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Kristen Stewart Receives a Motorcycle for her 21st Birthday

Elisheva Baer — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:50:24 +0000

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We guess Kristen Stewart is more like her Twilight character, Bella Swan, than we thought!

Instead of ringing in her 21^st birthday with the traditional booze, her Breaking Dawn co-stars decided to wring in Stewart’s big 2-1 with none other than a motorcycle as a gift, reports MTV.

“Rob was so excited for Kristen, and they each took turns riding it. Kristen learned to ride a dirt bike in ‘New Moon‘ so they thought it would be appropriate,” a source said. “Rob was supervising as she sat on it to make sure she was OK. They looked like they were having a great time, and it will be something they can really enjoy!”

Stewart, along with beau Robert Pattinson and co-star Taylor Lautner, among others, celebrated her big day at Rockwell’s Bar & Grill in Squamish, British Columbia on her birthday this past Saturday night.

“Rob led the crowd singing for her, and you could tell she was so embarrassed but in a cute way!” a source told Us Weekly. “Everyone was in a good mood, but it was a bittersweet night [as filming is almost complete].”

As excited as you are about your new gift, Kristen, we advise you to be careful –a shirtless and “sorta beautiful” Jacob Black/Taylor Lautner can’t always be there to help you when you fall!

Canadian Mounties Needed to Protect Robert Pattinson

andPOP Staff — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:37:09 +0000

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When filming “New Moon”, Robert Pattinson needed some extra protection from the screaming fans. So producers of the film hired some Canadian mounties, reports RadarOnline.com.

“It was an unusual mission but our remit was to keep the fans off the set,” Constable Baillant told RadarOnline.com exclusively. “Everything went well on the first day but then a group of teenage girls got a little too close when the filming moved to the Long Beach area of the island.”

“They were totally miffed with us when we told them that they could not get any closer, however, their spirits lifted when Kristin Stewart came over to pose for a few photographs with them,” he recalled. “It was raining really hard the whole time but the producers loved that because it helped to make their scenes much more gloomy and atmospheric too. This is a beautiful part of the world but when it gets cold and wet even a vampire would get the chills.”

Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga Top Time’s 100 Influential People

Angelina Irinici — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:28:45 +0000

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We wait for it all year, and no it’s not Christmas time. But it is Time’s 100 World’s Most Influential People, and this year some of our favorites made the cut.

Hollywood stars Lady Gaga, Conan O’Brien and Kathryn Bigelow were the top three in the artist section and others like Taylor Swift, Ashton Kutcher and Robert Pattinson closely followed behind. Sandra Bullock, Lea Michele and Marc Jacobs were also on the list.

There were some obvious ones like Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Clinton. Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva topped the leaders list.

Ben Stiller was near the top of the heroes list for his charity StillerStrong.org, to help build schools in Haiti.

So is it fair to put Lady Gaga in a list with Barack Obama? Her fashion sense was only a small part of why the magazine put her on the list. “Lady Gaga’s art captures the period we’re in right now,” they say.

A young 20-year-old Taylor Swift made the list and Stevie Nicks reminded us why. “Taylor is writing for the universal woman and for the man who wants to know her…It’s women like her who are going to save the music business.”

It’s also a time when other celebrities actually have nice things to say about one another. Here are a few other stars weighing in on the list, according to E! Online.

Olivia Newton-John credits Michele with “inspiring young people to get involved in musical programs in schools and encouraging communities to fund them.”

New Moon director Chris Weitz raved about Pattinson, describing him as seeming “to answer Freud’s rhetorical question, ‘What do women want?’ “

Sean “Diddy” Combs was gracious about his friend Kutcher. “Most people use it to promote themselves, but [Ashton] uses Twitter to connect, to strike up conversations, to send positive messages to the millions of people who read his words. This guy will show us the future. And it’s gonna be a blast.”

See the whole list at Time.com

New Moon DVD/Blu-Ray Release Date

Blake Dillon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:00:42 +0000

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Girls, mark your calenders.

The release of New Moon on DVD has been announced for March 20th.

Accompanying the film is a six-part behind-the-scenes documentary, rehearsal footage from Muse, music videos from Death Cab For Cutie, Anya Marina, and Mute Math, and commentary from Chris Weitz (director), and Peter Lambert (editor).

According to MTV.com, there will be no additional commentary from stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, or Taylor Lautner.

Pre-orders opened today.

On your marks, get set, go!

Taylor Lautner To Star In ‘Cancun’

Joelle Tomlinson — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:18:11 +0000

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It looks like this werewolf is transforming into a more human hero.

Taylor Lautner has just been cast as a college student who will travel to Cancun with a girl on spring break with Summit Entertainment’s latest investment. On his road to becoming an elite soldier, Lautner’s character experiences an injury, forcing him to put his dreams on hold. It turns out his early career anticipation may help him in the end. According to perezhilton.com, the young stud will be forced to save his friend and her group of girls who have been taken hostage by a drug cartel.

The new action movie will be called Cancun. Taylor Lautner has recently come into the spotlight for baring his chest on New Moon in the Twilight series, instigating swoons from twilighters across the globe. MTV News reports the new film as being a combination of Taken and Die Hard. Apparently, the star is excited to show off his martial arts training in the new flick, skills that he mastered before ever becoming the lead werewolf in Twilight.

Taylor Lautner, Newest Face Of Armani?

Joelle Tomlinson — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:20:12 +0000

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Taylor Lautner’s bare chest seems to have attracted the fashion industry, who are willing to cover it up with couture.

The New Moon werewolf is apparently set to become the new 17-year-old spokesperson of Giorgio Armani. According to InTouch, the Italian-inspired line is trying to sign Lautner up for a brand new advertisement campaign for fragrances along with the less-pricey line, A/X Armani Exchange. The site also states that this deal could mean a big paycheque for the young star.

“Giorgio has offered Taylor a deal rumored to be worth millions for the ads,” a fashion insider revealed to InTouch. “Taylor is flattered and really considering it.”

This isn’t the only career advancement that has been offered to the buff Twilighter. This weekend, Lautner is hosting Saturday Night Live as well, being the only member of the cast to appear on the show. It appears that baring your chest is the newest form of self-promotion, and it’s highly effective too! InTouch reports that Lautner went from a “men’s small to a men’s large.”

Cameron Bright From New Moon Speaks To andPOP

@jordans_life — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:36:02 +0000

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As the box office numbers show, this movie is a hit. It’s breaking records and kicking ass and taking names. While doing so it’s taking its young cast and making them pop-culture icons. We had the pleasure of speaking with one of those people – Cameron Bright, after the release of the film, and find out how he is surviving all the hype.

New Moon Star Ashley Greene Gives Dieting Tips

Vanessa Baker — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:50:43 +0000

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Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in the Twilight films thanks her hectic work schedule for her figure, reports Perez Hilton.

“We were working 12 hours a day,” said the 22-year-old, “so it didn’t leave too much time to eat. We had a personal trainer and then we also had fight training. It was a good four hours a day of training.”

She said when she did eat on-set, it was really healthy stuff, and she also takes the time to do Pilates. “I do it early in the morning. It wakes you up and it’s kind of refreshing. And that is basically it. Sometimes cardio. I am not a big weight person because when I do weights I build muscle mass.”

New Moon Numbers Break Box Office in Opening Weekend

Emma Renda — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:35:42 +0000

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As if the line-ups outside movie theatres didn’t give it away, the official reports are in: The Twilight Saga: New Moon topped the box office this weekend with $140. 7 million. New Moon now sits at number three in the list of highest ranking box office weekends of all time, alongside The Dark Knight ($158.4 million) and Spider-Man 3 ($151.1 million).

“New Moon proves not only that the importance of teen girls at the box-office cannot be overstated, but also that going out to see a movie like this in a theater creates a communal event that can become a cultural phenomenon,” Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box-office division of Hollywood.com, told The Wall Street Journal.

New Moon posted the largest opening-day box office record with $72.7 million, beating out The Dark Knight‘s first day.

When Twilight opened in 2008, it grossed $192.8 million after about 19 weeks in theatres, but as the Thanksgiving weekend approaches, critics are speculating New Moon will beat those numbers within a few days. More than 2,000 theatres in the US re-screened Twilight for a one-day teaser for fans, and grossed a total of $1.3 million.

Roughly 80 per cent of the audience was female, and some critics, like the Guardian UK, are predicting New Moon will revisit the Titanic trend as audiences return for repeat viewings and keep the numbers high over its duration in theatres.

“To have two movies with huge appeal for women result in the second-biggest non-holiday weekend ever is amazing,” Dergarabedian told the Associated Press.

The Twilight franchise “taps into something primal and visceral that drives women crazy, and they’re willing to pay for the privilege,” Dergarabedian said.

“Obviously, with the success of Twilight itself, sequels being what they are will generate X-number of dollars more, particularly if it’s a satisfying sequel,” Richie Fay, head of distribution for Summit Entertainment, told the Associated Press.

Eclipse, the next film in the saga, will be released June 30.

North American top 10, 20-22 November 2009 (From the Guardian UK)

1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $140.7m.
2. The Blind Side, $34.5m.
3. 2012, $26.5m. Total: $108.2m.
4. Planet 51, $12.6m.
5. A Christmas Carol, $12.2m. Total: $79.8m.
6. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, $11m. Total: $21.4m
7. The Men Who Stare at Goats, $2.8m. Total: $27.6m
8. Couples Retreat, $1.9m. Total: $105m
9. The Fourth Kind, $1.7m. Total: $23.3m
10. Law Abiding Citizen, $1.6m. Total: $70m

The Pope And His Thoughts On New Moon

Joelle Tomlinson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:01:33 +0000

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It’s no great surprise that the Pope isn’t a major endorser of the Twlight series.

Conveniently timed to the release of the “New Moon” sequel to Twilight, the Vatican culture council leader, Monsignor Franco Perazzolo, issued a statement about the underlying evil in the series. According to E! online, he said “this film is nothing more than a moral vacuum with a deviant message and as such should be of concern”

His next comment further solidifies his position on the vampire and werewolf packed flick. “This theme of vampires in Twilight combines a mixture of excesses that, as ever, is aimed at young people and gives a heavy esoteric element.”

To clarify, esoteric simply means that the film is intended for only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge. In this case, this “small” number of people is a worldwide fan base of Twilighters, eager to indulge in their two hours of sparkly vampires, vicious werewolf clans and clumsy humans. This statement issued by the pope is reminiscent of the hate towards the Harry Potter series inspired by the Roman Catholic religion years earlier, which didn’t seem to affect sales and revenue.

New Moon Posts Great Opening Numbers

Joelle Tomlinson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:26:07 +0000

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Looks like the vampire-craze is here to stay.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon was released today (November 20), much to the enjoyment of avid Twilighters everywhere. According to ew.com, the flick set a new record for opening midnight shows, and it grossed around $26.3 million. Move aside, Harry Potter (who earned $2.2 million in the summer).

The story follows Edward and Bella, as well as incorporating the new wolf-gang that up-and-comer Taylor Lautner is a big part of. For those who have read the book, and followed the series, they already know about the consequences of a love triangle with a vampire and a werewolf. If not, Kristen Stewart’s (who plays Bella) anguish will be made clear through the Chris Weitz’s-directed film.

Other big names in New Moon are Robert Pattinson, Dakota Fanning and Ashley Greene. They each play blood-sucking vampires in the movie with special talents of their own. Along with these talents, it looks as though their star power is powerful as well, as the movie continues to draw in excited viewers worldwide.

Movie Review: Twilight New Moon

Eric Emin Wood — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:13:08 +0000

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I am not the audience for this movie.

I did not see the original Twilight. I read the novel and was horrified; how many teenage girls truly believe that men like Edward Cullen exist? (Fewer, probably, than the number of boys men who expect to meet a gorgeous independent woman who caters to their every whim and is miraculously attracted to slovenly underachievers, but that’s a rant for another film.) In real life a man who stalks protects a woman the way Edward does will continue to do so whether her life’s in danger or not. Perhaps the majority of Twilight fans recognize this, and treat the stories as wish fulfillment, much as this reviewer does with good romantic comedies (though not, it must be said, The Ugly Truth, which peddled a similar adolescent fantasy).

On that level, New Moon delivers. It reproduces the central appeal of the books: a man who’s faster, stronger, more romantic, better at playing baseball and musical instruments alike and more beautiful than anyone you could possibly imagine falls for Bella Swan, an ordinary, unremarkable-looking girl, and continually professes not only that he loves her, but that he cannot live without her. So protective is he that when his otherworldly urges place her in danger he actually abandons her to protect her.

This is the basest sort of adolescent fantasy, the kind any writer who’s attended university could dream up, and yet it would be undone by a sense of manufactured cynicism if author Stephenie Meyer didn’t wholeheartedly believe in it. She does, and it would appear a wide cross-section of the western world does too.

The audience I saw New Moon with cheered when Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner entered, gasped when Bella was attacked by a vampire and cheered when a pack of werewolves defended her. Director Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass) provides plenty of eye candy, and even throws in a flourish or two (I enjoyed the way he depicted three months passing). With two exceptions – one of the worst-looking CG werewolves I’ve ever seen (only one, thankfully, not the entire pack, and only for one shot) and a flash-forward near the end that I doubt was intended to elicit hearty laughter from the audience but did – he gets the job done.

My problem with the movie lies completely with the source material. I hate Bella; she’s a wallflower, reacting to (instead of acting upon) events around her by screaming, moping and becoming recklessly suicidal when Edward leaves, yet suddenly protective of (and willing to die for) him if he’s in the room and in danger. Fans of Edward will be less than pleased that he’s off-screen for more than half the movie, appearing sporadically in a series of visions. And we all know the central conflict in Twilight is a metaphor for sex, with vampirism standing in for the horrid corruption that awaits Bella should she (gasp!) consummate her relationship with Edward without tying the knot first. To phrase it diplomatically, I do not share Meyer’s Mormon beliefs.

On the other hand, how is an adolescent girl’s desire to meet someone as protective as Edward any different from the hope that your True Love is out there, somewhere, and you could meet them, which forms the backbone of all romantic comedies?

I was completely and utterly indifferent to New Moon. Its fans will lap it up.

andPOP Speaks With Twilight New Moon Actor Bronson Pelletier

@jordans_life — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:05:45 +0000

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OK everybody, the Twilight saga continues with New Moon (ladies please control your crying). We were lucky to sit down with Canadian heartthrob Bronson Pelletier for an interview during the recent press stop in Toronto. Bronson plays Jared in the movie and apparently had to get jacked up to play his werewolf character. He also spoke with us about his relationships with his fellow Twilight actors.

‘New Moon’ Cast Tours To Promote Upcoming Release

Joelle Tomlinson — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:51:09 +0000

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One day before they invaded Los Angeles’ Hollywood & Highland Centre, the cast of “New Moon” kicked off their tour with a stop at a Nordstrom packed with infatuated Twilighters. Featuring appearances by fan favorites Edi Gathegi, Christian Serratos, Alex Meraz, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier and Kiowa Gordon, the group spoke exclusively to MTV News about their future plans between now and the premiere of “New Moon” on November 20.

“We’re here today — half the wolf pack, a sexy vampire and a regular human,” laughed Gathegi, who plays the (mostly) evil Laurent in the saga. “We’re here to meet 125 fans, take pictures with them and send them home happy.”

Apparently they did their job. Eager Twilighters were ecstatic to meet their favorite members if the “Twilight” saga. The merchandise also assisted in the general elated atmosphere as well.

“There’s this white shirt, and it has a giant tree on it and a bird,” Serratos said of her favorite piece in the Nordstrom “Twilight” line. “It’s really tight; I like it.”

“If I had to design something for my character, it would probably be a line of cardigans,” Christian said of what she’d expect if Nordstrom ever made clothes inspired by mousy Angela Weber. “She’s very cardigan-y, and very laid-back … very home-y, like fall in the woods. If she’s in jeans and a cardigan, she’s good.”

Gathegi was eager to get visit as many stops as possible. “As we kick off the tour, I don’t want to say which city I’m most looking forward to because then the other cities would think I wasn’t looking forward to them, and that’s not the case,” explained the always diplomatic vampire nomad. “But I’m really excited about going to Washington D.C., because I haven’t been to D.C. since I was a kid. I’m a man now, and I want to see where Obama lives — because he’s from Kenya too.”

Dakota Fanning is Homecoming Princess

Vanessa Baker — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:52:08 +0000

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Now that she’s finished filming New Moon, Dakota Fanning has returned to a normal life as a cheerleader at Campbell Hall Episcopal High School in North Hollywood, reports E! News.

Fanning, 15, was named the school’s homecoming princess at Friday’s football game.

Anyone who didn’t get a chance to see her shake her pom-poms and show off her tiara can catch the star in the second installment of the Twilight series, which hits theatres Nov. 20.

Twilight’s New Moon Soundtrack Hits Number One

Sara Harowitz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:43:34 +0000

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Had enough of vampires? Too bad. If you’re not a fan of Twilight, you’re a clear minority these days.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack has been propelled to the Number One spot on the Billboard Top 200 after one week on the shelves and digital services, reports rollingstone.com.

The album sold an additional 153,000 copies this week – a 33 per cent increase over its debut week on sale. Tim McGraw’s Southern Voice debuted at Number Two and Michael Buble’s Crazy Love dropped to Number Three after a two-week reign at Number One.

According to current estimations, however, New Moon‘s time at the top of the charts will be short-lived. Another, and perhaps even more hyped, soundtrack is expected to take New Moon‘s place: Michael Jackson’s This Is It.

The soundtrack that coincides with the documentary film of the same name is estimated to sell 300,000 to 350,000 copies, giving the late King of Pop his sixth Number One album on the Top 200, and his first since Invincible from 2001. While Jackson’s 2003 greatest hits album Number Ones is the year’s bestselling album with 2.2 million copies sold, it was not eligible for the Top 200 when it was taking the top spot in sales following Jackson’s death on June 25.

Three other albums managed to affect the Billboard Top 20: Joss Stone’s Colour Me Free went in at Number 10 with 27,000 copies, Rammstein’s Liebe Ist Für Alle Da came in at Number 13, and Flight of the Conchords’ I Told You I Was Freaky at Number 19.

Last week’s Top 10 only suffered minimal sale decreases. The Flaming Lips felt the biggest slump as their new album Embryonic dropped from Number Eight to Number 51. Mario’s D.N.A. felt it too, falling from Number Nine to Number 40. However, Taylor Swift saw a sale increase, as did Owl City. “Fireflies,” Owl City’s Number One single off of Ocean Eyes, allowed the album to jump from Number 20 to Number Eight on a sales increase of 31 per cent.

New Moon Soundtrack Listing

Robert Ostfield — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:31:05 +0000

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The New Moon soundtrack listing is now available. Is it everything Twilight fans hoped?

1. Death Cab for Cutie – Meet Me On the Equinox

2. Band of Skulls – Friends

3. Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage

4. Lykke Li – Possibility

5. The Killers – A White Demon Love Song

6. Anya Marina – Satellite Heart

7. Muse- I Belong To You (New Moon Remix)

8. Bon Iver & St. Vincent- Rosyln

9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Done All Wrong

10. Hurricane Bells – Monsters

11. Sea Wolf- The Violet Hour

12. OK Go – Shooting the Moon

13. Grizzly Bear – Slow Life

14. Editors – No Sound But the Wind

15. Alexandre Desplat – New Moon (The Meadow)

New Moon Trailer

andPOP Staff — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:18:50 +0000

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We have the trailer for New Moon which debuted at the VMA’s on Sunday. Will it be as big or even bigger than Twilight? Probably. Expect to see more visual effects, werewolves, motorcylce stunts, and a whole lot more!

Catch Band of Skulls In Concert And On The New Moon Soundtrack

Ilan Mester — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:30:52 +0000

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If you haven’t heard of “Band of Skulls,” you will very soon. These UK rockers had the first ever global iTunes “Single of the Week” back in April for their debut song “I Know What I am,” and they just keep taking the rock world by storm.

The trio were voted Best Live Band at Toronto’s NXNE festival in June and are fresh off Lollapalooza. Twi-hards may already know “Band of Skulls” has been confirmed to be included alongside Radiohead and Muse in the upcoming “New Moon” Soundtrack, out in November.

The alternative rockers will be touring across Canada throughout September in support of their debut album “Baby Darling Doll Face Honey,” currently available in Canada. Canadian tour stops include Vancouver (Sept. 3), Calgary (Sept. 4), Edmonton (Sept. 5), Ottawa (Sept. 7), Montreal (Sept. 9) and Toronto (Sept. 11).

In the meantime, check out the video for the uber catchy “I Know What I Am.”

http://www.mtv.ca/music/video_content.jhtml?id=1619417

Vancouver Gets Eclipsed By Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart

Emma Renda — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:15:05 +0000

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The now-infamous cast of Eclipse, the Twilight sequel have been spotted throughout Vancouver where the third installment of the series is currently filming. It will be a prime time for some snooping too, as rumours have been flying about romances between a number of duos on the set.

Lead actors Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson arrived just days ago, Stewart still clad with a mullet from her title role in the Joan Jett biopic Runaways. They were sited a few nights ago getting cozy at a Kings of Leon concert in Vancouver Aug. 15, with photos of them practically making out appearing on RadarOnline.com and Just Jared. This comes after the two attended Comic-Con, an international and now celebrity hot spot comic book convention in San Diego, where they were practically joined at the hip according to the Los Angeles Times.

Also on site in Vancouver are Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen) and Xavier Howard (Riley) who have been spotted together throughout the city, although like Stewart and Pattinson, no romance has been confirmed. Bryce Dallas Howard (Victoria) invited her husband Seth Gabel and son Theodore along for the trip to the Great White North and Dakota Fanning just left after filming her scenes as the character Jane.

Eclipse has already been scheduled to hit theatres on June 30, 2010, just eight months after the release of New Moon this November, with director David Slade (30 Days of Night, Hard Candy) in charge.