Steve over at Collider has 10 minutes of incredible B-roll - behind the scenes footage from the making of New Moon. The footage includes lots of stunt work in the movie from Jacob and the wolf pack plus quite a bit from the interior Volturi fight scenes and even a little from the birthday party. See more below:

*Warning! This is major spoilers*

Also courtesy of Steve at Collider we have the clips Bella’s Papercut, Jacob’s Transformation and Volturi Fight all together. Enjoy!

You can read more at Collider here.

You can see studio interviews with Kristen, Rob and Taylor at Collider here.

(Thanks Noor!)

I’m still trying to locate my jaw that dropped open when I watched that B-roll footage. This looks absolutely incredible! I didn’t think I could possibly get more excited for New Moon, but now we’re so close, November 20th is just around the corner.

Did you watch the B-roll footage? What did you think?

I’m terrible! I’m late! Yes, I’m terribly late…in releasing this wallpaper for this month of November 2009. Of all the months to be late, it just HAD to be New Moon Movie release month that I’m late.

Rest assured we sure heard all your cries of frustration about its delayed roll-out so we’ll try to NOT be late for upcoming months in order to avoid the onslaught of email and twitter messages and *ahem* “friendly” reminders. Yeah, you know who you are.

Last month, we introduced the first installment of our new monthly feature with desktop calendar wallpapers for fans of Team Jacob and Team Edward. This month we’d like to feature what I’m really excited about seeing in the movie, the Volturi. New Moon introduces this Italian vampire mafia family and I sure can’t wait to dive into their world and finally see them all fleshed out. From what we’ve seen so far, Chris Weitz has done a great job bringing the Volturi realm into reality.

I do apologize for the delay but I hope you like what we have for you this month. To keep you TA’ers from staring at the same October 2009’s wallpaper any longer, here’s November 2009 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper:

To cater to most monitor resolutions, we have provided multiple options for you to download. Simply click on your desired resolution to the right of the thumbnail and click away.

The Volturi Pick your monitor resolution: 1024 x 768 1280 x 800 1280 x 1024 1440 x 900 1600 x 1200 1680 x 1250

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Here’s a quick ‘how-to’ guide on how to save as your desktop wallpaper to your computer.

Step 1: Click on the link for your desired wallpaper size above (This will open the wallpaper in a new window)

Step 2: Follow the instructions depending on your operating system.

Internet Explorer (PC/Mac): Right Click on the image and select “Set as Background.”

Firefox (PC/Mac): Right click on the image and select “Set As Desktop Background.”

Safari (Mac): Control click on the image and select “Save Image to the Desktop.” Add the image to your desktop using the Desktop & Screensaver System Preferences.

TA’ers: What do you think of this month’s wallpaper design? Optional question: Will you go all “newborn vamp” on us if we’re late again?

During the big press junket today, Steve over at Collider had the great opportunity to speak with New Moon director Chris Weitz about what we can expect from the DVD for the film. Of course, this is not finalized yet, but it gives us some great things to look forward to. Check out what Chris had to say below:

Collider: What can we expect on the New Moon DVD?

Chris Weitz: On the DVD there will be some deleted scenes, there will be a commentary with me and I think Kristen, Rob and Taylor at the same time, and some making of and behind the scenes type stuff.

My big question is how many minutes of deleted scenes?

Weitz: I think it’s around twenty.

Is there really going to be that many minutes?

Weitz: Yeah, but sometimes it’s just showing a whole scene with bits that have been cut out. There is not like twenty minutes of stuff thrown out. It’s like here is the fully expanded scene.

Here’s my question….the Twilight fans are obsessed with seeing stuff they haven’t seen before. So how many minutes do you think of footage that’s not in the theater would be on the DVD/Blu-ray?

Weitz: I’d say a good ten minutes of groovy stuff they haven’t seen.

So why did you cut it?

Weitz: The running time of the film and the cadence of how I wanted the film to play.

Read the full article from Collider here.

What do you think about what Chris had to say? Are you looking forward to the DVD extras and deleted scenes?

Thanks to the great people over at HitFix, we have a great new set of New Moon images for you that HitFix is saying is the last of the bunch before the movie officially hits theaters. The new images include nearly all of the characters, including the wolf pack, Edward, the Volturi, and more. Check out a preview below:

View all of the new New Moon images here.

I love all of the new shots, but I really like the Bella/Charlie one (pictured above). I’m sure we all know what scene that’s from and it’s heartbreaking even looking at a picture of it. What do you think of these new images? Which is your favorite?

The people over at People (ha, ha) got themselves an early look at The Twilight Saga: New Moon last night, and today they’re back and reporting the best things about the movie. They’ve made a list of the five things that they liked best about the film and compiled it into a handy little list for us all. Of course, since we all haven’t seen the movie yet, there are some spoilers:

Jacob Black’s Body: Photos of Taylor Lautner’s amazing transformation from a scrawny kid to a rippling teen werewolf already have been making the rounds for months. But the first time Lautner rips off his T-shirt to reveal his muscled chest onscreen, the sight is still gasp-worthy. In fact, Lautner sizzles and smolders throughout New Moon as he walks the line between friendship and romance with Bella (Kristen Stewart). Though Bella’s heart belongs to Edward (Robert Pattinson), Launter may steal Pattinson’s heartthrob status right out from under his pale nose.

Bella and Edward’s Reunion: When Edward comes to the (incorrect) conclusion that his love, Bella, is dead, he decides there is no choice but to commit vampire suicide. Of course, the only person who can save him is Bella. When she launches herself through a crowd and across a fountain in an Italian square to push Edward out of harm’s way, the sparks that fly between the soul-mates are like fireworks.

The Wolf Pack: The actors who play Jacob Black’s gang of strapping pals provide the perfect mix of teen tension and ferocious loyalty that exist between the group of guys who realize that one and all are actually werewolves. They snarl and yelp, tease and torment each other, and of course, fight together just like Twilight Saga author Stephanie Meyer describes in her series.

Dakota Fanning: She plays the pint-sized vamp, Jane, who wields a daunting power – simply by concentrating she can cause her victims to convulse in excruciating pain. She’s not in the movie for very long, but when she focuses those red eyes on her targets and softly whispers, “Pain,” everyone will squirm.

The Sense of Humor: While the Twilight series is based overwrought teenage angst, director Chris Weitz lightens the mood with some well-placed humor. Bella’s human school friends provide comic relief. When one of them has to leave a horror movie because he’s ill, Launter’s character laughs and says, “What a marshmallow.” And when a member of the wolf pack accidentally changes from human to werewolf right in front of Bella, another member quips, “Well, I guess the wolf is out of the bag.”

As we wait in anxious anticipation for New Moon we have a little tidbit more of information to share with you on the score for New Moon. We have finally have a track list! Read more below:

E1 Music is pleased to announce the highly anticipated release from Academy Award nominated composer Alexandre Desplat, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Score” on November 24th, 2009. The Twilight Saga: New Moon is the second installment of the highly successful film franchise Twilight, an action-packed, modern day vampire love story. The Twilight Saga: New Moon premieres in theaters on November 20th, 2009.

Highly regarded Desplat is the winner of numerous awards including 2008’s “Film Score of The Year” & “Best Original Score for a Drama Film” by the International Film Critics Association (The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons), winner of the 2007 Golden Globe for Best Original Score (The Painted Veil), and two-time Academy Award Nominee (The Queen & The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons).

Desplat comments, “Chris Weitz and New Moon provided me with a rich canvas to create the colors of desire, longing, heartbreak and eternal love.”

With even more anticipation, a growing fan base, and an award-winning/critically-acclaimed composer, The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Score is a must-have companion to the movie experience and sure to please not just movie fans but fans of the Score genre.

Paul Katz of Eye2Ear Music serves as both the executive producer of the score album as well as Summit Entertainment’s point person on film-related music and soundtracks.

The tracklisting:

1. New Moon
2. Bella Dreams
3. Romeo & Juliet
4. Volturi Waltz
5. Blood Sample
6. Edward Leaves
7. Werewolves
8. I Need You
9. Break Up
10. Memories of Edward
11. Wolves v. Vampire
12. Victoria
13. Almost a Kiss
14. Adrenaline
15. Dreamcatcher
16. To Volterra
17. You’re Alive
18. The Volturi
19. The Cullens
20. Marry Me, Bella
21. Full Moon

So excited! I cannot wait for the score.

Are you planning to buy the score for New Moon?

One obvious and really exciting evolution we noticed from the first New Moon trailer here to the latest here are the distinct changes made to Jacob’s wolf form.

Truth be told, the first New Moon trailer featuring the Jacob-to-Wolf snap transformation already had me looking for my sleeping bag and staking out a spot in line. Jake’s 30 foot leap culminating with a snarling hulk of a wolf was the hands-down highlight of the 90 second tidbit. The fine CGI work seemed to me a clear indication of Summit’s commitment to the saga and coupled with New Moon Movie’s casting coups, it really looked like they were pulling out all the stops to make us forgive and forget the less than stellar effects of Twilight.

The first trailer’s wolf was most certainly a badass. It had excellent CGI work and it appeared to me that they took some visual cues from the Eastern Timber Wolf, with reddish highlights over a full mane, and a shaggy winter coat topping bare fore and rear limbs. There was still a cartoonish feel to it, but I had chalked it off to unfinished rendering, it was after all a really early preview of the movie.

Take a look for yourself:

The new trailer brought with it a whole new Jacob wolf, and I must say, it certainly is badder, er, badderasser! Gone are the Timber Wolf red highlights (or as my sister likes to call it, Clairol Sedona Sunset) and in its place are the deadly drab browns that a wolf hunting rogue vamps in Fork’s forests would be more at ease in. We now see features taken from the Grey Wolf: The shorter, one-length fur, slightly larger nose topping a narrower snout, and the aggressive stalking posture of a wolf with dinner in sight.

Note the major differences besides the fur color change:

The eyes are more slanted, reminiscent of the wolf in ‘300′, and gives off a menacing stare.

The upper set of fangs are more pronounced and appear aged, giving an impression of past battles and well, a darn scary bite.

The fighting snarl created by the narrower snout also makes the wolf more intimidating.

All in all, I see welcome changes in the right direction. I’m pleased to see the Summit guys constantly tweaking this movie to make it better and not resting on their Twilight laurels. True, it has a lot more to live up to, but I can’t help but notice that Summit’s been much more active in listening to fan feedback and applying it to the movie in realtime. New Moon promises to be the true Fan’s Film that we are all hoping for it to be.

If Jacob’s wolf is any indication of how hard the New Moon movie is going to rock our faces, then we can expect to be sitting in the theatres come midnight on the 19th, jaws on the floor, popcorn uneaten, minds blown.

Little Red Riding Hood better watch out, this isn’t your gramma’s forest anymore.

Wolfsbane signing out.

TA’ERS: What are your thoughts on the enhanced with better CGI wolf?