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Living With Lycanthropy

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Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Are you finding hair growing where there was no hair before? Does your nose always seem to be cold? If you’ve answered yes to these questions you may be at risk for being infected with Lycanthropy. If you or someone you care about is afflicted with Lycanthropy, it… [Continue Reading]

Modern Mages: Phil Tippett

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Famous Monsters is immensely pleased to launch The Magic Lantern’s “Modern Mages” interview series with a conversation with Phil Tippett. We met at Tippett Studios’ Main Building in a active, funky mixed-use neighborhood in Berkeley, where PR rep Lori Petrini gave me a quick but thorough tour of the various departments. What struck me while… [Continue Reading]

Vampires Still Awesome, Overdone

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Well, after New Moon comes out on November 20 (tickets are already sold out, which is both a miracle and a very sad statement about mankind), there’s still two more of those awful, awful Stephenie Meyer books to make it to the big screen. And that, more than anything, means we have plenty of time… [Continue Reading]

Creepy Casting

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon has found a new lead reports Bloody Disgusting via Career Talent. According to the news, Bronson Pelletier has been cast to co-star with Dakota Fanning in the second entry to the franchise from Summit Entertainment. Directed by Chris Weitz, in New Moon, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the… [Continue Reading]

The Twilight Saga – Official Title, Logo, and Release Dates

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The Twilight franchise continues in the fast track lane. Summit Entertainment has officially named the collective films under the banner The Twilight Saga. MTV debuted the official title/logo treatment for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (below), the second film in the Twilight franchise. Directed by Chris Weitz, from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg (oh dear),… [Continue Reading]

Hardwicke's Blacklash: The Making of Twilight

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Reuters.com revealed today that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, who was removed from her chair for the sequel, New Moon, will be publishing a book on the making of Twilight, “piercing the film’s fantasy bubble.” I can’t say it concerns me at all, except for the good morning chuckle. Clearly Hardwicke’s work didn’t cut it to… [Continue Reading]

Fanning Confirms Potential New Moon Role

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Quick tidbit from Shock Till You Drop. The site caught up with Dakota Fanning whom we reported is circling the upcoming Chris Weitz-directed New Moon for the role of Jane, one of the most dangerous vampires of The Volturi in Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight series. The young star confirms, “I really hope that works out. I… [Continue Reading]

Creepy Casting: Zombieland, The Wild Bunch, New Moon

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Little Miss Sunshine star, Abigail Breslin, will play opposite Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Emma Stone in Columbia Pictures’ Zombieland reports Variety. The horror comedy will be directed by Ruben Fleischer, and centers on a band of survivors who team up to fight the living dead in the post-apocalyptic Southwest after a zombie plague ravages… [Continue Reading]

Twilight Talk

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Somehow Summit Entertainment has got it figured out. We may not all agree on Twilight, but it’s sequel, New Moon, hasn’t even begun photography yet and hype is already stirring up for the third installment of the franchise, Eclipse. This week, during an interview with THR, producers Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger hinted that the… [Continue Reading]

Vanessa Hudgens Auditions for New Moon

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High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens may be joining the cast of Twilight sequel, New Moon. According to MTV News who caught up with Twilight actress Ashley Greene at an after party for last night’s 66th Golden Globe Awards, Vanessa Hudgens has auditioned for the role of Leah Clearwater, Jacob Black’s bitter and heartbroken werewolf… [Continue Reading]

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