Deccan Herald ima članek o knjižni sagi Somrak.
Kaleb Nation (Twilight Guy) je na svojem osebnem blogu objavil zapis v podporo Stephenie Meyer.
Danes ponoči bo v Los Angelesu potekala podelitev MTV Video Music Awards. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson in Taylor Lautner bodo podelili eno od nagrad.
Stephenie Meyer je ta četrtek režirala videospot za pesem ‘The Resolution’ skupine Jack’s Mannequin.
O snemanju poročata MTV in LA Times.
Blogerka Squeetus v svojem drugem zapisu o branju piše o tem, ali mora pisatelj zgodbo napisati tako, da bo večini bralcev všeč.
Na strani knjižne sage Somrak so objavili novo verzijo vsebine filma in visokokakovostno verzijo posterja z novim datumom premiere. Oboje lahko prenesete na svoj računalnik.
SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT Presents
“TWILIGHT”
A TEMPLE HILL Production
In Association with MAVERICK FILMSStarring
KRISTEN STEWART (PANIC ROOM)
ROBERT PATTINSON (HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE)
BILLY BURKE (UNTRACEABLE)
PETER FACINELLI (THE SCORPION KING)and
ELIZABETH REASER (THE FAMILY STONE)
NIKKI REED (THIRTEEN)
ASHLEY GREENE (SHARK)
JACKSON RATHBONE (HURT)
CAM GIGANDET (NEVER BACK DOWN)
KELLEN LUTZ
ANNA KENDRICK
TAYLOR LAUTNERProduced by MARK MORGAN, GREG MOORADIAN and WYCK GODFREY
Based on the best-selling Novel “Twilight” by STEPHENIE MEYER
Screenplay by MELISSA ROSENBERG (STEP UP, Fox’s THE O.C., Showtime’s DEXTER)
Directed by CATHERINE HARDWICKE (THIRTEEN, LORDS OF DOGTOWN)TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern day love story between a vampire and a human. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands – and he hasn’t aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he’s immortal. But he doesn’t have fangs, and he doesn’t drink human blood; Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), the Cullens’ mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for her?
ABOUT TWILIGHT: Based on the current #1 New York Times Bestselling series (30 weeks and counting) with over 5.5 million books in print by Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT is a cultural phenomenon, with a dedicated fanbase that eagerly awaits this movie. There are over 100 fan sites devoted to Twilight, and it has been chosen as the New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon’s “Best Book of the Decade…So Far”, Teen People’s “Hot List” Pick, The American Library Association’s “Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults” and “Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers” and has been translated into 20 languages. Critically acclaimed director Catherine Hardwicke brings to life this modern, visual, and visceral Romeo & Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair – between vampire and mortal.
U.S. release via Summit Entertainment, November 21st, 2008.
The Movie Fanatic je pripravil promocijsko stran za film Little Ashes, v katerem Robert Pattinson igra slikarja Salvadorja Dalija.
New York Magazine ima članek, v katerem se avtorica sprašuje, če reakcija Stephenie Meyer po nelegalni objavi dela knjige Midnight Sun le ni bila nekoliko pretirana.
Blast Magazine ima recenzijo prvih 12 poglavij knjige Midnight Sun.
After reading the draft of “Midnight Sun” that was posted, I only have three words for Ms. Meyer: Please finish it.
Times Online je objavil članek o negotovi usodi knjige Midnight Sun.
LA Times Blog je objavil povzetek reakcij bralcev na novico o negotovi usodi knjige Midnight Sun.
V najnovejši izdaji revije Entertainment Weekly so objavili članek o ponovnem snemanju filma in negotovi usodi knjige Midnight Sun. Dodana mu je nova slika Belle in Edwarda.
Pojavila se je tudi nova slika iz filma Somrak. Gre za baseball sceno, na njej pa so Edward, Carlisle in Alice.
ET je objavil prispevek o vampirjih, ki bodo obiskali velika platna in male zaslone to jesen. Seveda prispevek vsebuje tudi film Somrak. Pogledate si ga lahko tukaj.
V tiskani izdaji revije Hollywood Reporter so objavili novo sliko Billya in Jacoba.
Billy in Jacob
O Robertu Pattinsonu in intervjuju za CosmoGIRL! je objavila članek tudi stran JustJared.com.
Založba Little, Brown je izdala naslednjo izjavo glede knjige Midnight Sun:
“A partial draft containing chapters of Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer has been leaked on the Internet without the knowledge or permission of either Stephenie Meyer or Little, Brown. Although these early chapters were never intended to be published in their current form, Stephenie Meyer has decided to authorize the posting of these rough, initial chapters on her website (www.stepheniemeyer.com) in fairness to her true, loyal fans. While no decisions have been made at this time regarding the publication of Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer is currently at work on other writing projects. Little, Brown looks forward to our continued publishing relationship with Stephenie Meyer and, like her many fans, we are eager to experience her next literary creation.”
Izšlo je tudi več člankov o negotovi usodi knjige Midnight Sun:
- Entertainment Weekly
- The Sydney Morning Herald
- eFlux Media
- The Wall Street Journal
- Yahoo!
Članek o ponovnem snemanju filma Somrak na strani EW.com je bil posodobljen:
UPDATE: Twilighters, never fear. We want to clear up one crucial fact: Rob Pattinson’s music will in fact appear in Twilight. According to director Catherine Hardwicke, two of Pattinson’s songs that he wrote before Twilight started filming are going to be featured in the movie. In fact, they recorded them this month. And while Hardwicke wanted Pattinson to write Bella’s Lullaby for the film, Hardwicke says Pattinson’s music is very personal. “I don’t think he does it on request,” she writes in an e-mail. “His two songs are pretty great.”
MTV je objavil nov kviz o knjižni sagi Somrak.
The Retriever Weekly je objavil članek o knjižni sagi Somrak.
MSNBC.com omenja film Somrak med filmi letošnje jeseni.
E! Online ima intervju z Elizabeth Reaser (Esme).
Pojavila se je španska verzija prvega posterja filma Somrak. Angleška verzija posterja je bila posodobljena z novim datumom premiere filma.
MTV je objavil intervju s Catherine Hardwicke, režiserko filma Somrak.
‘Twilight’ Tuesday: Catherine Hardwicke Gets Swept Up By Bella And Edward’s ‘Obsessive Love’
Plus, the ‘Thirteen’ director gives details on the big kiss and which character she had to cut.
PORTLAND, Oregon — With all the hype surrounding November’s “Twilight” movie, and all the press about Robert Pattinson, Stephenie Meyer, “Breaking Dawn” and so much else, it’s easy to forget that the flick is being overseen by a great Hollywood auteur. With this week’s “Twilight” Tuesday, we aim to shift the focus back to former film-festival darling Catherine Hardwicke.
Following on the heels of her acclaimed indie hit “Thirteen,” her underrated follow-up “Lords of Dogtown” and the under-siege-before-it-was-even-released “Nativity Story,” Hardwicke raised eyebrows in Hollywood by taking on a vampire novel that was little-known in the boardrooms and back lots at the time. Now, with “Twilight” poised to become her first commercial smash, the 52-year-old filmmaker is getting the last laugh.
A down-to-earth woman who truly immerses herself in the filmmaking process, Hardwicke has made intense human interaction, a love of her soundtracks and movies that seem drunk with their own possibilities her trademarks. When we caught up with the infectiously fun filmmaker on set, she was eager to discuss her vampire sketches, the character she had to cut and why every “Twilight” fan deserves a little tongue action.
MTV: Forget about “Twilight” for a moment — what were your thoughts the first time you heard the story of Stephenie Meyer?
Catherine Hardwicke: It’s incredible! She was a mom, she has three sons, and one day, she had this dream about a vampire boy meeting a human girl. And she just thought, “I’ve gotta write that down!” In three months she wrote the whole novel, and her friends and her sister encouraged her to [publish] it. There are 2,000 young-adult novels published a year, and hardly any of them ever break out. … This one just started catching on. I think people were just swept away by that voice, by that passion.
MTV: Has it been tricky getting the weather here in Portland to cooperate?
Hardwicke: We just had a take where it was sunny, it hailed, and it rained — in one take! The weather has been mercurial. It’s been changing, like, every minute. It’s sunny, rainy, hail, snow — all in the same day! It’s exciting, but you’re always changing the camera and stopping three times during the take.
MTV: There must be a thousand vampire movies and TV shows that have been made over the years. In your mind, what sets “Twilight” apart?
Hardwicke: Well, when I started reading the book “Twilight,” I just got swept away into the feeling of this whole, almost obsessive love. A really cool teenager, just falling madly in love, so in love with this guy that she would actually turn into a vampire to be with him. And I thought: “That’s kinda great.” Stephenie really caught the spirit of being a teenager and of your first love. And I thought, “How visual!” These vampires live in the forest. We’ve never seen anything like that. We’ve never seen vampires playing baseball — superhuman-vampire-speed baseball. There were so many challenges, you know?
MTV: Some fans have expressed fears that you’d be cutting out the novel’s Port Angeles scene. But just to set the record straight: It’s in the movie, correct?
Hardwicke: Oh, yeah. We’ve definitely got the scene in Port Angeles where [Edward] comes up and rescues [Bella] in the parking lot — he drives his car up, and rescues her from all these bad, yahoo guys.
MTV: You’ve always had your own distinctive voice. Have you enjoyed taking opportunities to say, “The book’s awesome, but let’s take it one step further“?
Hardwicke: Yeah. What we can do in one frame of film, where you see Kristen’s face, you see Rob’s face and the setting — it takes [Meyer] maybe 25 pages to write that.
MTV: How did you prepare once you knew you were going to take on “Twilight”? Are you one of these directors who sketch out your own storyboards?
Hardwicke: Actually, yeah, I am an artist. I draw. I used to be a production designer, so I have done quite a few sketches in my little journal book, and some of the storyboards. And I looked at all kinds of beautiful photos; we’ve gone scouting all over the Pacific Northwest, and some of the things we’ve seen, we wrote into the screenplay. And it’s all a process, working with the actors. … [At one point] we were walking along and saw a bed of leaves that were all crunchy. At the end of the scene I said, “Rob, why don’t you trip Kristen, to fall into that bed of leaves?” It turned out to be cool; it was so romantic.
MTV: When you were first visualizing the movie, what was the first scene you were dying to sink your teeth into?
Hardwicke: Well, I was thinking, at its heart, it really is a romance. I tried to let myself imagine the most romantic, surreal fantasy moments that we would all love to experience. So I drew [sketches] of hair floating in water, and just cool stuff. … For the action stuff, we had two great storyboard artists who had worked on “The Matrix” and stuff like that, so they helped us visualize a lot of cool action sequences. We’ve got Andy Cheng, he’s our kick-ass action director. He was Jackie Chan’s stunt double for years, and he’s got all these great ideas. He gets to do all the wirework, and he’s just awesome.
MTV: We see less of the Cullens in the next few books. If you make the sequels, will you try to beef up their presence?
Hardwicke: Well, we take what Stephenie wrote and [go from there]. … In this case, we shaped it into a three-act structure for a film, a 90-95 minutes film. Sometimes you want to set things up so you can see them later, but I’m sure we’ll change [the sequels] a little bit. … So yeah, we might see a little more of the Cullens — because we might miss them!
MTV: We’ve had a lot of fans asking whether “Twilight” will have a British premiere.
Hardwicke: Oh, I’m sure there will be. Rob — it’s his country!
MTV: I noticed while on the set that you call many of the actors by their characters’ names, which is unusual for a director. Is that on purpose?
Hardwicke: Well, when I’m in the mode, I’m really trying to be [in that world]. So yeah, I do it.
MTV: Does it keep the actors in character?
Hardwicke: I do want them to be in their character mode, not in their own personal mode. This [film] is not what Rob would do or Kristen would do; it’s what Edward would feel or Bella would feel. It isn’t the same as the actor. Even though there are a lot of similarities and overlaps, and they bring so much of their personalities to the movie, Edward and Bella are different than they are. So, I think it helps, and it helps me too.
MTV: Have you cut out the character of Bella’s classmate Lauren Mallory?
Hardwicke: We have some girls that we don’t call by name. But we have some girls that when you see their group of friends, you could imagine to be Lauren. We encourage the fans to pick who Lauren is. She doesn’t have a major part in this book.
MTV: The last question is a big one: When Edward and Bella kiss, is it a French kiss? Many of the fans feel that there needs to be tongue action.
Hardwicke: I agree! Everybody needs tongue action, believe me. And we put no restrictions on the actors; I did not have a camera inside their mouth, but I would believe there was a little tongue action from the passionate way they’ve kissed. But maybe we should put a little camera, a little lipstick camera, into their mouths. That would be a good idea.
Na MTV Movies Blogu pa so objavili zapis, ki resnično dokazuje, da je Catherine Hardwicke nepremagljiva. Tudi padec v prazen plavalni bazen je ne ustavi za dolgo.
Catherine Hardwicke, The Invincible Auteur Behind ‘Twilight’
Published by Larry CarrollNowadays, “Twilight” fans are certain that no other filmmaker but Catherine Hardwicke could have been trusted with turning their beloved novel into a movie. But as we here at MTV remember, she nearly never directed the movie – or any other films ever again, for that matter.
During our interview that makes up this week’s “Twilight Tuesday”, Hardwicke talks about how she becomes so immersed in moviemaking that she even calls the actors by their character’s names. While shooting the underrated “Lords of Dogtown” a few years ago, the director got so deep into thought, in fact, that she suffered a dangerous accident.
“Everybody thought she was dead,” Nikki Reed told us at the time. “It was horrifying.”
While setting up a “Dogtown” shot with such actors as Emile Hirsch and Heath Ledger, Hardwicke backed herself over the edge of one of the empty swimming pools the film’s skaters called home. Falling more than ten feet onto concrete, the director knocked herself unconscious and, as her frequent leading lady told us in 2005, Hardwicke was sent to the hospital.
“She was so determined to finish everything,” said Reed, who once again works with Hardwicke in “Twilight”. “As soon as she hit her head, she was in the hospital. She called me the next day [and] was like, ‘Nikki, I’m going to be back up directing tomorrow, we’re going to be back up. … I’m going to be directing from my hospital room.”
On the “Twilight” set, the director was happy to report that the only bodily harm to occur was happening with the vampires. “I have not fallen down,” Hardwicke winced. “Nobody has pushed me into a pool. So far on set, so good.”
In fact, the most gruesome occurrence to befall Hardwicke this time around was her elderly mother’s pre-production revelation that, like so many others, she finds Stephenie Meyer’s hunky vampire to be dazzling. “Every person I talked to that read the book was crazy about ‘Who’s going to be Edward?’,” remembered the affable director. “Even my mom, who’s like a bit too old to be going out with Edward! She was like, ‘Edward! You’ve got to get the right Edward!’”
Okay folks, I can’t wait to see your responses to this week’s Twilight Tuesday question: Does your Mom have a crush on Edward? And if so, is your Dad anything like Stephenie Meyer’s hunky heartthrob?
Spletna stran Stephenie Meyer je bila posodobjena z zbirko najpogostejših vprašanj (FAQ) o knjigi Breaking Dawn.
Vprašanja in odgovore Stephenie Meyer si lahko preberete tukaj.
V nadaljevanju novice si lahko preberete tri najbolj zanimive odgovore.
Dodan je bil tudi seznam pesmi (playlist) za Midnight Sun.
