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.
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.
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.
Yesterday we brought you an exclusive interview with the New Moon humans and today we’re back with an interview with the New Moon bad boys - none other than Edi Gathegi (Laurent) and Alex Meraz (Paul). The questions in the interview are from the following websites: Twilighters Anonymous, Twilight Lexicon, Twilight Examiner, Twilight Series Theories, Twilight Facebook, Twilight Moms, His Golden Eyes, Twilighters.org, MSN Twilight Superfan, Twilight Source, and Bella and Edward. Check out a preview of the interviews below.
Interview with Edi Gathegi and Alex Meraz:
Alex, Chris Weitz said that the eyes of the wolves were going to be kind of the actors’ eyes – you know, their soul – so is it going to be your eyes that we’re going to see on Paul in wolf form?
Alex: I’ve yet to see the finished version of my wolf, so I don’t know. But if they put my eyes on there I’m sure it’ll be really dreamy [laughs].
There’s a lot of the news about Chris Weitz being very skilled with CGI, and I was wondering if this was each of your first experience in dealing with CGI, and how did you find it?
Alex: Yes, this is my first time doing CGI, and I was completely excited because I knew he had brought his team from The Golden Compass who was Phil Tippett who’s a legend in that realm, so I was completely excited … And it was great, it was very clear – most times when you work with CGI, from what I’d heard, it’s pretty hard to understand what’s going on because it takes a lot of imagination, but I found it to be really clear to do what I needed to do.
Edi: Yeah, yeah, it does take a lot of imagination to let it work. I mean, there are basically several slates that are going on in any given scene where they have to create the entire scene but you have to act like the wolves – you know Styrofoam cows and they you know they do the movement of what the wolf would do, and then they take them away and put the actor in there. They just do a bunch of stuff over and over and over again in order to get the scene to later on draw the wolf in. It’s sophisticated labor and stuff, but I think we had some of the best people in the world for it, so …
Read the complete interview with Alex and Edi here.
And if you missed them, you can check out our interview with Anna Kendrick and Michael Welch here, and our interview with Justin Chon and Christian Serratos here.
Okay Twihards, you better sit down for this one: Stephenie Meyer, ruler, creator, and mother of the Twi-verse has just announced on her official website that she will be making an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show on November 13th! And because Stephenie is so amazing, she’s not only doing that, but she is opening up an FAQ session for the fans! Read all about it below:
Hi everybody!
I wanted to apprise you all of a few upcoming things.
You know I’ve been doing the hermit thing this last year, in so far as media is concerned, and I’m not changing that now, but I am making an exception. I’m doing this for a good reason: I am so pleased and amazed and thrilled with what Chris Weitz has done with New Moon that I want to talk about it, and to show my support for him. And since I’m only doing one interview, better make it big. Really big. So….I will be on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday, November 13th. Check the local listings on Oprah’s website to find out what time it will be on where you live.
Of course, most of the questions for Oprah will be designed for a broader audience than just die-hard Twilight fans, and I imagine people who read this site and other fansites will already know most of the answers. To rectify this, I’m going to answer your more specific questions on-line. The official Twilight Saga website (www.TheTwilightSaga.com) will be taking any New Moon movie-related questions you might have for me, and then I’ll answer those most frequently asked. I’ll post the answers on the Twilight Saga website and also here on my own site. Questions can be submitted to TheTwilightSaga.com from noon (Eastern Standard Time) on Monday, November 9th through noon Tuesday, November 10th. The answers will be posted Monday, November 16th—or New Moon Premiere Day, as it is known around my house. (Details about submitting the questions will be posted first thing Monday morning at TheTwilightSaga.com, you can also get more information below.)
I’m so very excited that you’ll all get to see New Moon in just two weeks! Then you’ll see what I’m going on about. Until then, think up some good questions for me.
Love,
Steph
To read full details on how to submit a question, click here.
Ok I’m about dead from this news. I am so excited, words can’t even express. Steph, we’ve missed you! What do you think of this news? What question(s) are you most hoping she will answer?
Steve over at Collider was able to ask Rob Pattinson a great final question at today’s press junket, and this one was all about Breaking Dawn. Read below for details:
But when I had the opportunity to ask Robert Pattinson the last question at today’s press junket, I made the most of it. I asked him if he has been told of a tentative time he might film “Breaking Dawn”? He replied:
“I think the tentative time for “Breaking Dawn” is fall next year. They may well change that.”
What you need to realize is many things change. Perhaps “New Moon” doesn’t do as well at the box office as the first “Twilight” movie. Or perhaps they can’t get the script right. While things might change, Pattinson’’s statement of fall 2010 is the first time anyone in the cast has admitted there is a plan. Much more on “Twilight: New Moon” later tonight.
Access Hollywood had the chance to have a little sit down with Rob at the press junket today. In part one Rob talked about everything from hiding from the rabid fans to his hair and the way things have or have not changed in the last year. In part two Rob shows his true vampire colors by declaring that werewolves are dorks.
(Thanks Rachel!)
Rob has the best sense of humor. I love the faces he makes as he tries to come up with a good retort for the vampire vs. werewolf question. “At least I don’t walk run around with my shirt off all the time like a little dork!” I will be laughing over that one for a long time tonight.
Did you like this interview with Rob? Which of his answers were your favorite?
Access Hollywood is cranking out the New Moon interviews today and now they’re back with another, but this time around it’s with Taylor Lautner. In the two part interview, Taylor talks a little bit about the differences between New Moon and Eclipse, what him and his on-screen wolfpack did together off-set, and more.
Yet another great interview from Access Hollywood! I laughed so hard when she pulled out the phone with the Jacob Black skin over it. Taylor is a very good sport about things! What did you think about this interview?
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:
Okay Twihards, you better sit down for this one: Stephenie Meyer, ruler, creator, and mother of the Twi-verse has just announced on her official website that she will be making an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show on November 13th! And because Stephenie is so amazing, she’s not only doing that, but she is opening up an FAQ session for the fans! Read all about it below:
What do you think of this news? What question(s) are you most hoping she will answer?
Access Hollywood had the chance to have a little sit down with Rob at the press junket today. In part one Rob talked about everything from hiding from the rabid fans to his hair and the way things have or have not changed in the last year. In part two Rob shows his true vampire colors by declaring that werewolves are dorks.
