Kristen Stewart: Thoughts on Breaking Dawn and Renesmee

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Kristen Stewart Talks Bella's Daughter in 'Breaking Dawn'

ith so many rumors on the plan of making "The Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn", Kristen Stewart is expected to give some updates on the film. However, being met by MTV at 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the actress admitted that she does not have the answers for most of the questions about the movie.

"I don't even know if it's going to be one [film] or two, or who is directing it, or when it's even going [to start]," she claimed. "I know that it's going to go, but not when yet." Despite the fact that Melissa Rosenberg has been tapped to pen "Breaking Dawn", Stewart revealed that she has not read the script, saying "I haven't seen a script, but I'm not alone in really, really wondering how they're going to handle that."

Later, the depicter of Bella Swan in the vampire drama film series also talked about one of the important parts in the last installment of the "Twilight" franchise, which is the birth Bella and Edward Cullen's child, Renesmee. Though she is not sure who will portray the little girl, Stewart could say easily that "she's got to be cute". She then added, "She can't just be this scary superhuman teeth baby!"

"The Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn" will continue the love story between mortal beauty Bella Swan and hundred-year-old vampire Edward Cullen. Beside Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are also signed to reprise their roles of Edward Cullen and Jacob Black in the upcoming film. Production for the movie is expected to be kicked off in Vancouver this fall, but no director has been attached to the project.

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Will 'Breaking Dawn' Be Two Films? 'Not My Call,' Anna Kendrick Says

On the Critics' Choice red carpet, 'Up in the Air' actress also fills us in on upcoming Seth Rogen film 'I'm With Cancer.'

Anna Kendrick had a lot to talk about. Like "Breaking Dawn," the final novel in the "Twilight" series. Depending on whom you speak with, Stephenie Meyer's last Bella and Edward book will either be split into two films or remain intact.

"If it is [split], great. If it's not, great," Kendrick insisted, saying it's not that she doesn't care, but that she has no control over the situation. "I understand why they would want to do that, but it's not my call.

"I find out when the fans find out. That's true," she laughed when asked when she expects to be briefed on how "Breaking Dawn" will be shot. "You will find out before I find out, actually. Text me."

Or how about the next movie in the franchise, which is due in theaters this summer? "I haven't seen any footage from 'Eclipse' yet," Kendrick said of the June 30 sequel, directed by David Slade. "I haven't done any [post-production audio] or anything for that yet."

One thing she can talk about, however, is the role that could take her career to the next level: playing opposite Seth Rogen and James McAvoy in "I'm With Cancer," a drama about a 25-year-old comedian diagnosed with the disease.

"Yeah, I'm really excited about that. I play James McAvoy's therapist," she said of her character, who helps McAvoy's funnyman — well, kinda. "I'm not very good at it, and I'm probably the most reluctant psychiatrist ever. But I'm really excited about working with that cast, and the script is really good."

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''Breaking Dawn'' by Stephenie Meyer on BEST-SELLER S List

The New York Times has the top 50 list of US Best-selling Books. Two of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Book Series, The Eclipse and Breaking Dawn are on the top 5.
1. ''The Lovely Bones'' by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown) (F-P)

2. ''Dear John'' by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P)

3. ''Eclipse'' by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

4. ''Breaking Dawn'' by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

5. ''The Help'' by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult/Amy Einhorn) (F-H)

6. ''Vanishing Act'' by Fern Michaels (Zebra) (F-P)

7. ''New Moon'' by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

8. ''Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage'' by Elizabeth gilbert (NF-H)

9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief'' by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion) (F-P)

10. ''The Lost Symbol'' by Dan Brown (Doubleday) (F-H)

11. ''Twilight'' by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

12. ''A Reliable Wife'' by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill) (F-P)

13. ''Plum Spooky'' Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P)

14. ''Street Game'' by Christine Feehan (Jove) (F-P)

15. ''The Shack'' by William P. Young (Windblown Media) (F-P)

16. ''Fire and Ice'' by Julie Garwood (Ballantine Books) (F-P

17. ''The Man You'll Marry'' by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)

18. ''The Devil's Punchbowl'' by Greg Iles (Pocket Star) (F-P)

19. ''Cook This Not That!: Kitchen Survival Guide'' by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding ( Rodale Books) (NF-P)

20. ''The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game'' by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company) (NF-P)

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Keeping up with Taylor Lautner: Chaske Spencer is packing on muscle for 'Breaking Dawn'

It ain't easy looking buff next to weight-room prodigy Taylor Lautner, but that's precisely the task at hand for "Twilight" wolf pack leader Chaske Spencer (that's him on the right).

As alpha dog for the lupine gang, Spencer's character Sam Uley has to up his game in the muscle department for each installment, especially for the franchise's final film (or films?), "Breaking Dawn."

I caught up with Spencer making the rounds at "Access Hollywood's" Stuff You Must gift lounge in celebration of the Golden Globes. He's looking plenty worked out, but still took some tips from renowned celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak.

"He wants to put more muscle mass on," Pasternak said of his chat with Spencer at New Balance's Fierce Trax booth.

"Looking big and muscular on screen isn't about being big, it's about symmetry, definition and proportion."

Pasternak, who trained Robert Pattinson on the first film and the recent juggernaut "New Moon," advised Spencer to avoid typical "beach muscles" like his biceps and chest. Instead, he told the 34-year-old to focus on the upper back to create a burly neckline and narrow "shoulder-to-waist ratio."

We're sure his efforts will be handsomely displayed when "Breaking Dawn" begins shooting this fall. Meanwhile, the young man faces rampant promotion this June for "Eclipse" and is already dreading inquires about his maybe-dating costars Pattinson and Kristen Stewart...

... the actor told me what everyone seems to be saying: We know nada!

"Rob's a great guy; we hung out a few times on the set of 'New Moon,' but he's not really in it. I've got a lot of scenes with Kristen, who is a strong and intelligent actress," Spencer said.

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Twilight Saga:'Breaking Dawn': Possibly With A CGI Renesmee

"Twilight Saga" producer Wyck Godfrey talks about the series of Twilight Saga final installment.

In it Wyck talks about such bland things as Renesmee possibly being an entirely CGI creation?!

With the success of "Avatar," it makes sense that this idea is being toyed with, but Summit isn't Fox and whoever ends up helming "Breaking Dawn" (which Wyck says he doesn't think will be Chris Weitz, fyi) will be no James Cameron. Therefore, with so many such CGI situations turning into unrealistic disasters, Wyck's comment was cringe-worthy to say the least.

"I keep having visions of '[The Curious Case of] Benjamin Button' in my head," he said. "It's certainly going to be visual effects in some capacity along with an actor. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being a full CG creation, but it also may be a human shot on a soundstage that then is used to shrink down."

Fortunately, Wyck did add that ultimately the decision will be up to whatever director ends up signing on to the project. And he seems to have high hopes that that decision will be made soon. All three main actors are signed for the final installment in the series, and Wyck told the Times that "Breaking Dawn" is absolutely going forward — one movie or two — and that the plan is to begin to start shooting in the fall in Vancouver. That will be after the release of "Eclipse," and might help with being able to bring in some bigger named directors (and actors for the hordes of new vampires that are sure to be introduced in the film) and a better budget for the final film(s) if the third film in "The Twilight Saga" is a success.

What they're waiting on right now, though, is screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg's treatment for "Breaking Dawn." "The issue [of whether there will be one or two movies] is not going to be resolved until we get the full treatment and see whether it's organic. If it's not organic, I don't think it will be done, and if it is, it will be," Wyck said. "It really has to do with how much level of detail from the books there is, with all of these new vampires that appear in 'Breaking Dawn,' the whole section about Jacob... It's a very long single movie if it does become a single movie."

He added, "We're just focused on the treatment and getting that right. At that point, we're going to see who's available and who's appropriate. It's such a complicated book because you have the emotions and the intensity of the love story — so you need somebody who's just a wonderful director of actors — and yet it's really complicated from an action and visual effects standpoint. They've got to have both tools in their kit."

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Peter Facinelli Interview; Talks about ECLIPSE, BREAKING DAWN, and NURSE JACKIE

Although Peter Facinelli was at the current Television Critics Association (TCA) Winter Press Tour to promote the upcoming second season of his hit Showtime series, Nurse Jackie (premiering on March 22nd) following the panel presentation, talk immediately turned to his other role, as Dr. Carlisle Cullen, in the Twilight Saga films.

The Cullen patriarch talked about his larger role in Eclipse, which is his favorite book in the series, filming in Vancouver while also working on “Nurse Jackie” in New York, and how he’ll probably learn the status of Breaking Dawn on the internet before he gets the phone call about it from the studio. Check out what he had to say after the jump.

Question: Does Carlisle have a lot to do in Eclipse?

PETER FACINELLI: Yes, he does a lot. A lot more than the first two films, for sure. You know, what I like about the third movie is that you get to see a side of Carlisle you haven’t seen before. You actually get to see what his vampire capabilities are because there’s some great battle sequences. It’s my favorite book.

When do you hear about Breaking Dawn?

FACINELLI: I don’t know. Usually the fans know before I do, so I’m sure I’ll see it on the internet before I get the phone call.

peter_facinelli_and_elizabeth_reaser_twilight_movie_image.jpgIs Twitter part of your job now?

FACINELLI: No, I just enjoy what Twitter is because I can really connect with the fans. It’s a great way to share information with them and it’s also a great way to entertain. I like being able to put a smile on people’s faces and I like being able to also mix that up with sharing information with them that’s important, and also letting them know what I’m doing. I’ve had people come to me and say, “Hey, will you tweet this out?” There’s like pay advertisement stuff. I’m not into that. I like to keep my Twitter pure. I don’t want to sell my followers anything. I want to be able to have that fan base so I can tell them what I’m doing and entertain them.

How do Twilight fans relate to you?

FACINELLI: What’s great is that, because I look so different from Carlisle, they’ve gotten to know me in a different way than Carlisle is. I’ve had this fan base go and look at some of the other work I’ve done and see how vastly different that work is. It’s fun for me that I don’t look like Carlisle and I’m not anything like him, so when people do meet me, they’re not confusing me at all with Carlisle.

Did you ever think these Twilight films would do so much for your career?

FACINELLI: No. The fan base has been so phenomenal. When you go to an event and people have flown in from other countries just to take a picture with you, that’s a loyal fan base that you can’t even imagine having. I’m thankful for all of them and that’s why I try to connect with them, in some way.

twilight_saga_new_moon_movie_image_peter_facinelli_kristen_stewart_01.jpgAre you wearing a wig in the films now?

FACINELLI: Yes, for the third movie, because I was doing both projects at the same time, I wore a wig. There were days where I was literally running for hours in the forest and then I’d jump on a plane and be on the “Nurse Jackie” set. I was going from Vancouver to New York, every three days.

Was it hard to switch gears?

FACINELLI: No, for me, it was really invigorating. I did a scene where I was crying with Akalitus (Anna Deavere Smith) that came out of me just being emotionally exhausted. It wasn’t written that I was crying and, all of a sudden, in the middle of the scene, I broke down and started crying. It felt right for the scene. I did takes that I wasn’t crying in, but they felt like, because I was just dumped by Jackie and there was all this heavy emotions going on, it really worked for the scene. I think it was just me getting off an airplane, having three hours of sleep and just being that vulnerable. It hit me that hard. But, I enjoyed doing both projects, at the same time.

What kind of doctor is Carlisle?

FACINELLI: Carlisle is the head of the hospital in Forks.

Is he good?

FACINELLI: He’s great. Carlisle, because he’s been around for so long, is very well educated. What I love about him is that he has a real love for humanity. People always ask me what kind of research I did to play a vampire. I say, “I did very little to play a vampire because I’m playing a vampire who’s trying to be human.” My research was more about what it is to be human and why he loved humanity so much that made him want to hold onto that. When you look at something like Twilight, the good vampires aren’t necessarily good. They’re just eccentric. The bad vampires are just doing what they’re born to do and made to do. It’s like domesticating a lion. For me, Carlisle doesn’t want to be a vampire, so he’s just really holding onto that humanity.

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Stephenie Meyer comments Breaking Dawn movie rumors

Twilight book series author Stephenie Meyer has updated her website with addressing some of the Breaking Dawn film rumors on making the Twilight Saga finale into two movies.

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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'Twilight' producer: 'Breaking Dawn' could begin shooting this fall

It's been one of the biggest questions surrounding Summit Entertainment's uber-successful "Twilight" franchise (apart, of course, from whether stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson really are a couple off-screen) -- just how the producers are going to manage to pull off a big-screen adaptation of "Breaking Dawn." The fourth book in Stephenie Meyer's juggernaut of a young adult fiction series about the epic love affair between high school student Bella Swan and her good-guy vampire beau Edward Cullen has plenty of heft, clocking in at upward of 750 pages, but it also has the distinction of being the most controversial entry in the saga.

When it was released in August 2008, fan reaction was intense and divided with some "Twi-hards" expressing confusion and dismay over a plot that involved *SPOILER ALERT* a recently graduated 19-year-old Bella giving birth to a half-human/half-vamp daughter named Renesmee, who grows much faster than the average mortal child and who possesses a unique way of communicating with those around her, clearly inherited from Dad's side of the family.

Wyck Godfrey, the producer of all the films in the "Twilight" saga, admits that the creative team still doesn't know how they'll handle the character in the "Breaking Dawn" movie, but said that the plan is absolutely for the production to go forward -- as either one or two installments -- with an eye toward beginning to shoot in Vancouver this fall. All three stars are signed for "Breaking Dawn," he said, meaning that Stewart and Pattinson will be dealing with the joys and woes of interspecies parenting and newly minted heartthrob Taylor Lautner will return as often-shirtless shape-shifter Jacob Black.

At the moment, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who's penned all the "Twilight" movies, is working on the "Breaking Dawn" script(s). "It's a work in process," Godfrey said in an interview Friday. "The issue [of whether there will be one or two movies] is not going to be resolved until we get the full treatment and see whether it's organic. If it's not organic, I don't think it will be done, and if it is, it will be. It really has to do with how much level of detail from the books there is, with all of these new vampires that appear in 'Breaking Dawn,' the whole section about Jacob... It's a very long single movie if it does become a single movie."

Although there's been a great deal of online chatter about whether Chris Weitz, director of the second and most recent movie, "New Moon," would return to helm "Breaking Dawn," Godfrey downplayed that possibility, saying, "I think everyone would be happy and excited if he came back, but I don't think it's going to happen."

He and the other principals are formulating a list of potential directors, "but right now," Godfrey said, "we're just focused on the treatment and getting that right. At that point, we're going to see who's available and who's appropriate. It's such a complicated book because you have the emotions and the intensity of the love story -- so you need somebody who's just a wonderful director of actors -- and yet it's really complicated from an action and visual effects standpoint. They've got to have both tools in their kit."

A visual effects background might be particularly helpful when it comes to dealing with the character of Renesmee.

"I keep having visions of '[The Curious Case of] Benjamin Button' in my head," Godfrey said, referring to David Fincher's Oscar-nominated 2008 fantasy about a man who becomes physically younger as he ages. "It's certainly going to be visual effects in some capacity along with an actor. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being a full CG creation, but it also may be a human shot on a soundstage that then is used to shrink down. I don't know. We need a director. When we get a director, that director will need to come with a point of view of how they want to tackle it."

The third movie in the series, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," is due in theaters June 30.

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'New Moon' Star Chaske Spencer Wants Rob Zombie To Direct 'Breaking Dawn'

'It'd be kind of cool to see what Rob Zombie does,' actor says.
As we slog through the fallow period between "Twilight" franchise films — months before the June arrival of "Eclipse" and with no official announcement about production on "Breaking Dawn" — we can't help but start to do a bit of wondering. Can director David Slade's "Eclipse" out-gross $288-million-and-counting "New Moon"? Will "Dawn" eventually become two films, or just one? And who will direct it?

On that last question, the "Twilight" cast has not been shy with their thoughts about who would be the best fit. Kristen Stewart and Kellan Lutz have thrown their support behind "New Moon" helmer Chris Weitz. Jamie Campbell Bower, Ashley Greene and Nikki Reed have all eyed Tim Burton as the guy who can best bring the film — or films — to the big screen. Meanwhile, Summit Entertainment is rumored to want Weitz to return to the franchise.

With all these various opinions floating around, MTV News put the directorial question to "New Moon" werewolf Chaske Spencer when we caught up with the actor on the red-carpet premiere of "Youth in Revolt." His answer might scare you.

"I like both directors, David and Chris," he told us. "It's kind of a joke, but it'd be kind of cool to see what Rob Zombie does, if they ever choose to do him. That'd be cool. That'd be an interesting movie."

The metalhead turned filmmaker has directed a string of horror flicks, including "The Devil's Rejects" and two "Halloween" films. And there are undeniable horror-esque moments in "Dawn," from a fetus that begins to injure Bella Swan as it rapidly grows in her womb to her bloodily violent birth. Somehow, though, we imagine Zombie would be less adept when it comes to capturing the continuing love triangle between Belle, Edward and Jacob.

So we'll have to stay tuned on that one. In the meantime, does Spencer have a feeling if "Dawn" will become two films or one? Any insider knowledge to throw our way?

"I have no idea," he said. "I'll probably find out more from my agent later on in the week. I have no clue."

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Auditions for 'Twilight' Breaking Dawn film are scams, says Portland casting agent Lana Veenker

All your teenager wanted for Christmas was a part in the next "Twilight" movie.

Since the first two films in the "Twilight Saga" series, "Twilight" and "New Moon," have been released and the third, "Eclipse," has been shot, teens all over the world are getting desperate. Their last chance to be the kid sitting in the back of the lunchroom, or the teenager behind the counter of the coffeehouse, or even the brown dot on the horizon in a crowd scene, could soon be gone.

So your teen jumps on the Internet and starts searching for audition opportunities. Or your daughter, who belongs to a "Twilight" fan site, gets an e-mail out of the blue from a "casting scout" for "Breaking Dawn," the fourth film in the series.

Don't fall for it.

Lana VeenkerAccording to Lana Veenker, who owns Lana Veenker Casting in Northwest Portland, "It's all a scam."

Lana should know. Not only is she a legitimate casting agent, but she's also the casting agent who gave people real parts in the first "Twilight" movie, which was shot in Oregon and Washington.

Which puts her in the hot seat these days when teens want to know how they can be in "Breaking Dawn."

"I'm getting messages on Facebook, on MySpace, on Twitter, on my blog, in e-mails, on voicemail," Lana says. "They're tracking me down any way they can."

A good number have been asking Lana about ads they've seen online or e-mails they've received offering chances to audition.

Lana says the ads and e-mails claim "the deadline is approaching to audition for 'Breaking Dawn,' very imminently. They say 'on Monday,' or 'in a few days.' And they say, 'You'll miss your opportunity unless you register now,' and 'it's free for you to register.'

"But when you go there, you discover 'register' means you give them all your contact information."

Lana followed the links in a few ads and in e-mails that folks forwarded to her. She got to a page that claimed to be a casting call for "Breaking Dawn."

"It says by checking 'apply,' you will send a link with your profile directly to the casting agent."

People who signed up said that once they sent photos and contact info, they started getting messages, supposedly from the casting director. But they couldn't read the messages unless they paid for an account.

It's all a scam, Lana says.

"Anyone who is saying click here to audition for 'Breaking Dawn,' or the deadline is coming up, is lying. 'Breaking Dawn' is not in production. No casting directors have been hired. Nobody is hiring extras."

First of all, "they haven't even announced what city or country they're going to shoot in," Lana says. "They may shoot in Vancouver again," in British Columbia. If they do, "they're not going to hire American extras to shoot in Vancouver. American kids wouldn't be legal to work in Canada anyway without work permits.

"There's no way the production company would hassle getting permits for extras when thousands are dying to be in this who live right there."

Even if Summit Entertainment, the company that produces the films, chooses to shoot in Oregon again -- and there have been rumors it might -- Lana says casting directors would never sift through individual applications for extras. They'd have a casting call and check out thousands at a time.

Kids who think they could be cast in actual roles need a reality check, Lana says. In the first film, a few roles did go to actors who weren't yet famous. "But they were known to casting directors around the country," Lana says. "They weren't just plucked up off the street because they were fans."

Lana thinks "Breaking Dawn" won't be shot until the third film, "Eclipse," is released, which is scheduled for June. "Publicity will need the lead actors until then for press, to go to premieres all over the world and appear on shows like Jay Leno's.

"But even if, say, they were going to start shooting on June 1, the principal casting company would be hired maybe eight weeks before then, and it will work with actors who have talent agents already. There may not be any open calls."

So anything that says casting is "imminent" is wrong.

"And extras won't be hired until a week or so before production."

One last thing: "No bona fide casting director charges anyone money to audition. That's the bottom line."

Your kid wants to be in "Breaking Dawn"? Get him to an acting class. Get her an agent. But you'd better do it fast.

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