Bree Tanner

MTV has this post up about how Jodelle Ferland, who will play Bree Tanner in Eclipse, got an advance copy of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, but she could only read it on-set with security watching her, and then she had to burn it. That book will surely make her relatively small part a whole lot bigger.

Twilight vs. Vampire Diaries

The New York Post has an article by Ari Karpel called "5 Reasons 'Vampire Diaries' is Better Than 'Twilight.'" It seems primarily concerned with Twilight: The Movie vs. VD: The TV Show. In that comparison, I wholeheartedly agree. I particularly liked the point about how VD has gritty blood-sucking vampires and a strong girl who is actually more than a little freaked out by the vampire revelation. I'd like to add into the movie/tv comparison in favor of VD that (in my opinion anyway) (1) the acting is much better, and (2) while Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson are quite attractive young men, Ian Sommerhalder and Paul Wesley are hotter (also my age). And it has real humor (I'm a huge Damon/Ian fan). As for a comparison of the two books, I liked them both but I did like Twilight and New Moon better than the Vampire Diaries. By Breaking Dawn, though, I couldn't even finish the book (tried twice), so I'm not sure where I come down in comparing the entire series. This isn't based on anything particularly objective so much as my subjective reading enjoyment of the stories. However, I do think the differences point out an important aspect of why vampires are so attractive and enduring---people can reimagine and reinvent them in many different ways that can all work.

YA Movie News

Vanessa Hudgens is going to be Lindy in the movie version of Alex Flinn's Beastly. (from Variety) Who would make a good Kyle? I could see Chance Crawford. I'm interested to see who they cast. It needs to be someone hot and preppy.

David Slade is going to produce Eclipse.

Dakota Fanning in New Moon

According to E! Online, Dakota Fanning is being cast as Jane in New Moon. I was thinking that Jane was younger than that, but I haven't read NM in a while.

Stephenie Meyer @ Comic-Con

Our dear friend Stephenie recently sat down with the people from Entertainment Weekly to discuss the upcoming Twilight movie, as well as the impending release of Breaking Dawn. For the hardcore Meyer's fans, I doubt there's going to be much new information, but how can you pass up a clip of Steph!

Stephenie Meyer Tour

Probably everyone knows this by now, but I just found out about it today. Stephenie Meyer is going to four cities with Blue October songwriter Justin Furstenfeld.

8/1- NYC
8/5- Chicago
8/7- LA
8/12- Seattle

I have to say that it sounds pretty cool. If I were a super-famous author, this is the kind of thing I'd like to do.

I also read that Pattinson and Hardwicke were allowed to read Midnight Sun to help them understand Edward's character better. A good idea, I think.

Twilight Movie Scene

MTV posted its debut of the Twilight movie scene here. Seems kind of different from the book already, but I do like James.

Twilight Movie

During the MTV Awards pre-show this weekend, a complete scene of Twilight will be broadcast. Wonder what scene it will be. MTV says it is an action scene involving Pattinson, Stewart, and Gigandet.