The Bella & Alice picture in HQ

Source: Everglow First published in LA Times yesterday. Click to enlarge!

HitFix's New Moon Set Visit Part 1 & 2

HitFix shares details about their visit on the set of New Moon in these two articles: Day 1 Day 2

Excerpt from day 2 (SPOILERS!!):

The first shot we witness this morning finds Pattinson on camera in a long brown robe with tan accents on his sleeve. He races to the camera, looks up, braces in pain and then falls to the floor. The second take he has more agony in his voice as he falls and we can hear director Chris Weitz saying, "Much, much better." The third attempt finds the camera panning back to reveal Bell at his side before he lunges toward what must be one of the Volturi (Jane we later discover) and falling to the ground.

After a few minutes, they change the angle of the camera and we see Jane -- in the same scene -- inflicting pain on Edward. Yes, she's the cause and she does it with little gesturing and without speaking a word. A powerful vampire indeed.

The production has a lot to get through today, so the shot then changes to a close up on Bella who is being held by Alec stopping her from racing to Edward's side.

"Please stop," Stewart says, "Don't hurt him."

At first, during rehearsal as the camera operator sets up the shot, Stewart says the lines comically with deadpan effect causing some snickers from the crew. But when the take is ready for real, she says it with the expected dramatic resolve. The coverage also expands to find Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene) being allowed to race to Edward's side. She gesture's that he's "OK."

New Set Picture - Bella & Alice

Another New Moon set photo is released! This looks like it's from the scene where Alice comes to Bella's house, thinking she's dead. Director Chris Weitz to the left, Ashley Greene (Alice), Kristen Stewart (Bella) and Taylor Lautner (Jacob) on the couch.

Source through His Golden Eyes. It doesn't say where it's from though. It looks like it's scanned from a paper or magazine. Does anyone know?

Hollywood.com Visits New Moon Set in Vancouver

Hollywood.com has a VERY detailed minute-by-minute set report of their two days on the set of New Moon in Vancouver, with LOTS of spoilers and some really great interviews with the cast, screenwriter, the stunt coordinator etc. Go read it HERE! Excerpts from some of the interviews:

How was writing New Moon different from Twilight?
Melissa Rosenberg: In Twilight, you’re setting up the world. You’re introducing the world, and I was also writing in a vacuum because I didn’t know who the actors were going to be. Now you’re going to New Moon and Eclipse, and I could write specifically to them in my mind. So it becomes a more comfortable world.

New Moon is not about setting up the world, but it’s its own set of challenges because New Moon is very internal ... There’s been a lot of talk about how Edward and the Cullens are not a part of the middle of New Moon, but actually they are. Certainly Edward is very much alive in Bella’s mind throughout New Moon ... I think fans will be very satisfied with what we’re doing — one, because it’s true to the book and two, because there’s more Edward. That can’t be bad!

What went into your audition? Was there more than one?
Jamie Campell Bower: It was one day. I originally auditioned for the role of Demetri. I went in, did a taping. Chris wasn’t there. Then they called me back at like 2:00. Chris turned up; I met Chris. A week later I get a call like, "So, you’re not going to get Demetri, but we’re going to offer you Caius." I was like, "That’s cool!" I’m just psyched to be a part of it. It’s awesome.

On New Moon's underwater action:
Rachelle Lefevre: I spent six hours in a pool doing the underwater stuff. They did a really interesting thing where they did this amazing stunt with the bit where Bella gets caught in the tidal wave … I think it must have been 2,000 gallons of water in massive -- they looked like huge, rectangular cargo containers you put on the back of trains.

First, they did it with a stunt double, and then they did it with Kristen’s photo double, and then they literally, on action, pulled the hatch and she got pummeled with a massive tidal wave and you could watch underwater, which I did because I was in the pool, or you could watch in the monitor. You could literally see her spinning, they created a tidal wave, and they literally filmed until she got spit out. And when it spit her out, the cut was over.

A new New Moon set photo

Gil Birmingham just released this new New Moon set photo of Kristen and some of the wolf pack members in his newsletter at his official website www.gilbirmingham.com. Here's part of what he says in the letter:

This spring I had the chance to run with the wolves again in New Moon, which was a blast! This time, all the wolves were there, which brought the energy on the set to a whole new level. Long days, long nights, hard work, and cold temperatures made it a challenging movie to film. It’s a good thing werewolves are warm; it was awfully cold out there without their shirts! The movie will open November 20, but catch a glimpse of the first movie trailer on my MySpace page.

Thanks for the tweet, Twilighters Anonymous!

*Spoilers* Video clip from the New Moon set in Italy

Well, only the first minute or so of this video clip is really worth watching, but if you don't want to get spoiled, DON'T watch it!

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The Making of Twilight

Twilight saga screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg talks about the making of Twilight in a new interview with Makingof.com Check it out:

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ET's New Moon Secrets Extended Cut

New Moon - Behind the Scenes

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Twilight Stars Reveal Key 'New Moon' Scenes

The Twilight/New Moon cast reveales secrets on the filming of New Moon in an interview with MTV! Snippet of it:

"There's definitely a difference in scale," marveled Robert Pattinson when we caught up with him recently. "I liked doing 'Twilight,' but it felt very much like an indie movie — and ['New Moon'] definitely feels like it's a big movie."

"Kristen [Stewart] and Taylor [Lautner] had to lobby to get this one scene in the film that wasn't originally in — and I am forever indebted to them for that," revealed Mike Welch, citing a beloved moment from Stephenie Meyer's "New Moon" novel. "There's a scene that's in the book, the three-way date between Jacob and Bella and Mike, where Mike ends up getting sick, and it's just very awkward."

"We did a lot of improv on set," Lautner said. "We'd just be in a random forest and, after Jacob transforms [into a wolf], he all of a sudden becomes very agile, and I wanted to show that, because pre-transformation, he's clumsy. But as soon as he transforms, he's agile. So we'd be in a random forest, and I'd be looking around going, 'What can I do to show Jacob's agility in here?' [...]

The immensely popular "New Moon" trailer gives us a peek at Lautner's athleticism. It also gives us our first look at the infamous birthday scene — a moment that actor Jackson Rathbone had been eager to shoot ever since he landed the role of anguished vampire Jasper Hale.

"He unleashed the madness; it was crazy," Peter Facinelli remembered of the day when Rathbone finally got to display his inner animal and attack Kristen Stewart's Bella. "It took me and Kellan — non-acting — to hold him back."

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Behind the Scenes of New Moon!

Access Hollywood reports: Access’ exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Jacob’s werewolf transformation scene in “New Moon.” Plus, Taylor Lautner talks about why “New Moon” is better than “Twilight” and Kristen Stewart offers praise for Taylor.

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