New Moon Breaks NZ Records!

Twilight: New Moon NZ's biggest opening weekend ever.

Kiwi Twilight fans have helped the vampire romance franchise into New Zealand box office history by giving the latest film the largest opening weekend ever.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon knocked previous record holder The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King off the top spot with a mammoth NZ$2,641,109 haul during its first four days of screening nationwide.
"We are absolutely thrilled with the result," says Elizabeth Trotman, general manager of the film's New Zealand distributor Hoyts.

"We knew it was going to be big, but we had no idea it would be the biggest opening weekend of all time. Especially considering it opened outside of school holidays, this is an exceptional result.
"The fans have responded really well to New Moon and a lot of theatres have told us some have been to see the movie multiple times over the weekend."

New Moon placed third on the all-time North American box office opening weekend chart with US$140.7 million. The top two spots there are last year's US$158.4 million Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight and 2007's US$151.1 million haul for Spider-Man 3.

The all-time top five opening weekends at the New Zealand box office are as follows:

1. Twilight Saga: New Moon - $2,641,409
2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - $2,609,992
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - $2,405,040
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $2,403,515
5. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - $2,290,584

 By Daniel Rutledge

Link: [3news] 


Pretty cool huh? I know that New Moon has broken worldwide records, but this news is just a bit closer to home for me. Pretty amazing to see the fandom taking over globally!

Review: New Moon. EPIC. *spoilers*

I just got home from watching New Moon and I'm absolutely buzzing.

I absolutely LOVED it. I remember sitting through Twilight for the first time and absolutely cringing - took me the second time to warm up to it - but very few cringe-worthy moments this time. The cast and crew did a fabulous job!

WARNING - possible spoilers...I'll try and keep it quite general

I know they can't stay absolutely true to the book, but I thought it stayed pretty close to the book IMO.

Some very quirky lines thrown in there - Billy Burke, crack up as always :D
Kristen was less awkward. Robward was less cheesy. I love Jackson's smile. Alice had more or less the same amount of scenes in the book.

Obviously a few unexplained bits in the film that you would get if you've read the book. I had to do a good deal of explaining to my brother after the movie. They had condensed a good chunk of the 'draggy' bits, but nothing that really takes away from the story.

Let down of the night? The F*CKEN FANGIRLS! Okay...I love the hype and all, and the giggling at appropriate moments...but these girls were giggling at the "Summit Entertainment" logo intro. ...hmmm....seriously?

And of course I was seated to this horrendous banshee laughing girl. She was the worst. And she would be a solo laugher. Oh I felt I was going mad. I wanted silence.

No CD - that Edward gives to Bella - she only got a kiss for her birthday.

Rosalie's hair bugged me...but I knew that before going in. The wig just doesn't work for me, even though I wouldn't want to Nikki through bleaching again. Just thought I'd say...

Best part...no cheesy run-through-the-woods special effects - I thought Chris Weitz did an amazing job with the wolf pack.

Aro was funny...he's like this oversized kid or something.

The end of the birthday night broke my heart - even more than the actual break up scene did.

Not sure if the vampire tearing up scene was quite PG.

Oh and there was this hilarious scene that Aro sees through Alice of Edward and Bella playfully running through the woods. So cheesy....so not Bella and Edward lol.

Hmmm what else....oh the school carpark scene! Edward the supermodel rears his head. That was such a cute scene. Oh the sexual tension...in more than this scene...in the end of birthday night scene too.

There's a lot that I've missed out...can't possibly remember everything at 3.30am.

After watching this...I'm finding it hard to stay on Team Edward - cinematically, Jacob is just sooo much hotter than Edward (LOL). So Rob needs to up the anti cause Taylor was smokin'! There was even a round of applause when Jake took his shirt off to wipe up Bella's blood.

I heard some girls whining that the movie was crap. I mean seriously?...did you even watch the same movie that I did? did they expect back-flippin flying monkeys or what?

I'm itching to go and see New Moon again!!!! Better than Twilight - hands down!!

3news extended footage from New Moon Premiere

Film3 reporter Kate Rodger travelled to the event and spoke to the cast and crew on the red carpet.

Red carpet footage including interviews with Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Chon, Chris Weitz, Michael Sheen, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Christopher Heyerdahl and Jamie Campbell Bower.

link: [3news]

Close Up on the New Moon Film Set

Close Up have an interview segment with the cast of New Moon.
When Close Up presenter Mark Sainbury said "Werewolves - bare-chested beefcakes...." I started PMSL. It's just not something you'd expect him to say....hehe.

I don't think this is Close Up exclusive..it *may* be taken from odd interviews...I really don't know, I haven't been watching much behind the scenes New Moon stuff cause I just think it will ruin the movie if I think about it too much - you know my expectations could possibly set me up for a downfall.

Interviews with Rob, Kristen, Taylor, Dakota and Michael Sheen.

Kristen: "objectively from the outside she (Bella) should be with Jacob. She's best friends with him, he's warm and it's easy, there's no problems there. But you can't always take the easy way."

Taylor: "It just depends on your type...if you believe in love at first sight and seeing that mysterious man on the corner, then alright, join Team Edward."

Rob: "Edward is much more of a worrier. Not a warrior, a worrier (laughs) and Jacob isn't."

Rob just cracks me up with his aloofness. He just comes off as a big dork to me. Perhaps that's his charm?

Alright, here's the link: [CloseUp]

Rob, Kristen and Taylor on Campbell Live

TV3's Kate Rodgers got to interview Rob, Kristen and Taylor in LA recently.

Not since Harry Potter have we seen a book series as popular - 52 weeks at the top of the New York bestsellers list and counting.

Unlike Potter though, we have far more hormones at play here. Twilight fans are passionate ones, as are a good many of their mothers.

Much of that passion is centred on a Vampire, played in the films by British actor Robert Pattinson.

Just the mere mention of Pattinson's name is enough to throw legions of Twilight fans into a breathless swoon. The fact he plays a vampire doesn't seem to lessen his appeal, in fact, as with his Twilight girlfriend Bella, it only appears to add to it.

Reflecting the hype for the movie, the marketing junket juggernaut for New Moon is enormous, and it seems everyone wants a bite of Edward Cullen.

So what is it about this Edward Cullen that has us all in a lather?

"I guess his strengths are, he's very humble, I guess that's also his weakness as well, the more he falls in love with Bella, the more he sees her as a vision of perfection and doesn't feel worthy of her at all.

"He's such an enigma in the books, such a blank canvas, people can project what they want."

New Moon is the young Brit's second Twilight, and since the first he's been fan-mobbed akin to the Beatles. The sequel will only up the fan ante.

"You just always have to remember what or if there is a reason to be doing what you're doing," says Pattinson. "I still find I have a reason, which I can't really express, ha ha.

"It doesn't make me unhappy. There are times when it's really annoying, but I guess that's the only time you really have to change, with the fame and all that stuff, it's not too bad."

For those of you who have been living under a rock and perhaps haven't heard of the Twilight story, it's the tale of a normal self-possessed young girl called Bella, and her love affair with a Vampire.

In the sequel New Moon, things get a little more complicated. Pattinson isn't the only cause for palpitations in the film.

We have in the Vampire corner Team Edward, while in the Werewolf corner, Team Jacob.

Adding more throb to the heart of this new Twilight story is Taylor Lautner, who plays Jacob, Bella's other man.

"Jacob is light, he cares about her (Bella), she just wants to be herself and have fun, so different to what she experiences with Edward," says Kristen Stewart who plays Bella.

"I love they start out as best friends, it grows into something more," says Lautner. "They are both good for Bella, protect her, loyal to her, just a question of left or right."

Jacob also enjoys howling at the moon, and has issues with vampires.

"It required me to go to some deep dark places," says Lautner of his role as Jacob. "The best thing I did was know the books inside out, because that's what the fans want to see."

So is Lautner getting the same treatment from fans that his co-star's are getting?

"We're travelling the world right now," he says. "Everywhere we go we same number of passionate fans, it's comforting, if we were making these films without them it would be a little scary."

But it's really Vampire Cullen who is the ying to Bella's yang, a ying-yang the tabloids would have us believe is reflected in the real world.

Stewart may or may not be Pattinson's girlfriend - a question expressly forbidden to be asked of either of them during these interviews - but she was certainly prepared to put her body on the line for this movie.

"I stepped on a rock, a part of the movie I wasn't even in, I stepped on a rock and sprained my ankle," says Stewart.

New Moon opens in New Zealand next week and more than 30,000 fans have already pre-booked tickets, and a good many have been busted hugging Edward Cullen posters in cinema lobbies.

And just for the record? Yes he is that hot in the flesh. Go Team Edward.

link [3News]

There are also 4 clips up from said interview:

Twilight Stars Talk New Moon

Interview with Taylor Lautner

Interview with Kristen Stewart

Interview with Robert Pattinson

Creme Magazine New Moon Collectors Edition

And here's Creme Magazine's very own Special New Moon Collectors Edition.

 

 

Pics of Bronson at The Edge

Now we the pics of his time at The Edge studio - studio? do radios run out of studios? sorry I dunno the terminolgy lol. any pics from his inteview at The Edge that I mentioned earlier.




you can see the rest here: The Edge

More Bronson Interviews: C4TV

haha seems I should've put my detective skills to good use before I started posting - of course there's going to be a lot of media coverage around Bronson Pelletier...I mean lets face it, no way are we going to get Rob, Kristen or Taylor etc in NZ for a long while yet. We're just too tiny and too neglected!

So here's C4TV's Drew interviewing Bronson on live TV. Yep live. Liveness usually makes me cringe, but I think Bronson will be okay. To be honest I haven't watched all of this yet, sorry too many clips and no time ATM with exams and all. I'll probably watch it tonight though :D
But I did catch someone texting in to ask Bronson:
"Can you meet me at Glenfield Mall tomorrow?"
LOLOLOL too funny - something you'll only get if you're a NZer, or more specifically an Aucklander XP

Enjoy!
Part 1: [link]
Part 2: [link]

Once again such crappy quality LOL. Too pixelated.

Bronson Interview with 3News

Oh the press circuit aye. He must be having a blast repeating the same info to various media firms haha. Poor guy....now you know how Rob and Kristen feel!

now the latest...2 clips from the NZ's 3News site, 1 cut and 1 uncut. Must say they are crappy quality, even by NZ standards...you'd think they could give us moderately HQ without us having to "buy the clip" (like WTF?). It is dirctly from their website after all! And not to mention you can't even embed! Bad rep TV3!

anyways enough of that.
link to first cut version: [link]


so funny..
"I’ve met screaming fans, I’ve met crying fans, I’ve met fans that can’t even talk"

uncut: [link]

Twilight Cast in Aust/NZ - UPDATE

Just a quick update on the guests for the upcoming Twilight Tour and Armageddon Expo...

For Armageddon:

Unfortunately, due to an extension of the filming schedule of Eclipse, Kellan Lutz, Michael Welch and Charlie Bewley will not be able to attend the Twilight Tour in Melbourne and Auckland. They all send their regrets and are looking forward to coming out in the near future and seeing you all soon at another Hub event. We are, however, very pleased to welcome Christopher Heyerdahl, who portrays Marcus of the Volturi, and the adorable Bronson Pelletier, who plays Wolf Pack member Jared.

link: The Hub Productions

The new line up for Twilight Tour Aust:

Cameron Bright
Christopher Heyerdahl
Charlie Bewley
Chaske Spencer
Tinsel Korey
John Henson (Costumer)

link: The Hub Productions

The Vamp Trend.

I think it was a couple months back, a local NZ magazine ran an article about the vampire trend taking over - from Twilight to Karen Walker to True Blood...
Well anyway I've scanned it in - even though I've been really behind and haven't actually read it properly myself LOL...shall we read it together?

Twi Tour Australia - UPDATE

so here goes another update...
The Hub Prod. posted this:

With a heavy heart we have to advise that Peter will not be able to join us in October as his new television show Nurse Jackie has been picked up for a second season and will be filming. We look forward to Peter joining us in the new year as he his anxious to come our to Australia and meet all his fans.

However it is time to do the happy dance and jump up and down on the bed for joy as we already have secured an awesome much loved replacement in the delicious and delightful form of Mr Kellan Lutz ( be still our beating hearts).

The new line up for Brisbane and Sydney includes:

Charlie Bewley
Kellan Lutz
Chaske Spencer
Tinsel Korey

Perth:

Charlie Bewley

Armageddon Melbourne:

Charlie Bewley
Kellan Lutz
Michael Welch

Armageddon Auckland:

Michael Welch

Also note possibly more guests to be announced.

Update: Kellan Lutz to attend Perth GO3 event, John Henson (Twilight costume curator) and Lee Safar (soundtrack) at Brisbane and Sydney, and John Henson at Melbourne Armageddon.

Vampires....

hmm...first post in a while. I don't even have any excuses so I'm not gunna even bother coming up with any!

Interesting 'doco' (is it a doco? i dunno) on tv the other night here in NZ...
20/20 had a segment about vampires living in New Zealand. Yes lil ol NZ.
One guy sleeps in a coffin and has porcelain capped fangs and another girl needs warm human blood as her energy source.

Interesting is the word alright. Anyways, can't embed the vid so will have to head on over to tvnz on demand to stream it (hopefully it works outside of NZ?)
And hey they even have some bits on Twilight in there :o)

more on the Borders comp for DVD pre-orders

okay I just found where it says what the prize consists of...remember, prices are in AUD

Twilight $24.99,
Twilight Film Tie-in edition $24.99,
New Moon $29.99,
Eclipse $29.99,
Breaking Dawn $29.99,
The Host $32.99,
Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion $24.99,
Twilight DVD Single Disc Edition. $39.95,
Twilight DVD Double Disc Edition. $44.95,
Twilight Blu-Ray $44.95,
Twilight Edward Bookmark $8.99,
Twilight Movie Poster Bookmark $8.99,
Twilight Full Cast Bookmark $8.99,
Twilight Lion & Lamb Key Ring / Bag Clip $15.99,
Twilight Cullen Crest Key Ring / Bag Clip $15.99,
Twilight 4 Pack of Pins $9.99,
Twilight Sticker A - Logo $2.99,
Twilight Edward & Bella Tote Bag $39.99,
Twilight Edward & Bella Keychain A $6.99,
Twilight The Cullen's Keychain B $6.99,
Twilight Team Jacob Keychain E $6.99,
Twilight Logo Key Ring $15.99,
Twilight Team Edward Keychain D $6.99,
Twilight Broken Glass Tote Bag $39.99,
Twilight Cullen Crest Only Key Ring $15.99,
Twilight One Sheet Keychain C $6.99,
Twilight Edward Face Men's T-Shirt Medium $34.99,
Twilight Edward Face Junior T-Shirt Medium $34.99,
Twilight Full Cast Men's T-Shirt Medium $34.99,
Twilight Full Cast Junior T-Shirt Medium $34.99,
Twilight Edward Cullen 7" Action Figure $34.99,
Twilight Edward & Belle 7" Action Figure Set $69.95, <- note the typo :p
Twilight Calendar $29.95,
Alice's Choker Necklace $39.99,
Carlisle's Ring $39.99,
Rosalie's necklace $39.99,
Esme's Bracelet $39.99,
Twilight Posters - Full Cast $12.95,
Twilight Posters - Edward $12.95,
Twilight Posters - Edward & Bella $12.95.

you can only enter if you buy the 2 disc twilight edition
and This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winner.

good luck all you NZers out there! I've gotta get my thinking cap on....

Twilight Pre-orders in NZ

Borders NZ are now taking pre-orders for the Twilight DVD!!! *jumps up and down*

it's only the 2 disc edition...but still has some cool stuff if you pre-order online :D

This 2-Disc Limited Edition comes with these exciting additional features:
Extended Scenes with Director's Introduction
Deleted Scenes with Director's Introduction
Conversations and Interviews
Theatrical Teasers and Trailers
Featurettes
Music Videos

and a Borders exclusive...if you pre-order online you go into the draw to win a Twilight pack worth exactly AUD$1,020.28 (to enter you have to answer this question in 25 words or less: why are you passionate about twilight?)*sorry for NZ residents only!*


picture is small, but I think if you squint you can see there's books, shirts, DVDs....um I think we can guess the rest.

also every pre-order (I believe online and offline) gets a free Twilight Calico bag

the 2 dsc DVD costs $34.99

they will also have the blu-ray 2 disc edition for $39.99 and the regular single disc edition for $29.99

the link is here: pre-order twilight

Now the thing to note here is that Borders NZ doesn't usually do online sales! They never have product info on their site; they don't even have an email service! So it made me giggle a bit that they've now updated their site with Twilight on the homepage with online pre-orders....

also they will have a borders exclusive twilight video....wonder what it is? and how exclusive...

on top of that they have a whole page dedicated to Twilight merch they're currently selling - calendar, books, dvd, bookmarks, soundtrack....here

haha gosh I feel like a Borders rep! they should pay me to blog about them :p but yeah this news just excited me so I had to blog it *shrugs shoulders*

What? France and Belgium get New Moon FIRST??

oh bad news for us NZers...France and Belgium will have New Moon released on the 18th of November, while we get it on the 19th and America gets it on the 20th.

But never fear! With the time difference, and NZ always being ahead of the rest of the world, that's only a 12 hour gap :) 12 hours isn't long at all. A big difference from having to wait a whole month after like when twilight came out in the states huh!

link: new moon movie

Girlfriend March scans

I've been meaning to post these scans from March issue of NZ Girlfriend, just a few pages. But OME Jackson Rathbone?! I've hardly seen him in any mags...so that's something for me :D

Scans from Creme March issue

some more scans of NZ's Creme Mag (March issue). I love reading Stephenie Meyer interviews, just feels like people are all into Twilight for Rob; poor guy has to bear the brunt of it all.

Another Twilight DVD Edition

it seems that there are just so many editions out there! Just stick to one I say. Or how about just have the regular 1 disc DVD and then just one other Special 2/3 disc edition?!?

So another special edition has emerged. The Target one. Which is 3 disc. I like the sound of 3 discs though. I like to actually have more on my dvds (more to watch) than have physical generis twilight merch/crap/stuff. Bring on the more footage!!YAY

Extras:
This exclusive edition includes a free iTunes download of the film and bonus content including a conversation with Stephenie Meyer and Edward’s piano concert
Features Robert Pattinson on "Becoming Edward," Kristen Stewart on "Becoming Bella," Catherine Hardwicke's vampire kiss montage and Bella's lullaby remix music video
2-Disc Special Edition includes commentary by Catherine Hardwicke, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, 5 extended and 5 deleted scenes and introductions
Also includes a 7-part documentary "The Adventure Begins: The Journey from Page to Screen" and music videos by Muse, Paramore and Linkin Park
Also includes a Comic-Con fandom piece, a Comic-Con NY sneak, 3 trailers and a Penelope sneak

link: Target.com

sadly for me, and the other New Zealanders out there, Target does not ship outside of the US! looks like I will be buying whichever edition comes out here. I may sound laxed, but I'll be the one trawling all the shops (Borders, JB Hi Fi, Whitcoulls...etc...) for the best, if not all the editions lol. Better start saving up - doesn't hit NZ stores til 22nd April :(

New Moon Movie International Release Dates

For all you gals and guys that didn't particularly care about New Moon being released in NZ on 19th November, then you'll probably like this info...

New Moon will be released on November 19, 2009 in Australia.
New Moon will be released on November 19, 2009 in New Zealand.
New Moon will be released on November 20, 2009 in the USA.
New Moon will be released on November 20, 2009 in Canada.
New Moon will be released on November 20, 2009 in Norway.
New Moon will be released on November 20, 2009 in Brazil.
New Moon will be released on November 20, 2009 in Finland.
New Moon will be released on November 27, 2009 in the UK.
New Moon will be released on January 7, 2010 in Germany.
New Moon will be released on November 20, 2009 in Italy.

source: New Moon Movie

*does a little dance* ultimately NZ will still be first - we get to see the new day first! :D