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New Moon’s Record-Breaking Opening Day

Rob Keyes — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:21:39 +0000

Summit Entertainment is pretty happy with themselves this weekend with their Twilight sequel New Moon already breaking loads of sales records in just the first day. It surely seems now that rushing the film into production after last November’s success of the first book in Stephanie Meyer’s vampire novel series was a good idea. Continuing the momemtum and hype, the third installment Eclipse has already wrapped filming and is set for a summer release, only half a year away.

Check out after the jump for a list of ridiculously high financial stats for New Moon coming in from reports everywhere.

With the expected (and now realized) opening success of New Moon, I am surprised that in my screening of the movie, there were no trailers for other major upcoming films – What we saw instead was all just for upcoming movies from Summit and E1 Entertainment and no other studios took advantage of the masses of eager moviegoers sitting in packed theaters everywhere.

Here are the numbers reported from Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood as of this morning:

Debuted at around $72 million in 4024 theaters but results still coming in.
Breaks the record for Friday opening and single day sales ($67 million from The Dark Knight).
The Friday totals include the insanely high midnight screenings that brought in 26.27 million from 3514 theaters – this beats both The Dark Knight and the latest Harry Potter.
Tracking for a $125 opening weekend which is still under numbers for the third Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight or Spider-Man 3.
Last year’s Twilight brought in just under $70 million so this one is destroying it as well as expectations which had the movie likely getting close to Iron Man numbers around $100 million.

Fandango is reproting that New Moon is 10 tickets/second throughout Friday and it’s the number one advanced ticket seller of all time for them.

What do you think of the box-office success of the Twilight films so far and what do you expect from next year’s installment?

If you missed it, check out Screen Rant’s New Moon Review.

Directed by Chris Weitz, New Moon stars Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson and Ashley Greene – it’s playing everywhere currently. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens June 30, 2010 and is directed by David Slade.

Source: Deadline Hollywood

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New Moon Review

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:30:45 +0000

Short version: Like Twilight, New Moon is strictly for fans of the book – for the rest of us, it’s actually worse than the first film.

Screen Rant reviews The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Well, maybe the third time will be the charm.

In an earlier article we speculated whether New Moon might turn out to be a good movie not just for fans but for general audiences (maybe even guys!). With the replacement of Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke with Chris Weitz on New Moon, many people were hoping for a more exciting film this time around. Unfortunately, if anything what we’ve gotten is a film that is even slower than the first one.

As New Moon opens things seem to have fallen into as close to normalcy as they can get in Forks, where Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) are a couple, even though Bella’s circle of friends still finds him and his family creepy. Bella hasn’t seen Jacob (Taylor Lautner) in quite a while and is shocked to see how he’s beefed up when he turns up. There’s a rivalry between Edward and Jacob, but nothing compared to what it will be by the end of the movie.

Bella still (idiotically) wants to be “turned” – be bitten so she can become a vampire and live forever with Edward at the physical age of 18. Edward refuses because obviously he’s smarter than she is – he’s 109 years old and with that apparently has come some wisdom. They actually joke about the fact that an 18 year old girl is dating a 109 year old guy – while it may seem silly, it’s actually true and quite creepy. You’d think he’d be (as a 109 year old) more interested in hooking up with a woman in her 30s, who’s actually experienced more of life and matured.

Edward tells Bella that the Cullens are leaving, ostensibly to protect their identities, but in reality he believes that as long as he’s around her he puts her in danger. Before he leaves he tells her not to do anything reckless – and the only reason to say something as non-sequiter as that is to set up what comes up later in the movie. Saying she doesn’t take it well would be an understatement. Bella is depressed and morose, doing nothing but sitting in her bedroom moping for months.

Eventually she pretends to snap out of it, just to make her dad happy, and while out with a friend discovers that if she contemplates doing something dangerous, risky (or hey, reckless!), Edward appears to her to tell her not to do it. So she becomes a bit of an adrenaline junkie, looking for dangerous things to do just so Edward will appear to her to tell her NOT to do it. This is a major point in the film, and frankly the more I thought about it, the more it seemed pretty stupid. First, let’s just reverse what I said earlier about Edward being wise – appearing to her ONLY when she’s about to do something risky, with the fact she misses him so much, guarantees she will engage in that behavior. Second, isn’t Bella the only person who he’s not able to “read?” He can’t read her thoughts, can’t tell what she’s planning on doing, etc? Then how the HECK does he appear to her when she’s about to do something stupid? Of course if he’s not appearing to her and she’s imagining it, then she’s having pretty vivid hallucinations and has even bigger problems than we thought.

Meanwhile back on the (Indian) ranch, there are a bunch of guys who hang together and seem to worship the gang leader. This particular fellow seems to be waiting for Jacob to join them even though Jake isn’t interested. Of course there’s a reason they’re called the “Wolf Pack” and soon enough Jacob will be joining them (once he joins them, he spends the rest of the film shirtless just like them). He comforts Bella, who takes advantage of their friendship because it’s obvious he has serious feelings for her, and she allows things to progress as far as closeness and some physical affection, but keeps him at arm’s length. Eventually he, too tells her he can’t be friends with her any more and Bella is now 0 for 2 on people who said they’d never leave her – and do.

Click to continue reading our New Moon review.

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Will ‘New Moon’ Change The Twilight Saga’s Image?

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:28:20 +0000

Crazy numbers are coming in from Fandango, claiming that The Twilight Saga: New Moon is now the official record holder for most advanced tickets sold on the site, ever. You heard right: New Moon has sold more advanced tickets than The Dark Knight, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith or Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – and even more tickets than a little movie called Twilight, which hit theaters around this same time last year.

Now of course some of you hear that statistic and think to yourselves “So what? No big surprise there…” New Moon is the bigger, (seemingly) better chapter in a wildly popular franchise of books-cum-movies, and, like every other film in that advanced tickets listing above, is simply doing what it should: building on its own success.

Oh, but this is just the beginning, my friends; matter of fact, with New Moon busting into theaters this week, these record ticket sales aren’t even the beginning – they’re just a warning shot. New Moon is poised to be huge phenomenon, perhaps even outside of the previous borderlines of the of die-hard Twilight fan (aka teen girls and their mothers) demographics.

This begs the timely question: Is New Moon changing The Twilight Saga’s image?

…AND TWILIGHT FOR ALL

So let’s be up front: The Twilight Saga isn’t really in need of a major PR makeover as it stands: the books sold like crazy and the last year’s movie adaptation earned over $350 million worldwide off a $37 million production budget, in spite of the fact that it was (at best) a B-Movie.

(Let’s just pause a sec, and give the Twilight fans a chance to rip me apart for calling the first film a B Movie…)

…OK, so, it’s pretty obvious that author Stephenie Meyer’s universe of vampire/virgin/werewolf coupling and conflict has grown legs of its own to stand on. No debate about that here. However, it’s also been clearly evident – throughout the dozens of posts we’ve dedicated to covering the cinematic development of The Twilight Saga here at Screen Rant – that beyond the initial (albeit HUGE) pool of tweens, teens, and mothers of tweens/teens who worship this series, The Twilight Saga has faced a challenge when it comes to appealing to those beyond the strictly designated boundaries of its genre (teen romance) and demographic (teen romantics).

If you think I’m off base when I say that, then you need to flashback to last year when Summit Entertainment tried HARD to market Twilight as an “action” film, repeatedly advertising that one vampire-on-vampire fight scene (which looked like a 3-year-old shot it) as some sort of validation for guys to see the film. And while our own Vic Holtreman tagged the film as (barely) “guy approved,” many other guys did not. Compared to say 30 Days of Night or True Blood, many of you said Twilight looked like little girl’s stuff.

“See, would a wimpy vampire do this?”

But does that opinion still hold true for New Moon? Because my movie barometer/Spidey-sense is telling me, Not Necessarily…

A GOOD FILM IS A GOOD FILM

When the first trailer for New Moon dropped, the reaction was certainly less divided than a year prior when audiences got their first look at Twilight. When the full, final trailer for New Moon was released shortly thereafter, that gap in opinion narrowed even further. Having been the one to post about that final trailer (and as a longtime anti-Twilight proponent) even I had to admit two things:

New Moon director Chris Weitz has put together a movie that is much more polished and visually sophisticated than Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight adaptation.
This second installment offers much more than just schmaltzy, awkward, shirtless, teen romance. There is actually a story at work here.

Now don’t get me wrong, New Moon certainly isn’t above criticism; fans and non-fans alike have already agreed that some of the werewolf visual effects we’ve seen look slightly cheesy, for instance. But on the whole, this film is already a few steps ahead of Twilight, for the simple fact that more people are judging it by the merits of what is and is not a good film. Twilight was pretty much seen as a cash-grab endeavor by Summit Entertainment – a small studio cranking out a hot dog-quality movie based on a super-hot franchise, with fat profits all but lining Summit’s shallow pockets before the film ever debuted.

And, regardless of the low-quality of the product, the money came pouring in as expected.

Despite the blink-and-you-missed it production schedule of New Moon, it certainly seems like Summit Entertainment is taking those fat profits and putting them toward a higher purpose: making a much better film the second time out – one that could possibly be loved by those who are NOT already screaming, sobbing, drooling fanatics of the books; the audience that DOESN’T simply love the movies for the fact that they exist. This time around, the filmmakers want to win over the haters and lovers alike.

But can it be done? Keep Reading…

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New Moon TV Spots Favor Team Jacob

Rob Keyes — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:11:46 +0000

The Twilight Saga’s New Moon is just over a week away so we’re in the midst of the final marketing push to help bring in the crowds. A week ago we got a new clip alongside some new still for the movie and on Monday we put up some behind-the-scenes, cast interviews and some DVD release info.

Summit Entertainment has released a pair new TV Spots for New Moon over the last few days and we have them here for you. If you’re on Team Jacob, then you’ll dig these promotional videos.

Check them out after the jump.

New Moon is directed by Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass, About A Boy) and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Billy Burke, Christian Serratos, Jackson Rathbone, Michael Sheen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Daniel Cudmore, Edi Gathegi and Dakota Fanning among many others in the very large cast.

Watch and enjoy:

“Never Hurt You”

“Battle”

The CGI certainly isn’t impressive but that won’t be slowing down the Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner fans. Have you pre-ordered your tickets already?

New Moon opens November 20, 2009.

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New Moon: Behind-the-Scenes Clip, Cast Interviews & DVD Info

Kofi Outlaw — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:29:37 +0000

The guys over at Collider spent what seemed like the entire weekend covering The Twilight Saga: New Moon – and why not, when you have access to the film’s stars, director and some great behind-the-scenes footage?

If you Twilight fans haven’t already been mobbing Collider trying to feast on all the good stuff they dug up, you’re in luck – I’m going to boil Collider’s novella length transcripts down into an on-the-go sampling of the best and meatiest bits.

We’ll start with some new behind-the-scenes footage from New Moon and move on to news about which deleted scenes and extras will be included with the New Moon DVD release; we’ll end things off with some quotes from New Moon’s cast, including Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Volturi actors Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Jamie Campbell and Cameron Bright.

NEW MOON BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE

A lot of you have already checked out the recent clips we posted from New Moon, featuring such eye-grabbing scenes as Bella’s near-fatal birthday celebration with the Cullens, Bella getting on the hairy side of the wolfpack and Edward battling the Volturi to save Bella’s life. If you’ve enjoyed those clips, the first question that probably comes to your mind is “How’d they make it look so good (or bad)?” Well, we’ve now got a great behind-the-scenes video courtesy of Collider, which shows you just how the filmmakers are bringing New Moon to life on the big screen.

Check it out:

NEW MOON DELETED SCENES

Whenever you start watching behind-the-scenes footage, it’s hard not to think about what other little ‘peaks behind the curtain’ you’ll be getting once a movie becomes available on DVD/Blu-ray. Well, it’s never to early to start marketing your home releases, and New Moon director Chris Weitz talked exclusively with Collider (in an elevator, no less) about what kind of New Moon extras fans can expect.

Said Weitz:

“On the DVD there will be some deleted scenes, there will be a commentary with me and I think Kristen, Rob and Taylor at the same time, and some making of and behind the scenes type stuff….I’d say a good ten minutes of groovy stuff [fans] haven’t seen.”

Weitz also elaborated that there will actually be twenty minutes of deleted footage included with the DVD release – however, about half of that footage will be in the form of extended scenes, which in reality equals out to the aforementioned ten minutes of never-before-seen footage cut from the theatrical release in order to slim down the runtime and even out the pace of the film.

I, for one, have come to the opinion that 99.9% of deleted scenes should remain that way (deleted), but I know some of you rabid New Moon fans out there will want to comb over every filmed second of this flick, so get excited, I guess…

Next up: Interviews with cast of New Moon…

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New Moon Stills, Clip and Twilight Re-Release Info

Paul Young — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:41:28 +0000

Twilight fans grab your life-size Robert Pattinson stuffed doll, call all of your friends, gather around your computer monitors and giggle together in anticipation because Screen Rant has got some skin-tingling news for you. Last week MTV showed its first ever Halloween special, Ulalume: Howling at the New Moon. During the show, MTV showed an exclusive clip from the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon and in case you missed it (if you are a Twilight fan, then I seriously doubt you missed it) you can watch the clip over at MTV or just check it out after the jump.

All the popular kids were on hand to debut the new clip, including every girl’s (and a few oddball boy’s) favorite brooding teenage vampire hunk, Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen). Oh yeah, in case you care, Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan) and Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) were there too. But seriously, did you see the dreamy, pale-skinned, red-eyed Edward? That man just exudes sexy, in an “I want to drink your blood” type of way.

But before we get to the video, there is another piece of information that dropped that is sure to make you sparkle. Coming Soon is reporting that due to the huge success of the first installment of Stephenie Meyer’s young love vampire angst series of novels , Summit Entertainment has to decided to re-release Twilight in select theaters nationwide on November 19^th.

This is a rare event; the studio decided to offer this re-release because of the number of requests to see Twilight in theaters again, despite the fact that it is already available on DVD. The movie will be shown right before New Moon hits theaters (most likely a double feature) and the tickets will be available at a discounted price. Bottom line, don’t go anywhere near the mall on November 19^th or 20^th.

OK, enough yammering, time for the video clip:

MTV also released 3 new stills from New Moon (the first of which you saw above) and you can see the other two below. New Moon is direct by Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass), and stars Robert Pattinson (Twilight), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland), and Taylor Lautner (Twilight) in a story about a supernatural love triangle between Bella (Stewart), Edward(Pattinson) and Jacob (Lautner). Who will Bella ultimately fall in love with? Can she ever get over the hunky dreaminess of Edward to love the every-so-often super-hairy Jacob? You’ll just have to read the books or wait a couple of weeks to find out for sure. I know I’m biting my fingernails in anticipation.

Here are the other two stills as promised.

Admittedly, I’m not a fan of the films and neither the clips nor the pictures have me giddy with excitement to watch New Moon or the third Twilight installment, Eclipse. I even tried to read the books but never made it past the first couple of chapters. The whole thing reads like a morbid twist on Romeo and Juliet, with a dash of 90210 drama and just a hint of Sweet Valley High. Good thing I’m not the target audience, I guess. New moon will do very well in theaters because it managed to pick up a huge fan base. It’s just not my cup of tea but if it is yours, then I’m sure the film will not disappoint.

I would ask if you are planning to watch New Moon when it comes out in theaters but if you are reading this post, then chances are you already bought your advance tickets at Fandango.

New Moon fangs its way into theaters and makes you gush with excitement November 20^th, 2009.

Source: MTV, Coming Soon

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New Moon New Clips, TV Spots Plus Tour Details

Ross Miller — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:23:16 +0000

The Twilight Saga: New Moon promotional train just keeps on steamrolling along with news/details of an upcoming mall tour, as well as two new TV spots and a clip.

You’re probably in one of two camps with regards to this Twilight sequel: either you couldn’t give a crap about anything Twilight related, or you are fully on-board and you welcome the avalanche of promo materials. If you’re the former, please bear with us; If you’re the latter, here’s our latest Twilight treat for you!

New Moon TV Spots and Clip

Here’s the latest New Moon TV spots and the clip I mentioned. The TV spots each focus on two of the storylines that are part of New Moon. The first concentrates on Bella (Kristen Stewart), Jacob (Taylor Lautner) and the wolf pack; while the second focuses on the newly introduced Volturi, featuring Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning. Check them both out, thanks to Fandango and ETOnline (by way of TrailerAddict):

And finally, here’s the 45 second clip from New Moon, which shows a rather tense looking scene where the Volturi, led by Aro (Sheen), decide what to do with Bella. Personally I think it looks pretty damn good – take a look, thanks to Yahoo:

We’ve still just under a month to go before the promo machine (including images, trailers, clips, posters etc.) from New Moon dies down after the movie itself hits theaters. Of course, after that we have more Twilight stuff to come as the process starts all over again for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

But for now, let’s just stick with New Moon’s upcoming Mall Tour….(keep reading).

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New Footage from The Twilight Saga: New Moon [Updated]

Kofi Outlaw — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:33:37 +0000

[Update: We now have a hi-res New Moon clip to share]

New footage from The Twilight Saga: New Moon debuted this weekend at the 2009 Spike TV Scream Awards, and, of course, made its way online shortly thereafter.

The new footage is a pretty lame quick-glimpse of The Wolf Pack that main character (and shirtless muscle boy) Jacob (Taylor Lautner) belongs to. Jacob of course plays a much more central role in New Moon as the boy-creature who Bella (Kristen Stewart) begins to fall for after her boy-creature-lover, Edward (Robert Pattinson), breaks up with her (sob).

We here at Screen Rant don’t like to post any bootlegged and/or pirated material, and since this leaked New Moon footage was basically shot by somebody sitting waaay back in the Scream Award audience, and then cut up into YouTube videos, needless to say we won’t be posting the footage here.

If you Twiehards would like to check it out, though, feel free to go here:

LEAKED NEW MOON FOOTAGE

UPDATE: Sit back and enjoy this hi-res (and hair-raising) New Moon clip, featuring The Wolfpack:

NEW MOON HI-RES CLIP

Ummm, Twilight fans, is that enough of something to get you excited about New Moon? I don’t see how it possibly could be – but hey, you never know.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon will be in theaters on November 20, 2009.

Source: Ace Showbiz

Update Source: itunes via Cinema Blend

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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse First Images

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:37:31 +0000

The first images from the third installment of The Twilight Saga, entitled Eclipse, have jumped the gun and appeared online before People magazine could even debut them.

(Man, it is getting hard out there for these paper mags… Luckily you have your online ‘zines like Screen Rant™ bringing you the news first!)

This first Eclipse images shows us (what else) interspecies lovers Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) getting intimate in a nice plush green forest, complete with white flowers. Every tweenage girl’s dream.

The images have obviously been scanned out of a copy of People, and out of respect to the mag for doing the legwork to get the shots, I’m not going to post them here – but I will link you Twiehards out there to where you can see them:

ECLIPSE FIRST IMAGES

We’ll update with official images once they’re (promptly) released, so be sure to check back.

Does those photos fill you Twilight Saga fans with flutters of joy?

I know that Eclipse deals with the Edward/Bella/Jacob love triangle that kicks off in next month’s New Moon, while a bunch of vampires and werewolves are busy warring with some psycho vampires. I know that we’re going to see some steamy three-way vampire/human/werewolf romance set in the mountains (is it too early to start making “Brokefang Mountain” jokes?). And the fact that its all going to be captured by 30 Days of Night director David Slade just blows my mind…

If you want to know more all about how Eclipse is shaping up (who’s in it, when it started production, etc…) go HERE.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is slated to rush into theaters on June 30, 2010.

Sources: Live Journal via Coming Soon

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New Moon Character Posters & Image Gallery

Ross Miller — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:06:10 +0000

Today we have a treat for all you Twilighters out there:two new character posters for The Twilight Saga: New Moon showcasing franchise sweethearts Bella and Edward, along with a slew of new images from the movie. They (and subsequently we) do love to shower fans of the franchise with a plethora of teasers, don’t they?

New Moon picks up sometime after the events of Twilight, when Bella (Kristen Stewart) becomes devastated after her vampire love, Edward (Robert Pattinson), abruptly leaves. Thankfully Bella has the arms of the “irresistible” Jacob (Taylor Lautner) to fall into and she soon, “finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, the ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.”

And now, here’s the mentioned two new character posters (which are very similar to two we saw a couple of months ago) as well as a selection of the boat load of 77 new images/stills from New Moon. Take a look:

(click the posters for a larger sizes)

Continue Reading for more New Moon Images…

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Three Fresh ‘New Moon’ Character Posters

Ross Miller — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:38:08 +0000

We usually wait until Friday to hit you guys with the latest movie posters from around the web, but for you Twilighters out there, we thought you’d want to see the three latest posters from The Twilight Saga: New Moon as soon after they’ve appeared online as possible (you’re welcome!).

The three new posters showcase three different sets of characters: the first is of the main bunch, which include Bella, Edward and the rest of the Cullen family; the second is of, “the wolf pack,” which features Bella’s new love interest, Jacob Black; and the third is of the new band of vampires introduced in the Twilight sequel, called the Volturi, which include Michael Sheen’s “Aro” and Dakota Fanning’s “Jane.”

Check out the three new posters for The Twilight Saga: New Moon below (click for larger versions):

In case (like me) you’ve not read the Twilight books, and thus you just go by the movies, here’s the synopsis for the Twilight sequel, New Moon:

In The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.

I take some heat from people (around these parts, and elsewhere) for really quite liking the first Twilight movie. And I fully admit I’m looking forward to both New Moon and the third installment, Eclipse. The final trailer for New Moon that debuted at the MTV Video Music Awards a couple of weeks ago looked real decent to me (an improvement on the first trailer, for sure). I’m especially looking forward to seeing Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning in their respective vampire roles, two casting choices I did not see coming at all (I think they both look awesome in the third poster above).

What do you think of these latest New Moon posters? Are you expecting the movie to be better than the first Twilight?

The Twilight Saga: New Moon hits theaters on November 20th, 2009. You can already order your tickets for certain showings if you’re eager.

Sources: IMPAwards and Tribute.ca

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New Moon Official Final Trailer Is Here!

Kofi Outlaw — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:11:46 +0000

The final trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon debuted last night during the MTV Video Music Awards and managed to accomplish two things:

Demonstrate that director Chris Weitz has achieved something much more visually sophisticated than Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight adaptation.
Finally show us something other than schmaltzy, awkward, shirtless, teen romance.

So, without further ado, I’d like to present you Twilight Saga fans with the best trailer that I’VE seen so far for New Moon.

[UPDATE: Youtube version below so our international readers can now see the trailer as well.]

Up until now I haven’t had any reason to be enthused about the cast of these films. I’m still not convinced that the central trifecta of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner exude what I would call “star power,” however, New Moon’s supporting players look to be a much more interesting bunch.

I’ve been digging the fact that they cast all Native American actors to play Jacob’s (Lautner) Wolf Pack brethren, and the scenes of The Volturi in the trailer -- featuring actors like Dakota Fanning and Michael Sheen -- set in the Gothic European backdrop, add an element of intrigue to this story that (for me at least) was just TOTALLY missing from Twilight’s stripped-down-home love story.

The “werewolf” f/x, however, still look like they could use some polishing (thought it’s still pretty cool to see the wolves taking on that vamp with the dreadlocks, Laurent).

What did you think of the final New Moon trailer? How about Kristen Stewart’s Goth-chic haircut at the MTV VMAs? :-O

As if you didn’t know: New Moon hits theaters on November 20, 2009. Tickets are already on sale at select locations.

Source: MTV

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New Moon Tickets Now On Sale [Updated w/Locations]

Ross Miller — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:58:57 +0000

Alright all you Twilighters out there, for those of you who are already preparing your trip to the movie theater to see The Twilight Saga: New Moon this November, you can now do so safe in the knowledge that you’re guaranteed a seat. Tickets for the midnight screenings of New Moon have now gone on sale more than two and half months in advance.

Carmike Cinemas are offering tickets for midnight showings of New Moon on November 19th, at 63 of their 247 theaters. This “early sell” campaign is happening much in the same vein as the (WAY) advanced sale of tickets for James Cameron’s Avatar. Early word is that the Avatar pre-sales are being described as “healthy.”

[Update: Regal Cinemas has added 348 locations, see updated list below]

Even though Avatar has been the talk-of-the-town in the “fanboy” movie community over the last few weeks, it appears that New Moon is leading the way in regards to early ticket sales. The latest weekly poll on Fandango – the site that’s selling the early New Moon tickets – puts the film as anticipated most by 39% of readers, with Avatar coming in second with 23%, and the disaster flick, 2012, coming in third with 16%.

You can never underestimate those Twilighters!

I can’t exactly say I’m dying to see the second installment in the Twilight franchise, but I’ll also admit I really quite liked the first film and will end up checking out New Moon when it hits theaters. But I’m not exactly going to be rushing to pre-order my tickets… at least not this far in advanced

If you want to buy your New Moon tickets in advance here is a list of cities and theaters for which you can buy tickets NOW:

name	city	state	zip
Carmike 10	Colorado Springs	CO	80916
Carmike 10	Fort Collins	CO	80526
Carmike 10	Great Falls	MT	59404
Carmike 10	Longview	TX	75605
Carmike 10	Missoula	MT	59802
Carmike 10	Pittsburgh	PA	15241
Carmike 10	Roanoke	VA	24018
Carmike 10	Stillwater	OK	74074
Carmike 10	Warrensburg	MO	64093
Carmike 10	Wilson	NC	27893
Carmike 12	Cartersville	GA	30120
Carmike 12	Dalton	GA	30721
Carmike 12	Findlay	OH	45840
Carmike 12	West Jordan	UT	84088
Carmike 14	Dover	DE	19901
Carmike 14	Fort Smith	AR	72906
Carmike 14	Hickory	NC	28603
Carmike 14	Mobile	AL	36693
Carmike 14	Tyler	TX	75703
Carmike 15	Apple Valley	MN	55124
Carmike 15	Columbus	GA	31909
Carmike 15	Greensburg	PA	15601
Carmike 16	Jacksonville	NC	28546
Carmike 20	Edinburg	TX	78539
Carmike 20	Fort Wayne	IN	46845
Carmike 4	Indiana	PA	15701
Carmike 6	Duncan	OK	73533
Carmike 7	Sioux Falls	SD	57106
Carmike 8	Ardmore	OK	73401
Carmike 8	Lawton	OK	73507
Carmike 9	Aberdeen	SD	57401
Carmike 9	Dyersburg	TN	38024
Carmike Apple Blossom 6	Winchester	VA	22601
Carmike Bell Forge 10	Antioch	TN	37013
Carmike Beverly Cinema 18	Champaign	IL	61821
Carmike Chapel Hills 15	Colorado Springs	CO	80920
Carmike Cinema 16 Wilmington	Wilmington	NC	28403
Carmike Coventry 8	Pottstown	PA	19465
Carmike Encore Park 14	Elkhart	IN	46514
Carmike Fleming Island 12	Fleming Island	FL	32003
Carmike Foothills 12	Maryville	TN	37801
Carmike Frontier 9	Cheyenne	WY	82009
Carmike Grand Traverse 9	Traverse City	MI	49684
Carmike Harrison 8	Harrison	AR	72601
Carmike Hickory Point 12	Forsyth	IL	62535
Carmike Highland 12	Cookeville	TN	38503
Carmike Hollywood Connection 15	West Valley City	UT	84119
Carmike Lake 3	Devils Lake	ND	58301
Carmike Martin 3	Talladega	AL	35160
Carmike Midco 10	Grand Forks	ND	58208
Carmike Morgantown Mall 12	Morgantown	WV	26505
Carmike Northgate 14	Hixson	TN	37343
Carmike Oakdale Stadium 20	Oakdale	MN	55128
Carmike Oaks 7	Batesville	AR	72501
Carmike Ohio Valley Mall 11	St. Clairsville	OH	43950
Carmike Palace Cinema 10	Bloomington	IL	61704
Carmike Park Hills Plaza 7	Altoona	PA	16602
Carmike Park Place 16	Morrisville	NC	27560
Carmike Peru Mall 8	Peru	IL	61354
Carmike Pineridge 10	Chubbuck	ID	83202
Carmike Pines Mall 8	Pine Bluff	AR	71601
Carmike Plaza 6	Beaver Falls	PA	15010
Carmike Plaza 6	Butte	MT	59701
Carmike Regency Square 12 Theatres	Florence	AL	35630
Carmike Riverstone 15	Canton	GA	30114
Carmike Royal Palm 20	Bradenton	FL	34203
Carmike Rushmore 7	Rapid City	SD	57701
Carmike Seth Childs 12	Manhattan	KS	66502
Carmike Shiloh 14	Billings	MT	59108
Carmike Southern Hills 12	Sioux City	IA	51106
Carmike Southridge 12	Des Moines	IA	50320
Carmike Stadium Cinema 9	Minot	ND	58701
Carmike Sugar Creek 10	Bella Vista	AR	72714
Carmike Summit 16	Birmingham	AL	35243
Carmike Sunnyland Cinema 10	Washington	IL	61571
Carmike Thoroughbred 20	Franklin	TN	37065
Carmike Valley 6	La Crosse	WI	54603
Carmike Valley 8	Salem	VA	24153
Carmike Wynnsong 10	Billings	MT	59102
Carmike Wynnsong 12	Cedar Rapids	IA	52404
Carmike Wynnsong 12	Delmont	PA	15626
Carmike Wynnsong 12	Provo	UT	84604
Carmike Wynnsong 12	Winston Salem	NC	27103
Carmike Wynnsong 15	Durham	NC	27707
Carmike Wynnsong 15	Mounds View	MN	55112
Carmike Wynnsong 16	Auburn	AL	36830
Carmike Wynnsong 16	Johnston	IA	50131
Carmike Wynnsong 16	Murfreesboro	TN	37133
Carmike Wyomissing 8	Reading	PA	19610
Cinebarre Thornton Town Center	Thornton	CO	80229
Edwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20 & IMAX	Aliso Viejo	CA	92656
Edwards Bakersfield 14	Bakersfield	CA	93311
Edwards Boise Downtown Stadium 9	Boise	ID	83702
Edwards Brea Stadium East 12	Brea	CA	92821
Edwards Camarillo Palace Stadium 12 & IMAX	Camarillo	CA	93010
Edwards Fairfield Stadium 16 & IMAX	Fairfield	CA	94533
Edwards Fresno Stadium 22 & IMAX	Fresno	CA	93720
Edwards Grand Teton Stadium 14	Ammon	ID	83406
Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21 & IMAX	Irvine	CA	92618
Edwards Kaleidoscope Stadium 10	Mission Viejo	CA	92691
Edwards Long Beach 26 & IMAX	Long Beach	CA	90808
Edwards Marketplace Stadium 10	Irvine	CA	92602
Edwards Metro Pointe 12	Costa Mesa	CA	92626
Edwards Mira Mesa Stadium 18 & IMAX	San Diego	CA	92126
Edwards Nampa Stadium 14	Nampa	ID	83651
Edwards Ocean Ranch 7	Laguna Niguel	CA	92677
Edwards Ontario Mountain Village 14	Ontario	CA	91762
Edwards Ontario Palace Stadium 22 & IMAX	Ontario	CA	91764
Edwards Rancho San Diego 15	El Cajon	CA	92019
Edwards San Marcos Stadium 18	San Marcos	CA	92069
Edwards Santa Maria 10	Santa Maria	CA	93454
Edwards South Gate Stadium 20 & IMAX	South Gate	CA	90280
Edwards Temecula Stadium 15	Temecula	CA	92591
Edwards Valencia 12	Santa Clarita	CA	91355
Regal 22 @ Austell	Austell	GA	30106
Regal Aiken Mall Cinema 8	Aiken	SC	29802
Regal Alamo Quarry Stadium 16	San Antonio	TX	78209
Regal Albany 7 Cinemas	Albany	OR	97321
Regal Aliante Stadium 16 & IMAX	North Las Vegas	NV	89084
Regal American Mall Stadium 12	Lima	OH	45805
Regal Arbor Place Mall 18	Douglasville	GA	30135
Regal Arboretum Stadium 12	Charlotte	NC	28277
Regal Arnot Mall 10	Horseheads	NY	14845
Regal Arroyo Grande Stadium 10	Arroyo Grande	CA	93420
Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 16	Atlanta	GA	30363
Regal Atlas Park Stadium 8	Glendale	NY	11385
Regal Augusta Exchange 20 & IMAX	Augusta	GA	30909
Regal Austintown Commons 10	Youngstown	OH	44515
Regal Aviation Mall 7	Queensbury	NY	12804
Regal Azalea Square Stadium 16	Summerville	SC	29483
Regal Barn Plaza 14	Doylestown	PA	18901
Regal Battery Park Stadium 11	New York	NY	10281
Regal Beach Boulevard 18	Jacksonville	FL	32250
Regal Beaver Creek Stadium 12	Apex	NC	27502
Regal Bel Air Cinema Stadium 14	Abingdon	MD	21009
Regal Bellingham Stadium 14	Bellingham	MA	2019
Regal Bellis Fair 6 Cinema	Bellingham	WA	98226
Regal Belltower 20	Fort Myers	FL	33907
Regal Binghamton Stadium 12	Binghamton	NY	13905
Regal Birkdale Stadium 16	Huntersville	NC	28078
Regal Boone Cinema 7	Boone	NC	28607
Regal Boulevard Center 14	Niles	OH	44446
Regal Brandywine Town Center 16	Wilmington	DE	19803
Regal Branford Stadium 12	Branford	CT	6405
Regal Brooklyn Center 20	Minneapolis	MN	55430
Regal Brunswick 10	Brunswick	ME	4011
Regal Burlington 20	Burlington	NJ	8016
Regal Carlisle Commons Stadium 8	Carlisle	PA	17013
Regal Carousel Mall Stadium 17	Syracuse	NY	13290
Regal Cascade 16 Cinemas	Vancouver	WA	98683
Regal Champlain Centre 8	Plattsburgh	NY	12901
Regal Charles Towne Square 18	North Charleston	SC	29406
Regal Cherrydale Stadium 16	Greenville	SC	29609
Regal Cielo Vista Stadium 18	San Antonio	TX	78238
Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11	Vancouver	WA	98665
Regal Cinema Key West 6	Key West	FL	33040
Regal Cinemas Biltmore Grande Stadium 15	Asheville	NC	28803
Regal Cinemas Everett Mall Stadium 16	Everett	WA	98208
Regal Cinemas Oceanside 16	Oceanside	CA	92054
Regal Cinemas Riverstone 14	Coeur D’Alene	ID	83814
Regal Cinemas The Landing Stadium 14	Renton	WA	98057
Regal Cinemas The Loop 16	Kissimmee	FL	34741
Regal Citrus Park 20	Tampa	FL	33625
Regal City Centre Stadium 16 & IMAX	Stockton	CA	95202
Regal Cobblestone Square 20	Sheffield Village	OH	44035
Regal Coldwater Crossing Stadium 14	Fort Wayne	IN	46825
Regal College Avenue 16	Appleton	WI	54915
Regal Colonie Center Stadium 13	Albany	NY	12205
Regal Columbus Stadium 12	Virginia Beach	VA	23462
Regal Commerce Center 18	North Brunswick	NJ	8902
Regal Crocker Park Stadium 16	Westlake	OH	44145
Regal Cross Keys Cinema 12	Turnersville	NJ	8012
Regal Crossgates Stadium 18 & IMAX	Albany	NY	12203
Regal Crossroads Stadium 20	Cary	NC	27511
Regal Crossroads Stadium 8	Bellevue	WA	98008
Regal Crow Canyon	San Ramon	CA	94583
Regal Crystal River Mall 9	Crystal River	FL	34428
Regal Culver Ridge Plaza 16	Irondequoit	NY	14622
Regal Cumberland Mall 14	Vineland	NJ	8360
Regal Cypress Creek Station 16	Fort Lauderdale	FL	33334
Regal Deer Valley 16	Antioch	CA	94509
Regal Deerfield Towne Center Stadium 16	Mason	OH	45040
Regal Delray Beach 18	Delray Beach	FL	33483
Regal Dimond Center 9 Cinemas	Anchorage	AK	99515
Regal Division Street	Portland	OR	97236
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18 & IMAX	Honolulu	HI	96817
Regal E-Walk Stadium 13	New York	NY	10036
Regal Eagan 16	Eagan	MN	55122
Regal Eagle Ridge Mall 12	Lake Wales	FL	33853
Regal Eastview Mall 13	Victor	NY	14564
Regal Edgmont Square 10	Newtown Square	PA	19073
Regal Elmwood Center 16	Buffalo	NY	14207
Regal Escondido Stadium 16 & IMAX	Escondido	CA	92025
Regal Evergreen Parkway Stadium 13	Hillsboro	OR	97124
Regal Fiesta Henderson Stadium 12	Henderson	NV	89015
Regal Fox Run Stadium 15	Newington	NH	3801
Regal Franklin Sq. Stadium 14	Gastonia	NC	28054
Regal Gainesville Cinema 14	Gainesville	FL	32608
Regal Galleria Mall Stadium 16	Poughkeepsie	NY	12601
Regal Garden Grove 16	Garden Grove	CA	92841
Regal Gateway 16	Austin	TX	78759
Regal Georgesville Square 16	Columbus	OH	43228
Regal Germantown Stadium 14	Germantown	MD	20874
Regal Governors Sq. Stadium 12	Tallahassee	FL	32301
Regal Grand Central Mall 12	Vienna	WV	26105
Regal Great Northern Mall 10	Clay	NY	13041
Regal Greece Ridge Center 12	Rochester	NY	14626
Regal Green Hills 16	Nashville	TN	37215
Regal Green Valley Ranch 10	Henderson	NV	89052
Regal Gulf Coast Town Center Stadium 16 & IMAX	Fort Myers	FL	33913
Regal Hacienda Crossings Stadium 21 & IMAX	Dublin	CA	94568
Regal Hadley Theatre 16	South Plainfield	NJ	7080
Regal Hamburg Pavilion 16	Lexington	KY	40509
Regal Hamilton Commons 14	Mays Landing	NJ	8330
Regal Harbour View Grande 16	Suffolk	VA	23435
Regal Harrisburg Stadium 14	Harrisburg	PA	17112
Regal Harrisonburg 14	Harrisonburg	VA	22801
Regal Hazleton Laurel Mall Stadium 10	Hazleton	PA	18201
Regal Hemet Cinema 12	Hemet	CA	92545
Regal Henrietta Cinema 18	Rochester	NY	14623
Regal Hilltop 9 Cinema	Oregon City	OR	97045
Regal Holiday 8	Stockton	CA	95210
Regal Hollywood 16-Ocala	Ocala	FL	34474
Regal Hollywood 18-Huntsville	Huntsville	AL	35802
Regal Hollywood 18-Port Richey	Port Richey	FL	34668
Regal Hollywood 20 @ Fairfield Commons	Beavercreek	OH	45431
Regal Hollywood 20-Greenville	Greenville	SC	29607
Regal Hollywood 20-Naples	Naples	FL	34109
Regal Hollywood 20-Sarasota	Sarasota	FL	34236
Regal Hollywood 24 @ North I-85	Chamblee	GA	30341
Regal Hollywood 27-Nashville	Nashville	TN	37204
Regal Hudson Cinema 10	Hudson	OH	44236
Regal Hunt Valley Mall Stadium 12	Hunt Valley	MD	21030
Regal Hyattsville Royale 14	Hyattsville	MD	20782
Regal Independence Mall 14	Kingston	MA	2364
Regal Inlet Square 12	Murrells Inlet	SC	29576
Regal Interstate Park Cinema 18	Akron	OH	44312
Regal Issaquah 9 Theatre	Issaquah	WA	98027
Regal Ithaca Mall Stadium 14	Ithaca	NY	14850
Regal Jackson Cinema 4	Jackson	CA	95642
Regal Kansas City 18 Cinemas	Kansas City	MO	64161
Regal Kendall Village Stadium 16	Miami	FL	33183
Regal Keystone Park Stadium 16	Dallas	TX	75243
Regal Kiln Creek Cinema 20	Newport News	VA	23602
Regal La Habra 16	La Habra	CA	90631
Regal Lake Zurich 12	Lake Zurich	IL	60047
Regal Lakewood Cinema 15	Lakewood	WA	98499
Regal Lancaster Mall Stadium 11	Salem	OR	97301
Regal Largo Mall 8	Largo	FL	33771
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX	Lincolnshire	IL	60069
Regal Live Oak Stadium 18	Live Oak	TX	78233
Regal Lloyd Center 10 Cinema	Portland	OR	97232
Regal Louisiana Boardwalk Stadium 14	Bossier City	LA	71111
Regal Macarthur Center 18	Norfolk	VA	23510
Regal Magnolia Place 16	Coral Springs	FL	33076
Regal Majestic Cinema 20	Silver Spring	MD	20910
Regal Mall Of Georgia 20 & IMAX	Buford	GA	30518
Regal Manahawkin 10	Manahawkin	NJ	8050
Regal Manassas Stadium 14	Manassas	VA	20109
Regal Manchester Stadium 14	Rock Hill	SC	29730
Regal Manchester Stadium 16	Fresno	CA	93726
Regal Manor Stadium 16	Lancaster	PA	17603
Regal Marketplace @ Oaks Stadium 24	Oaks	PA	19456
Regal Marlboro Cinema 8	Morganville	NJ	7751
Regal Martin Village 16 & IMAX	Lacey	WA	98516
Regal Martinsburg Stadium 10	Martinsburg	WV	25401
Regal Marysville Cinema 14	Marysville	WA	98270
Regal Mayfaire Stadium 16	Wilmington	NC	28405
Regal Medina 16 @ Huntington Street	Medina	OH	44256
Regal Medlock Crossing 18	Duluth	GA	30097
Regal Middleburg Town Square 16	Middleburg Heights	OH	44130
Regal Modesto Stadium 10	Modesto	CA	95356
Regal Moraine Pointe Cinema 10	Butler	PA	16001
Regal Movies On Tv Stadium 16	Hillsboro	OR	97123
Regal New River Valley Stadium 14	Christiansburg	VA	24073
Regal New Roc City 18 & IMAX	New Rochelle	NY	10801
Regal New Town Stadium 12	Williamsburg	VA	23188
Regal Niagara Falls Stadium 12	Niagara Falls	NY	14304
Regal Northampton Cinema 14	Easton	PA	18045
Regal Oak Hollow Mall 7	High Point	NC	27265
Regal Oakmont 8	Bradenton	FL	34210
Regal Oakwood 18	Hollywood	FL	33020
Regal Old Mill 16	Bend	OR	97702
Regal Opry Mills 20 & IMAX	Nashville	TN	37214
Regal Ormond Beach Cinema 12	Ormond Beach	FL	32174
Regal Oviedo Marketplace 22	Oviedo	FL	32765
Regal Palmetto Grande Stadium 16	Mount Pleasant	SC	29464
Regal Park Place Stadium 16	Pinellas Park	FL	33781
Regal Parkway Plaza 18	El Cajon	CA	92020
Regal Pearl Highlands Stadium 12	Pearl City	HI	96782
Regal Peoples Plaza Cinema Stadium 17	Newark	DE	19702
Regal Perimeter Point Stadium 10	Atlanta	GA	30338
Regal Phillips Place Stadium 10	Charlotte	NC	28210
Regal Pinnacle Stadium 18 & IMAX	Knoxville	TN	37922
Regal Pioneer Place Stadium 6	Portland	OR	97204
Regal Pohatcong 12	Phillipsburg	NJ	8865
Regal Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 & IMAX	Orlando	FL	32819
Regal Potomac Yard 16	Alexandria	VA	22305
Regal Poulsbo 10	Poulsbo	WA	98370
Regal Providence Stadium 14	Mt. Juliet	TN	37122
Regal Rancho Del Rey 16	Chula Vista	CA	91910
Regal Rancho Mirage Stadium 16	Rancho Mirage	CA	92270
Regal Red Rock Stadium 16 & IMAX	Las Vegas	NV	89135
Regal Richland Crossing 12	Quakertown	PA	18951
Regal Richmond Town Square Stadium 20	Richmond Heights	OH	44143
Regal River Valley Mall 10	Lancaster	OH	43130
Regal Riverside Plaza Stadium 16	Riverside	CA	92506
Regal Riviera Stadium 8	Knoxville	TN	37902
Regal Ronkonkoma Cinema 9	Ronkonkoma	NY	11779
Regal Round Lake Beach 18	Round Lake Beach	IL	60073
Regal Royal Palm Beach 18	Royal Palm Beach	FL	33411
Regal Salisbury Stadium 16	Salisbury	MD	21801
Regal Salmon Run Mall 8	Watertown	NY	13601
Regal San Jacinto Metro 12	San Jacinto	CA	92583
Regal Sandhill Stadium 16	Columbia	SC	29229
Regal Santa Cruz 9	Santa Cruz	CA	95060
Regal Santa Fe Stadium 14	Santa Fe	NM	87507
Regal Sawgrass 23	Sunrise	FL	33323
Regal Sequoia Mall 12	Visalia	CA	93277
Regal Severance Town Center 14	Cleveland Heights	OH	44118
Regal Shadowood 16	Boca Raton	FL	33434
Regal Sherwood 10	Sherwood	OR	97140
Regal Shoppingtown Mall 14	Dewitt	NY	13214
Regal Showplace Stadium 16	Crystal Lake	IL	60014
Regal Silver City Galleria 10	Taunton	MA	2780
Regal Simi Valley Civic Ctr. Stad. 16 & IMAX	Simi Valley	CA	93063
Regal Solomon Pond Mall Stadium 15	Marlborough	MA	1752
Regal Sonora Stadium 10	Sonora	CA	95370
Regal South Beach Cinema 18	Miami Beach	FL	33139
Regal Southland Mall Stadium 16	Miami	FL	33189
Regal Southpark Mall Stadium 16	Colonial Heights	VA	23834
Regal Spartan Stadium 16	Spartanburg	SC	29301
Regal St. Louis Mills Stadium 18	Hazelwood	MO	63042
Regal Stark Street 10	Gresham	OR	97030
Regal Starlight Cinema 14	Charlotte	NC	28262
Regal Starlight Stadium 14 – Anderson	Anderson	SC	29621
Regal Staunton Mall Cinema 6	Staunton	VA	24401
Regal Stonecrest At Piper Glen 22 & IMAX	Charlotte	NC	28277
Regal Stonington 10	Pawcatuck	CT	6379
Regal Stratford Stadium 14	Stratford	CT	6614
Regal Strawbridge Marketplace 12	Virginia Beach	VA	23454
Regal Streets of Indian Lake Stadium 16	Hendersonville	TN	37075
Regal Sun Plaza Stadium 8	Fort Walton Beach	FL	32548
Regal Sunset Station Stadium 13 & IMAX	Henderson	NV	89014
Regal Swansea Stadium 12	Swansea	MA	2777
Regal Tall Firs 10	Bonney Lake	WA	98391
Regal Texas Station Stadium 18	North Las Vegas	NV	89030
Regal The Avenues Stadium 20	Jacksonville	FL	32256
Regal Three Rivers Mall 5	Kelso	WA	98626
Regal Tigard 11 Cinemas	Tigard	OR	97223
Regal Totem 8 Theatres	Anchorage	AK	99504
Regal Town Center 16-Port Charlotte	Port Charlotte	FL	33948
Regal Transit Center 18 & IMAX	Williamsville	NY	14221
Regal Treasure Coast Mall Stadium 16	Jensen Beach	FL	34957
Regal Trussville 16	Birmingham	AL	35235
Regal Tullahoma Cinema 8	Tullahoma	TN	37388
Regal Turlock Stadium 14	Turlock	CA	95380
Regal Ukiah Stadium 6	Ukiah	CA	95482
Regal University 16	Tampa	FL	33612
Regal Valley River Center Stadium 15	Eugene	OR	97401
Regal Valley View 16	Roanoke	VA	24012
Regal Village Park Cinema 17	Carmel	IN	46032
Regal Virginia Center 20	Glen Allen	VA	23059
Regal Walden Galleria Stadium 16	Cheektowaga	NY	14225
Regal Warrington Crossing 22	Warrington	PA	18976
Regal Waterford 9	Waterford	CT	6385
Regal Waterford Lakes Stadium 20 & IMAX	Orlando	FL	32828
Regal West Manchester Mall Stadium 13	York	PA	17404
Regal Westborough Stadium 12	Westborough	MA	1581
Regal Westchester Commons Stadium 16	Midlothian	VA	23114
Regal Westfork Plaza 13	Pembroke Pines	FL	33027
Regal Westgate 11 Theatres	Austin	TX	78745
Regal Westminster 9	Westminster	MD	21157
Regal Westview Stadium 16	Frederick	MD	21704
Regal Willoughby Commons 16	Willoughby	OH	44094
Regal Wilsonville Stadium 9	Wilsonville	OR	97070
Regal Wilton Mall 8	Saratoga Springs	NY	12866
Regal Windward Stadium 10	Kaneohe	HI	96744
Regal Winter Park Village 20	Winter Park	FL	32789
UA Amarillo Star Stadium 14	Amarillo	TX	79106
UA Broadway Faire 10	Fresno	CA	93711
UA Cinema 90	Lake City	FL	32055
UA Circle Centre 9	Indianapolis	IN	46204
UA Citiplace 11	Baton Rouge	LA	70808
UA Clinton 10	Clinton	MS	39056
UA Commerce Stadium 14	Walled Lake	MI	48390
UA Cottonwood Mall Stadium 16	Albuquerque	NM	87114
UA Denver Pavilions 15	Denver	CO	80202
UA East Hills Mall 10	Bakersfield	CA	93306
UA East Whiteland Stadium 9	East Whiteland	PA	19355
UA Eastchase Market Stadium 9	Fort Worth	TX	76120
UA Fossil Creek Stadium 11	Ft. Worth	TX	76137
UA Four Hills 10	Albuquerque	NM	87123
UA Galaxy Stadium 10	Dallas	TX	75238
UA Galaxy Stadium 14	Indianapolis	IN	46256
UA Grant Plaza 9	Philadelphia	PA	19115
UA Kaufman Astoria Stadium 14	Astoria	NY	11101
UA King Of Prussia Stadium 16 & IMAX	King Of Prussia	PA	19406
UA Lake Charles Stadium 10	Lake Charles	LA	70605
UA Main Street 6	Manayunk	PA	19127
UA Midway Stadium 9	Forest Hills	NY	11375
UA Moorestown Mall 7	Moorestown	NJ	8057
UA Movies at Market Fair 10	Princeton	NJ	8540
UA Movies at The Falls 12	Miami	FL	33176
UA Oxford Valley Stadium 14	Langhorne	PA	19047
UA Riverview Plaza Stadium 17	Philadelphia	PA	19147
UA Sheepshead Bay Stadium 14 & IMAX	Brooklyn	NY	11235
UA Showcase 8	Las Vegas	NV	89109
UA Snowden Square Stadium 14	Columbia	MD	21046
UA Staten Island Stadium 16	Staten Island	NY	10303
UA Westbury Stadium 12	Westbury	NY	11590

Click here to order tickets for the November 19th midnight show. Put in the closest zip code to you from the list above and you’ll be able to grab ‘em.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon opens in theaters on November 20th, 2009.

Sources: Fandango and THR (thanks to SciFiWire)

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2009 Scream Award Nominations

Ross Miller — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:37:08 +0000

The nominees have been announced for the fourth annual Scream Awards, held every year by Spike TV. The decisively more “fan-friendly” award ceremony (compared to the Oscars) honors films from the sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic-book genres of movies, TV shows and comic books. The awards are described as, “the first and only global event of its kind,” to honor those genres.

The Scream 2009 nominees were chosen by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, a list which this year includes the likes of Wes Craven, Roland Emmerich, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Eli Roth and Zack Snyder, plus many more. The event will be taped on Saturday, October 17th this year at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, and will air on Spike TV ten days later on Tuesday, October 27th (check for local times).

Along with the awards, the show will also be airing some exclusive, world premiere of footage of some of the most anticipated movies of 2010! Presenters and musicians for the event are to be announced shortly.

Below is the list of a selection of the 32 categories from this year’s Scream nominations. For those of you (all of you?) who want to have YOUR say on which film should win, you’re in luck! Public voting for the awards has opened already and will run right up to October 17th. But before you head off to vote, here are some of the nominees:

BEST FANTASY MOVIE

“Coraline”

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

“Twilight”

“Up”

“Watchmen”

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

BEST HORROR MOVIE

“Dead Snow”

“Drag Me to Hell”

“Friday the 13th”

“Let the Right One In”

“My Bloody Valentine 3D”

“Splinter”

BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE

“Dragonball Evolution”

“Punisher: War Zone”

“The Spirit”

“Watchmen”

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

BEST VILLAIN

Eric Bana as Nero; “Star Trek”

Cam Gigandet as James; “Twilight”

Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush; rag Me to Hell”

Liev Schrieber as Victor Creed/Sabretooth; “X-Men”

Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman; “True Blood”

BEST DIRECTOR

J.J. Abrams; “Star Trek”

Tomas Alfredson; “Let the Right One In”

Michael Bay; “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Pete Doctor & Bob Peterson; “Up”

Duncan Jones; “Moon”

Sam Raimi; “Drag Me to Hell”

BEST TV SHOW

Battlestar Galactica

Dexter

Fringe

Lost

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

True Blood

BEST ACTOR IN A FANTASY MOVIE OR TV SHOW

Ed Asner, “Up”

Hugh Jackman, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

Robert Pattinson, “Twilight”

Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Daniel Radcliffe, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

Michael Sheen, “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”

BEST ACTRESS IN A FANTASY MOVIE OR TV SHOW

Scarlett Johansson, “The Spirit”

Jamie King, “The Spirit”

Rhona Mitra, “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”

Kristen Stewart, “Twilight”

Emma Watson, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

For the rest of the nominees you can head over to Spike.com, where you can also cast your votes.

Although some of the awards are truly suspect (how the hell The Spirit got nominated for ANYTHING is beyond me), I still like the overall celebration of the type of sci-fi, fantasy, comic book and horror films we here at Screen Rant revel in Although I won’t go into a specific rundown of who I think should win, I’d like to throw my opinion in the ring for a few of them:

Lost should win Best TV Show (I love Dexter, but it’s no Lost); Best Horror Movie should go to Let The Right One In (I would say Drag Me To Hell, but since that’s a comedy too, Let The Right One takes it for me); Best Actor in a Fantasy Movie Or TV Show should go to Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; and Best Comic Book Movie should (EASILY) go to Watchmen.

But enough from me, what and who will YOU vote for? As stated, you can cast your votes over at Spike.com, and you can see if the winners match your picks when the Scream Awards 2009 air on October 27th this year on Spike TV.

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Twilight Saga: Eclipse Cast List & New Moon Volturi Pics [Updated]

Rob Frappier — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:42:21 +0000

[Update: We now have more pics of the Volturi to share!]

All right you twi-hards (I know you’re out there), we’ve got some great news for you. Not only has the final cast list for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse been confirmed, but we’ve rounded up some new pictures of the malevolent Volturi from The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

Let’s start with Eclipse.

To accompany stalwart Twilight veterans Robert Pattinson (playing Edward Cullen) and Kristen Stewart (playing Bella Swan), Eclipse has added a number of new actors to its mix. Among the newbies are Xavier Samuel as Riley, Catalina Sandino Moreno as Maria, Jack Huston as Royce King, Julia Jones as Leah, BooBoo Stewart as Seth, and Jodelle Ferland as Bree. Bryce Dallas Howard will also be joining the cast as Victoria, controversially replacing actress Rachelle Lafevre. Eclipse was written by screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg and is being directed by David Slade.

For those who need a little primer on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which is the third film in the Twilight series, here’s a description of the film from Summit Entertainment’s official press release.

In THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

Check out the complete cast list (from the same press release) below:

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE Cast List

Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan
Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen
Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black

Cullen Family
Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen
Peter Facinelli as Dr. Carlisle
Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen
Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen
Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale
Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale

Wolf Pack
Chaske Spencer as Sam Uley
Bronson Pelletier as Jared
Alex Meraz as Paul
Kiowa Gordon as Embry Call
Tyson Houseman as Quil Ateara

Other Quileutes
Gil Birmingham as Billy Black
Tinsel Korey as Emily

Nomad Vampires
Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria

Volturi
Cameron Bright as Alec
Charlie Bewley as Demetri
Daniel Cudmore as Felix
Dakota Fanning as Jane

Additional Returning Cast Members
Billy Burke as Charlie Swan
Sarah Clarke as Renee Dwyer
Anna Kendrick as Jessica
Michael Welch as Mike
Christian Serratos as Angela
Justin Chon as Eric

New Cast Members
Xavier Samuel as Riley
Catalina Sandino Moreno as Maria
Jack Huston as Royce King
Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater
BooBoo Stewart as Seth Clearwater
Jodelle Ferland as Bree

If you’d like to put some of those names to faces, check out this image gallery from MTV. In the meantime, flip to the next page for a look at Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, and the rest of the Volturi in New Moon.

Click to continue reading ‘Twilight News: Eclipse Cast List & New Moon Character Pics’…

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: August 23, 2009

Niall Browne — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:08:47 +0000

This Week:

The Basterds have landed at the top of the box office; Karl Urban takes a bite out of Priest; Summit attempts to grab Jodie Foster’s Beaver; Rosario Dawson boards Unstoppable; The Twilight Saga: Eclipse begins; Pandorum is pushed back and is it a trick or a treat for Trick r’ Treat?

Box Office

Quentin Tarantino scored the biggest opening of his career with Inglourious Basterds. The Brad Pitt film shot up an impressive $37 million over the weekend giving The Weinstein Company a much needed financial boost. The R-rated Nazi killing epic will have a chance of cracking $100 million if word of mouth is good.

District 9 dropped less than 50% this weekend after banking an estimated $18.9 million. With $73 million already in the bag it looks like this $30 million film will be very profitable.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra banked another $12.5 million. The action-figure movie has now taken an impressive $120 million. The sequel should be out in a couple of years.

The Time Traveler’s Wife took $10 million this weekend. With a television series on the way it looks like someone somewhere thought that this would be profitable.

Julie & Julia is playing as expected. Just down 25% from last weekend The Meryl Streep starrer banked $9 million this weekend. The film has now made a healthy $59 million.

Robert Rodriguez’s Shorts didn’t open as well as his buddy Quentin Tarantino. The directors latest family film grossed a meek $6.5 million. It was probably very cheap so it’ll turn a profit.

G-Force’s total now stands at $107 million after making $4 million. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince brought in another $3 million. With $290 in the bank already it looks like this Potter pic might just limp to the magic $300 million barrier.

The Ugly Truth and Post Grad were pretty much neck and neck with just under $3 million each. One has a grand total of $82 million and the other will finish it’s run with under $10 million.

Movie News

1. Star Trek and Lord of the Rings star (we’ll forget about Pathfinder) Karl Urban has signed on to Priest.
In the Scott Stewart directed film, Urban will play Black Hat, an evil vampire in the Paul Bettany film.

Hollywood really has gone vampire crazy lately. Let’s hope it doesn’t suck!

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

2. Summit Entertainment is in “advanced talks” to buy Jodie Foster’s The Beaver. The Mel Gibson starrer follows a depressed man who starts wearing a hand-puppet of the titular beaver.

I’m looking forward to this quirky dramedy.

The Beaver starts shooting in September.

Source: Variety

3. Rosario Dawson has jumped on board Tony Scott’s action-thriller Unstoppable. The runaway train film stars Scott favorite Denzel Washington and Captain Kirk himself, Chris Pine.

The film has had a start-stop momentum from when it was announced earlier in the year with Washington leaving the project when 20th Century Fox wanted him to make the film for less than his usual $20 million pay day. An agreement was reached and the film regained its drive.

Unstoppable arrives on November 12, 2010

Source: Variety

4. Earlier in the week cameras started rolling on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

That’s right you can now start anticipating new news featuring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and company. The hugely successful vampire series has been a massive hit with teens and fans of vampire fiction.

Creator Stephenie Meyer’s bank manager is also very interested in the books too!

Join Edward and Bella at a cinema near you when The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens on June 30, 2010.

Source: Coming Soon.

4. If you’ve been waiting to see the Dennis Quaid/ Ben Foster sci-fi horror, Pandorum, then you’re going to have to wait a while longer. The film has now been pushed back a week to September 25th, moving it away from coming out at the same time as the Megan Fox starring/ Diablo Cody-scripted Jennifer’s Body.

Pandorum will now open opposite Bruce Willis’ Sci-fi actioner Surrogates.

Source: Shock Till You drop

5. Speaking of release dates – Michael Dougherty’s Trick r’ Treat finally has a concrete release. The long-awaited film will be out in time for… you guessed it: Halloween. Trick r’ Treat will be available on DVD and Blu-ray from Tuesday, October 6.

Source: Shock Till You Drop

That’s it for now. See you at the movies.

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon Trailer #2 Is Here

Kofi Outlaw — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:00:12 +0000

We told you over the weekend that it was coming and now, after those frustrating bootlegged French versions and previews-of-a-preview, here is the OFFICIAL full trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, in all its shirtless glory!

Of course, you Twilight fans almost certainly knew this was coming, but since it’s now obvious that you didn’t fall for the trick indulge the opportunity of seeing Bandslam this weekend for an early look at the New Moon trailer, we’re happy to provide it for you here.

And I personally promise not to complement the film, or give any opinion at all about it, for that matter. I don’t want to have to once again face the angry and unruly comments of the Twilight Saga gang…

Anyway, here’s what you’re REALLY after, the latest trailer for New Moon:

[See post to watch Flash video]

Ok, so there you have it, more supernatural-love hijinks to ensue when The Twilight Saga: New Moon hits theaters on November 20, 2009. And, like I said: no opinion from me this time around.

What did YOU GUYS think of this latest trailer? Is New Moon going to improve upon Twilight? Or is it bound for the $5 DVD bin at your local Walmart?

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Sneak Peek(s) at New Moon’s New Trailer

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:36:31 +0000

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you Twilight Saga fans out there that the full trailer for New Moon is going to be debuting this Friday before Summit Entertainment’s Bandslam movie. Well, the French jumped the gun recently and leaked the latest cut of their New Moon trailer online. Over here in the U.S., meanwhile, a 17-second preview of the latest New Moon trailer (preview-of-a-preview I’m calling it) has been put out to help wet appetites around the world.

Both the French trailer and preview-of-a-preview trailer show a lot more of awkward Bella (Kristen Stewart) and ab-ripped Jacob (Taylor Lautner) getting hot and steamy, and there is even some quick shots of good old Edward (R. Patt) and Dakota Fanning as the vampire Jane.

Check them out:

New Moon Preview-of-a-Preview

French Trailer for New Moon

I will say this: the story for New Moon at least looks more intriguing than the thinly-veiled metaphorical teen-angst story of Twilight. Like J.K. Rowling before her, Stephenie Meyer looks to have grown a bit as a storyteller, fully stepping into the world she created, fleshing it out to be its own (sort of) unique universe – something Twilight was sorely missing, IMHO.

How did you like the new footage of New Moon?

Note: Be sure to check back with Screen Rant regularly over the weekend to catch the official new trailer for New Moon the second it drops!

Source: You Tube via Ace Showbiz

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Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up – August 5,

Niall Browne — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:21:35 +0000

This week:

Maggie Grace takes part in The Experiment with Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker; get ready to Stare At Goats and George Clooney in November; Leonardo DiCaprio goes down to the woods with Little Red Riding Hood; Liam Neeson is an Unknown White Male, Josh Duhamel ruins Life As We Know it alongside Katherine Heigl; Sony Pictures Classics buy Blood Simple and find out which Silent Hill star has joined Twilight.

1. Lost star Maggie Grace will join Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker in The Experiment. The plot (according to IMDB) is as follows:

“26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.”

The Experiment is a remake of Das Experiment directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (The Invasion).

Source: Bloody Disgusting

2. George Clooney’s forthcoming The Men Who Stare At Goats will premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

The film follows Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) as he investigates an odd experimental military unit lead by Lyn Cassady (Clooney).

The Grant Heslov directed film also stars Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges.

The Men Who Stare At Goats opens on November 6, 2009.

Source: The Play List

3. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Production Company is developing a new Gothic take on Little Red Riding Hood.

David Leslie Johnson, the screenwriter of Orphan will pen this new interpretation of the infamous Brothers Grimm tale.

DiCaprio is not expected to star. Apparently he doesn’t look good in a red hood – but you never know, they might just need a woodcutter.

Somebody needs to point out to these people that Neil Jordan already did a gothic take on Little Red Riding Hood with A Company of Wolves.

Source: Variety

4. Liam Neeson will star in Unkown White Male for Joel Silver’s Dark Castle production company.

According to Variety:

“Neeson will play a doctor who goes to Berlin for a medical conference and gets into a car accident. When he awakens from a coma, he discovers that his wife doesn’t recognize him — and she’s living with another man who has assumed his identity.”

Director Jaume Collet-Serra will start shooting the film in January once Neeson completes work on The A-Team.

Source: Variety

5. Transformers star Josh Duhamel will join current rom-com queen Katherine Heigl in Life As We Know it.

“(The Greg Berlanti film) follows two unattached adults whose worlds are turned upside down when their mutual best friends die in an accident and name them as care-givers of their orphaned daughter.”

Heigel will produce the film alongside her mother Nancy.

I think that this just went into my must-see list for next year (sarcasm!)

Source: Variety

6. Sony Pictures Classics has signed-on to fund (and distribute) Director Zhang Yimou’s remake of the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple.

“The film is set in a Chinese noodle shop in a sand dune-specked desert, rather than a bar in an unnamed Texas town.”

The untitled remake is billed as a “comedy thriller.” Just the like the original.

Source: Indie Wire

7. Silent Hill’s Jodelle Ferland has joined the cast of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

The young actress will join Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart as “a vampire who has just been turned.”

Ferland has also starred in Terry Gilliam’s Tideland and the forthcoming The Cabin In The Woods.

It doesn’t sound like a big role, but what do I know about Twilight?

Source: Variety

That’s if for now. See you at the movies.

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Twilight Saga Author Stephenie Meyer Accused of Plagiarism

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:47:33 +0000

The Twilight Saga has become an almost sacred entity for fans of the books and films alike – a cherished series that has inspired an almost rabid level of devotion, as evidenced at this year’s Comic-Con Twilight panel, which fans slept on the street overnight just to witness.

That all said, I can’t imagine the level of outcry there is going to be now that Twilight Saga creator Stephenie Meyer is being accused of plagiarizing scenes of her fourth and final entry in the series, Breaking Dawn.

Here are the facts: Yesterday news gossip website TMZ broke a story claiming that Stephenie Meyer’s publisher, Hachette, had received a cease and desist letter from the lawyers of a 21-year-old musician/author named Jordan Scott, who claims that scenes of Breaking Dawn bear too many similarities to her own book, The Nocturne, which was supposedly published in 2006 – two years prior to Breaking Dawn. You don’t have to be a math whiz to figure out that Scott would’ve been in the 15-16 age range at the time she allegedly wrote the book.

Now, according to MTV News, Scott isn’t even looking for a payday out of this, per se – she simply wants public acknowledgement that the theft took place and an immediate end to the circulation of the massively popular Breaking Dawn. Yikes.

Naturally Meyer’s lawyers are all over the case, immediately dismissing Scott’s claims as “frivolous” and adding that the girl is simply trying to “ride the coattails” of Meyer’s success. On an amusing note: I haven’t been able to find copies of The Nocturne for sale just about anywhere online (little help?) and reportedly, Scott has been unable to provide copies of the book to either Meyer’s lawyers or Hachette. Must be a real popular title.

Not to be outdone by the big-shots, Scott’s lawyers have put out their own statement regarding the accusation. Said copyright attorney Craig Williams, the man who filed the cease and desist order:

It’s very close and highly unlikely that it’s a coincidence…Jordan has asked that we draft a complaint and a motion for a preliminary injunction [against Meyer's publisher]…We also want to stop them from making it into a movie and profiting from her [Scott's] work…

Wow, so they’re even going after the recently-announced film adaptation of Breaking Dawn. This could get REAL ugly.

Now, in regards to WHAT Meyer is actually accused of stealing: While the plots and characters of the two books are different enough, certain scenes seem to bear some similarities. These scenes include:

A post-wedding sex scene
A scene about a woman who’s sick because she’s carrying a child with “evil powers”
A scene with the death of the main character’s wife

MTV News has even gone so far as to do a side-by-side comparison of the ‘pregnant with demon-child’ scenes:

From Nocturne:

“Her face was so pale, it was frightening; and there were beads of sweat pouring down her forehead. She couldn’t even stand, she was so weak. … She was violently ill, vomiting and scarcely able to catch her breath.”

And from Breaking Dawn:

Most of her dark hair was pulled away from her face into a messy knot, but a few strands stuck limply to her forehead and neck, to the sheen of sweat that covered her skin. There was something about her fingers and wrists that looked so fragile it was scary. She was sick. Very sick.

Wow, two versions of the same vamp/human love-tale and not one word of quality writing between them! Awesome. Either ways this goes, the literary community is still going to be the biggest loser in the end. And really, when you think about it, how “exclusive” is the idea of a woman having complications from an inter-species pregnancy? I could name you five films and/or books off the top of my head that deal with very same issue in a very similar way. IT’S NOT THAT ORIGINAL.

Still, I’m not going to even ATTEMPT to judge whether this accusation has any merit or not. Hugely successful authors almost always have to face down some kind of plagiarism charge by those seeking the limelight themselves – but then again, just as many successful authors have been caught dipping their pens in somebody else’s ink. However, let’s not forget that Stephenie Meyer was already accused of narrative theft earlier this year, but that accusation was ultimately revealed to be a hoax.

For now, we’ll keep an eye on this developing story and let you know how it unfolds. Meanwhile, drown your legal worries in these two New Moon posters featuring your favorite inter-species couple:

The Twilight Saga’s second installment, New Moon, hits theaters on November 20, 2009.

The film adaptation of Breaking Dawn is currently aiming for a Fall 2011 release.

Source: TMZ, MTV News, MTV Movie Blog

New Moon Poster Source: E! Online via Bloody-Disgusting

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