Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Movie News: Eclipse is Released on DVD Today!
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New Ashley Interview: Twilight Star's Topsy Turvy Life
One of the stars of the popular vampire series Twilight says her role in the films has turned her life "inside out and upside down in a really fantastic way".
Ashley Greene, the 23-year-old who plays Alice Cullen in the movies, was leading a life of relative normalcy before landing the Twilight gig, working in a restaurant while auditioning for various acting roles.
"I was working in a restaurant, reading the book series and then I had to put in my two weeks and flew to Portland... and I've kind of been just going and going ever since," she said, adding that she was extremely grateful for the opportunity.
"It's been absolutely incredible. For an actor, you can't really dream stuff like this up. I feel really, really blessed to be a part of this.
"I had absolutely no idea, none whatsoever, that it would be as huge as it is now. And I feel like it just keeps getting bigger," she said.
Greene admitted the auditioning process was quite an ordeal, particularly given the specifics the Twilight roles demanded.
"I think it was terrifying when I was reading the book series and going in to audition. How do you live up to perfection? Nobody's really perfect," she said.
However she also said the support from fans and colleagues alike made the quick rise to fame and the pressure of playing a key role in one of the world's biggest film franchises easier to bear.
"Because we have so much support from the fans it makes it a lot easier, I think, to live up to an expectation," she said, before heaping praise on her co-stars.
"Everyone has a very different personality but we all seem to match.
"I think we're really lucky in so many ways, and one of the big ways, I think, is that we are like a family and there's an incredible support system."
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E! Rob Pattinson & Kristen Stewart: All Work, No Beers (David Slade)
If Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were ever bothered by the constant paparazzi and tabloid attention to their private lives during the making of Eclipse, director David Slade says he didn't know anything about it.
And even if he did, Slade wasn't about to get involved in any of the dramarama.
It's not that he didn't care, but�
"We had a very tight schedule so there wasn't much time to be too sympathetic, to be honest," Slade told me earlier today while promoting this week's release of the Eclipse DVD (out Dec. 4). "We had to go. We had to shoot. We had shoot after shoot after shoot. We had a 50-day schedule which isn't normally what you have for a film of this scale.
"So we just had to crack on," he continued. "If anything, there wasn't time to go, 'How are you feeling today? Are you all right? What's going on?'"
They were so busy that Slade says he never even had the chance to get to know Pattinson, Stewart and the rest of the cast too well. "All the time we spent together was working," he said. "We never hung out and had a beer. We were rehearsing. If we weren't rehearsing, we were shooting. If we weren't rehearsing or shooting, we were sleeping."
Even so, maybe we'll see Slade directing another Twilight movie one of these days? Sure, the Breaking Dawn flicks are supposed to be the last two installments of the megahit vampire franchise, but Slade laughed, "There was only going to be three James Bond movies, right?"
So, do you think Breaking Dawn should be the end of Twilight or should it go on Bond-style? Sound off below.
And that's not all I have for you from Mr. Slade. Make sure to come back here tomorrow to find out about the scenes that didn't make it into the movie, what he would do with Breaking Dawn and so much more.
"Bella's Choice" Clipa Exclusively on the #Twilight Tracker iPhone App!
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In the third installment of Stephenie Meyer�s phenomenally successful TWILIGHT series, 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 struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE opens in theaters and IMAX in the United States and Canada on June 30, 2010, and is the highly anticipated next installment to the movie TWILIGHT, which has grossed $380MM at the worldwide box office.
Based on the #1 New York Times Best-Selling series with over 70 million books in print by Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT has united fans around the world, and has won numerous accolades from various critics and book organizations. TWILIGHT is now available on DVD, Blu-Ray and on iTunes.
Tom Felton on Working with Ashley Greene
Tom Felton recently chatted with the LA Times about his most recent role in the film Apparition, which Ashley Greene also stars in.
�It�s based around the paranormal. Ashley Greene from the Twilight films is the lead, and Sebastian Stan is in it. I thoroughly enjoyed working with them. My character is the instigator of all the madness, all the experiments, and he�s in search of proof, and, of course, that leads to the downfall of the group. It�s kind of in the tradition of �Flatliners,� but there�s more of a horror element there, and it�s very technological.�
Just Jared Jr | team-twilight
AOL: Robert Pattinson - a Top Searched for Celebrity in 2010
According to AOL's year-end report on Hot Searches of 2010, the most searched-for celebrities this year include:
Robert Pattinson
R-Patz may have gotten his start in the Harry Potter series, but as any Twihard can tell you, it�s his portrayal of sexy vampire Edward in the film adaptations of the popular teen series �Twilight� that skyrocketed him to success. In June, fans camped out in droves to see him in �Eclipse,� the series� third installment. In the fall, the first photos emerged of Pattinson and girlfriend/co-star Kristen Stewart on the set of �Breaking Dawn.�
NEW! Collider Interview: Director David Slade talks about Eclipse DVD and more projects
On December 4th, and just in time for the holiday season, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray and combo pack. Much to the satisfaction of all the loyally dedicated fans, the two-disc special edition of the third installment in the wildly popular, $2 billion franchise features a six-part behind the scenes documentary, along with deleted and extended scenes, a photo gallery, music videos, and audio commentary from Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart and Stephenie Meyer & Wyck Godfrey.
Earlier today, Collider had the opportunity to do an exclusive interview with director David Slade, in which he talked about all of the special features and extras that even the most hardcore fans are sure to enjoy, how every aspect of making the film was daunting, that one of his favorite scenes was the kitchen scene between Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Charlie (Billy Burke), and how he doesn�t judge a film by it�s financial or critical success, but rather how closely it achieves his original vision. He also said that he�s currently narrowing down what he�s going to be working on next, and that all of his choices are very different from his previous work. Check out what he had to say after the jump:
Question: What will fans get most excited about, in regard to the special features and extras that you�ve selected for this DVD?
DAVID SLADE: You know, I don�t know. That�s bad. I made the film and haven�t even seen these things, except to approve them. What I will say is that I think it�s a point worth making that, for a film like this, because of the fan base, I liken it to a subculture. It�s not quite punk rock, but it�s a fan culture, like Star Wars fans. It�s a positive thing and I�ve always been very, very supportive of fan cultures. I�m a fan of all kinds of things. With a DVD, you want something you can own, you can watch, you can come to grips with and you can explore. It�s something larger than the film, when it�s going out to a fan base like this. So, I guess that�s my answer. I hope that they like all of it.
The thing that I remember doing myself is the commentary on the deleted scenes. I don�t do commentaries on films because A) I�m not very good at it and B) it�s an odd thing that I discovered, on my first film, that you go through this really intense experience of making a film and then you sit in a little room with a monitor and you reduce the thing to a bunch of silly anecdotes. It�s really unfulfilling and I�ve never really enjoyed listening to them anyway, so I just don�t do them. I�ve made a point, since then, of not doing them.
But, one of the things I thought was important, particularly because of this fan base and because of how much stock they put into the stories, was just to talk about the stuff we took out � that we shot and we didn�t put in � and the reasoning behind it. I felt it needed a bit of justification. There were some scenes that I actually really liked and would like to have put them in. And who knows? They may be favorites of people within the fan cultures. Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs and you�re usually best listening.
Looking back on the whole process of making Eclipse, were there things you were most happy with, in making the film, and were there things you wish you could have tweaked?
SLADE: Yeah, it�s always like that. As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. That�s the point of my commentaries. It�s so difficult because you�re the harshest critic. You�re like, �If only there was more time, more money, more whatever.� That�s not to say that, in this instance, it was any more or less than any other film I�ve done. That�s what you do. As the director, you�re meant to be critical and you are, so there are loads of things. But the thing is, the way I look at it is, to try to get some measure of success, it�s dangerous to look at financial or critical success, or positive response as a measure. The thing for a director, and one of my own personal ways of looking at it, is �How close was it to the picture you had in your head when you went in?� And it was very close. Besides Hard Candy, it was probably the closest. To that, I feel some measure of success.
One of the really striking things in the behind the scenes features is the obvious amount of time and attention to detail that was taken for every little thing in the film, from the sets and locations to the lighting to things like Bella�s engagement ring and the quilt she is given. Do you think the extent of what goes into making a film will really surprise people when they see that?
SLADE: It�s usually that way, though. I don�t know any other way to do it. That the way I am, really. Nothing was really put on. I don�t even remember the behind the scenes people being there, to be honest. They were very, very discreet. That�s just part of the process. The clearer the picture, the better the film, when you go in as the director, and I had a very clear picture of the film I was trying to make. Every day, you have to have a benchmark, and the benchmark is that picture, that image and that whole construct that you�ve prepared, so it has all those details in it. If that surprises people, then great. That�s just the way I work.
You said in the special features that it took you many years to figure out how to see a clear picture and then get it onto the screen. What was it that finally clicked for you and allowed you to know that you could actually be a director?
SLADE: Oh god, when�s that going to happen? I�m still waiting for that one. I think most directors are. It�s a process of learning. Certainly, from a technical point of view, I remember a specific defining moment where I went, �Oh shit, that looks exactly how I wanted it to! What am I going to do now?� But, that was 10 years ago or so. You always learn. There�s always room to learn and I love learning, so I have the perfect dream job.
What was the most daunting aspect of stepping into this wildly popular franchise?
SLADE: The most daunting thing was getting out of bed, every day. No, really. There�s this point between conscious and subconscious when you realize you were asleep and resting, and you were having all kinds of anxiety dreams about the film and all the things that can go wrong. You get in this hypnagogic state, where you�re waking up and realizing, �Oh, it was just a dream.� And then, there�s this moment where you�re like, �Oh, everything is fine.� And then, you�re laying in bed and you realize the moment your feet touch the ground, that you get back to work and the routine goes. You�re in the shower, you have breakfast, you go out the door, you�re in the car, you drive to the set and you start working. It�s that moment of limbo between where you have to make that decision to get out of bed, which of course you do every day, that is the most daunting thing. Sorry if that�s abstract, but everything about this film was fairly daunting, so we just had to break it down into little, tiny, Post-It note size pieces so it was manageable. It was a hugely epic story to be told, in a very short amount of time. So, getting out of bed was the most daunting thing.
What is the most memorable thing you�ll take away from having been a part of all of this?
SLADE: Going to bed, every night. I just remember going, �Oh god, I get to sleep for awhile.� There were so many things. There are favorite scenes or moments, and there were things that were just predictably fun. The scene where Charlie (Billy Burke) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) have the discussion in the kitchen, which starts out as trying to explore whether she understands this need for marriage and turns into this admission of being a virgin, was genuinely fun because both actors have great comic timing. It wasn�t about going in to find the joke. The joke was there, and everything was actually a bonus. I remember that being tons of fun. And always with really emotionally-charged scenes, you get a tingle because nothing is quite going to be like the moment of actually seeing it happen, in the moment, on the monitor. It may be great in the dailies and it may still have all of that resonance, but just being there, in a moment of truth, is always something you remember. I remember so many of those that I�d bore the hell out of you, recounting them.
Do you feel it was a help or a hindrance with Eclipse that the cast had already been together for two previous films?
SLADE: It was a bit of both. Yes, there is something absolutely wonderful to build upon because they�ve done it before. But, the way it worked for me was that I met each actor individually and asked, quite honestly, what worked and what didn�t work, so we could excise what didn�t work and build upon what worked. And with so little time to shoot the film, and pressures of the schedule and weather, and all the rest of it, it certainly wouldn�t have been as successful, had they not been through this before. But, to an extent, this is also the most mature of the films so far, so there wasn�t too much to be done to look backwards. It was mainly, essentially a process of growing forwards from where they came from. But, it�s good to know where you�ve come from.
Was it fun, as a filmmaker, to get to show some of the characters� backstories and bring that new aspect to the story?
SLADE: Yeah, I actually spent the most time, when I was reading the book, really researching and going back and re-reading the stuff like Jasper�s (Jackson Rathbone) backstory and Rosalie�s (Nikki Reed) story. Those are the ones that I actually had the most fun reading in the book as well. At a certain point, I remember that there was theoretical talk about cutting one or another of those scenes out because they weren�t essentially that critical to the main three characters� story, but we kept them all and they were really fun. It�s one of those things, when you have a novel and you have source material, where you can actually really go and explore that stuff. You�re not actually pulling it out of your own ass. You�re actually referencing something. That�s as close as you get to doing historical drama without doing historical drama. And we had Stephenie [Meyer] there all the time, so even if it wasn�t clear in the novel, she would always have such a clear picture of this world and this universe, and she can answer any question. You could ask her a year apart and it will be the same answer she gives you, every time.
You�ve been mentioned as being considered for so many different upcoming projects, such as The Hunger Games and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, that have gone to other directors. Do you have any idea what you�ll actually be working on next?
SLADE: They�re all lies. I wish I could be very specific, but I can�t. We�ve gone through 30-odd projects. My agent and manager would sternly tell me exactly the number of projects that we�ve turned down, at this point. But, I think it�s really important to do the right thing next. I�m closing in on about four projects, which I really, really love. The fates and the wind direction will determine which, but I don�t know yet. They�re all very different as well, and none of them are things that I�ve really done before.
Are you looking to adapt another project for the screen, or are you looking to do original material?
SLADE: One of them is completely original. One of them is an adaptation. They�re all different. I don�t really know. I wish I could say, �It�s going to be this.� They�re all different tales, and they�re all different genres. They�re all just different things. It�s one of those things where I haven�t consistently done the same thing, which is not out of design, but just out of my personal interest. Hopefully, some sense of vision or something will keep some kind of consistency in a body of work, but I don�t go out looking to do a Western, or whatever it is, next.
UK Fans: Eclipse Available at Midnight Asda Release
Twilight fans are in for an early Christmas present as over 200 Asda stores prepare to open at 00.01 on Monday morning, 6th December, for the launch of Eclipse on DVD. For the die-hard fans out there, there are two exclusive-to-Asda, special edition DVDs � Double Disk Fan Edition with limited Edition 3D sleeve and The Real World of Twilight: Destination Forks.
The Double Disk Fan Edition includes commentaries from Bella and Edward aka Kirsten Stewart and Robert Pattinson as well as deleted and extended scenes. A must-have companion for the books and movies, Destination Forks showcases the incredible beauty, mystery, moods, and places of the real Forks. The DVDs are available to pre-order for just �12.93 and �5.93 online at Asda.
Fans can pre-order the third instalment of the Twilight Saga online HERE for just �9.93 where there is an official countdown clock for devoted followers to monitor when the DVD and merchandise officially go on sale.
The release of New Moon on DVD saw thousands of fans queuing at Asda stores across the country from midnight and this year Asda is expecting it to be even bigger. Fans can check the list of selected Asda stores that will open at midnight HERE�
David Slade Talks About Bella & Edward's Wedding
From NextMovie
Any Twi-Hard knows that Bella Swan�s extravagant wedding to her handsome vampire suitor occurs in the beginning of series closer �Breaking Dawn� � chapter three, to be exact.
But according to David Slade, the director of the �Twilight Saga: Eclipse� adaptation, it might have come a little earlier on the big screen.
�We discussed a lot of the things at the script-writing stage � at one point, we were even going to shoot the wedding at the end of ["Eclipse"] but we knew there was another film coming,� Slade tells NextMovie exclusively.
�We knew that a lot of that could go into the next film. And we just made the most concise version of this story that we could.�
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MTV: The Making-Of-Documentary Is One Of The Reasons That We're Psyched For The DVD
From MTV
OME, only four more days until "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" hits stores on DVD! Should we dub this auspicious day Sparkly Friday in Edward's honor? After all, Jacob got his own spending-spree holiday last week. (That is why they call it Black Friday, right?) While the judges reach a verdict, today we're coming at you with the No. 4 reason we're pumped for this particular film to hit home video.
Yesterday we talked about the DVD special feature that allows fast-forwarding to all the Edward or Jacob scenes in the film (swoon!), but today we're all about the special six-part making-of documentary. Mum's been the word on what the documentary actually entails, so we decided to ask director David Slade if he could give us a little preview of what fans can expect.
"I can't remember it," he admitted rather sheepishly. "I do remember having to watch it to approve it and stuff."
Uh, well, that works out too. Apparently the people involved in the documentary did such a good job blending in that David completely forgot that they were on set filming! Since he was only directly involved in the DVD when he made a commentary for the deleted scenes (we'll get to those bad boys later this week), David unfortunately didn't have too much top secret information to spill.
"All credit due to the people who made the behind-the-scenes. They were almost invisible when we were making the film. They really were exceptionally discreet. So I can't remember them ever being there," he said. "I noticed them with a camcorder every now and again. I remember grabbing a hold of it once or twice and gesturing into the camera, but other than that, I don't remember them being there. You could attribute this to old age."
All the more reason to pick up the DVD, we guess!