DEADBOLT: TOP 5 TWILIGHT QUESTIONS SURROUNDING NEW MOON

The Deadbolt has another great feature going over what they consider to be the top five issues and that are currently surrounding New Moon.

The Twilight sequel, New Moon, is now three weeks into production and it won’t be long before the second movie in the Stephenie Meyer based Twilight Saga is in the can and ready for post. But with so many New Moon headlines hitting the web at breakneck speed, there’s still a lot to ponder about the various layers of the Twilight sequel as director Chris Weitz and crew work like vampires in the night to bring New Moon to life. Although there’s been a lot of speculation surrounding New Moon stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Nikki Reed, at this point in time in the evolution of New Moon there are a few nagging questions we’ve been rolling over in recent days.

With New Moon three weeks into production swing in Vancouver, here are the Top 5 Twilight questions surrounding New Moon that we’ve been wondering about:

So what’s the Twilight deal on New Moon in Italy?

First let’s start with what appeared in Variety back in February, that stated New Moon “will shoot in the ancient Tuscan city of Volterra in May for two weeks. In Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling New Moon tome, Volterra is the town where the powerful Volturi vampire coven reside.” A month later, a blog report hit the web from Italian film journalist Piera Detassis that strongly indicated that New Moon would be shot in the Italian town of Montepulciano instead of Volterra. Weeks later, reports surfaced that suggested New Moon would be filming in Montepulciano for only five days from May 25 to May 30, which Italian Twilight distributors denied. Still, headlines then appeared that pointed out how the denial didn’t flat-out rule out Montepulciano as a location. Keep in mind, however, a month earlier in March, Italian Twilight distributors issued a statement that revealed no location was found for New Moon. And from start to finish, we still have Volterra and Montepulciano in play with shooting anywhere from two weeks to five days.

So what’s the Twilight deal on New Moon in Italy? Aside from all of the confirmations, “will,” “will not,” denials, and daily retractions, nothing yet. The Italian location for New Moon hasn’t officially been confirmed. Hopefully Chris Weitz and Summit can use a bit of both towns since Volterra is making a plea to not be cut out of the Twilight mix and Montepulciano isn’t that far away.

After all of the hype about New Moon in Italy, what would be ironically bizarre is if the tower clock was actually filmed on a soundstage Vancouver.

Why do the New Moon stars HAVE to be in love with each other?

So, let’s see if we can rake out the alleged, reported, supposed, and apparent romantic leaves on the set on New Moon in Vancouver. Now that the Twilight sequel New Moon is underway, with actor Robert Pattinson putting a quick end to the rumors that he’s dating Kristen Stewart, headlines have it that Pattinson is allegedly dating New Moon actress Nikki Reed while co-star Kristen Stewart is supposedly getting closer to actor Taylor Lautner who plays Jacob Black in the Stephenie Meyer based Twilight sequel.

In the last couple of weeks we’ve seen images appear online of the New Moon stars out on the town in Vancouver at various restaurants or simply walking together and hanging out. Does any of it mean that the New Moon stars are going out with each other? Well, it may depend on whether you believe that simply being outside is proof that you’re having an affair with the 10 strangers standing next to you at the intersection. Who knows? Are photos, unnamed sources, and eye witness accounts romantic fantasy or romanticized reality?

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I must admit, I never realized they can add things to the Blu-ray DVD at the last minute. I thought it would have had to have been done months ago, so that’s an interesting thought. As for the New Moon stars having to be in love with each other, I think that whole thing is just silly!

What do you think of Deadbolt’s top five issues? Do you agree? Do you think there issues more important than those on this list?