First Official Pic From Twilight Here be vampires. Sexy vampires. Source: Cinematical
We occasionaly get emails from readers asking why we haven't covered a particular film or news story. Often it's because we haven't run a pirated or leaked trailer – we don't do that, boo piracy! – but recently we've had a number of furious questioning missives asking why we've run nothing on the movie Twilight.
The short answer is: it's not a project that had particular recognition for us and the recently released featurettes wouldn't play for users outside the US, so we couldn't watch them. But now we realise that there are a lot of people who are really excited by this movie. So, we know that those people will be very keen to see the first official cast photo from the film, which Cinematical has here (the previous photos were leaked tests).
For those, like us, to whom Twilight is an unknown quantity, the film is based on a very successful series of horror-romance novels by Stephanie Meyer. They tell of Bella Swan, a teenage girl who moves to Washington with her mother and her mother's new husband and finds herself drawn to a mysterious boy, as teenage girls are wont to do. Turns out he's a vampire, but a 'vegetarian' one who only drinks animal blood. They get the warm and squishies for each other and team-up to thwart a band of evil vampires who want to sup of Bella's neck.
The film is being directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) and features a cast including Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory from Harry Potter) and Nikki Reed. Recently it's become one of the most searched films on IMDb, despite the lack of big names, so this could be absolutely enormous.
Please rest assured readers. We will report on any major Twilight news from now on. So please desist in the angry emails. They're mean.
I've read all the books and am in total awe of Stephenie Meyer!!!! The film is going to be so awesome and I can't actually wait to the see it!!!!!!!!! I am uber excited!!!!!! ... Read More
I'd just like to point out that Bella does not move with her mother and stepfather; she moves to Forks to live with her father.
Someone had said that Bella is moving to get over the break up of her family. Not necessicarily true because her parents had been divorced for quite some time. That's explained in the novel if you read it.
Otherwise, thank you for writing this article and I hope to hear more from you guys. :] ... Read More
The books are really really amazing, i recommend them to anyone who will listen.
But in all honesty, the film does look a bit crap.
I think it will be like the harry potter films - the books and the films are like two seperate things.
but anyway, i'm going to go and see it when it's out.
you never know, it might be good :D ... Read More
Can't wait for Twilight! Just to let you guys know, I understand you aren't familiar with the series, but Bella moves to Forks to live with her father after her mother gets remarried. She didn't move to Forks with her mother and new stepfather. ... Read More
awful awful awful - just look at these people - particularly the guy at the front - looks like the OC crossed with the undead - a worse mix i cannot imagine.
please lets move on from Buffy - which was a superb series with GOOD WRITING and ORIGINAL IDEAS.......this whole Twilight thing should be left just there - in the Twilight with all the other turkeys that get released. ... Read More
I have read the books - which are very much for teenagers - and I'm an ageing 30. Oh the shame.
Let me tell you now: everything in the story is cliché, and all the adolescent hormones floating around, well...
But I tore my way through those books, I was completely hooked! It was only afterwards that I kinda went, "yeah, it's 100% cliché..." ha! I love the books but acknowledge their flaws - sometimes I just want to slap Bella - but for me they were an excellent read, and they're great... Read More
L: ashmeeeeee
and to whoever said "vampires should be scary" then you don't know anything about these.
READ THE BOOK before you talk SH*T.
read the first 2 books and there's exactly one scene where the vampires seem scary. Most of the time they are just irrationally and annoyingly angsty with lamest blood lust ever (it feels like somebody on a low carbs diet craving after a cinnamon bun). ... Read More
Young Female lead moving to a new town after the break up of her family, "goodie", Male Vamp who only drinks animal blood and has "Baddie" friends that all want to kill her. When did the first book come out? Should Joss Weedon be calling his lawer ... Read More
