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This is no joke! It's an actual street!i pass by this street on my way to work everyday! Isn't it awesome?! :P
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
'Cullen Ave'. exists!!!
I've been wanting to share this with everyone for a while but i keep forgetting to post it, so now here is its!
i pass by this street on my way to work everyday! Isn't it awesome?! :P
~ Robstenfan
i pass by this street on my way to work everyday! Isn't it awesome?! :P
~ Robstenfan
Sunday, July 11, 2010
New Clips
Major note: I am hoping these are official released clips...if not let us know and we will remove them ASAP. We do not promote unauthorized clips on this site and do not want to take anything away from the movie.
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Carrie
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
They Grow Up So Quickly, Don’t They?
THE title of Lisa Cholodenko’s wonderful new film, “The Kids Are All Right,” quotes an ancient youth-culture anthem by the Who: a song released before the parents of many of today’s teenagers were born. At least for members of my generation (to stick with the Who’s back catalog for a moment) the phrase’s original defiance has given way to anxious, fingers-crossed hopefulness. In the context of Ms. Cholodenko’s movie — a comedy of domestic manners and misunderstandings set amid the liberal-minded American middle class — “The Kids Are All Right” is a statement shadowed by an implicit question: Aren’t they?
Sure they are. Right? They have cellphones and pizza money just in case we’re late getting home. They have access to healthy food, good schools and cool stuff. But of course we can’t help worrying, as every aging generation has since the invention of modern adolescence back when our grandparents were young.
Kids these days! They spend all their time playing video games or texting and sexting and cyber-bullying instead of reading and going to movies. And when they do go to the movies, it’s to see the dumb action blockbusters and slasher pictures that are ruining the experience for everybody else. Instead of going steady, they “hook up.” What kind of music are they listening to? What kind of jobs are they going to be able to find? Where did we go wrong?
Maybe we didn’t. There is a chance that Ms. Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, who together wrote the screenplay for “The Kids Are All Right,” meant the title to be sincere and reassuring, though without entirely letting the parents off the hook. Maybe the implication is that the younger set is doing better than their solipsistic, dysfunctional elders. Or maybe that’s a bit harsh.
But it does seem that the difficult relations between parents and semi-independent, no-longer-cute-and-precocious offspring have caught the eye of filmmakers lately. Of course clueless, hapless or antagonistic mothers and fathers have been a staple of cinema at least since Jim Backus stood in his apron and endured James Dean’s histrionic whining in “Rebel Without a Cause.” (Sorry, but that’s how it looks to me now.) But alongside these more familiar intergenerational patterns — and at a time when the childishness of grown men and the childlessness of grown women are the twin axioms of mainstream big-screen comedy — there is also a quieter sense of rapprochement and mutual sympathy.
The parents in “The Kids Are All Right” are Nic and Jules, a lesbian couple played byAnnette Bening and Julianne Moore, who have never been more enchanting or seemed less like movie stars. With their Volvo and lovely-but-not-fancy house, Nic and Jules are a picture of middle-class contentment, their complacency lightly mocked and their frustrations treated with affectionate empathy by the filmmakers. They seem like good parents, and in the end their two children might agree.
Those children — Joni, who is 18 and about to leave home for college, and her 15-year-old brother, Laser — certainly lead complicated lives, but the problems that keep the movie veering from farce to melodrama and back again do not primarily belong to them. Joni, a stellar student and dutiful daughter (played by Mia Wasikowska of “Alice in Wonderland”), is put off by the way her best friend, Sasha, “sexualizes everything” and is also attracted to Jai, a cute, nerdy buddy who does not seem to reciprocate her romantic interest. Laser, under the sway of an obnoxious and anti-social friend named Clay, seems to be tumbling into the male identity crisis that often begins in high school and concludes, if we’re lucky, sometime before retirement.
His moms think Laser, played with the right measure of mischief and diffidence by Josh Hutcherson, might be gay, a possibility they handle with the earnest, nonjudgmental concern that their straight counterparts might bring. But the questions Laser has about sex, love and biology are at once more basic and more elusive than the relatively simple matter of whether he likes girls or boys. Her brother’s desire to know where he came from — and perhaps also to find some connection with an adult male — leads Joni to contact the anonymous sperm donor who is at least technically their father and who is played by a scruffy and appealing Mark Ruffalo. Jules and Nic, respecting Laser and Joni’s curiosity about this almost mythical character, find the ground of their own relationship shifting in uncomfortable ways.
“The Kids Are All Right” is, to a large extent, about the unstable, comical and sometimes appalling parental triangle that emerges among the three adults. This article, however, is about the children, whose real-life counterparts are probably less likely than their parents to flock to a wry independent movie whose marquee stars are, at least to adolescents, unspeakably old. But the teenagers who do tag along may wonder why Mom and Dad (or Dad and Dad, or Mom and Mom, or just Mom or just Dad) are crying at the end, when Joni, as we always knew she would, steps out of the nest and into her own story.
Of course many more children will already have asked themselves the same question about“Toy Story 3.” The pathos in that film is rich and various, but as they did in “Up,” the clever heartstring pullers at Pixar have zeroed in on a phase of the life cycle not generally associated with children’s entertainment. In “Up” the handkerchief moment came early on, as the long, loving marriage of Carl and Ellie Fredricksen was chronicled in a montage that located the film’s emotional heart simultaneously in boyhood and senescence. In “Toy Story 3” the equivalent moment comes near the end, when Andy’s mother, an unsung stalwart of the franchise voiced by Laurie Metcalf, looks around his empty room and wonders where the time went.
It’s a touching moment, evoking the universal heartbreak of parenthood, but the movie does not stop there. It follows Andy, not all the way to college, but to a stop on the way, the house of a little girl named Bonnie who will inherit Buzz, Woody and all the other toys who have guided Andy through childhood. He does not just drop off the box, but stops to introduce Bonnie and her current toys to the new arrivals.
The two children, one in the first flush of her juvenile imaginative power, the other in the twilight of his, spend what might be many hours or just a few minutes spinning out new adventures. The tenderness of this little scene is breathtaking, because it finishes the“Toy Story” cycle in an unexpected and entirely convincing way, by showing that Andy, a kind and creative young man, was worthy of the devotion of his toys, and that his decency was indeed the product of that devotion.
Andy, ready to put away childish things, is able to acknowledge what they have done for him. And of course his story has really been theirs all along, in that we know much more about life among the inanimate objects in his room than we do about his interactions with his sister, mother, teachers and friends. But we do know, from the haunting example of Sid, the toy-abuser next door from the first “Toy Story,” that not every child is Andy. Some even grow up to be like Cyrus, the stay-at-home man-child played by Jonah Hill in the recent movie of that name.
“Cyrus,” written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass, sometimes uses its title character’s situation to harvest queasy laughs. At other moments the filmmakers draw out more unsettling, even gothic implications in an Oedipal triangle involving Cyrus; his sweet-natured single mother, Molly (played by Marisa Tomei); and her new boyfriend, John (John C. Reilly). But as off-kilter as this predicament is, and as icky as the filmmakers sometimes dare to be, the resolution is curiously sweet and affirmative. After much anguish and acting out, Cyrus grows up and moves on, helped by the older man who is both his role model and his rival for Molly’s love.
The family — as if there were only one kind, ideally or in practice — has been the subject of culture-war skirmishing for a very long time. Depending on your perspective, the movies have been agents of wantonness and amorality or upholders of old-fashioned, even outmoded values. Both conclusions are warranted: there has always been lots of sex in movies, and lots of traditionalism as well. And everyone understands that reality is different.
But reality nonetheless finds interesting reflections on screen, where even apparently simple stories can be full of ambiguity and contradiction. Take the “Twilight” series, which for all its widely publicized pro-abstinence themes and its nostalgically Victorian sexual morality envisions some fairly radical twists on family life. Bella Swan’s parents are conventionally divorced, loving, lonely people who mostly hover around the margins of her life.
The alternative to this fractured family is not so much eternal commitment to the vampire Edward Cullen as membership in one of two sprawling nonnuclear groups: the undead Cullen clan, who are not blood relations in the usual sense, and Jacob’s werewolf tribe. Both of these kinship networks offer a way of life that seems emotionally richer — if also more dangerous — than small-town existence. And while there is a bit of suspense about which group Bella will join, there never seems to be any question of her settling down into the nonsupernatural humdrum that lies in store for most of her peers.
Bella is different, special, and the great paradox of American life is that everyone else believes they are too. Or at least our children, who labor under intense and contradictory pressures from which the end of adolescence offers at least partial escape. Not that their parents will stop worrying. But there are movies that can offer us at least a measure of comfort. Like Charlie Swan and Nic and Jules and Andy’s mom and Cyrus’s, we try our best and mess things up anyway. And the kids are all right. They can’t help it.
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Sure they are. Right? They have cellphones and pizza money just in case we’re late getting home. They have access to healthy food, good schools and cool stuff. But of course we can’t help worrying, as every aging generation has since the invention of modern adolescence back when our grandparents were young.
Kids these days! They spend all their time playing video games or texting and sexting and cyber-bullying instead of reading and going to movies. And when they do go to the movies, it’s to see the dumb action blockbusters and slasher pictures that are ruining the experience for everybody else. Instead of going steady, they “hook up.” What kind of music are they listening to? What kind of jobs are they going to be able to find? Where did we go wrong?
Maybe we didn’t. There is a chance that Ms. Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, who together wrote the screenplay for “The Kids Are All Right,” meant the title to be sincere and reassuring, though without entirely letting the parents off the hook. Maybe the implication is that the younger set is doing better than their solipsistic, dysfunctional elders. Or maybe that’s a bit harsh.
But it does seem that the difficult relations between parents and semi-independent, no-longer-cute-and-precocious offspring have caught the eye of filmmakers lately. Of course clueless, hapless or antagonistic mothers and fathers have been a staple of cinema at least since Jim Backus stood in his apron and endured James Dean’s histrionic whining in “Rebel Without a Cause.” (Sorry, but that’s how it looks to me now.) But alongside these more familiar intergenerational patterns — and at a time when the childishness of grown men and the childlessness of grown women are the twin axioms of mainstream big-screen comedy — there is also a quieter sense of rapprochement and mutual sympathy.
The parents in “The Kids Are All Right” are Nic and Jules, a lesbian couple played byAnnette Bening and Julianne Moore, who have never been more enchanting or seemed less like movie stars. With their Volvo and lovely-but-not-fancy house, Nic and Jules are a picture of middle-class contentment, their complacency lightly mocked and their frustrations treated with affectionate empathy by the filmmakers. They seem like good parents, and in the end their two children might agree.
Those children — Joni, who is 18 and about to leave home for college, and her 15-year-old brother, Laser — certainly lead complicated lives, but the problems that keep the movie veering from farce to melodrama and back again do not primarily belong to them. Joni, a stellar student and dutiful daughter (played by Mia Wasikowska of “Alice in Wonderland”), is put off by the way her best friend, Sasha, “sexualizes everything” and is also attracted to Jai, a cute, nerdy buddy who does not seem to reciprocate her romantic interest. Laser, under the sway of an obnoxious and anti-social friend named Clay, seems to be tumbling into the male identity crisis that often begins in high school and concludes, if we’re lucky, sometime before retirement.
His moms think Laser, played with the right measure of mischief and diffidence by Josh Hutcherson, might be gay, a possibility they handle with the earnest, nonjudgmental concern that their straight counterparts might bring. But the questions Laser has about sex, love and biology are at once more basic and more elusive than the relatively simple matter of whether he likes girls or boys. Her brother’s desire to know where he came from — and perhaps also to find some connection with an adult male — leads Joni to contact the anonymous sperm donor who is at least technically their father and who is played by a scruffy and appealing Mark Ruffalo. Jules and Nic, respecting Laser and Joni’s curiosity about this almost mythical character, find the ground of their own relationship shifting in uncomfortable ways.
“The Kids Are All Right” is, to a large extent, about the unstable, comical and sometimes appalling parental triangle that emerges among the three adults. This article, however, is about the children, whose real-life counterparts are probably less likely than their parents to flock to a wry independent movie whose marquee stars are, at least to adolescents, unspeakably old. But the teenagers who do tag along may wonder why Mom and Dad (or Dad and Dad, or Mom and Mom, or just Mom or just Dad) are crying at the end, when Joni, as we always knew she would, steps out of the nest and into her own story.
Of course many more children will already have asked themselves the same question about“Toy Story 3.” The pathos in that film is rich and various, but as they did in “Up,” the clever heartstring pullers at Pixar have zeroed in on a phase of the life cycle not generally associated with children’s entertainment. In “Up” the handkerchief moment came early on, as the long, loving marriage of Carl and Ellie Fredricksen was chronicled in a montage that located the film’s emotional heart simultaneously in boyhood and senescence. In “Toy Story 3” the equivalent moment comes near the end, when Andy’s mother, an unsung stalwart of the franchise voiced by Laurie Metcalf, looks around his empty room and wonders where the time went.
It’s a touching moment, evoking the universal heartbreak of parenthood, but the movie does not stop there. It follows Andy, not all the way to college, but to a stop on the way, the house of a little girl named Bonnie who will inherit Buzz, Woody and all the other toys who have guided Andy through childhood. He does not just drop off the box, but stops to introduce Bonnie and her current toys to the new arrivals.
The two children, one in the first flush of her juvenile imaginative power, the other in the twilight of his, spend what might be many hours or just a few minutes spinning out new adventures. The tenderness of this little scene is breathtaking, because it finishes the“Toy Story” cycle in an unexpected and entirely convincing way, by showing that Andy, a kind and creative young man, was worthy of the devotion of his toys, and that his decency was indeed the product of that devotion.
Andy, ready to put away childish things, is able to acknowledge what they have done for him. And of course his story has really been theirs all along, in that we know much more about life among the inanimate objects in his room than we do about his interactions with his sister, mother, teachers and friends. But we do know, from the haunting example of Sid, the toy-abuser next door from the first “Toy Story,” that not every child is Andy. Some even grow up to be like Cyrus, the stay-at-home man-child played by Jonah Hill in the recent movie of that name.
“Cyrus,” written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass, sometimes uses its title character’s situation to harvest queasy laughs. At other moments the filmmakers draw out more unsettling, even gothic implications in an Oedipal triangle involving Cyrus; his sweet-natured single mother, Molly (played by Marisa Tomei); and her new boyfriend, John (John C. Reilly). But as off-kilter as this predicament is, and as icky as the filmmakers sometimes dare to be, the resolution is curiously sweet and affirmative. After much anguish and acting out, Cyrus grows up and moves on, helped by the older man who is both his role model and his rival for Molly’s love.
The family — as if there were only one kind, ideally or in practice — has been the subject of culture-war skirmishing for a very long time. Depending on your perspective, the movies have been agents of wantonness and amorality or upholders of old-fashioned, even outmoded values. Both conclusions are warranted: there has always been lots of sex in movies, and lots of traditionalism as well. And everyone understands that reality is different.
But reality nonetheless finds interesting reflections on screen, where even apparently simple stories can be full of ambiguity and contradiction. Take the “Twilight” series, which for all its widely publicized pro-abstinence themes and its nostalgically Victorian sexual morality envisions some fairly radical twists on family life. Bella Swan’s parents are conventionally divorced, loving, lonely people who mostly hover around the margins of her life.
The alternative to this fractured family is not so much eternal commitment to the vampire Edward Cullen as membership in one of two sprawling nonnuclear groups: the undead Cullen clan, who are not blood relations in the usual sense, and Jacob’s werewolf tribe. Both of these kinship networks offer a way of life that seems emotionally richer — if also more dangerous — than small-town existence. And while there is a bit of suspense about which group Bella will join, there never seems to be any question of her settling down into the nonsupernatural humdrum that lies in store for most of her peers.
Bella is different, special, and the great paradox of American life is that everyone else believes they are too. Or at least our children, who labor under intense and contradictory pressures from which the end of adolescence offers at least partial escape. Not that their parents will stop worrying. But there are movies that can offer us at least a measure of comfort. Like Charlie Swan and Nic and Jules and Andy’s mom and Cyrus’s, we try our best and mess things up anyway. And the kids are all right. They can’t help it.
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Carrie
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The Cullen Family Talks Eclipse
In The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, a Newborn Army of vampires has led the Cullen vampire family – Carlisle (Peter Facinelli
), Esme (Elizabeth Reaser), Rosalie (Nikki Reed), Emmett (Kellan Lutz), Alice (Ashley Greene) and Jasper (Jackson Rathbone ) – to form an uneasy truce with the Wolf Pack – which includes Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) – in order to help Edward (Robert Pattinson) protect Bella (Kristen Stewart) and everyone they love.At a press conference to promote the upcoming release of the film, co-stars Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene and Jackson Rathbone talked about what gets them into character and why Eclipse is the most accessible of the Twilight films so far.
Q: For someone who hasn’t been a fan of the series, why would you recommend that someone should see this movie?
Ashley: I think because this one has something for everyone. This whole film is leading up to this battle. There’s a lot of action in this film. There’s a love triangle that’s been formed, that only thickens in this one. You get a little bit of everything, to heighten extremes.
Jackson: Definitely. They told us that, in the third film of the Twilight franchise, the guys would get to have a lot more action and a lot more visceral vampire action, which is one of those things I think people are really going to dig. It’s what makes the darker side of the myth of the vampire world more exciting. I think it’s going to explode on the screen nicely.
Q: For someone who hasn’t been a fan of the series, why would you recommend that someone should see this movie?
Ashley: I think because this one has something for everyone. This whole film is leading up to this battle. There’s a lot of action in this film. There’s a love triangle that’s been formed, that only thickens in this one. You get a little bit of everything, to heighten extremes.
Jackson: Definitely. They told us that, in the third film of the Twilight franchise, the guys would get to have a lot more action and a lot more visceral vampire action, which is one of those things I think people are really going to dig. It’s what makes the darker side of the myth of the vampire world more exciting. I think it’s going to explode on the screen nicely.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Jackson Excited To Have Cullen Family Reunion For 'Breaking Dawn
The third movie in the "Twilight" saga, "Eclipse," doesn't hit theaters until June 30. But fans are already wondering when the crew will get together to film the last installment (or two) of the series. "Breaking Dawn" may have all the actors back on board, a release date and a director, but Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper Hale in the movies, admitted that he still has much to learn about the project.
"I have not spoken to ["Eclipse" director] Bill Condon yet, but I'm excited to," Rathbone told MTV News last week, when he was in Los Angeles for the MTV Movie Awards. "He's an incredible director, [an] Academy Award winner. That's amazing, so it's just another awesome director to handle the 'Twilight' franchise.
"['Twilight' director] Catherine Hardwicke brought a very independent feel. ['New Moon' director] Chris Weitz kind of made it a little more beautiful and elegant and ['Eclipse' director] David Slade's going a little darker... so I'm excited to see what Bill Condon does," Rathbone continued. "I really have no idea. I haven't even seen a script for 'Breaking Dawn' yet, to be honest. I'm right there with you, still waiting."
Rathbone admitted that he didn't quite know the timetable for shooting "Breaking Dawn," either. "I don't! I could lie though! I will lie to you," the "The Last Airbender" star teased. He then made up this scenario: "We're filming it tomorrow, all of it in one day. We're just gonna drink a lot of Red Bulls and we're gonna have a green screen and go through it; no script even. We're gonna make it up. You know what? We're gonna try for all tomorrow."
Many of the elements of "Breaking Dawn" are still unknown, but Rathbone is certain of one thing: He's happy that the whole cast is reuniting. "I just wanted the family to be together," he said. "We grew up [together]. Every time we get to film with one another, it's like a family reunion."
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"I have not spoken to ["Eclipse" director] Bill Condon yet, but I'm excited to," Rathbone told MTV News last week, when he was in Los Angeles for the MTV Movie Awards. "He's an incredible director, [an] Academy Award winner. That's amazing, so it's just another awesome director to handle the 'Twilight' franchise.
"['Twilight' director] Catherine Hardwicke brought a very independent feel. ['New Moon' director] Chris Weitz kind of made it a little more beautiful and elegant and ['Eclipse' director] David Slade's going a little darker... so I'm excited to see what Bill Condon does," Rathbone continued. "I really have no idea. I haven't even seen a script for 'Breaking Dawn' yet, to be honest. I'm right there with you, still waiting."
Rathbone admitted that he didn't quite know the timetable for shooting "Breaking Dawn," either. "I don't! I could lie though! I will lie to you," the "The Last Airbender" star teased. He then made up this scenario: "We're filming it tomorrow, all of it in one day. We're just gonna drink a lot of Red Bulls and we're gonna have a green screen and go through it; no script even. We're gonna make it up. You know what? We're gonna try for all tomorrow."
Many of the elements of "Breaking Dawn" are still unknown, but Rathbone is certain of one thing: He's happy that the whole cast is reuniting. "I just wanted the family to be together," he said. "We grew up [together]. Every time we get to film with one another, it's like a family reunion."
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Friday, June 4, 2010
New Eclipse Pictures on Trading Cards
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The Cullen Family Cast Returns For Summit Entertainment's THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN
Thank goodness, I don't think any of the cast is replaceable.
Los Angeles, CA May 19, 2010 – Summit Entertainment has confirmed that Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, and Nikki Reed will all return as members of the Cullen Family in THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN. These cast members join Billy Burke as Charlie Swan.
Academy Award® winner Bill Condon will direct THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN based on the fourth novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. The project is currently being written by Melissa Rosenberg with Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt, and Stephenie Meyer producing. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN is slated to be released November 18, 2011.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.
The family of vampires, to which the leading male character Edward Cullen belongs, is comprised of Facinelli as Carlisle, Greene as Alice, Lutz as Emmett, Rathbone as Jasper, Reaser as Esme, and Reed as Rosalie.
The third film in the franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE is due in theaters on June 30, 2010.
About the TWILIGHT film series
The TWILIGHT film series stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and tells the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, and becomes drawn to Edward Cullen, a pale, mysterious classmate who seems determined to push her away. But neither can deny the attraction that pulls them together...even when Edward confides that he and his family are vampires. The action-packed, modern day vampire love story TWILIGHT, the first film in the series, was released in theatres on November 21, 2008 to a blockbuster reception. The second installment of the film franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON was released November 20, 2009. The franchise has grossed over $1.1 billion in worldwide box office ticket sales to date.
About Summit Entertainment, LLC
Summit Entertainment, LLC is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC releases on average 10 to 12 films annually.
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THE CULLEN FAMILY CAST RETURNS FOR SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT’S THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN
Los Angeles, CA May 19, 2010 – Summit Entertainment has confirmed that Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, and Nikki Reed will all return as members of the Cullen Family in THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN. These cast members join Billy Burke as Charlie Swan.
Academy Award® winner Bill Condon will direct THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN based on the fourth novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. The project is currently being written by Melissa Rosenberg with Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt, and Stephenie Meyer producing. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN is slated to be released November 18, 2011.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.
The family of vampires, to which the leading male character Edward Cullen belongs, is comprised of Facinelli as Carlisle, Greene as Alice, Lutz as Emmett, Rathbone as Jasper, Reaser as Esme, and Reed as Rosalie.
The third film in the franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE is due in theaters on June 30, 2010.
About the TWILIGHT film series
The TWILIGHT film series stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and tells the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, and becomes drawn to Edward Cullen, a pale, mysterious classmate who seems determined to push her away. But neither can deny the attraction that pulls them together...even when Edward confides that he and his family are vampires. The action-packed, modern day vampire love story TWILIGHT, the first film in the series, was released in theatres on November 21, 2008 to a blockbuster reception. The second installment of the film franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON was released November 20, 2009. The franchise has grossed over $1.1 billion in worldwide box office ticket sales to date.
About Summit Entertainment, LLC
Summit Entertainment, LLC is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC releases on average 10 to 12 films annually.
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Carrie
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Offical Report: More People Naming Their Babies Cullen
Who says the government never does anything for us? They're out there studying popular baby names! The Social Security Administration has released its report on the most popular baby names in 2009, and there are thankfully very few Apples or Suris (and Miley, as in Cyrus, has dropped in popularity), but asThe New York Times noted, the name Cullen is growing in popularity at a most alarming rate, "leaping almost 300 spots from 2008 for the biggest increase of any boy's name; it wedged firmly between Braiden and Kason." (Braiden? Kason? If you're out there, please speak up.)
But the Times goes ever farther with its vampire baby theory: "The most popular boy's name was Jacob, an eternal favorite that happens to be the name of the buff rival of paler-than-thou Edward: Jacob Black. The most popular name for girls was Isabella, the progenitor of Bella, the love interest of both Edward the vampire and Jacob the werewolf. Just plain Bella logs in at 58."
I'm not buying that Jacob, a very popular name from the Old Testament, has much to do with which "team" parents are on, and Isabella has been in the top ten since 2004. As a rep from the SSA notes, many authors use baby name guides for inspiration -- naming characters is such a pain in the butt, no? -- but then there's this couple:
"Cullen was the choice of an eerily repetitive 555 couples. They included Brad Lafferty and Michelle Mikkelsen, who live in the Bronx. Ms. Mikkelsen said she read the last book in Ms. Meyer's series, Breaking Dawn - which includes the birth of a half-vampire, half-human child - while pregnant."
Personally, reading Breaking Dawn while pregnant would be right up there withRosemary's Baby and The Exorcist while watching The Brood as far as freaking me the eff out, and I feel bad disparaging their choice of baby names, but... Cullen?Really? Could we at least just go for Edward or something that won't get the kid beaten up every day after school by the kids names Jacob?
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Carrie
But the Times goes ever farther with its vampire baby theory: "The most popular boy's name was Jacob, an eternal favorite that happens to be the name of the buff rival of paler-than-thou Edward: Jacob Black. The most popular name for girls was Isabella, the progenitor of Bella, the love interest of both Edward the vampire and Jacob the werewolf. Just plain Bella logs in at 58."
I'm not buying that Jacob, a very popular name from the Old Testament, has much to do with which "team" parents are on, and Isabella has been in the top ten since 2004. As a rep from the SSA notes, many authors use baby name guides for inspiration -- naming characters is such a pain in the butt, no? -- but then there's this couple:
"Cullen was the choice of an eerily repetitive 555 couples. They included Brad Lafferty and Michelle Mikkelsen, who live in the Bronx. Ms. Mikkelsen said she read the last book in Ms. Meyer's series, Breaking Dawn - which includes the birth of a half-vampire, half-human child - while pregnant."
Personally, reading Breaking Dawn while pregnant would be right up there withRosemary's Baby and The Exorcist while watching The Brood as far as freaking me the eff out, and I feel bad disparaging their choice of baby names, but... Cullen?Really? Could we at least just go for Edward or something that won't get the kid beaten up every day after school by the kids names Jacob?
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Carrie
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ is a bloodbath for the Cullens
They must battle an army of new vampires controlled by Victoria and this time you’ll get to see their ‘true vampire-ness,’ according to actor Peter Facinelli.
The family that slays together, stays together.
At least that's the case for the Cullen brood.
In "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," which hits theaters June 30, Seattle is ravaged by a series of killings caused by an army of newborn vampires controlled by revenge-seeking bloodsucker Victoria. To combat the threat against Bella ( Kristen Stewart) in this third installment of the franchise, the Cullens must band together and join forces with their sworn enemies, the wolf pack.
"The whole family is in a vulnerable position because of the love we have for Bella," said Elizabeth Reaser, who plays matriarch Esme Cullen. "If she's not OK, we're not OK."
In the past, we've seen the clan hit baseballs so hard that they can play only in a thunder storm, to block out the sound. And we've watched the buttoned-up human imposters welcome Bella into their home as the human girlfriend of one of their own — the handsome Edward.
"This time around, you get to see their true vampire-ness," said Peter Facinelli, who plays head vampire Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the series based on the bestselling books by Stephenie Meyer.
What can we expect from the pale-faced Cullen family (which includes the Hale siblings) this go around? Here's what the actors say audiences can expect from the story and their characters:
Facinelli: "For me, as Carlisle, it's an exciting portion of the series. Carlisle is very compassionate and he has a lot of killing to do in this movie. I joke, after he kills the bad guys, he says he's sorry in his head. And, you know, he's calm and level-headed. He's the rock of the family. He usually has a lot of information to draw from because Alice can see into the future and Edward can read minds. In this third movie, he's not getting that information. Neither one of his sources are working, so he's kind of flying blind."
Reaser: "Esme is still a vampire. She still wants to kill people all day long. It was interesting to get in touch with the vampire side of her in ways that haven't really been explored. Her family is in danger and that brings out the mama bear in her.
Ashley Greene (as Alice Cullen): "Yeah, she's delicate and prissy at times, but Alice gets a little edgier with each installment. And with these vampires messing with her family and the people she loves, you're going to see a bit of her toughness. It's a reminder to the audience that even though we restrain ourselves at times, we're still vampires and we're dangerous. You're going to see the dark, dangerous side of Alice."
Kellan Lutz (as Emmett Cullen): "You're going to see a smile on Emmett's face from start to finish. He just loves to fight. And there's a lot of fighting. He sort of plays bigger in this one than the others."
Jackson Rathbone (as Jasper Hale): "You'll get to see a little bit of the root of what makes Jasper so withdrawn and quiet in the Cullen family. Fans will get some of Jasper's back story in ‘Eclipse.' I got to wear the whole Civil War gear and everything. There's a bit of the softer and darker side of Jasper in this film."
Nikki Reed (as Rosalie Hale): "You see a reason for her attitude. I think fans will feel for her. There was a bit of that in ‘New Moon.' Fans got to see a bit of her sensitive side. Her sane side. Her logical side. And her desire to help her family. This time around, she is much more of a participant. She's a survivor. This is her family. So if protecting Bella means protecting her family, she's going to do it."
Robert Pattinson (as Edward Cullen): Snagging a phone interview with the brooding dreamboat — who was overseas shooting his latest film, "Bel Ami" — proved difficult. So what can we expect from the lovesick Edward? He promises to love Bella "every moment of forever," as the trailer reveals. He's still hesitant about her becoming a vampire. He's determined to protect her from Victoria. And he's vying with Jacob for her affections. Oh, the life of an antique teenage vampire.
At least that's the case for the Cullen brood.
In "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," which hits theaters June 30, Seattle is ravaged by a series of killings caused by an army of newborn vampires controlled by revenge-seeking bloodsucker Victoria. To combat the threat against Bella ( Kristen Stewart) in this third installment of the franchise, the Cullens must band together and join forces with their sworn enemies, the wolf pack.
"The whole family is in a vulnerable position because of the love we have for Bella," said Elizabeth Reaser, who plays matriarch Esme Cullen. "If she's not OK, we're not OK."
In the past, we've seen the clan hit baseballs so hard that they can play only in a thunder storm, to block out the sound. And we've watched the buttoned-up human imposters welcome Bella into their home as the human girlfriend of one of their own — the handsome Edward.
"This time around, you get to see their true vampire-ness," said Peter Facinelli, who plays head vampire Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the series based on the bestselling books by Stephenie Meyer.
What can we expect from the pale-faced Cullen family (which includes the Hale siblings) this go around? Here's what the actors say audiences can expect from the story and their characters:
Facinelli: "For me, as Carlisle, it's an exciting portion of the series. Carlisle is very compassionate and he has a lot of killing to do in this movie. I joke, after he kills the bad guys, he says he's sorry in his head. And, you know, he's calm and level-headed. He's the rock of the family. He usually has a lot of information to draw from because Alice can see into the future and Edward can read minds. In this third movie, he's not getting that information. Neither one of his sources are working, so he's kind of flying blind."
Reaser: "Esme is still a vampire. She still wants to kill people all day long. It was interesting to get in touch with the vampire side of her in ways that haven't really been explored. Her family is in danger and that brings out the mama bear in her.
Ashley Greene (as Alice Cullen): "Yeah, she's delicate and prissy at times, but Alice gets a little edgier with each installment. And with these vampires messing with her family and the people she loves, you're going to see a bit of her toughness. It's a reminder to the audience that even though we restrain ourselves at times, we're still vampires and we're dangerous. You're going to see the dark, dangerous side of Alice."
Kellan Lutz (as Emmett Cullen): "You're going to see a smile on Emmett's face from start to finish. He just loves to fight. And there's a lot of fighting. He sort of plays bigger in this one than the others."
Jackson Rathbone (as Jasper Hale): "You'll get to see a little bit of the root of what makes Jasper so withdrawn and quiet in the Cullen family. Fans will get some of Jasper's back story in ‘Eclipse.' I got to wear the whole Civil War gear and everything. There's a bit of the softer and darker side of Jasper in this film."
Nikki Reed (as Rosalie Hale): "You see a reason for her attitude. I think fans will feel for her. There was a bit of that in ‘New Moon.' Fans got to see a bit of her sensitive side. Her sane side. Her logical side. And her desire to help her family. This time around, she is much more of a participant. She's a survivor. This is her family. So if protecting Bella means protecting her family, she's going to do it."
Robert Pattinson (as Edward Cullen): Snagging a phone interview with the brooding dreamboat — who was overseas shooting his latest film, "Bel Ami" — proved difficult. So what can we expect from the lovesick Edward? He promises to love Bella "every moment of forever," as the trailer reveals. He's still hesitant about her becoming a vampire. He's determined to protect her from Victoria. And he's vying with Jacob for her affections. Oh, the life of an antique teenage vampire.
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xoxo
Carrie
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
'Eclipse' bringing back a 'Twilight' blue hue?
Months ago, we had a great discussion about the possibility that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's hue might be a little more gray than the prior films.
The idea that the film would be primarily grayish or reddish in color then stemmed from a look at some of David Slade's prior work - particularly Hard Candy and 30 Days Of Night. That and the fact that The Twilight Saga: New Moon's gold tones began a new trend of mixed color schemes for these varying films. Later, when the title art and first movie poster for the film were revealed, the use of gray became undoubtable.
Recently, a few new stills from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse were unveiled by studio Summit Entertainment, and of them one stands out to some readers of this column.
Yesterday, when the cover art for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion was revealed, a commenter named "Kris" shared her thoughts on the issue in very true and readable form.
"Anyone notice the deep-color theme in this flick--the blues and aquas, especially in the book cover and that pic. of the Cullens. They look like they all shopped in a denim store before the big battle!"
Indeed the photo of the Cullens does have a bit of that reminiscent Twilight blue hue.
Of course, there are some obvious improvements in wardrobing, stances, backdrops, and hairstyles to speak of since this photo from 2008's Twilight but take a look at the similarities between these 2 photos.
You can also see a bit of the blue being used again in most of the backgrounds, landscape shots, and Volturi sequences in the official trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
In the trailer, title art, and other imagery for this film, there is certainly a great deal of gray being utilized (and the logo for film studio Summit Entertainment is gray this time as well, after having been blue for Twilight and golden for New Moon), but the blue is also quite present, don't you think?
A lot of fans were on the fence about the major use of blue hue in Twilight, but most would probably admit there was definitely some magic associated with it. So, it's very interesting to see that with Eclipse, director David Slade is bringing back some of the original tones from the film series, isn't it?
Think there's a purpose or need for the blue hue in Eclipse? Do you agree that the Cullen family photo colors from Eclipse are similar to some of those in Twilight? Think the new editor (who worked on Twilight) might've had something to do with it?
Comment below with your thoughts on the subject!
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~Robstenfan
The idea that the film would be primarily grayish or reddish in color then stemmed from a look at some of David Slade's prior work - particularly Hard Candy and 30 Days Of Night. That and the fact that The Twilight Saga: New Moon's gold tones began a new trend of mixed color schemes for these varying films. Later, when the title art and first movie poster for the film were revealed, the use of gray became undoubtable.
Recently, a few new stills from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse were unveiled by studio Summit Entertainment, and of them one stands out to some readers of this column.
Yesterday, when the cover art for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion was revealed, a commenter named "Kris" shared her thoughts on the issue in very true and readable form.
"Anyone notice the deep-color theme in this flick--the blues and aquas, especially in the book cover and that pic. of the Cullens. They look like they all shopped in a denim store before the big battle!"
Indeed the photo of the Cullens does have a bit of that reminiscent Twilight blue hue.
Of course, there are some obvious improvements in wardrobing, stances, backdrops, and hairstyles to speak of since this photo from 2008's Twilight but take a look at the similarities between these 2 photos.
In the trailer, title art, and other imagery for this film, there is certainly a great deal of gray being utilized (and the logo for film studio Summit Entertainment is gray this time as well, after having been blue for Twilight and golden for New Moon), but the blue is also quite present, don't you think?
A lot of fans were on the fence about the major use of blue hue in Twilight, but most would probably admit there was definitely some magic associated with it. So, it's very interesting to see that with Eclipse, director David Slade is bringing back some of the original tones from the film series, isn't it?
Think there's a purpose or need for the blue hue in Eclipse? Do you agree that the Cullen family photo colors from Eclipse are similar to some of those in Twilight? Think the new editor (who worked on Twilight) might've had something to do with it?
Comment below with your thoughts on the subject!
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~Robstenfan
Friday, April 2, 2010
Monday, December 21, 2009
Buzzwords 2009
2009 has brought a lot of buzzwords and some are from Twilight.
The Buzzwords of 2009
You could Tweet all the highlights of 2009 and still have time for dithering. But to catalog the lingo? It would be like one long torture memo. We need to impose a timetable. Let’s get right to our full plate.
It was a year for birthers, deathers and Tenthers to go all nine-iron on the Obama brand.
Catchphrases and buzzwords can tell us much about a year past — what resonated, what stuck, what the year revealed about the sensibility of the nation, whether you’re a wise Latina woman, a mini-Madoff, a teabagger or Balloon Boy.
But if ever there were a year to put buzzwords before a death panel, this would be it, before the aporkalypse comes.
If the year were a Government Motors car, it would be a clunker. There was so much distraction. Things like Great Recessions and mancessions will do that, distract you (like a Dracula sneeze). So will texting while driving, which is far more dangerous in the scheme of things than sexting (unless it’s sexting while driving), and maybe even hiking the Appalachian Trail. Whatever, it was a year when a lot of people acted stupidly.
What is there to say about a period in which Tea Parties, swine flu parties and a beer summit became desirable social engagements in certain circles?
If you think any of this sounds fun, you lie.
If this year were a state dinner, even the Salahis wouldn’t Salahi it.
If it were a purity test, it would be Scozzafava’d.
So let’s just call it an El Stiffo, pull the trigger and have Sully ditch the whole year in the Hudson. Declare 2009 a mulligan. You know Tiger wishes he could.
But that’s a public option. I’mma let you finish. —Mark Leibovich
Grant Barrett’s buzzwords for 2009:
drive like a Cullen
To drive like a bat out of hell, like a member of the Cullen family in the “Twilight” vampire books by Stephenie Meyer.
xoxo
Carrie
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
cullen crest
A story about the people in Portland that make the Cullen Crest.
Working with initial drawings by the film's costume designer, the prop master followed through and contacted the team at Artisan's. To this day, Thurber doesn't know how his shop came to their attention. He assumes the crew asked around and heard about Artisan's ability to do quality work on a tight deadline -- a must in the movie business.
"We heard from them in February 2008, and they said, 'Hey, we're making a movie here, can you do the work in this amount of time?'" Thurber recalls. "Movie people can be kind of pushy. They want everything yesterday."
Thurber and his team were happy to take on the challenge of turning drawings provided by the filmmakers into actual jewelry. But they had no idea of the cultural phenomenon they were becoming part of.
"I never heard of 'Twilight,'" Thurber recalls. At the time the movie was filming in Portland, Meyer's books were an obsession among teenagers. But they weren't yet the generations-spanning pop-culture juggernaut they are now.
So for Thurber, Alton and Estes, crafting the Cullen family crest pieces in silver was just another job.
"We weren't thinking it was going to be as big as this," Alton says.
"No clue," Estes agrees.
"We kind of thought the movie was going to go to video," Alton adds with a laugh. "I mean, vampires?"
That initial contact from the film crew has turned into an ongoing relationship. The Portland jewelry designers created pieces for "New Moon," the next chapter in the "Twilight" saga, which opened Friday. They also made jewelry for "Eclipse," the third movie adaptation, scheduled to open June 30, 2010.
Though "New Moon" and "Eclipse" were filmed in Vancouver, B.C., Artisan's Designs remained the go-to shop for Cullen crest pieces, along with other designs. All told, Thurber estimates they've created close to 75 pieces for the first three "Twilight" movies. Not only did they make jewelry for the actors playing the Cullens, but also duplicates for the actors' stunt doubles.
For "New Moon," they also created an elaborate crest for the Volturi, an ancient coven regarded as the royal family of vampires. The design appears in "New Moon," on the chairs in the Volturi Castle.
Stores such as Hot Topic sell licensed reproductions of the Cullen crest pieces, among other "Twilight"-themed merchandise. Artisan's Designs, however, doesn't get a cut of those proceeds.
But Thurber has the original molds and retains the right to create individual silver pieces for customers. While a mass-produced Cullen crest ring might sell for about $20 at Hot Topic, Artisan's handmade silver versions cost from $200 to $300.
"Teenage 'Twilight' fans don't have that much money to spend," Thurber says. But Artisan's Designs has made and sold about a dozen pieces for customers across the U.S., and in Italy and France.
Despite "Twilight" taking off, Thurber says he didn't raise his prices for making the Cullen family crest jewelry.
"I wouldn't do that," Thurber says, adding with a chuckle, "and they wouldn't let me."
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xoxo
Carrie
Portland designers craft jewelry to adorn 'Twilight' vampires
Let's say you're on the crew of a movie about a family of vampires -- but the Cullens aren't just any run-of-the-cemetery vamps. True, they crave human blood. But they control their urges, feeding on animals instead. In fact, these vampires are the most cultured, classiest folks around.
How to convey that on film? Enter the Cullen family crest, a regal coat of arms featuring a hand, lion, shamrocks and a chevron. Look closely at "Twilight," the first in the series of movies adapted from Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster novels about the romance between Bella, a human girl, and Edward, a drop-dead handsome vampire. There's the crest, popping up on jewelry belonging to members of the Cullen family. Edward wears it on a leather wristband, Alice on a ribbon choker, Rosalie as a bold necklace. And so on.
Those convincingly antique-looking pieces were actually made in Portland, byArtisan's Designs, a three-person team working out of a funky downtown office building. The business, which owner Rick Thurber has operated for about 18 years, specializes in jewelry repair and custom jewelry design.
On a typical workday during the week, you'd hardly think Artisan's Designs was part of a phenomenon of "Twilight"-sized proportions. The studio is at 732 S.W. Third Avenue, across the street from the Southeast corner of Pioneer Place. An operator takes building tenants and visitors up in a creaky elevator. Ring the bell at Artisan's Designs studio, and Thurber, a fit 54-year-old, lets you in while his white Jack Russell terrier, Casper, jumps up on your leg in tail-wagging greeting.
How to convey that on film? Enter the Cullen family crest, a regal coat of arms featuring a hand, lion, shamrocks and a chevron. Look closely at "Twilight," the first in the series of movies adapted from Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster novels about the romance between Bella, a human girl, and Edward, a drop-dead handsome vampire. There's the crest, popping up on jewelry belonging to members of the Cullen family. Edward wears it on a leather wristband, Alice on a ribbon choker, Rosalie as a bold necklace. And so on.
Those convincingly antique-looking pieces were actually made in Portland, byArtisan's Designs, a three-person team working out of a funky downtown office building. The business, which owner Rick Thurber has operated for about 18 years, specializes in jewelry repair and custom jewelry design.
On a typical workday during the week, you'd hardly think Artisan's Designs was part of a phenomenon of "Twilight"-sized proportions. The studio is at 732 S.W. Third Avenue, across the street from the Southeast corner of Pioneer Place. An operator takes building tenants and visitors up in a creaky elevator. Ring the bell at Artisan's Designs studio, and Thurber, a fit 54-year-old, lets you in while his white Jack Russell terrier, Casper, jumps up on your leg in tail-wagging greeting.
Past the tiny reception area is a workroom where Kelli Alton, 47, and Randy Estes, 46, labor on the detail work required to repair and create jewelry by hand. Both Alton and Estes are goldsmiths who work with Thurber, a 38-year-jewelry veteran who followed his father's footsteps into the business.
Artisan's Designs has a gallery in White Salmon, Wash., but the Portland studio is all business, with no glitzy storefront. In a series of rooms outfitted with the necessary equipment, the team goes through the process to repair and make custom jewelry. For custom designs, the process starts with a wax model mold, melting and pouring precious metals into the mold to cast the piece, then finishing with setting gemstones and polishing.
So how did this down-to-earth operation become part of the starry "Twilight" universe? "Twilight" was doing a large portion of its filming in and around Portland in early 2008. According to "Twilight: The Illustrated Movie Companion," the filmmakers dreamed up the Cullen family crest to illustrate the philosophy of vampire paterfamilia Dr. Carlisle Cullen, "that he and his fellows are not monsters but an evolved species." The Cullen crest was created, in the words of the film's director, Catherine Hardwicke, as "a coat of arms that relates to perpetuity and danger and courage."
Artisan's Designs has a gallery in White Salmon, Wash., but the Portland studio is all business, with no glitzy storefront. In a series of rooms outfitted with the necessary equipment, the team goes through the process to repair and make custom jewelry. For custom designs, the process starts with a wax model mold, melting and pouring precious metals into the mold to cast the piece, then finishing with setting gemstones and polishing.
So how did this down-to-earth operation become part of the starry "Twilight" universe? "Twilight" was doing a large portion of its filming in and around Portland in early 2008. According to "Twilight: The Illustrated Movie Companion," the filmmakers dreamed up the Cullen family crest to illustrate the philosophy of vampire paterfamilia Dr. Carlisle Cullen, "that he and his fellows are not monsters but an evolved species." The Cullen crest was created, in the words of the film's director, Catherine Hardwicke, as "a coat of arms that relates to perpetuity and danger and courage."
Working with initial drawings by the film's costume designer, the prop master followed through and contacted the team at Artisan's. To this day, Thurber doesn't know how his shop came to their attention. He assumes the crew asked around and heard about Artisan's ability to do quality work on a tight deadline -- a must in the movie business.
"We heard from them in February 2008, and they said, 'Hey, we're making a movie here, can you do the work in this amount of time?'" Thurber recalls. "Movie people can be kind of pushy. They want everything yesterday."
Thurber and his team were happy to take on the challenge of turning drawings provided by the filmmakers into actual jewelry. But they had no idea of the cultural phenomenon they were becoming part of.
"I never heard of 'Twilight,'" Thurber recalls. At the time the movie was filming in Portland, Meyer's books were an obsession among teenagers. But they weren't yet the generations-spanning pop-culture juggernaut they are now.
So for Thurber, Alton and Estes, crafting the Cullen family crest pieces in silver was just another job.
"We weren't thinking it was going to be as big as this," Alton says.
"No clue," Estes agrees.
"We kind of thought the movie was going to go to video," Alton adds with a laugh. "I mean, vampires?"
That initial contact from the film crew has turned into an ongoing relationship. The Portland jewelry designers created pieces for "New Moon," the next chapter in the "Twilight" saga, which opened Friday. They also made jewelry for "Eclipse," the third movie adaptation, scheduled to open June 30, 2010.
Though "New Moon" and "Eclipse" were filmed in Vancouver, B.C., Artisan's Designs remained the go-to shop for Cullen crest pieces, along with other designs. All told, Thurber estimates they've created close to 75 pieces for the first three "Twilight" movies. Not only did they make jewelry for the actors playing the Cullens, but also duplicates for the actors' stunt doubles.
For "New Moon," they also created an elaborate crest for the Volturi, an ancient coven regarded as the royal family of vampires. The design appears in "New Moon," on the chairs in the Volturi Castle.
Stores such as Hot Topic sell licensed reproductions of the Cullen crest pieces, among other "Twilight"-themed merchandise. Artisan's Designs, however, doesn't get a cut of those proceeds.
But Thurber has the original molds and retains the right to create individual silver pieces for customers. While a mass-produced Cullen crest ring might sell for about $20 at Hot Topic, Artisan's handmade silver versions cost from $200 to $300.
"Teenage 'Twilight' fans don't have that much money to spend," Thurber says. But Artisan's Designs has made and sold about a dozen pieces for customers across the U.S., and in Italy and France.
Despite "Twilight" taking off, Thurber says he didn't raise his prices for making the Cullen family crest jewelry.
"I wouldn't do that," Thurber says, adding with a chuckle, "and they wouldn't let me."
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xoxo
Carrie
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Cullen thanksgiving
Well it is Thanksgiving and that means over eating and spending time with the family. But pretty much all families are the same, even the Cullens. Peter breaks down how the Cullens would still have a their problems and awkwardness.
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xoxo
Carrie
Peter Facinelli Says a Cullen Family Thanksgiving Would Be Just as Awkward as Yours
Just because vampires are undead doesn't mean that they don't face the same problems at their family get-togethers as the rest of us.
Celebuzz caught up with Peter Facinelli—perhaps best known as theTwilight saga's vampire patriarch Carlisle Cullen—and quizzed him about how his blood-sucking clan might celebrate Thanksgiving.
What he described to us was a messy affair marked by family squabbling and tensions over uninvited guests. Sound familiar? Read on.
As far as settings go, Facinelli figures the Cullens would feast in the woods—not so much to capture that authentic Pilgrims-and-Indians vibe, but because, well, they're not too big on table manners:
"It would probably involve hunting in the woods. They're kind of messy eaters. I envision them going to a forest with fall leaves falling and with a little bib around their necks and they'd go hunting."
And make no mistake, there would be some drama. Perhaps not surprisingly, Facinelli imagines that Nikki Reed's character, Rosalie Hale, would be the one to get the ball rolling:
"Rosalie would probably start something. She's always starting something."
Ah, but now on to the real question: Would the Cullens find it in their immortal hearts to include Edward's non-vampiric sweetheart, Bella Swan, in their celebration? P-Fac doesn't think it would be such a hot idea, but his stubborn kid would probably insist anyway, leading to a melee that no one would be thankful for:
"I don't know if we would invite her. Of course Edward would want to invite her and that's where we'd get into the fight with Rosalie. But I'm not sure she's into raw animal, so she'd probably have to bring her own little doggy bag...her own werewolf bag."
Ehh; she'd probably be content just to feast her eyes on Edward anyway.
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xoxo
Carrie
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