Many "Twilight" fans are expecting a darker film with more action, but plenty of romance between Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and her various supernatural suitors when "Eclipse" hits theaters on June 30. But "Twilight" enthusiasts who haven't braced themselves for a different experience should consider themselves warned: Leading man Robert Pattinson revealed to MTV News that the threequel absolutely takes a more serious tone.
"I've seen a very early cut," Pattinson said at the . "It's good. It's different. It's really different, like, it's kind of serious."
Pattinson clarified that in the case of "Eclipse," the words "different" and "serious" are good things, especially when it comes to the action sequences. "All the kinds of fight scenes that are in 'New Moon,' they're, like, real fights now [in 'Eclipse']," he said. "They're not, like, fantasy things. It's like a horror film!"
The horror label should come as no surprise considering that "30 Days of Night" director David Slade is responsible for "Eclipse." And not to mention the fact that Peter Facinelli previously revealed that fans will see the "true vampire-ness" of his Carlisle Cullen and the rest of his fanged family, including the "dark, dangerous side" of Alice (Ashley Greene), as well as "a darker side" of Jasper (Jackson Rathbone). Another big tipoff to the film's pitch can be found in the "Eclipse" footage we've already seen, like the action-packed teaser that premiered during the 2010 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday.
Having earned a PG-13 rating for "intense sequences of action and violence," there's no question that "Eclipse" will differ from previous "Twilight Saga" installments. The only question is, do you trust Pattinson's declaration that "different" is a good thing?
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Robert Pattinson Says 'Eclipse' Is 'Different,' More 'Serious'
Thursday, July 22, 2010
'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse': Vampires Wanted, By Kurt Loder Third time's not the charm.
"Eclipse" might be as good as the "Twilight" films are going to get. The main actors have settled comfortably into their roles in this third installment of the franchise. Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed and Ashley Greene, the more interesting of the home-team vampires, have a welcome new prominence, and Robert Pattinson even has a scene in which he displays a twinge of character-development. The movie also has some actual action, as everyone must know by now — a big vampires-versus-vampires-versus-werewolves battle sequence at the end of the picture.
However, having imposed something like narrative clarity on the story, new director David Slade is still stuck with the story — which, deriving as it does from the paceless goop of Stephenie Meyer's books, and having been wrestled into a script by Melissa Rosenberg, is a threadbare quilt of pre-teen romantic clichés padded out unconscionably with long character flashbacks and rambling dialogue that's deader than any of the vampires in attendance. (The picture runs two hours, and might have been more enjoyable — and certainly less exasperating — if it had been cut down into a one-hour TV special.)
We begin where the last movie left off, with chaste young lovers Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Pattinson) nuzzling in a sunlit flowery field. She's reading him poetry. He's glistening a bit, as the "Twilight" vampires ridiculously do whenever they're out and about in the daytime. He asks her to marry him. "Change me," she replies — meaning, turn her into a vampire, too. He doesn't want to do this. But we already know that, and we wish he'd just get over it and get it over with, because we've been through this wearying routine before, and we know lots more of it lies ahead.
Bella's dad (Billy Burke) doesn't like her hanging out with Edward so much. Why can't she spend more time with the other kids, like that nice Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner)? Jacob, of course, as we also know, is a member of the local werewolf clan, and he's in love with Bella, too. Possibly in vain, though. "I don't feel that for you," she says. "I don't buy it," he snaps. Then he tries to kiss her, and she punches him in the face. (And sprains her hand — werewolves are very ... hard, or something, apparently).
You could count the minutes Lautner doesn't spend topless in this picture on the hands of a cartoon character. ("Doesn't he own a shirt?" says Edward, deploying one of the movie's several self-aware wisecracks.) This is an understandable strategy on the part of the filmmakers, since Lautner, a formidable physical specimen and a mildly appealing presence, does most of his acting with his abs. (True, he hasn't been given a lot to work with by the script, but who here has?)
Jacob and Edward's territorial sniping over Bella continues even after the need arises for both of their families to band together against an attack by the rogue vampire Victoria (now played by Bryce Dallas Howard) and her army of "newborns" — vampires who've only recently been turned. Here we puzzle once again at Stephenie Meyer's complete indifference to traditional vampire lore — to the basic characteristics that make these creatures fun. Apart from the fact that her bloodsuckers can walk around in the sunlight and have no fangs, we're now informed that newborns are the most powerful of all vampires because they still have traces of human blood running through their veins. Traditionally — logically — the most ancient vampires are the most powerful. And anyway, don't most vampires have human blood coursing through them? Isn't human blood what they live on? The contending vampire contingents in this movie could as easily be rival biker gangs or feuding hillbilly families with little adjustment required in the story.
This brings us once again to the sex question. There comes a scene where Bella and Edward are canoodling on a bed, and she asks him — begs him, actually — to have sex with her. But after a quick montage of button-fumbling, Edward backs away. "Believe me, I want to," he says. "I just want to be married to you first." Then he says, "I'm from a different era." If I had to guess, I'd say that era was the 1950s, when sex, if it happened to rear its troublesome head, was consummated offscreen, following a tasteful fade-out. In the "Twilight" films, carnal possibilities aren't even implied. No one's saying that Bella and Edward should get naked, in the manner of HBO's immeasurably superior "True Blood" series. But their dinky cuddling and cooing has no erotic charge. It's like a pepperoni pizza without the pepperoni. It's all cheese.
Just as our patience with this picture is about to collapse — following mini origin stories for two of the Cullens, and a meandering campfire chat with the tribal elders of the Black clan, and a scene in a tent with Bella, Edward and Jacob that may still be going on, for all I know — we finally get the big battle between the local vampires and werewolves and Victoria's invading army of newborns. The werewolves are meticulously animated CGI (although as always in "Twilight" land we wonder how guys in pants can transform into pantsless wolves and then transform back again to guys in pants). But the battle itself is oddly earthbound — the two groups of antagonists simply charge across a field at each other and collide. There's lots of thrashing and gnashing and flying through the air, but what this smackdown summit of vampires and werewolves boils down to is a big street rumble.
The people behind the "Twilight" films clearly feel that fans will sit through anything that brings the books they love to the screen. I wonder how long that'll hold true, though. Could this really be as good as the series is going to get? Without ever getting good?
Don't miss Kurt Loder's review of "The Last Airbender," also new in theaters this week.
Check out everything we've got on "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Saturday, September 12, 2009
the full new moon trailer takes us to the vampire law school
The full trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon is now playing in theaters attached to the just-opened slasher flick Sorority Row, which means it's also now on the Internet. Unlike previous teaser trailers, this over-two-minute version is practically crazy-CGI-hilarious wolf-free until the end, which makes it less funny, but it's actually kind of ... suspenseful? Must be the music! Kristen Stewart even has at least one non-wooden moment in this one, with her wisecrack about vampire laws. And we thought Jacob Black was going to be sort of a pussy, what with all the fuss about making Taylor Lautner bulk up to play him (and last month's interview/clip teaser highlighting his Too Nice–ness), but now he's all like, "[Edward] didn't want you!" MEOWWW! (Or whatever bitchy wolves say.) Best part: Bella watching other teenagers walk through the parking lot, smiling at one another while swinging their entwined hands. Second-best part, Fashion Week edish: Get ready to see a lot more teenagers driving while wearing printed-silk head scarves!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Twilight stars Pattinson and Stewart attend rock concert together
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were spotted together at Bobby Long’s concert in Vancouver.
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, stars of worldwide phenomenon Twilight, were spotted together at last month’s Kings Of Leon concert and this week at Bobby Long’s concert at The Backstage Lounge in Granville Island, Vancouver, according to People Magazine.
The Twilight cast is currently in Vancouver shooting the third installment of the Twilight saga, Eclipse, and will remain there till the end of October.
At the concert, the duo enjoyed the music and had a few drinks at the merch table surrounded by a posse of bodyguards. Also in attendance were friends and co-stars Nikki Reed and Elizabeth Reaser. Reed was enjoying some quality time with boyfriend Paris Latsis, who she has been dating since early summer, and the couple were photographed kissing and holding each other closely throughout the concert. Stewart was seen leaving the event (an 80-minute concert) with Pattinson around 12:30 a.m., and they reportedly made a point to avoid the waiting fans and paparazzi, and jump into a waiting cab.
New Moon, starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner hits theaters November 20th.
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kristen stewart biography ...
Early life
Stewart was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.[1][2][3] Her father, John Stewart, is a stage manager and television producer who has worked for Fox.[4] Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is a script supervisor originally from Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia.[3][5][6][7] She attended school until the seventh grade, and then continued her education by correspondence.[3] She has an older brother, Cameron Stewart.[8]
Career
Stewart's acting career began at the age of eight, after an agent saw her perform in her elementary school's Christmas play.[9] Stewart's first role was a short, nonspeaking part in the Disney Channel TV production The Thirteenth Year.[4] She subsequently appeared in the independent film The Safety of Objects, in which she played the tomboy daughter of a troubled single mother (Patricia Clarkson). Stewart had a major role in the Hollywood film Panic Room, playing the sullen, diabetic daughter of a divorced mother (Jodie Foster). The film received generally positive reviews, and Stewart garnered positive notices for her performance.
After Panic Room's success, Stewart was cast in another thriller, Cold Creek Manor, playing the daughter of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone's characters; the film generally failed at the box office. Her first starring role followed, in the children's action-comedy Catch That Kid, opposite Max Thieriot and Corbin Bleu. Stewart also played the role of Lila in the thriller Undertow. To date, Stewart's most critically acclaimed role may be in the television film Speak (2004), based on the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. Stewart, 13 at the time of filming, played high school freshman Melinda Sordino, who stops almost all verbal contact after being raped and who deals with enormous amounts of emotional turmoil. Stewart received great praise for playing the character, who had only a few speaking lines, but kept up a dark-witted commentary inside her head throughout the film.
In 2005, Stewart appeared in the fantasy-adventure film Zathura, playing the role of Lisa, the irresponsible older sister of two little boys, who turn their house into a spacecraft hurtling uncontrollably in outer space by playing a board game. The movie received praise by critics, but Stewart's performance did not garner much media attention as it was noted that her character is immobilized during most of the movie.[10] The following year, she played the character Maya in Fierce People, directed by Griffin Dunne. After that film, she received the lead role of Jess Solomon in the supernatural thriller movie The Messengers.
In 2007, Stewart appeared as teenager Lucy Hardwicke in In the Land of Women, a romantic drama starring Meg Ryan and The O.C. star Adam Brody. The movie, as well as Stewart's performance, received mixed reviews. That same year, Stewart starred in Sean Penn's critically acclaimed adaptation film Into the Wild. For her portrayal of Tracy — a teenage singer who has a crush on young adventurer Christopher McCandless — Stewart received generally positive reviews. Salon.com considered her work a "sturdy, sensitive performance",[11] and the Chicago Tribune noted that she did "vividly well with a sketch of a role."[12] Her performance was not without detractors, however; Variety's critic Dennis Harvey wrote, "It's unclear whether Stewart means to be playing hippie-chick Tracy as vapid, or whether it just comes off that way."[13] After Into the Wild, Stewart had a cameo appearance in Jumper and also appeared in What Just Happened, which was released in October 2008.[14] She also co-stars in The Cake Eaters and The Yellow Handkerchief, both independent films that have only been screened at film festivals.
On November 16, 2007, Summit Entertainment announced that Stewart would play Isabella "Bella" Swan in the movie Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance novel of the same name.[15] Stewart was on the set of Adventureland when director Catherine Hardwicke visited her for an informal screen test which "captivated" the director.[16] She stars alongside Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward Cullen, her character's vampire boyfriend. The film began production in February 2008 and finished filming in May 2008. Twilight was released domestically on November 21, 2008.[17] After the release of Twilight, Kristen Stewart was awarded the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance for her portrayal as Bella Swan. Stewart will be reprising her role as Bella in the sequel, New Moon, in 2009.
Stewart will star in a movie called K-11 with Nikki Reed, also of Twilight, and Jason Mewes.[5] The film, which is being directed by Stewart's mother, takes place in a dorm of the Los Angeles County Jail, and will feature both Stewart and Reed as male characters.[5][18] Stewart was also cast to portray Joan Jett in The Runaways, a biopic of the titular band from writer-director Floria Sigismondi.[19] Stewart met with Jett over the 2008-2009 New Year to prepare for the role, and hopes to be able to sing in the film.[20]
Personal life
Stewart currently lives in Woodland Hills in Los Angeles, California. In a 2008 interview with Vanity Fair, Stewart stated that she was dating actor Michael Angarano, her co-star from the movie Speak.[21][22] Stewart has expressed a desire to live and work in Australia, saying, "I want to go to Sydney University in Australia. My mom's from there."[23] Apart from acting, she is also interested in attending college in the near future, saying, "I want to go to college for literature. I want to be a writer. I mean, I love what I do, but it's not all I want to do — be a professional liar for the rest of my life."[24] Stewart is a guitar player and singer.[25]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Year | Girl | Uncredited (film debut) |
| 2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Ring throwing girl[26] | Uncredited |
| 2001 | The Safety of Objects | Sam Jennings | Minor role (limited release) |
| 2002 | Panic Room | Sarah Altman | Lead role |
| 2003 | Cold Creek Manor | Kristen Tilson | Supporting role |
| 2004 | Speak | Melinda Sordino | Lead role |
| Catch That Kid | Maddy | Lead role | |
| Undertow | Lila | Supporting role (limited release) | |
| 2005 | Fierce People | Maya Osbourne | Supporting role (limited release) |
| Zathura | Lisa | Supporting role | |
| 2007 | The Messengers | Jess Solomon | Lead role |
| In the Land of Women | Lucy Hardwicke | Lead role | |
| The Cake Eaters | Georgia | Lead role (limited release) | |
| Into the Wild | Tracy Tatro | Supporting role | |
| Cutlass | Young Robin | Minor role (short film) | |
| 2008 | Jumper | Sophie | Cameo |
| The Yellow Handkerchief | Martine | Supporting role | |
| What Just Happened | Zoe | Supporting role | |
| Twilight | Bella Swan | Lead role | |
| 2009 | Adventureland | Emily "Em" Lewin | Lead role |
| Welcome to the Rileys | Mallory | Lead role (completed) | |
| New Moon | Bella Swan | Lead role (post-production) | |
| 2010 | The Runaways | Joan Jett | Lead role (post-production) |
| Eclipse | Bella Swan | Lead role (filming) |
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Rob Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner screen 'New Moon' footage. Cue screams.
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If the New Moon footage director Chris Weitz debuted at Comic-Con today is any indication of what’s to come, Team Edward and Team Jacob will continue to battle. Indeed, the scenes screened at the panel—which featured Weitz along with Rob Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and Ashley Greene, who plays Alice—played in part like a matchup of dueling abs. Weitz debuted two scenes for the screaming fans who spent days camped out outside of Hall H waiting to see their on-screen idols. One clip featured Jacob (Lautner) showing Bella how to ride a motorcycle while she battles visions of Edward in her mind. (Jacob’s abs show up when he pulls off his shirt to wipe the blood from Bella’s forehead after she bails on the bike.) The second scene was the beginning of the climactic sequence in Italy, in which Bella and Alice are racing to save Edward from exposing himself in the sunlight. (Edward’s abs show up when he takes off his shirt intending to show the world his vampire self.)
The New Moon cast made clear that working with director Weitz was a welcome reprieve from the frenetic filmmaking style of Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke. “Chris was the perfect guy to do this movie,” Stewart said. “Catherine was impulsive and fast. This time around we had more time to think. We could be a little more cerebral.”
Lautner spoke of the challenges of working with such little clothing and such wicked weather conditions, while Pattinson seemed extremely comfortable highlighting his role as a “supporting” cast member in this film. Speaking of her character’s relationship angst in the sequel, Stewart said, “I played an insane person in this movie.” Weitz, for his part, expressed gratitude for the opportunity to direct the sequel. “The last film I made [The Golden Compass] was recut by the studio, and it was quite a terrible experience,” says Weitz. “This has been completely different. It’s been a tremendously rejuvenating experience for me. I can remember how much fun it is to make a film.”
