Meet the Denali Coven! Irina, Kate, Tanya, Carmen and Eleazar all Cast for Breaking Dawn

Summit has made it official! Meet the Denali Coven:

The Twilight Saga The Denali Coven in THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN has been cast! Christian Camargo (THE HURT LOCKER, Dexter) plays Eleazar, Casey LaBow (Moonlight) is Kate, Mia Maestro (Alias, POSEIDON) is Carmen, MyAnna Buring (DOOMSDAY) is Tanya and the previously announced Maggie Grace (Lost, TAKEN) plays Irina.

 

 

Let's take a look. We previously announced Maggie to play Irina

 

Now can finally meet her sisters Kate and Tanya. Somehow I feel like they should have announced Garrett as part of the family, although that sounds ridiculous, I know! So let's meet the other two original sisters and originators of the Succubus mythology. 

Kate is played by Casey Labow. Not a lot of information out there on Casey, other than the fact that she dated Ryan Gosling and has been on CSI:NY and Moonlight.

And FINALLY we meet Tanya played by MyAnna Buring. Tanya is considered Bella's "rival" or at least the only rival that Bella knows. We know that Tanya never stood a chance with Edward, but I've still be incredibly intrigued to see who is cast as the mysterious Vampire

 Myanna's Twitter Account is here. Go wish her good luck and send her a congrats!

Eleazar and Carmen are both mates from Spain and they join the Denali Coven in Alaska.

Eleazar is played by Christian Camargo, from The Hurt Locker:

 

And Carmen is quite gorgeous, played by Mia Maestro (awesome name I might add). I know they must change her eyes to Vegetarian Gold, but don't you wish they'd make an exception for her! She's got fantastic eyes

Mia is apparently also a songstress, so check her out! 

Mia in a Craig Ferguson interview, discusses her personal history

OK!! We wanna hear your comments!! What do you really think of Kate? Is Tanya what you imagined? Leave all your comments below!!!

Maggie Grace cast as Irina in Breaking Dawn

Maggie Grace has officially been announced for the role of Irina in Breaking Dawn, Maggie has most famously played Shannon Rutherford in Lost for 2 seasons and opposite Liam Neason in "Taken". JUST in case you forgot who Irina is:

Irina

Full Name:  Irina 
Status: Vampire
Date of Birth: 1005
Originally from:  Slovakia, but currently lives in Denali, Alaska
Hair color: 
Eye color: Vampire gold/black
Height:
Physical description:
Occupation:
Family members: Kate, Tanya, Carmen, and Eleazar 
Nick Names:
Hobbies:
Personal history:  One of the original Denali “sisters” and an originator of the myth of the succubus.  She is a “vegetarian” and leads a very peaceful lifestyle.  She, like her sisters, loves men  all men, even human men. 

Twilight Lexicon Irina Bio

Upcoming sale on reusable Twilight Coffee Sleeves/Cozies with FezFactiry

Are you a coffee drinker? Notice the cardboard sleeve on the cup.

Have you ever seen reusable coffee sleeves?  Instead of using these cardboard sleeves, which use resources of paper and glue and are thrown away (aka less environmentally friendly), you can use reusable ones to both help Go Green, but also sport some style. Disposable boring sleeve, or fancy festive reusable sleeve?

You can get your own Twilight Coffee Sleeve/ Java Jacket / Coffee Cozy (
I have a fun announcement! We are pairing with FezFactiry to run a special on her Twilight Coffee Sleeves/Cozies if you mention our Blog! We will have more details when we debut the sale next week, but for now, check out her work! You can always go ahead and order some now if you'd like, but you'll get not only a discount, but possibly even free shipping!!

Property of FezFactiry. Also, this is really awesome!

Property of FezFactiry

Ok I'll take a few seconds to show you both the design she uses, but also the effect when used on the cup

She does custom orders! I have a few ordered right now, and when those come out, we are going to run the special. I use these on both hot and cold cups. Because these are cloth, the absorb the moisture of the "sweat" that collects on cold cups, without falling apart like the cardboard, while also still feeling dry to the holder due to the double fabric inside.

You can use these year round, and if you aren't sure if you want to really let your Twilight Flag Fly, you can easily just get your favorite quote with your pattern of choice. Want a Christmas themed one for all your Twilight friends? Easy! Find out their favorite quote, put in a custom order to FezFactiry, and surprise your Twilight friends with a custom, awesome, one of a kind Twilight gift. I know I'd be pleased as heck to have someone give me a customized Twilight item!
Maybe you just want to ogle Rob, Jackson, Kellen, Peter, or even display those gorgeous Twilight beauties. Easy! You can see a Rob one above, and she also has Jackson sleeves currently on her blog.

Want one of your kids? Shoot her a picture, and she'll make an awesome custom cozy for you to give to your mother and mother in law at Christmas!

Admit it, you already have quotes about Rob and alluding to HOT coffee!

You know it will crack you up to see "Be Safe" wrapped around your coffee cup!

• You love everything Twilight, have months until the DVD release of Eclipse and have more than a year to wait for just the first part of Breaking Dawn...
  
  Maybe you don't carry a least one of the books everywhere you go (just in case), wear twi shirts, follow the blogs and twi-dream endlessly-but I bet you know someone who does!
  
  It takes a lot of energy to love the saga as much as we do. You can never get enough and everyone knows what the key to more energy is: CAFFEINE!
  
  Now your ever present cup o' joe can get in on all of the Twi-loving too. Just order one or two (or a half dozen) of these one-of-a-kind handcrafted Twi-Candy Coffee Sleeves and you can spread your love of the Cullen clan everywhere you go (even the places you go where you feel a little Twi-shy, since they are all reversible)!
  
  These sleeves fit most of the go-to coffee place's hot & cold cups. Each sleeve is absolutely unique.
  
  Don't see your favorite quote, pic or cast memeber on a sleeve? Need it desperately? Convo me! I will happily whip up a made-to-order sleeve just for you.
  
  Machine washable. Dry flat.

Harry Potter Blooper Reel, including tons of Rob

Harry Potter fans and Rob fans alike will love this blooper reel released recently on youtube. I'm not sure if the music is part of the original video, but it's cute enough. They clearly found every single possible second they had of any footage of Rob on set. I swear to God he's even wearing a beanie at 2:47

I'm always in this Twilight, in the shadow of your heart

Florence and the Machine: Cosmic Love

Forward to the :45 mark
Florence And The Machine - Cosmic Love by mikewest

Letters to Twilight has an awesomely sappy love letter going out to Stephenie Meyer today, and they are reminiscing about their fracking awesome meetup with Mrs Meyer this summer. This is the final post in their discussion about their meetup, which they've been detailing for months

It was more than these great 4.5 books we read…… it was just…. the world you created that we ALL got wrapped up in!!

Happy Birthday Renesmee Carlie Cullen!

Renesmee was born Sept 10th 2006, and while her mother's birthday often overshadows her own, today is 4th birthday!

I guess that means technically today the Eclipse re-release happened in honor more of Renesmee's birthday than Bella's

FanArt is from the Renesmee Carlie Cullen fanclub at fanpop-- go check it out!

Eclipse DVD releases Dec 4th, plus Special Edition info!

So Summit, as per usual, is still not confirming what the world already knows. We'll all get some tweet I'm sure next week giving us the "BIG" announcement, but for now most Twifans are sticking by the Dec 4th date. We also know these details..... and I want to say that the fact that David Slade got Stephenie Meyer on the commentary makes me want to give him my first born child. But I"m not the only Twifan that feels this way, so it would be really awkward if 1.7 million women all gave Slade babies. So we might have to all think up another way to tell Slade that he's awesome. Something that doesn't involve child support checks?

For Twilight fans, Christmas is going to come a few weeks early this year. Summit announced today that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third movie in the highly popular teen vampire/werewolf saga, will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on December 4, 2010.
In keeping with the successful release strategies of the first two movies, Summit will be releasing Eclipse on a non-traditional release day and will hype the release with a special midnight availability. So, whether you're Team Edward or Team Jacob, one thing both camps can agree upon is that they'll be staying up late on Friday December 3 to make sure they are the first ones to own the latest offering.
Summit will be releasing two versions in both DVD and Blu-ray formats. There will be a movie only version ($28.99 DVD / $34.99 Blu-ray suggested retail) and a feature-laden 2 Disc Special Edition ($32.99 DVD / $40.99 Blu-ray suggested retail). The 2 Disc Special Edition Blu-ray will also be a combo pack containing both DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film.

The special features are listed below:

DVD/Blu-ray Special Features (2-Disc & Blu-ray/DVD Combo Disc only)

• 2 Audio Commentaries: Rob Pattinson & Kristen Stewart; Stephenie Meyer
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Photo Gallery
• 6-Part Making of Documentary
• Jump to... Your favorite scenes
• Music Videos
• Picture-in-picture Commentary (Blu-ray only)

So, tell us, are you excitedly waiting for an early Christmas present from Edward or Jacob?

Ok so a few things to point out.

-Obvs we get Pattinson and Stewart on commentary, but no Slade or Taylor Lautner?

-If this above report is true, the Blu-Ray discs ONLY will have picture in picture, which basically means you get a really awesome Eclipse version of Pop Up Video during the commentary. Instead of just a voice, a window pops up and you can WATCH a video of their commentary while you watch the movie. All of the above info comes from VideoETA and I think we are highly aware of how many copies we'll actually have to choose from at Walmart, Borders, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, etc

Amazon has no release date listed yet but you can sign up for an email for the moment it becomes available for order!

I'm also REALLY sad about the cover art. I like the version where the camera angle is more underneath Bella/Jake/Edward, like shown on the single disc version. I don't want or need a single disc version, but for the love of God I still might have to buy it!

Eclipse is being re-released for Bella's Birthday!

As most of you know, Bella's birthday is right around the corner! Sept 13th is 6 days away and Summit has announced they are re-releasing Eclipse this weekend, Sept 10th. Updates to come!

In checking my local theaters, I notice not all are participating. Check your local theaters for plans!

Bid on a chance to hang out on the Breaking Dawn set!

You can bid RIGHT NOW on Ebay for a chance to visit and hang out on the Breaking Dawn set in Vancouver. Mark Malkin at ENews broke this story first

“Picture this: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and YOU hanging on the set of Breaking Dawn.

Sounds far-fetched, yes? Well, maybe not…

A set visit to Breaking Dawn is up for auction in eBay starting today at 4 p.m. PST. Proceeds benefit Stand Up to Cancer, the organization that works to speed up the research and approval of cancer treatments.”

 So here are the details. You must be preapproved first, and you can't guarantee which stars you'll actually see, but flight's are covered. The bids are already at $1225

Be a part of a one-of-a-kind, “never been done before” experience when you and a guest take part in a visit to the set The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn in Vancouver! Winner will receive two FIRST CLASS tickets from anywhere Virgin America flies plus VIP car service from Seattle to Vancouver. Experience first-hand the biggest pop culture phenomenon of the decade as you and a guest spend a day on the set. Breaking Dawn is the fourth installment in the Twilight Saga franchise, based on the popular, best-selling novels by Stephanie Meyer. Breaking Dawn is directed by Bill Condon and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Dakota Fanning.

The winning bidder and guest must sign a non-disclosure agreement and photos will be taken for you on site, but no cameras/camera phones will be allowed on the set. Auction is not open to members of the press. The experience will take place between February 1, 2011, and the end of March 2011, when the crew is filming on the Vancouver set. The specific date within this range will be determined based on the film's production schedule and winning bidder's availability. The winning bidder must be 18 or older, but there is no minimum age for the guest. Tickets must be used together in conjunction with this experience, and are good for one round-trip flight with first class seats for two people departing from any airport Virgin America flies (including international cities) and arriving at Seattle, Washington. Winner and guest must possess appropriate travel documents for travel to Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC.

 So head to Ebay! Happy Bidding!

Eclipse DVD release date Leaked?

Previously we reported Nov 1st had been announced for the Eclipse DVD release date. Today however, a Twifans reader states that an FYE store told her that Eclipse will release Dec 4th 2010.

So I went to FYE today to do an exchange and they had a listing of all the upcoming DVD releases for the rest of the year and there I see it! ECLIPSE COMES OUT DEC. 4, 2010. So I had to ask the sales lady. And she said as far as she knows that is the release date. So if this is true then why no offical announcement? Or did I miss something? So what do you think of the date? Me, personally I was hoping for a halloween release.

Twifans jumped on the case, and other readers called their local FYE's. A few more FYE's stated the same release date, in other cities.

Summit however responds with "We can't officially confirm anything at this point"

First new cast member for Breaking Dawn goes to Rami Malek

Rami Malek is going to step into the role of Egyptian Coven member Benjamin. I think the choice is perfect.




You might remember Rami from the Ben Stiller movie "Night At The Museum"


You might ALSO remember him from the tv series "The War at Home", where he played opposite Jackson Rathbone. Rami played the role of "Kenny" a gay teenager. Jackson plays the newly gay character, who used to date Kenny's sister. Jackson and Rami establish the roles of their relationship quickly and it's quite hilarious.



Do you need a refresher on Benjamin? He's actually pretty much the Last Airbender of the Twilight series. He manipulates all the elements. His power is a true ability and is not an illusion.  They never mention his age, but Rami looks exactly the age I pictured (roughly 18-22 years old).  From the Twilight Lexicon

Full Name: Benjamin

Status: Vampire
Date of Birth: 
Date of Change:
Originally from: Egypt
Hair color: “Midnight” (BD32)
Eye color: Vampire Burgundy
Height:
Physical description: Bella describes him as having “midnight hair and [an] olive toned pallor” (BD32)
Special Talents: Benjamin is a manipulator of elements—earth, air, fire, and water.
Occupation:
Family members: His mate, Tia, and Amun and his mate Kebi
Personal history: Benjamin was created by Amun knowing that the boy would be special. Amun has since been trying to turn Benjamin’s ability to manipulate earth, air, fire, and water into a weapon, but Benjamin is very independent and won’t be used. (BD32) He bonds quickly with many of the covens and nomads gathered at the Cullen’s house and declares that he will stand with them if the Volturi attack. (BD34)

Benjamin arrives in Forks to witness against the Volturi, along with his Egyptian coven--Tia, Amun and Kebi. Bella notes that the rest of the member of his coven seem to revolve around Benjamin, and that is because "his gift is so singular that Amun is terrified of losing him" (Breaking Dawn, pg. 610). In fact, Amun created Benjamin knowing he would be special. He tries to use Benjamin as his weapon, but Benjamin is very independent. Edward is particularly fond of him because "he has a very clear sense of right and wrong" and likes his attitude (Breaking Dawn, pg. 610).

Classic Quotes--

"It's a pity you couldn't replace my will with your own in the process; perhaps then you would have been satisfied with me" (Breaking Dawn, pg. 657).

"Apparently, I'm a hot commodity. It appears I have to win the right to be free" (Breaking Dawn, pg. 659).

"Birth Scene is as intense as the book" Says Rosenberg

Melissa Rosenberg stated previously that she can write the birth scene with less gore while keeping the intensity of the scene overall. This mere statement sent Twihards into a frenzy, calling for absolute "by the book" coverage. Other Twifans were excited, as they didn't find the birth scene all that exciting, and found it more "over the top". Rosenberg might have discovered a way to please both groups, keeping the raw emotion of the moment, while making it more palatable for the viewer.

Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg tells me she’s been in Baton Rouge with director Bill Condon doing rewrites for the scripts for the two BD movies.
“We’re working on it,” Rosenberg says of baby Renesmee’s less-than-pretty arrival. “And we’re working on it to be as intense as it is in the book.”
Yikes. That could be a whole lotta gore.
“I don’t think it’s about the amount of blood you show,” Rosenberg says. “It’s about the intensity of it. It’s on their faces. It’s all from Bella’s point of view when you’re seeing what’s going. It should feel visceral. I think it’s going to be pretty intense.”

What’s Rosenberg’s ETA on the final scripts? “It better damn well be before the beginning of November,” she says, “because that’s when we start shooting.”

Twilight Trilogy Board Game Package for $29.99

Do you have all the games already? Do you want to buy them again just to have the pack? I"m unsure why this is already out since we'll get a game for Breaking Dawn as well...

Hot Topic releases Hello Kitty TWILIGHT shirts?

Well this is an umm.. interesting concept. I guess I should say that I despise Hello Kitty? Hot Topic has released these shirts recently

Twilight already a pop culture reference in modern movies

Typically it takes an average of 10 years before a cultural phenomenon becomes a true part of pop culture, and is epitomized in quotes and references. Movies 10 years from now will be referring to the "fad" of Twilight, how the 2000's were obsessed with vampires and mentions of Robert Pattinson will go on for years. But it seems it's already made it's way into current cultural references, as shown in this trailer for an upcoming movie with Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel.

Flash to around 1:34 for the Twilight reference

 (Young Teen BabySitter): You guys are cute!

(Katherine Heigl); She said the same thing about Taylor Swift and that Twilight kid

New Trailer for Jackson Rathbone's movie "Girlfriend"

This one is debuting at the Toronto Film Festival next week and it looks like it's garnering some interest

The IMDB link lists little information but you can keep checking as updates appear.

One huge point of interest for 100 Monkeys' fans is that the band is supplying the score and soundtrack to this movie. Most Monkey fans are already aware of this fact, but Jackson fans may be unaware that he is not only starring and producing, but providing the musical accompaniment for this film as well.

If there are two things “Twilight” fans love, it’s Jackson Rathbone and his band, 100 Monkeys. Now, the fan favorite is excited about uniting his two passions in an upcoming film — and giving the Twilight Nation the chance to experience the whole package.
“You bet,” he revealed with a smile when we caught up with him recently and asked if his band would be on the soundtrack to his soon-to-shoot indie film “Girlfriend.” “100 Monkeys are going to do a lot of composition work as well. One thing all of us are really interested in doing is not just putting our songs in soundtracks, but actually composing soundtracks like Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead did for 'There Will Be Blood.' We’re all very much film oriented — three of us are actors, and all of us are composers we love film, we think it’s an amazing medium. And music and film go so well together.”
As Monkeys fans know, the band not only consists of Jackson but also his acting-singing buddies Ben Graupner and Jerad Anderson the latter of whom is also starring alongside Jackson in the flick. “"Girlfriend’ is the first movie I’m producing with my entertainment group",” Jackson explained of the drama, which is scheduled to begin shooting soon. “We found this incredible director, Justin Lerner, who made a splash at a bunch of festivals with 'The Replacement Child,' which is a great short film. We saw that, and he had this script called 'Girlfriend,' it’s just incredible.”
"I really don’t want to go too much into the plot, because we’re trying to keep it under wraps; it’s a really amazing story," he explained. "It’s about a bizarre love triangle  very bizarre." (We recently learned his former girlfriend in the movie will be played by Shannon Woodward, who described the movie in a similar way when she spoke to Hollywood Crush last week: "'Girlfriend' is kind of like a strange love story," she said.)
As one of the lead actors in the movie, he's also one of the points in the triangle. “We’re going to be filming real shortly, right after 'Eclipse.' It’s a wild ride.”
And with 100 Monkeys on the soundtrack and composing the score, this “Girlfriend” just got a whole lot better looking. “Even before sound in movies, they had someone playing the piano to get that emotion,” Rathbone said of how he plans to unite his music and acting skills for the indie film. “We want the story to be what it is, and want people to be involved in the story; we want it to be kind of like classic Hitchcock.”

And the role of Renesmee goes to...

Well ok it's not official yet, but this young girl, Kayla, has already cast for the role of Renesmee TWICE (meaning she's tried out once and has been back for more interviews). Her brother has also had two castings already this month for other movies since signing with MMG.

Model Management group posted this picture and quote on their Facebook

Attached is a photo of Kayla and Daniel D. ... Kayla is the little girl up for the role of Bella's daughter in the new film in the Twilight Sage: Breaking Dawn. Kayla is pictured with her adorable brother Daniel who has already had two castings since signing with us this month! Daniel will be submitting a video audition for a major Paramount film! Good Luck guys!!!!

This has also been announced on a blog for JRPMontreal, a group who trains and assists models and other talent

Kayla DiVenere (MMG), one of our students here at JRP Montreal, was recently featured on hollywoodlife.com ! She is up for the role of Bella’s daughter in the new film of the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn!! Kayla has been training in our Montreal offices with Patrizio Sanzari. We are very proud of her and wish her the best of luck!

http://jrpmontreal.blogspot.com/

Kayla is shown here with her brother Daniel. This family makes gorgeous kids! Her full name is Kayla Rene Divenere

Kayla D is reported by MMG as being 6 years old. Is she too old for the role?

Well this isn't very holy for Sunday, but I don't care

Shannon, Melissa, and every other Rob obsessed female... trust me on these two video's. Just trust me. You want to see these.

There are fan video's of all sorts. Silly, funny, parodies, cheesy, boring, excessively stupid and then every once in a while someone hits it out of the park with a video you want to see over and over. And over. And wipe the drool off your face. I present the following:



After you thank me for that one, that is chock full of manips, then you'll propose to me for offering this one: