Stephenie Meyer to Produce Austenland

Stephenie is set to produce the Jane Austen-inspired "Austenland," an adaptation of the Shannon Hale novel that will be directed by newcomer Jerusha Hess.

MTV News reports:

Heat Vision has the news of Meyer's involvement, reporting that filming
begins this week in the U.K. The movie is about a woman whose obsession with Mr.
Darcy is so strong it is ruining her love life, so she ends up going to an
Austen-themed resort in England and inevitably falls for the Mr. Darcy actor at
Austenland. The cast so far includes Keri Russell, J.J. Field, Bret McKenzie,
Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, Rupert Vansittart and James Callis.

How do y'all think Stephenie will do? I am interested to see how this pans out.

--Ashes

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Stephenie Meyer to Produce Austenland

Stephenie is set to produce the Jane Austen-inspired "Austenland," an adaptation of the Shannon Hale novel that will be directed by newcomer Jerusha Hess.

MTV News reports:

Heat Vision has the news of Meyer's involvement, reporting that filming
begins this week in the U.K. The movie is about a woman whose obsession with Mr.
Darcy is so strong it is ruining her love life, so she ends up going to an
Austen-themed resort in England and inevitably falls for the Mr. Darcy actor at
Austenland. The cast so far includes Keri Russell, J.J. Field, Bret McKenzie,
Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, Rupert Vansittart and James Callis.

How do y'all think Stephenie will do? I am interested to see how this pans out.

--Ashes

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Stephenie Meyer to Produce Austenland

Stephenie is set to produce the Jane Austen-inspired "Austenland," an adaptation of the Shannon Hale novel that will be directed by newcomer Jerusha Hess.

MTV News reports:

Heat Vision has the news of Meyer's involvement, reporting that filming
begins this week in the U.K. The movie is about a woman whose obsession with Mr.
Darcy is so strong it is ruining her love life, so she ends up going to an
Austen-themed resort in England and inevitably falls for the Mr. Darcy actor at
Austenland. The cast so far includes Keri Russell, J.J. Field, Bret McKenzie,
Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, Rupert Vansittart and James Callis.

How do y'all think Stephenie will do? I am interested to see how this pans out.

--Ashes

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The Host Movie Gets A Release Date

According to The Hollywood Reporter Stephenie Meyer's book, The Host, has gotten a release date!

Here is what THR had to say:

Open Road Films has closed a deal for U.S. distribution rights to Saoirse Ronan
starrer The Host—based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling novel—and will
release
the film on March 29, 2013.

Saoirse Ronan to Star in Film
Adaptation of
Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host'Saoirse Ronan: 5 Things to
Know-It’s the first Open
Road Films title to be dated. The distribution
company, headed by veteran
executive Tom Ortenberg, is a joint venture of
AMC Entertainment and Regal
Entertainment.

Director Andrew Niccol is
scheduled to begin being
shooting The Host in February 2012 in Louisiana and
New Mexico from his adapted
screenplay.

The Host producers are Nick
Wechsler, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz and Stephenie Meyer. Marc Butan,
Jim Siebel and Inferno Entertainment’s Bill Johnson are executive producers,
with Inferno handling international sales.

“I’m thrilled to be adding
another fantastic partner to an already amazing group. Everyone involved has so
much passion for the project. It really is a dream team,” Meyer said in a
statement.

Shooting in Louisiana? I am definitely going to have to keep tabs on that! I hope it is close to me so I can take a peek!

--Ashes

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The Host Movie Gets A Release Date

According to The Hollywood Reporter Stephenie Meyer's book, The Host, has gotten a release date!

Here is what THR had to say:

Open Road Films has closed a deal for U.S. distribution rights to Saoirse Ronan
starrer The Host—based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling novel—and will
release
the film on March 29, 2013.

Saoirse Ronan to Star in Film
Adaptation of
Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host'Saoirse Ronan: 5 Things to
Know-It’s the first Open
Road Films title to be dated. The distribution
company, headed by veteran
executive Tom Ortenberg, is a joint venture of
AMC Entertainment and Regal
Entertainment.

Director Andrew Niccol is
scheduled to begin being
shooting The Host in February 2012 in Louisiana and
New Mexico from his adapted
screenplay.

The Host producers are Nick
Wechsler, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz and Stephenie Meyer. Marc Butan,
Jim Siebel and Inferno Entertainment’s Bill Johnson are executive producers,
with Inferno handling international sales.

“I’m thrilled to be adding
another fantastic partner to an already amazing group. Everyone involved has so
much passion for the project. It really is a dream team,” Meyer said in a
statement.

Shooting in Louisiana? I am definitely going to have to keep tabs on that! I hope it is close to me so I can take a peek!

--Ashes

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The Host Movie Gets A Release Date

According to The Hollywood Reporter Stephenie Meyer's book, The Host, has gotten a release date!

Here is what THR had to say:

Open Road Films has closed a deal for U.S. distribution rights to Saoirse Ronan
starrer The Host—based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling novel—and will
release
the film on March 29, 2013.

Saoirse Ronan to Star in Film
Adaptation of
Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host'Saoirse Ronan: 5 Things to
Know-It’s the first Open
Road Films title to be dated. The distribution
company, headed by veteran
executive Tom Ortenberg, is a joint venture of
AMC Entertainment and Regal
Entertainment.

Director Andrew Niccol is
scheduled to begin being
shooting The Host in February 2012 in Louisiana and
New Mexico from his adapted
screenplay.

The Host producers are Nick
Wechsler, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz and Stephenie Meyer. Marc Butan,
Jim Siebel and Inferno Entertainment’s Bill Johnson are executive producers,
with Inferno handling international sales.

“I’m thrilled to be adding
another fantastic partner to an already amazing group. Everyone involved has so
much passion for the project. It really is a dream team,” Meyer said in a
statement.

Shooting in Louisiana? I am definitely going to have to keep tabs on that! I hope it is close to me so I can take a peek!

--Ashes

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New/Old Stephenie Meyer Interview: Eclipse's Alternate Ending - Did Bella Originally Choose Jacob?!

Via LionAndLambLove:

"Twilight fans may be surprised to know that Stephenie Meyer at one point outlined an alternate ending for Eclipse, the third book in the series. At the time, Meyer explains that publishers worried the series would go stale if there were too many books so the plan was to cut it off at three.

While Meyer already had ideas about her characters’ stories well beyond a third book, she consented to work out an ending for Eclipse that would have brought the series to a close. In August of 2010, Stephenie gave an interview currently available at twilightseriestheories.com where she talked about the thought process that went into that alternate ending, but ultimately declined to give its major details.

That’s because she says there’s still a chance that she might write out the alternate ending and make it available for her fans. She’s just worried that fans will then see that ending as the real one and the book ending as fake, and she’s cautious about anything that would disrupt her story’s continuity for her fans. Here’s what she had to say about it."

“See if I tell them, I can’t write. And so that becomes…’cause then you’ve destroyed it. But um, there was a certain point in time not as much faith in the series and I was told to end it at three. And I’d never planned to do…you know I was…There were three books right? There were supposed to be three books and there was no idea of it going on, and in my head it was this long series.

And so it was like: ‘No, we should end this.’ Because you know if you go on too long sometimes series lose their steam or whatever. And the story was just so wide open then. There was so much that wasn’t done and so to have ended it there, it would have had to be a radical ending. Um, radically different.

There [were] some fantasy elements that I don’t think people would’ve seen coming. I don’t think they would have responded well. My mom hates it! Hates the ending. My sister was cool with it.

And you know I could see that because there were things…Some people, the way they’re tied to the characters are dependent on certain aspects of those characters, and now I’m gonna sound really really bad but it messed with that for some people.

But then once I started thinking about it I was really intrigued by that conversation. There was this really dramatic scene and Bella doesn’t know what’s going on and the visuals in it were really strong for me. And so then I wanted to write it.

You know back when nobody cared about the books and I could do whatever I wanted, I was like Bree, it was gonna be on the website. That was the plan all along. I would write up this alternate ending, but will people throw rocks at me if I write this? There’s a possibility!

Oh and then people will think: ‘Oh this is the real ending and that’s the fake ending.’ When it’s not you know…this is just an alternate. This is the way it could’ve gone."

Iiiiiiiiinteresting!

If I had to read an alternate ending where Bella chose Jacob to live (literally) happily ever after and Edward disappeared into forever to be eternally alone... argh, I'm just not sure I could make it :/

- Lorabell

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New/Old Stephenie Meyer Interview: Eclipse's Alternate Ending - Did Bella Originally Choose Jacob?!

Via LionAndLambLove:

"Twilight fans may be surprised to know that Stephenie Meyer at one point outlined an alternate ending for Eclipse, the third book in the series. At the time, Meyer explains that publishers worried the series would go stale if there were too many books so the plan was to cut it off at three.

While Meyer already had ideas about her characters’ stories well beyond a third book, she consented to work out an ending for Eclipse that would have brought the series to a close. In August of 2010, Stephenie gave an interview currently available at twilightseriestheories.com where she talked about the thought process that went into that alternate ending, but ultimately declined to give its major details.

That’s because she says there’s still a chance that she might write out the alternate ending and make it available for her fans. She’s just worried that fans will then see that ending as the real one and the book ending as fake, and she’s cautious about anything that would disrupt her story’s continuity for her fans. Here’s what she had to say about it."

“See if I tell them, I can’t write. And so that becomes…’cause then you’ve destroyed it. But um, there was a certain point in time not as much faith in the series and I was told to end it at three. And I’d never planned to do…you know I was…There were three books right? There were supposed to be three books and there was no idea of it going on, and in my head it was this long series.

And so it was like: ‘No, we should end this.’ Because you know if you go on too long sometimes series lose their steam or whatever. And the story was just so wide open then. There was so much that wasn’t done and so to have ended it there, it would have had to be a radical ending. Um, radically different.

There [were] some fantasy elements that I don’t think people would’ve seen coming. I don’t think they would have responded well. My mom hates it! Hates the ending. My sister was cool with it.

And you know I could see that because there were things…Some people, the way they’re tied to the characters are dependent on certain aspects of those characters, and now I’m gonna sound really really bad but it messed with that for some people.

But then once I started thinking about it I was really intrigued by that conversation. There was this really dramatic scene and Bella doesn’t know what’s going on and the visuals in it were really strong for me. And so then I wanted to write it.

You know back when nobody cared about the books and I could do whatever I wanted, I was like Bree, it was gonna be on the website. That was the plan all along. I would write up this alternate ending, but will people throw rocks at me if I write this? There’s a possibility!

Oh and then people will think: ‘Oh this is the real ending and that’s the fake ending.’ When it’s not you know…this is just an alternate. This is the way it could’ve gone."

Iiiiiiiiinteresting!

If I had to read an alternate ending where Bella chose Jacob to live (literally) happily ever after and Edward disappeared into forever to be eternally alone... argh, I'm just not sure I could make it :/

- Lorabell

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New/Old Stephenie Meyer Interview: Eclipse's Alternate Ending - Did Bella Originally Choose Jacob?!

Via LionAndLambLove:

"Twilight fans may be surprised to know that Stephenie Meyer at one point outlined an alternate ending for Eclipse, the third book in the series. At the time, Meyer explains that publishers worried the series would go stale if there were too many books so the plan was to cut it off at three.

While Meyer already had ideas about her characters’ stories well beyond a third book, she consented to work out an ending for Eclipse that would have brought the series to a close. In August of 2010, Stephenie gave an interview currently available at twilightseriestheories.com where she talked about the thought process that went into that alternate ending, but ultimately declined to give its major details.

That’s because she says there’s still a chance that she might write out the alternate ending and make it available for her fans. She’s just worried that fans will then see that ending as the real one and the book ending as fake, and she’s cautious about anything that would disrupt her story’s continuity for her fans. Here’s what she had to say about it."

“See if I tell them, I can’t write. And so that becomes…’cause then you’ve destroyed it. But um, there was a certain point in time not as much faith in the series and I was told to end it at three. And I’d never planned to do…you know I was…There were three books right? There were supposed to be three books and there was no idea of it going on, and in my head it was this long series.

And so it was like: ‘No, we should end this.’ Because you know if you go on too long sometimes series lose their steam or whatever. And the story was just so wide open then. There was so much that wasn’t done and so to have ended it there, it would have had to be a radical ending. Um, radically different.

There [were] some fantasy elements that I don’t think people would’ve seen coming. I don’t think they would have responded well. My mom hates it! Hates the ending. My sister was cool with it.

And you know I could see that because there were things…Some people, the way they’re tied to the characters are dependent on certain aspects of those characters, and now I’m gonna sound really really bad but it messed with that for some people.

But then once I started thinking about it I was really intrigued by that conversation. There was this really dramatic scene and Bella doesn’t know what’s going on and the visuals in it were really strong for me. And so then I wanted to write it.

You know back when nobody cared about the books and I could do whatever I wanted, I was like Bree, it was gonna be on the website. That was the plan all along. I would write up this alternate ending, but will people throw rocks at me if I write this? There’s a possibility!

Oh and then people will think: ‘Oh this is the real ending and that’s the fake ending.’ When it’s not you know…this is just an alternate. This is the way it could’ve gone."

Iiiiiiiiinteresting!

If I had to read an alternate ending where Bella chose Jacob to live (literally) happily ever after and Edward disappeared into forever to be eternally alone... argh, I'm just not sure I could make it :/

- Lorabell

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Cameos Spotted in the Breaking Dawn Teaser Trailer

*Spoiler Alert - Click to see below the cut*

Update: Is that Seth (i.e. BooBoo) sat right behind Stephenie? - Lorabell

Earlier we posted a 15 second clip of the trailer that is going to be shown on the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday. Within minutes of MTV releases the clip #BreakingDawn was trending! How awesome is that!

Stephenie Meyer, Wyck Godfrey, and Melissa Rosenburg all made a cameo in the teaser trailer! Our friend over at The Daily Twimes labeled the still with everyone in it. I can't wait for Sunday!

Did you noticed anyone in the teaser? If so, who?

--Ashes

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Cameos Spotted in the Breaking Dawn Teaser Trailer

*Spoiler Alert - Click to see below the cut*

Update: Is that Seth (i.e. BooBoo) sat right behind Stephenie? - Lorabell

Earlier we posted a 15 second clip of the trailer that is going to be shown on the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday. Within minutes of MTV releases the clip #BreakingDawn was trending! How awesome is that!

Stephenie Meyer, Wyck Godfrey, and Melissa Rosenburg all made a cameo in the teaser trailer! Our friend over at The Daily Twimes labeled the still with everyone in it. I can't wait for Sunday!

Did you noticed anyone in the teaser? If so, who?

--Ashes

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Cameos Spotted in the Breaking Dawn Teaser Trailer

*Spoiler Alert - Click to see below the cut*

Update: Is that Seth (i.e. BooBoo) sat right behind Stephenie? - Lorabell

Earlier we posted a 15 second clip of the trailer that is going to be shown on the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday. Within minutes of MTV releases the clip #BreakingDawn was trending! How awesome is that!

Stephenie Meyer, Wyck Godfrey, and Melissa Rosenburg all made a cameo in the teaser trailer! Our friend over at The Daily Twimes labeled the still with everyone in it. I can't wait for Sunday!

Did you noticed anyone in the teaser? If so, who?

--Ashes

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Which Twilight TwiFecta Makes Forbes Most Powerful Celebrities List?

I noticed that Forbes released The World's 100 Most Powerful Celebrities list today. Y'all know I had to check it out to see if any of the Twilight cast made the cut. Both Rob and Kristen were on the list. I am very surprised at some of the people they beat out!

Robert Pattinson is number 53

With the end of the Twilight franchise in sight, Pattinson is preparing himself
for a post-vampire career. The romance Remember Me earned only $56 million but
that?s not bad considering the film had a tiny budget of $16 million. Water for
Elephants, costarring Reese Witherspoon, also performed decently at the box
office proving that audiences are willing to accept Pattinson as more than an
undead heartthrob.

Kristen Stewart is number 63

Stewart's non-Twilight career hasn't been as successful as her costar Robert
Pattinson's so far. Her 2010 film The Runaways grossed only $4.6 million at the
global box office. But the two-part Breaking Dawn should bring her enough money
to play around with different roles while looking for her next big hit. Stewart
is attached to one of two Snow White projects currently in development.

Stephenie Meyer is number 90

Like Harry Potter creator JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer had never published a
piece of fiction before she wrote Twilight in 2003, at age 29. She has said the
idea for the vampire love story came to her in a dream. The three Twilight films
have grossed $1.8 billion at the global box office. Two more are on the way, as
well as an adaption of her science fiction novel The Host starring Saiorse
Ronan.

--Ashes

[Lorabell note: I felt compelled to add a "Fifty" shot of Rob looking particularly powerful given this subject :) you're welcome.]

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Which Twilight TwiFecta Makes Forbes Most Powerful Celebrities List?

I noticed that Forbes released The World's 100 Most Powerful Celebrities list today. Y'all know I had to check it out to see if any of the Twilight cast made the cut. Both Rob and Kristen were on the list. I am very surprised at some of the people they beat out!

Robert Pattinson is number 53

With the end of the Twilight franchise in sight, Pattinson is preparing himself
for a post-vampire career. The romance Remember Me earned only $56 million but
that?s not bad considering the film had a tiny budget of $16 million. Water for
Elephants, costarring Reese Witherspoon, also performed decently at the box
office proving that audiences are willing to accept Pattinson as more than an
undead heartthrob.

Kristen Stewart is number 63

Stewart's non-Twilight career hasn't been as successful as her costar Robert
Pattinson's so far. Her 2010 film The Runaways grossed only $4.6 million at the
global box office. But the two-part Breaking Dawn should bring her enough money
to play around with different roles while looking for her next big hit. Stewart
is attached to one of two Snow White projects currently in development.

Stephenie Meyer is number 90

Like Harry Potter creator JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer had never published a
piece of fiction before she wrote Twilight in 2003, at age 29. She has said the
idea for the vampire love story came to her in a dream. The three Twilight films
have grossed $1.8 billion at the global box office. Two more are on the way, as
well as an adaption of her science fiction novel The Host starring Saiorse
Ronan.

--Ashes

[Lorabell note: I felt compelled to add a "Fifty" shot of Rob looking particularly powerful given this subject :) you're welcome.]

Read more »

Which Twilight TwiFecta Makes Forbes Most Powerful Celebrities List?

I noticed that Forbes released The World's 100 Most Powerful Celebrities list today. Y'all know I had to check it out to see if any of the Twilight cast made the cut. Both Rob and Kristen were on the list. I am very surprised at some of the people they beat out!

Robert Pattinson is number 53

With the end of the Twilight franchise in sight, Pattinson is preparing himself
for a post-vampire career. The romance Remember Me earned only $56 million but
that?s not bad considering the film had a tiny budget of $16 million. Water for
Elephants, costarring Reese Witherspoon, also performed decently at the box
office proving that audiences are willing to accept Pattinson as more than an
undead heartthrob.

Kristen Stewart is number 63

Stewart's non-Twilight career hasn't been as successful as her costar Robert
Pattinson's so far. Her 2010 film The Runaways grossed only $4.6 million at the
global box office. But the two-part Breaking Dawn should bring her enough money
to play around with different roles while looking for her next big hit. Stewart
is attached to one of two Snow White projects currently in development.

Stephenie Meyer is number 90

Like Harry Potter creator JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer had never published a
piece of fiction before she wrote Twilight in 2003, at age 29. She has said the
idea for the vampire love story came to her in a dream. The three Twilight films
have grossed $1.8 billion at the global box office. Two more are on the way, as
well as an adaption of her science fiction novel The Host starring Saiorse
Ronan.

--Ashes

[Lorabell note: I felt compelled to add a "Fifty" shot of Rob looking particularly powerful given this subject :) you're welcome.]

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And The Father Is...? Twilight Saga: Official Guide secrets... you'll never know the answer to!

I am laying in bed reading my Twilight Saga: Official Guide and got to Embry Call and thought "Hale yes, who is his dad?!" Guess what?

It is not there!

Out of everything that is in this book, the baby daddy of Embry Call is not there... Anyone have Maury Povich's number? ;) --Ashes

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And The Father Is...? Twilight Saga: Official Guide secrets... you'll never know the answer to!

I am laying in bed reading my Twilight Saga: Official Guide and got to Embry Call and thought "Hale yes, who is his dad?!" Guess what?

It is not there!

Out of everything that is in this book, the baby daddy of Embry Call is not there... Anyone have Maury Povich's number? ;) --Ashes

Read more »

And The Father Is...? Twilight Saga: Official Guide secrets... you'll never know the answer to!

I am laying in bed reading my Twilight Saga: Official Guide and got to Embry Call and thought "Hale yes, who is his dad?!" Guess what?

It is not there!

Out of everything that is in this book, the baby daddy of Embry Call is not there... Anyone have Maury Povich's number? ;) --Ashes

Read more »

Finally Starting the Twilight Saga - the Official Guide!

This week has been absolutely crazy! I finally bought The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide today. It was on sale at Target for 17 dollars and some odd cents, by the way. I am starting to read it tonight. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section! Be nice! --Ashes

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Finally Starting the Twilight Saga - the Official Guide!

This week has been absolutely crazy! I finally bought The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide today. It was on sale at Target for 17 dollars and some odd cents, by the way. I am starting to read it tonight. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section! Be nice! --Ashes

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