:: Team Twilight :: The Official Illustrated Guide

Morning Shackers! Guess what's being released next week! An "Official" guide to our beloved series, written by our queen Meyer herself!


According to Barnes & Nobles website, where you can pre order you copy, Meyer gives us a look into the world of Twilight that she created!

"This must-have hardcover edition--the only official guide--is the definitive encyclopedic reference to the Twilight Saga and provides readers with everything they need to further explore the unforgettable world Stephenie Meyer created in Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. This comprehensive handbook–essential for every Twilight Saga fan–is full-color throughout with nearly 100 gorgeous illustrations and photographs and with exclusive new material, character profiles, genealogical charts, maps, extensive cross-references, and much more."

The book hits store shelves April 12th, next Tuesday!!

Source: Amazon.com

This is ONE book no Twilighter should be without!!!


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::Team Breaking Dawn:: Melissa Rosenberg Discusses Gore and Edward's Teeth.

Now that Eclipse has hit theaters and broken box office records, Twilight fans are already anxiously awaiting the next onscreen chapter in Bella and Edward's love story: Breaking Dawn. We talked exclusively to Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter behind all of the Twilight films, to find out what we can expect from the final two installments. She weighed in on whether or not Bella's childbirth scene will make it to the screen, shared her most surprising fan moment, and dished on her creative relationship with Stephenie Meyer.
Melissa will be speaking in LA at the Writer's Guild Foundation on Tuesday evening — tune into a livestream here. In the meantime, check out our all-new exclusive interview with her here now.
PopSugar: How did you feel about the decision to split Breaking Dawn into two movies?
Melissa Rosenberg: Relief, actually, because it was going to be quite a challenge to condense such a large book into one movie. That's always the challenge with all of these and, more so, Breaking Dawn. Having a little more room to breathe is nice . . . on the other hand, there's also the challenge of making sure there's enough to fill two movies.
PS: We've heard there are some scenes you want to avoid showing on screen in Breaking Dawn. For example, Bella giving birth. Can you tell us why?
MR: That was a misquote. The childbirth — all the scenes, I feel — should be on screen. I think perhaps what I was referring to was, would we actually see Edward's teeth through the placenta? I don't think so. I don't think we need to see that, and if someone needs to see that, I think they should take a look at that. [Laughs.] I believe it will be implied, but I don't think we'll see teeth in the placenta.
To read the rest of the interview about her craziest fan experience, her favorite scenes to write, and more, just read more.
PS: What responsibility do you feel toward the fans? Are they on your mind during the writing process?
MR: The responsibility I feel to the fans? Well, there's one: making them happy, of course. I want people to enjoy the movie and not feel that I killed their favorite novel! But what I've realized is, you can't satisfy all the people. But the real weight that I feel is a very heavy responsibility, knowing that a lot of women and young girls are seeing this, and watching to make sure that what's portrayed in the film is that Bella's a strong female role model. That the messages they're getting are positive ones.
PS: What's the craziest or most surprising fan reaction you've experienced?
MR: You can't call it crazy, but crazy wonderful. I just came back from Paris. I was there [for a press junket] with some of the actors: Daniel Cudmore, Edi Gathegi, Michael Welch, and Alex Meraz. At the end, there was this closing ceremony and we were told there was a surprise for us, and they led us out on the stage . . . and the entire audience was sort of standing in this darkened theater, almost as if in prayer. It was very odd. And then after a moment, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" starts up, and they break into a dance they've been choreographing for three days. This wonderful, very unified dance, and it was amazing. We were stunned. A thousand pairs of hands all raised to the beat at the same time — it's a powerful experience . . . I wondered, could that have happened anywhere else but in France? Would American audiences have been too cool?
PS: How involved is Stephenie Meyer in the writing process and what is your relationship with her like?
MR: Stephenie is very involved. My relationship with her has only gotten better with every movie. When I met her and began to engage, I had no reason to be protective. I found her to be extremely collaborative and a tremendous resource. So I began to engage her more and that happened more on New Moon and even more in Eclipse . . . She weighs in on every draft of the outline, every draft of the script. She's on set. She's very involved.
PS: What is one of your favorite scenes from the books or films? Is there one you've especially enjoyed writing or look forward to writing?
MR: There are a number. I think seeing Bella as a vampire and her adjusting to her powers and embracing them, those are all really fun scenes to write. Particularly when you picture Kristen Stewart playing her, and the way she's embodied Bella as a sort of awkward, fidgety persona. When she turns into a vampire, all of that goes away.

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::Team Twilight:: Stephenie talks to the fan sites!!!

Stephenie Meyer Discussion Points From Imprint Podcast

Posted by Twilight_News - 19/06/10 at 08:06 pm Here is what came up with the lunch that the fansites had with Stephenie Meyer. They will have full transcripts later of the 4-hour interview. Much of it will be released after Eclipse comes out as to not spoil movie for anyone, but this is a listing of some main talking points:

• Midnight Sun: Is not off the table. It won’t be her next project, but she has not cancelled it. She needs it to be the thing she is the most excited about to  write it effectively or it won’t be good.
• It was a 4.5 hour interview very laid back atmosphere, they discussed everything.
• Bree Tanner:
  
  • Freaky Fred: In his human life was that he was very introverted nerdy human science type very intelligent who observed everyone who kept his distance from people by always avoiding eye contact. That translated into his vampire repulsion technique no one wants to watch or see him. He still retains his intelligence and inquisitiveness.
  • Don’t watch: the line was to bother Bree and to Bella in equal measure.
  • Riley: Stephenie’s attitude/view of Riley had changed.  People lost sympathy for Riley and she did too when writing it.
  • Diego made Riley assist in the actual killing of Riley.
  • Victoria enjoyed making Riley do it.
  • Riley did try to save Diego but Victoria wouldn’t show mercy.
  • The fact that Riley cared for Diego made Victoria want to hurt Diego more and after Riley helps in his death he totally lost every good part of himself. embraced the dark side in a sense.
  • Stephenie hated killing Bree.
  • Bree and Diego as humans were strong minded as humans that prevents them from being totally animalistic as vampires
  • She always knew the Volturi had visited Victoria. The fact that Victoria is now forced into a decision is why Alice can suddenly see what is happening.
  • Jane acts without Aro’s direct knowledge. Aro sends her and the team to North America with Aro’s blessing to act as Jane sees fit. Jane would actually have liked to kill Alice too because she knows that Alice would be Aro’s bigger prize than her if Aro ever got her in Italy permanently. She would be higher ranked than Jane and Jane actually hates Alice more than Bella. However Jane realized that Aro would kill Jane if Alice died at her hands or inaction, so Jane has no choice in the end.
  • Edward didn’t tell anyone that he read Bree’s thoughts because any info Edward got was not going to change anything. It wouldn’t make anything better at that point. Bella was also still human and he didn’t want to risk a human Bella by saying anything.
• Breaking Down: The parody version of Breaking Down that Stephenie wrote in her head as a release.
  
  • Stephenie just decided to write in her head a story where Charlie ends up as a meth addict, Bella accidentally kills Alice, Edward runs off in depression can’t stand Bella anymore, Bella settles down in the arms of Mike Newton who then leaves her and runs off with Edward Yorkie. Bella can’t take it anymore walks to the infamous cliff goes to commit suicide then decides she can’t do it turns back from the cliff trips over her own two feet, trips, hits her head on a rock and dies.
• Other novellas:
  
  • Nothing immediately in the works, but didn’t discount idea totally
  • If she were to continue she would write series from Rensemee’s and Leah’s points of view
• Downside of fame:
  
  • No chance in interviews anymore to really in depth character questions because bigger media glosses over the little stuff all the fans want to know. In other words the interview that all focus on the dream, etc.
• Themes:
  
  • Stephenie doesn’t feel that Twilight is out there to have a message or theme and that everyone should choose as the characters do. It’s the choice that they made in their circumstances. She didn’t write it to have a specific theme or message, but if she had to pick something there is an over arching theme of choice and what the pros and cons of any given choice are. But that’s not to say the books are an allegory on choice.
  
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::Team Bree:: Stephenie Meyer shares the Bree Playlist and some news from Seth on her website

Hey... I hope everyone is doing well. First off, in case you are enjoying your summer a little too much and have lost track of time, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner comes out in just about 30 hours! Remember that it can be read on-line for free at breetanner.com starting at noon on June 7th, or the hardcover edition can be purchased on June 5th. And, to get you even more excited, Stephenie has just sent me the Bree playlist.

On the same topic, there are a couple of interviews with Stephenie about Bree Tanner, and they can be found at USA Today and Twilightsaga.com (you have to sign up (if you haven't already) to read it).

--Seth

Stephenie Meyer's Bree Playlist:

1. "Yes Please" - Muse
2. "Heads Will Roll" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. "Midnight and I" - White Rabbits
4. "Now We Can See" - The Thermals
5. "Falling In" - Ha Ha Tonka
6. "Rocking Horse" - The Dead Weather
7. "New Noise" - Refused
8. "What If We Could" - Blue October
9. "The Royal We" - Silversun Pickups
10. "Count Me Out" - Meese
11. "Blindness" - Metric
12. "Set the Sails" - Dan Mangan

SOURCE: StephenieMeyer.com

::Team Stephenie Meyer:: USA Today interview with Stephenie Meyer about Bree Tanner

The month of June promises to be a feeding frenzy for Stephenie Meyer fans, who have a new Twilight movie and a new book to drool over.

And the two are connected.

Eclipse, the hotly anticipated third movie in the series featuring the steamy lovers, vampire Edward Cullen (played by heartthrob Robert Pattinson) and teenager Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), opens June 30.

But first comes The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (Little, Brown, $13.99), an offshoot of the Eclipse novel, to be released Friday at 12:01 a.m. It tells the story of what it's like to be a newly created vampire.

"I had always wished people could read Bree's story before the movie came out," Meyer writes in remarks released today exclusively to Meyer's international publishers and only to USA TODAY in the USA.

Bree, who appears in just 10 pages of Eclipse, is played in the movie by Canadian Jodelle Ferland. The teenager is part of an army of newborn vampires created by Edward's archnemesis Victoria, who plans to use the newbie blood drinkers to exact revenge on Edward and Bella.

Bree is the only newbie mentioned by name in Eclipse. She dies in the novel as well as the novella — an emotional event for Meyer.

"It was harder for me to kill Bree than any other fiction character I've ever killed," she writes, "even though I was killing her for the second time."

The novella's plot is secret, but we know that it gives a new perspective on events that take place in the saga. All four novels —Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn— are told from Bella's perspective.

The novella is told through Bree's eyes and plot points are included in the Eclipse film. Director David Slade, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg and some of the actors had access to the novella during production.

Q: Bree only appears in a couple pages of Eclipse. What was it about the character that made you want to explore her story further?

A: In the beginning, I wasn't fascinated specifically by Bree — it was the newborns in general. While I was writing Eclipse, there was a lot going on behind the scenes, of course, things Bella didn't know about. Because I was focused on Bella, I couldn't delve too deeply into the newborns' story, however, there was always in my mind a general idea of what they were up to. I had to think about that while I was pacing the plot: Bella is at this point, the newborns are doing this. To keep it all straight, eventually I made a calendar of the months of May and June — which is all Eclipse deals with — and wrote down on each square what was going on with Bella that day and what was happening in Seattle. So the story of the newborns was always a big part of the story of Eclipse. And it made me kind of sad that there was no way to express any of that in the book.

Bree is the only newborn mentioned by name in Eclipse, the only newborn who has contact with the Cullens (aside from being killed by them), and the only newborn who encounters the Volturi in the clearing. She lives the longest, so she is the narrator who can tell the full story. She was a natural choice to chronicle the story of the newborns. Once I started writing from her perspective, she really came alive. So much so that, as the inevitable end got closer, it was really depressing going ahead. It was harder for me to kill Bree than any other fiction character I've ever killed, even though I was killing her for the second time. (Before Bree, the saddest was Walter in The Host.)

Q: Why do you feel it is important for people to read Bree's story prior to the release of the Eclipse movie?

A: Eclipse is told from only Bella's perspective. That has some limitations; when there is so much going on off-stage (so to speak), it leaves a lot of mysteries. The films have the advantage of seeing the story from outside of Bella's head. The viewer can see things — like the wolves hunting Victoria in New Moon— that the reader only gets hints of. Of all the Twilight books, Eclipse has the most going on outside of Bella's view. For the movie to work, we have to see and understand some of these things.

Knowing that elements of Bree's story were being incorporated into the movie, I hoped the story could somehow get out first. Personally, I always want to read a book before seeing the movie. I like to make my own mental pictures before someone else's picture intrudes. Probably most of my readers don't have the same hang-up, but for those who do, I wanted to give them the chance to create their own mental pictures of Bree and the gang.

Q: In which order would you recommend one read The Twilight Saga with the addition of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner? Should they follow Eclipse with the novella or finish Breaking Dawn before cracking the pages of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner?

A: If I were going to read the saga for the first time, I would probably read Bella's story straight through before launching into other perspectives.

Q: Why did you choose the American Red Cross as your recipient charity for donations from the sale of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner?

A: I was very moved by the outpouring of support after the disaster in Haiti. A lot of Twilight fan communities did fundraising effort, and I was so impressed by their efforts. I wanted to continue that movement. I think it's important that we not quickly forget Haiti and Chile now that they're no longer the focus of the media. It takes a very long time to recover from such devastation and they still need our help.

SOURCE: USA Today

::Team Breaking Dawn:: IT'S OFFICIAL! Bill Condon to direct the finale of the saga.

After countless months of speculation regarding who would helm The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Summit Entertainment has just announced that Bill Condon (Oscar-winning director of Dreamgirls, Kinsey, and Gods And Monsters) will indeed be the director.

Erik Feig, President of Production and Acquisitions for Summit Entertainment, stated the following about the selection of Condon: "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."

Stephenie Meyer, too, positively weighed in on the choice: "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."

Finally, Bill Condon himself spoke up about being picked to helm the fourth film in the Twilight series. "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 cinematic experience," he said.

The present status of the film is that Melissa Rosenberg is currently penning the screenplay, and Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt, and Stephenie Meyer are set as producers for the picture. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner are all set to reprise their center-stage roles for the film.

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::Team Stephenie:: Fan reaction to new novella - not completely positive.

Hey Sparkly Ones,
I find this story a little disheartening. We should praise Stephenie for finishing a story she started a long time ago and to give it to us for free is a double bonus. We Twi-Hards are a bitchy bunch sometimes. I want to make a statement up front that the authors of The Love Shack WHOLEHEARTEDLY support Stephenie Meyer's creative endeavors no matter what they are. We also feel her anger and her pain for the leaked copy of Midnight Sun and completely understand why it hurts her to work on it.  We can wait for as long as it takes her pain to heal to finish that manuscript. We certainly wouldn't be so foolhardy as to demand anything of a woman who has given us such joy on a daily basis!!!!! We hope our Sparkly readers will get behind this and Stephenie and support her new project a million times over!!!!  WE LOVE YOU STEPHENIE! 

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Amid the excitement over the announcement Tuesday morning (March 30) that Stephenie Meyer would be releasing a new "Twilight" novella, "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner," on June 5, some fans were upset that the book was not "Midnight Sun." Twilighters shared their opinions with MTV News on Twitter and in the comments, and their reactions ranged from understanding to angry.
"About 90 percent of the fandom is just excited to have anything," said Lori Joffs, co-creator of Twilight Lexicon. "It's the small little bit of about 10 percent of fans who are interested in another story. The story that must not be named."
The "Midnight Sun" controversy started back in August 2008 after half of the novel — a retelling of "Twilight" from Edward Cullen's perspective — leaked onto the Web. Meyer made a statement on her blog saying she felt personally violated by the fact her work was leaked and that the novel was put on hold indefinitely.
Amanda Bell of Twilight Examiner wasn't surprised by the "Midnight Sun" outcry after Meyer's latest book was announced.
"I found it surprising that people initially jumped onto that, but it wasn't a surprise that that's where people went eventually," Bell said. "I kind of expected the 'Midnight Sun' conversation to be rehashed by this news, but I didn't think it would be so immediate."
She said it's tricky, because while most fans understand where Meyer's frustrations came from, they still want the novel to be released as quickly as possible. Fans have been expecting either "Midnight Sun" or the official guide to "The Twilight Saga" to be the next book Meyer released.
But Joffs felt fans weren't reading Meyer's post about the novella closely enough, or they would have seen that Meyer had been working on this story since she first finished writing "Eclipse" many years ago. "The Short Second Life" was written to be included in the "Twilight Saga" companion but had grown too large, and the publisher decided to put it out in conjunction with the film.
"I think that that's where fans are getting upset, because it looks like Stephenie has abandoned writing anything else to write about Bree, and I don't think that's what happened at all," Joffs explained.
This isn't the first time fans have initially been against a decision in the "Twilight" universe. When Robert Pattinson was first cast as Edward Cullen, fans were outraged, but now he is a global heartthrob who can't walk down the street without women screaming at him. Bell said she wouldn't be surprised if "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" followed the same journey.
"This is work by this author about this series that we're all in love with," Bell explained. "People are going to gravitate towards being totally hyped up about it. It's going to be a big deal, for sure."
For Bell, Bree Tanner was a character she had always been interested in. While some fans were confused as to why a character that only appeared for 10 pages in "Eclipse" would be the subject of her own 192-page novella, it made sense to Bell from the beginning.
"While reading the 'Twilight' series, you think that the Cullen family has really good perception of people, and so it was interesting to see that they were kind of willing to take [Tanner] under their wing," Bell said. "There was a reason for that, and I was always curious to know more about her."
Joffs said she empathized with fans dying for a full version of "Midnight Sun," but she saw the publication of "The Short Second Life"' only as a positive. "If this is what it takes — if publishing another novel, another little novella, another side of the story — to get her writing again and to get her back into publication again, I will take it. I'm grateful for anything she puts out there," Joffs said about Meyer. "I will read whatever she publishes, happily."


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::Team Twilight:: Stephenie Meyer has a new book coming out - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

This is the letter to the fans from Stephenie Meyer's website:

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.

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

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::Team Twilight::: Stephenie Meyer to present Oscar for Best Adpated Screenplay tomorrow.

London, March 4 (IANS) ‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling has turned down the opportunity to present an Oscar because she is too busy writing her next book.  The ‘Twilight’ scribe Stephenie Meyer and Rowling were approached together by academy bosses to announce the winner of best adapted screenplay award. Meyer accepted the offer, while Rowling turned down the invite, reports contactmusic.com.
‘You won’t be hearing from me often I am afraid, as pen and paper is my priority at the moment,’ Rowling wrote on her website.
The movies nominated for the screenplay award are:
‘In the Loop’ (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche)
‘District 9′ (Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell),
‘Precious’ (Geoffrey Fletcher)
‘An Education’ (Nick Hornby)
‘Up In The Air’ (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner).

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::Team Twilight:: Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series Takes Top Four Bestseller Spots.

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series has taken the top four spots in USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list for 2009.

What makes this even more spectacular is that this will be the second year in a row. In the 16 year history of the Best-Selling Books list no author has ever done this. Following her on the list were 16 other vampire titles on the 100 most popular books.

We send Stephenie Meyer are warmest congratulations!


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::Team Breaking Dawn:: Stephenie Meyer Says There Is No Drama

Stephanie Meyer has made a public statement on her website answering the rumors that came forth yesterday stating that she and Summit were having creative differences over whether "Breaking Dawn" should be one movie. The following is her note to the fans directly from her website:

"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 get fabricated to stir things up, but there's no basis to this particular story.

Steph"

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::Team Breaking Dawn:: Stephenie Meyer OPPOSED to spliting Breaking Dawn

It's a new year, a new decade, and time for more "Twilight" drama! Surprisingly enough, this time it doesn't involve any of the cast members or crew, but instead the big moguls behind the series itself. E! Online's Ted Casablanca reports news from his Deep Twi that Stephenie Meyer and Summit Entertainment still having disputes over whether "Breaking Dawn" should be one film or two, which is what is causing production on the final installment of the film series to be at a standstill.

"Both sides have very different agendas," Ted reports his mole as saying.

Apparently Stephenie doesn't think two movies is the right thing to do "creatively" for the series (and neither do we), while Summit wants to milk its cash cow for all it's worth. Things haven't gotten dirty yet, but the way "Deep Twi" describes it, all the pressure is on Stephenie.

"They keep trying to persuade her it's the right thing to do artistically. They're constantly waiting for her input," the source is reported to have said.

At this time last year, after the success of "Twilight," shooting for "New Moon" was already underway and a director for "Eclipse" was being picked. Now, "New Moon" has already been released and "Eclipse" is in the editing room, but there hasn't even been a director picked out for "Breaking Dawn." "Eclipse" is set to hit theaters in five months, and if some major steps haven't been made in film production by then, Summit and Stephenie are going to have a lot of angry, anxious fans on their hands.

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::Team Twilight:: The Goddess herself, Stephenie Meyer on Oprah Video