Finally! Official word on "Breaking Dawn"

So, I was partially right in my prediction about who will direct Breaking Dawn. Okay, I’ll take that.

Summit Entertainment today announced that Academy Award winner Bill Condon will direct THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, based on the fourth novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. Once again, Melissa Rosenberg is writing the script, but the coolest information of all is that Stephenie Meyer has officially been named a producer of the film. She has not been listed as a producer on the other three films, and I take this as her own little stamp to brush aside rumors that she’s been fighting the production of Breaking Dawn all along. If her name is on it as a producer, the woman is going to have considerable say — more so than before — over what happens in production. Yes!

There has been no mention whatsoever on whether the book will be split into one film or two — and in fact, the press release sort of indicates it will only be one film. This could only be a tease to a later announcement about two films, but I don’t know at this point. It seems odd they wouldn’t specify it in the initial release. But the fact that they have FINALLY announced a director is reassuring — and right on track with the expected production schedule. Christian Serratos (Angela) got in a wee bit of trouble by telling fans at a convention last weekend that filming was scheduled to begin in October, so I almost wonder if this release isn’t in reaction to her slip. If so, thank you, Christian! Now that the Eclipse PR is about to roll out en masse, it only makes sense that they make some sort of official announcement about Breaking Dawn. Otherwise, every Eclipse interview with RPatz, KStew and Lautner would contain at least one question about it.

I’m glad Condon will be the director on board for this project. I predicted he’d only direct the second half, but it appears he’ll be directing the whole thing. Awesome. His background in sci-fi and horror should come in handy, and his most recent list of films will bring some cred to the project from naysayers. Again, awesome.

Stars chat with fans about "Eclipse" trailer

I really had fun watching Nikki Reed, Bryce Dallas Howard and Julia Jones answer fan questions after the trailer premiered yesterday. Bryce seems like such a sweet person and has now totally won me over with her gracious attitude in these clips (I still love you, Rachelle, but if someone had to do it, I'm glad it was Bryce that replaced you!). And I think Julia is gonna make an awesome Leah Clearwater. If you have some free time, check these out. (I love the idea of the Cullens acting opposite cardboard wolves. ha ha. And Nikki Reed scared Bryce during fight training? Interesting).






Thanks to www.HisGoldenEyes.com for posting the links to the videos.

Full-length "Eclipse" trailer: Wow!

So, Oprah premiered the final trailer for Eclipse today, and all I can say is "Wow!" This trailer is so much better than the first one, I can't even begin to describe it in words. Everyone I've shown it to so far (even non-Twilight fans) has said, "I want to go see that!"

This trailer puts a lot of my fears to rest. The special effects still leave a lot to be desired, but I'm past that. It shows the newborns. It shows the new wolf pack. It shows the Cullen/newborn battle. Finally! I'm so ready to go see this movie. I can't wait for June 30.

If you haven't seen it yet, what in the heck are you waiting for?!? Go watch the trailer now by clicking HERE.

Superman humor

I thought this was just too funny not to post.

Trouble with "Eclipse" or just rampant paranoia from Twi-hards?

There hasn't been much news about the third Twilight film since the trailer was released, which in and of itself is kind of odd given how much PR went into marketing New Moon, but this week, gossip sites have been abuzz with the leaked news that Summit has ordered re-shoots of some of the scenes in Eclipse. This tidbit has everyone speculating that Summit isn't happy with the film and is trying to do emergency repairs. I've found that Ted over at E!online is usually the most accurate with his gossip reporting, and what he released yesterday makes sense to me.

Here's the thing. Re-shoots are a totally normal part of film making. Every big film does it, period. However, re-shoots two months before the movie is supposed to hit theaters? Uh, no. That screams that there is a problem somewhere. The upside is that Summit is obviously trying to fix it at great expense to them, I'm sure. I haven't seen any confirmed reports that the re-shoots involve Robert Pattinson, and since he's in Budapest filming another movie right now, I'd say probably not. All of us Twi-hards know that Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are not currently filming other projects, so they could be involved in the re-shoots. Quite frankly, they can try to fix the Jacob-Bella scenes all they want, but those two will never have the right chemistry. That's just my opinion though.

Rumors are running rampant on forums and in comment sections, though, about a falling out between David Slade and Summit. I've been tracking one poster's comments (yes, I am an OCD Nancy Drew type with no life) and I'm pretty sure he/she is an insider because every comment he/she ever posted has ended up coming true. This is the last comment I could find posted by him/her:

Let me let you kiddies on what's really going on. David Slade hasn't been happy since Summit forced him to fire his editor. He got back at them by making the movie more male oriented and violent. Summit was too busy winning Oscars and counting their moolah to pay much attention. Now the final copy of Eclipse has been shown to a small focus group of fans that signed non-disclosures. The general agreement was that the movie did not in any way capture the book. There is too much added on action and violence. Summit is scared that their core audience of female fans that made them those billions won't go see this. Eclipse is the one they've put the most money into and they want a big chunk of change. The only way that they know to make it better is to get Robsten out to re film some scenes. David Slade will not be filming them. It'll all come out in a week or two and the movie will get pushed back to July. Smooches.

As an experiment, I'm singling it out to see if the news does come out ina week or so that Slade isn't directing the re-shoots. If so, then I'll worry. Until then, I'm not really worried that Eclipse is going to suck anymore, and I'm not jumping on this bandwagon of fans who see these re-shoots as an omen of bad things to come. Like I said, re-shoots are normal.

Besides, the FINAL trailer for Eclipse is being released April 23, during Oprah of all things. And that's definitely good news for Twi-hards. Here's hoping they give us something to sink our teeth into. Bring on the newborns, I say. Let's finally see glimpses of them in action for crying out loud.

Captain America is cast, Supernatural is back and new Eclipse photos

It’s official. Chris Evans has been cast as Captain America in the upcoming film. I like Evans, but I don’t think he’s the right fit for this role. He comes across as too immature to play the part, but I could be wrong. I hope I’m wrong and he hits it out of the ballpark. I read today that the studio is now courting one of my favorite actresses, Emily Blunt, to play the female lead in the movie. That would be really cool, but I think she’ll probably turn it down. She’s got too much cred now that she’s been nominated for a Golden Globe. I hope Marvel pulls this together into a good movie. Lord knows it’s getting a lot of attention and filming hasn’t even begun.

Supernatural is back and roaring toward its season finale in May. The zombie episode was incredible, and I loved the description from last week's show: “In an average day for Sam and Dean, the brothers are killed and end up being sent to heaven on "Supernatural" (CW at 9), and while they're up there looking for an angel, they run into some old family and friends.” I still can’t believe how good this show has gotten. I mean, I’d watch it even if Jensen Ackles wasn’t on it, that’s how good it is. The last scenes of this week's episode were amazing and heartbreaking. The angel Joshua's exchange with the brothers mirrored what a lot of people are feeling these days. God is our last hope, but where is He? Why does he allow evil to exist? As Joshua told Dean, "You'll drive yourself crazy asking questions like that." And then the end scene where Castiel has lost his faith in God broke my heart. I have no doubt this is a big buildup to God's appearance on the show. I have a theory on how the season will end in May. Sam is Lucifer's most essential weapon, and Dean is heaven's only hope. I’m guessing Dean will finally grant the archangel Michael permission to use his body AND Sam succumbs to evil and gives Lucifer a chance to possess him. I think there will be a big all-out fight between Sam and Dean then. Then I think my favorite angel Castiel will appear, having found God (yes, God in person form) and God will banish Lucifer back to hell in a way that will leave us hanging until next year. Will Dean get his body back? They’ll probably make us think he won’t. Is Sam OK? Who knows? Yeah, that kinda sucks though. I guess I really don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m just guessing it’s going to be good.

And, of course, Summit leaked three new photos from the upcoming third Twilight film. I liked that the sneak preview that came on the Wal-Mart disk focused on action, action, and more action, which Eclipse is full of. Kristen Stewart as Bella’s wig still bothers me, but I’m getting used to it. What do you think?