The Cullen Clan from "Eclipse" Photo: Kimberly French (c) Summit Ent. 2010
It's a big day for Twihards. It's been announced that a new "Twilight" novella will be released on June 5th. The Huffington Post reports that Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will release "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" on June 5. The novella is told from the viewpoint of Bree, a newborn vampire featured in "Eclipse." That's one of the books in Meyer's best-selling teen-vampire saga.
Meyer said in a statement Tuesday, reported by The Huffington Post, that the novella had originally been planned for "The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide." The material soon becaume too long to fit into the guide, and it was determined it would be better to publish it as a stand-alone.
The publisher says one dollar for each book sold in the U.S. from the first printing of 1.5 million copies will be donated to the American Red Cross International Response Fund. It supports disaster relief efforts such as those in Haiti and Chile.
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Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner in "Eclipse" Photo: Kimberly French (c) Summit
And today Summit Entertainment, which produces and distributes the enormously successful movie adaptations of Meyer's "Twilight" movies, has released three new stills from the upcoming feature "Twilight Saga: Eclipse," which opens on June 30th. The photos are published here for the first time.
According to the official synopsis released by Summit:
In ECLIPSE, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob -- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.
"Eclipse" is directed by David A. Slade, director of the movies "Hard Candy" and "30 Days of Night," which is also vampire-themed. The movie stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone and Dakota Fanning, all of whom reprise their roles from the hit movies "Twilight" and "Twilight Saga: New Moon."
Lautner, Stewart & Robert Pattinson in "Eclipse" Photo: Kimberly French (c) Summit
Last weekend, "Twilight Saga: New Moon" was officially released on DVD. It sold just over 4 million DVD units in its first weekend of release, surpassing the first weekend sales of "Twilight," in 2009 which sold 3.8 million DVD units, and went on to be the top selling DVD title of the year with 9.2 million units sold. Thousands of "Twilight" fans across the nation participated in the “NEW MOON at Midnight” event and some were treated to surprise appearances by members of the cast as well as the film’s director Chris Weitz.
The final novel in Meyer's saga, "Breaking Dawn," is expected commence production as a movie sometime this fall. It still isn't actually known whether Summit will release the film as one movie or two, as Warner Brothers is doing with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." That film is being converted to 3D. Analysts are also speculating that "Breaking Dawn" will be filmed in 3D, but again, no announcement has been made.
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oi tudo bem com vcs.
robert,kristen e teylor vcs sao muito lindos
e eu amo muito todos vcs bom trabalho beijos nos coraçaõs
de todos.
jd is the bomb! great pix!
Just saw these as well. ooh lala, ECLIPSE
summit already said that they were not going to do Breaking Dawn in 3D.... They said they were having enough complications as is and 3D would just be adding an extra stress that is not needed or (based on fan reaction) wanted
This has made my day! A long tiring day of classes was so worth having these stills and this news waiting! I cannot wait- I'm so excited! I LOVE all three stills! Everyone looks perfect and amazing! But I would not want them to make Breaking Dawn into a 3D film... that would be odd!
Breaking Dawn needs to be two movies. 3D is a terrible idea, I hope that rumor was just someone making a joke. The new book she is putting out doesn't seem like it would be very interesting. Midnight Sun, please!
the pics are cool...Oh, Rob...you look great!!!Rob is my love! all vamps look awesome except Jasper...poor man! and is Jacob standing on the box again???..i can't take him serious
i think eclipse is gunna be the best film.. based on all the pics an the teaser trailer.. <3 thats just my poinion xxx i luv EDWARD CULLEN <3
i cant wait to see eclsipe and breaking dawn im just ganna hate it when its over i love david
wow these pictures are amazinggggggg!!!!!!!!! SO EXCITED <3 i feel like eclipse is the only thing i'm living on right now. no joke!
:)
can't wait anymore D;
Of the four books, Eclipse is my favorite and I can't wait for the movie to come out.
i cant wait and midnight sun will be awesome
You only have to see the first movie to become addicted,each movie so far has left us all wanting more, i couldnt stand the anticipation so i had to read all the books.I really hope they dont put the movies in 3d i dont undrstand why they cant just leave them as good old fashioned movies.
I LOVE TWILIGHT<3
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