Twilight Saga News for Sept 28

Roles for Irina and Renesmee of 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Have Been ChosenThe roles for Irina and Renesmee in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn have been cast. Maggie Grace, who formerly played Shannon on Lost, will be starring as Irina.
Irina is the vampire who runs to the Volturi - the Italian government of the vampire world - and rats out Bella and Edward for creating an immortal child. This information is actually false, and Irina must pay the consequences. Grace’s character in the beginning seasons of Lost was easy to dislike, setting a good foundation for her role as Irina in Breaking Dawn.
Nine-year-old Mackenzie Foy, who is a model and an actress, will most likely be playing the role of Renesmee, Edward and Bella’s interesting child. In The Twilight Saga, Renesmee is named after Bella’s mother Renee, and Edwards mother Esme. The child, who has a power unlike any of the other vampires, is quite the disturbing character. Link...

'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Will Have Filming in Brazil
Twilight: Breaking Dawn, the final two films in the smash hit saga penned by Stephenie Meyer, will be partially filmed in Brazil, according to media reports on Tuesday.
A cast member on the film, Ashley Greene, confirmed with MTV News on the location.
In Breaking Dawn, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) will go on a honeymoon in Brazil, where Bella finds out about her pregnancy of a half human and half vampire baby, Renesmee. Link...

Stephenie Meyer considered 'biggest brightspot for the industry' last year
Yahoo!'s most recent "Who Knew?" video features Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer, and it reports that, where last year is concerned, she became the "biggest brightspot for the industry" in the face of overwhelming sales declines.
The number one topseller for the year, according to the report, was New Moon, and it was followed by Eclipse, Twilight, and Breaking Dawn. Link...

Twilight Breaking Dawn ‘To Shoot In Brazil’
Edward and Bella’s honeymoon in Twilight: Breaking Dawn is set to be shot in Brazil, according to star Ashley Greene.
Filming in the South American country was previously halted by bosses of the vampire films after security concerns.
But it seems Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will still be shooting in Brazil. Their co-star Greene revealed: “They are filming a few days [there], but I’m not there. It’s Bella and Edward’s honeymoon.” Link...

Breaking Dawn Birth Scene: "I Love the Way They're Showing It," Says Kellan Lutz
Let the countdown begin. Cameras are pretty close to rolling on Breaking Dawn.
"We start sometime in October and go all the way through to late April," Kellan Lutz says. "I just did a [wardrobe fitting] and a contact lenses test."
As for that much anticipated, hard-to-imagine birthing scene...
Lutz cracked, "I think they should show it and have Emmett in the background laughing."
Joking aside, Lutz says he knows what director Bill Condon has planned for the potentially gory sequence. "I love the way that they're showing it," he said. "I really thought that was going to be really a tough thing to show." Link...

'Twilight' news wrap
A couple of interesting Twilight related tidbits popped up this weekend, so to catch up on some of the stories which might've been missed, here's a Twilight news wrap.
First, Rachelle Lefevre ("Victoria" in Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon) did a really interesting interview with Red Carpet Diary's The YouTube Conversation about her work in Barney's Version. She talked about the difficulties of portraying her character as well as the exciting things she got to do in Rome, Italy while filming the movie. You can check it out in full here. Rachelle Lefevre had two films which showed at this year's Toronto Interntaional Film Festival - both Barney's and Casino Jack.
Second, Muse's bassist and keyboardist Chris Wolstenholme had an interview with The Sacramento Bee in which he talked about how Twilight has affected the band, saying "It really helped... Link...

Twilight Saga News for Sept 24

'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' hits Showtime in January
Back in July of last year, Showtime nabbed the pay cable rights to Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (they also house Peter Facinelli's Nurse Jackie and Melissa Rosenberg's Dexter), and they began running Twilight on cable in January of this year.
Thanks to HitFix, it is now known that New Moon will be hitting Showtime for its cable debut on January 8th, 2011!
Back when it was announced that FX had obtained the rights to show the Saga on network television, it was noted that FX would begin showing the films in 2011. So, as New Moon approaches pay cable release, Twilight nears time to hit the networks! Link...

Info on the upcoming Official TWILIGHT Convention Tour in Portland OREGON
Link to tentative schedule and list of special guests....

Countdown to Breaking Dawn
ALL you Twi-hards can start your squealing.
Preparations for the next Twilight film, Breaking Dawn, have begun.
ASHLEY GREENE, who plays vampire Alice Cullen in the fang flicks, told her Twitter followers that she had paid a visit to the wardrobe department this week.
She wrote: "Had a Breaking Dawn fitting yesterday which means we are getting close to starting. I'm getting excited!!" Link...

Twilight News for Sept 22

Breaking Dawn 3-D Rumor Busted
The latest Twilight Saga rumor surrounding Breaking Dawn indicated that Breaking Dawn would possibly be in 3-D. Although Breaking Dawn in 3-D wouldn't be that farfetched, Twilighters hoping to see Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner in 3-D for Breaking Dawn can forget about the rumor since it's not true.
According to Gossip Cop, the rumor of Breaking Dawn in 3-D is completely false. After contacting Summit Entertainment about the rumor, Gossip Cop was told by a studio rep that neither Breaking Dawn will be shot in 3-D. “Neither film is being shot in 3D,” adding that the Breaking Dawn rumors were “fabricated.” Link...

Highly Anticipated Role of Renesmee Cullen Now Being Cast for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I

The casting directors are not having open casting calls for this role due to the extremely high profile nature of the project. Rene Haynes, who was the casting director that handled Native American roles for the Twilight Saga films New Moon and Eclipse, held open casting calls for the films. She was quoted as saying, "It was crazy, especially in the early days, in the first four weeks after the announcement that my office was casting these roles we stopped counting emails after 20,000. We had created a dedicated email address for the project. We got so many we had to create another one." Link with information on how parents can submit their child for the role...

Robert Pattinson visits Kristen Stewart on set - but they slept in separate rooms?!
AS filming for the final Twilight Saga movie, Breaking Dawn, draws closer, we're starting to get Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart fever again.
And, thankfully, there doesn't seem to be any chance of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's off-screen romance ruining the couple's on-screen chemistry if the latest lovey dovey reports are to be believed. Link...

Twilight Breaking Dawn Film Locales

I have been away for a month, and am now back and ready to blog! Just to get back in the game, I've started with some important stories that broke during my absence.

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn' filming location date details revealed


Back in July, it was revealed that production for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 would take place in both Baton Rouge, Louisiana as well as Vancouver, British Columbia.
A few weeks later, Production Weekly announced that the film "ha[d] opened up new production offices in Baton Rouge, [and] filming is scheduled from November 1 - March 15." Soon after, the site specified that the film had "opened up their Vancouver production offices at North Shore Studios."
Now, Production Weekly has offered up an even finer detail, stating that the movie "will relocate production from Baton Rouge up to Vancouver on January 11th."
Earlier this month, local news coverage from Louisiana indicated that officials in the area were already readying themselves for Breaking Dawn's production and that the general understanding of plans in place was that Baton Rouge would serve as a filming location for mostly indoor sequences. Link...

eBay bidder pays $60,100 to meet Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
It cost a whopping $60,100 US and 10 days of frantic bidding on eBay, but one lucky Twi-hard will be spending a day with blood-sucking superstars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart here in Vancouver.
The minted bidder, identified only as y***a, beat out 4***b today in a last-minute battle to the finish to claim the top prize: a visit to the Vancouver set of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1. Link...