This picture of the Wolf Pack was released this week, and I am still impressed. An hour or two of hot boys with their shirts off? If I wasn’t already chomping at the bit to see “New Moon,” this would have totally won me over — and I am not that big a fan of the wolves in this story! Not to mention, the preview clips Entertainment Tonight have been showing all week have me totally psyched! If you are as obsessed with the Twilight saga as I am — and even if you aren’t — be sure to watch Entertainment Tonight today for its exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the filming of “New Moon.” This will be the first time they’ve officially released interviews and on-set exclusives to the public. I’m sooo excited. Insert fangirly squeal here.
Onto the next major Twilight news of the week. Director David Slade has been officially announced as the director of “Eclipse,” due to start filming this summer! I was personally hoping the rumors that Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona would direct it would turn out to hold truth since his film “The Orphanage” was both stylish and effective in a way I think the story of “Eclipse” needs. But since I liked “30 Days of Night” (although not a lot of people did, mind you) and it was also a vampire flick — granted, a very violent, bloody and dark vampire flick — I am going to wait, wish Slade the best and see what happens. My only reservation is that both Catherine Hardwick and Chris Weitz have been very vocal about the fact they were fans of the books and respected the source material before they started filming, and I know a lot of “30 Days of Night” fans were angry with Slade because they felt it fell short of the graphic novels on which that movie was based. Hopefully he learned his lesson. Twilight fans don’t seem to be a very forgiving bunch, and he’d be wise to consider that before starting production. Got that, Slade? Good.
Finally, since the media seems to enjoy twisting and turning my hopes for a “Breaking Dawn” movie — one day it’s reportedly greenlit, the next day it isn’t, ugh! — I have decided to send Summit a letter begging them to go ahead and make the film already! The fourth book is my favorite, largely because I like the sci-fi elements, and well, I am Team Edward, by the way. :P *BD SPOILER ALERT* Stephenie Meyer seems to be worried that “Breaking Dawn” could not easily be made into a film because of certain scenes and the length/complexity of the story. My opinion? There’s nothing in that book that can’t be overcome. For instance, when Bella gives birth, the scene in the book is very vivid and gory with Renesme literally ripping her way out of Bella’s stomach as Edward helps tear her out. Did anyone see “Alien”? It’s already been done. No problem. Considering Renesme herself, I don’t understand why a large toddler or small child couldn’t be used for the role and then CG effects applied to move her mouth with a voiceover whenever she talks. I’ve seen that done plenty of times too. As for the length of the book, make the movie 2 ½ hours, cut out some of the middle book (it is only Jacob’s point of view, after all :p ), compress some of the ending and voila, you have your movie. It’s not rocket science. If they doubt whether people would be interested in seeing it, just look at the fervor over “New Moon,” viewed widely as the least popular book in the series! Fans are going crazy for information about it. ET’s website has crashed every day they’ve posted preview clips of tonight exclusive! Does that not tell you anything??
What I'm listening to:
Twilighters Anonymous podcast: At first I wasn't a big fan of this podcast, most likely because they were anti-Kristen Stewart as Bella until recently when they announced a change of heart and are, mostly, on Team KStew now. That open-mindedness combined with their wickedly fun sense of humor now has me listening to this one as soon as a new episode is released.
