August 2, 2010

The paperback version of Breaking Dawn will be released in a few hours and is currently available for pre-order. Have a nice day!

--Seth

June 24, 2010

I was able to watch some of the Jimmy Kimmel Eclipse special last night—it was pretty funny and got me excited for the movie next week. While I was watching it I realized that we haven't posted anything about the premiere/red carpet tonight. I know that many of you like watching the red carpet streamed live—we will be watching it at the webmaster household as well.

There are several viewing options (all times are Eastern Daylight Times tonight, June 24, 2010):

• MTV.com and Hollywood Crush (starts at 9:30pm ET)
• MySpace.com (starts at 8:30pm ET)
• AP Live on Livestream / AP Live on Facebook (starts at 8:00pm ET)
• OnTheRedCarpet.com (starts at 8:30pm ET)

Good luck to Stephenie and all the actors... that seems like a lot of people to talk to. I hope you enjoy watching the festivities!

--Seth

June 7, 2010

You can now read The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella for free on-line at BreeTanner.com! Enjoy.

[Edit: The novella is no longer available to read on-line for free, but you can purchase it on Amazon.com]

--Seth

May 17, 2010

Hey guys,

I want to do something different with publicity for this movie release. For Twilight, I did the normal press junket, for New Moon I got to go on Oprah. Both of these were fun, exciting experiences. However, they both had the same drawback—the interviews were designed for a very broad audience, and because of that, most of the questions were about things you guys have known the answers to for years. I feel like all of the basic questions have been answered, and for Eclipse I want to focus on the more specific questions of the readers. To accomplish that, I'm hosting my own mini-junket with a few fansites. It will be held on Friday, June 18th, the week before the L.A. premiere.

Unfortunately, I can't talk to every single site, and I want to keep this as low key and enjoyable as possible. So I put all the U.S. fansites in a hat (for logistical reasons, we had to keep this in the country) and drew out four names.

 

The names I drew were:

• Twilight Series Theories (twilightseriestheories.com)
• Twilight Source (twilightsource.com)
• Twifans (www.twifans.com)
• Letters To Twilight (letterstotwilight.wordpress.com)

Each of these sites is invited to send two members of their staff (or one member and a guest) to our fan-centric mini-junket. You will be contacted shortly by my assistant, who will give you all the specific information. In the event that any of the sites is unable to send representatives, I've already drawn four back up sites, which I will post if it becomes necessary.

I'll answer all of your questions (and your readers questions, if you want to poll them) about the Eclipse Movie, and the Bree story, as well, which will have been out for a few weeks by then. We'll have lunch, hang out, and hopefully have a fantastic time. I hope you all can make it!

-Steph

April 28, 2010

Here is a press release from Summit Entertainment that came out today:

BILL CONDON TO DIRECT SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT'S THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN

Los Angeles, CA April 28, 2010 — Summit Entertainment has confirmed that Academy Award winner Bill Condon will direct THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, based on the fourth novel in author Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, is currently being written by Melissa Rosenberg, and will star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt, and Stephenie Meyer will produce the project.

"Bringing Stephenie Meyer's BREAKING DAWN to the screen requires a graceful and intelligent hand and we believe Bill Condon is exactly the right steward, having shown equal and abundant talents of immense creativity and subtle sensitivity," said Erik Feig, President of Production and Acquisitions, for Summit Entertainment.

Added author Stephenie Meyer, "I'm so thrilled that Bill wants to work with us. I think he's going to be a great fit, and I'm excited to see what he does with the material."

"I'm very excited to get the chance to bring the climax of this saga to life on-screen. As fans of the series know, this is a one-of-a-kind book—and we're hoping to create an equally unique experience," said Bill Condon.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.

Condon is well known for writing and directing DREAMGIRLS, KINSEY, and GODS AND MONSTERS, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1999. He was nominated for a second Oscar for his screenplay for the movie musical CHICAGO in 2003. Most recently the multi-hyphenate directed the pilot episode for the Showtime series "The Big C" and produced the 81st Annual Academy Awards telecast, hosted by Hugh Jackman.

--Seth

April 14, 2010

Below is a cool countdown widget for the release date of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner:

Thanks to TheTwilightSaga.com for creating it. Click on the share button to post it on your site, or you can keep up with it on our Bree Tanner page where it will stay at the top of the page until the wait is over.

--Seth

March 30, 2010

Surprise!

I have a new book coming out. It's called The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. Well, it's more of a novella than an actual book—my version of a short story.

Actually, this has been a surprise to me, too. The reason why it's a surprise was that I never intended to publish this story as a stand-alone book. I began this story a long time ago—before Twilight was even released. Back then I was just editing Eclipse, and in the thick of my vampire world. I was thinking a lot about the newborns, imagining their side of the story, and one thing led to another. I started writing from Bree's perspective about those final days, and what it was like to be a newborn.

This story was something that I worked on off and on for a while, just for fun, in between the times I was writing or editing other Twilight novels. Later, when the concept for The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide came up, I thought that might be a good place for Bree. Her story is a nice complement to Eclipse; it explains a lot of the things that Bella never knew. So I dusted it off and finished it up for placement in the Guide.

At the same time, it came in handy for the Eclipse film. Melissa (Rosenberg, the screenwriter) had a ton of questions about what exactly was going on in Seattle, how Victoria managed things, what Riley was like, etc. I let her read what I had then, and later gave the whole thing to the director, David Slade. David asked if Xavier, Bryce, and Jodelle (Riley, Victoria, and Bree) could read it as well, so all the parties involved would end up having a really strong foundation for their characters before the cameras started rolling. I was pleased that this side of the story would make it into the film and was looking forward to including it in the Guide.

(Keeping it confidential: Here is Jodelle next to the bucket of waterlogged ashes that were once the pages of her copy of the Bree manuscript.)

Then I got the news: my "short story" was nearly 200 pages long when typeset. It was too long to fit into the Guide—without ending up with a tome as heavy as the Oxford English Dictionary. My publisher approached me with the idea of releasing the Bree story on its own. One of the major benefits of this plan was that it would be out before the movie, so people would get to know Bree before they saw her in the film. That made sense to me, and we decided to go ahead with it.

There was one thing I asked for: since this story had always been an extra for me, and was meant to be released with the Guide, I wanted to be able to offer it to my fans for free. You all have bought a ton of my books, and I wanted to give you this story as a gift. My publisher was awesome and embraced this idea. We still wanted to also produce a physical book with a cool cover (see below) that you can add to your set if you like, but starting at noon on June 7th until July 5th, it will also be available online at www.breetanner.com.

One other aspect of this release is the plan to give a more important gift to people who really need it. One dollar of each book purchased in the US from the first printing will be donated to the American Red Cross for their relief efforts in Haiti and Chile and other parts of the world where people are in great need. We're going to have an option online as well, so you can choose to make a donation if you want when you read the story online. I hope you will. I think that we can really help a lot of people with this.

I really hope you all enjoy this story. I had a blast writing it. I'm glad that after all this time cooling her heels in my files, Bree finally gets her chance to shine.

Thanks for all the support,

Steph

 

Notes from the webmaster:

[Here is the official press release from the publishing company if you are interested.]

Click here to order The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella

Read more about the story at USAToday.com

 

 

March 20, 2010

I just paused New Moon the movie and I thought I would update the site while Mrs. the Webmaster gets us some snacks. I just wanted to remind everyone (in case you forgot) that this movie is awesome. I recommend ordering it now if you don't already have it.

Also, I was very impressed by Twilight: The Graphic Novel. The artwork is amazing. It definitely exceeded my expectations. I guess it has been a good week for Twilight fans. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

--Seth

March 4, 2010

About six months ago we announced that the Hobo Skate Company had started producing and selling The Host apparel and skateboards (with a portion of sales donated to the homeless). I just thought I would let you know that a couple of those shirts are now being sold at HotTopic.com (but only on-line).

Also, just as a reminder, Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 will be released in less than two weeks. Pre-order now to be one of the first to enjoy it.

--Seth

January 26, 2010

The The Twilight Saga: New Moon DVD is now available for pre-order! Click now to reserve your copy of the Two-Disc Special Edition or Blu-ray. Just FYI: if you pre-order now, Amazon.com will give you a refund if the price goes down before the DVD release date (like it did for the Twilight DVD). Just a little over two months to wait until you can watch New Moon every day.

--Seth

 

January 12, 2010

Just a quick note on the subject of the Breaking Dawn film: there is no drama over whether the book should be one movie or two. My personal feeling is that it would be very difficult to cram the whole story into one movie (as I've said in many interviews previous to this), but if a great way of doing that surfaces, I'm all for it. Two or one, whichever way fits the story best is fine by me, and everyone I've spoken with at Summit seems to feel the same way. We're all excited to move forward on this, and we are slowly and surely getting there. I know people are anxious for news, and so sometimes gossip gets fabricated to stir things up, but there's no basis to this particular story.

Steph