevitably be thinking about how you would have done it differently?
I’m really excited to see it. I’m very excited to see it. I’m sure he’s done a really great job. I think that he’s, amongst other things, a much better action director than I am. So I’m really keen to see the action sequences. I think that there are a lot of things that I would have been very daunted by the prospect of shooting, which he will have taken in stride. I’m excited to see it whenever I can.

Via BuzzSugar

- Lorabell

P.s. I always want Alice's vision to just be a close-up of Bella flashing her eyes open for the first time as the screen pulls out to reveal the sun across part of her face... *sigh* damn you, frolicking!

Uh-mazing NM Fan Video That'll Make You Cry More Than The Actual Movie

So I was bumming myself out over the fact that I couldn't stay awake to watch along with my fave Twitards last night (12 days of 12 hours a day will beat the most devoted of TwiCrack Addicts!) and when I went to catch up on the hilarity that I missed, came across this seriously epic video.

It gave me mahoosive goosebumps - more so even than the actual movie - bravo SkyAstrid, we are not worthy!

Go check out more awesomeness at Twitarded

- Lorabell

P.s. Fooooooorks!

Moviefone "Unscripted" with Rob, Taylor & Chris :)

Is this new/old or did I somehow miss this magic?!

Via TwiFans

- Lorabell

New/Old Kristen New Moon Promo Pics?

I am beyond confused whether these are real or not - they kinda look like manips but then they kinda don't...

The heels alone baffle me!

Any guesses?

Via TwiFans

- Lorabell

EPIC Emmer Effing Oscar Contention!

New Moon, Little Ashes and Adventureland have been entered for OSCAR contention -which means they've been entered and and accepted for consideration, if the Academy votes the could be nominated - whoop whoop!

It's worth it just for some RTux...

And I do not mean the Little Ashes kind *shudder*

Thanks KStewartFans and ROBsessed for the gif!

- Lorabell

Hillywood New Moon Spoof

In case you missed it ;)

- Lorabell

NB: Kind of a slooow day today, addicts... any fun suggestions to keep up fixed?

Different version of NM's "break up" scene!

Happy New Year, fellow addicts :) I was surfing around looking for some good crack to post and came across this over at Lion_Lamb...

Remember when that leaked clip of New Moon where Edward leaves Bella from the Rome Film Festival? It turns out it's different from the final movie version!

The earlier music seems to reflect the scene better and emphasize the emotion... I'm liking it more *ducks and covers* I dunno, what do you think?

- Lorabell

P.s. I'm sure there are loads of other things but I've also noticed that the kiss scene in Volterra is different - Bella doesn't kiss Edward until they're inside the tower in the finished movie, but in a trailer/leak (?) she kisses him on the steps. Check out the nommy gif in the side bar - it's different... but I ain't complainin' ;)

New NM Promo Shot *shudder*

Click for bigger

Woah, I'm kinda glad this wasn't used - Robward looks like vampires do use the bathroom... and really really need to!

Via Thinking of Rob

- Lorabell

Deleted NM Scenes?

Oooh!

Supposedly when Edward brings Bella home from Italy!

I'm definitely getting a very "I don't want you to step one foot inside my door" vibe from Charlie...

What else can we look forward to? Come on DVD extras!

Via RobPattzNews

- Lorabell