The Twilight Saga: Eclipse The Movie

It’s that time of year again, the coveted, star-studded and ever more popular Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT.  Besides the beautiful scenery, mountains, celebrities…the film entries are littered with major stars.  Add one to the major star list:  Kristen Stewart.  She departs from her Bella role and jumps into, well nothing…and onto a pole.  Her film, Welcome to the Rileys, will definitely catch your eye – and we’ll see what else at Sundance.

SYNOPSIS:

Doug Riley and his wife Lois have been living a half life since their daughter Emily was killed eight years ago. Doug has coped by having an affair with Vivian, a waitress. Lois has struggled, harbouring a secret and devastating sense of guilt for her daughter’s death. She has withdrawn into herself and hides a away from the outside world.

When Vivian dies, Doug is lost. On a business trip to Baton Rouge he finds himself at a crossroads. And in a strip club. A 16 year old lap dancer Mallory offers him ‘extras’ in a private room. He declines but accompanies her home to her run down apartment and makes his own proposition. Doug rings Lois and tells her he isn’t coming home.

Helpless on her own, Lois, a woman previously unable to make it 20 yards to the mailbox, realises that she will have to take drastic action if she is to save her marriage. For the first time in 8 years, and after a couple of failed attempts, she manages to reach her car and start driving, headed south.

When she finally arrives to find her husband living with a foul-mouthed young hooker, Lois is predictably horrified. But, like Doug before her, she is taken with Mallory’s similarities to Emily. Lois moves in and the three of them form an unusual family unit. But Mallory soon bridles at the attempts to mend her wicked ways. She’s not ready to be anyone’s surrogate daughter just yet. Sparks fly. Mallory isn’t about to complete the pretty picture just yet. She’s a teenager after all….

CAST:
James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Marcia Gay Harden (Into the Wild, Meet Joe Black), Kristen Stewart (Jumper, Panic Room)

DIRECTOR:
Jake Scott

PRODUCER:
Scott Free, Future Films, Handmade Films

SALES:
Handmade Films

Rumor has it Taylor Lautner is being considered for the leading role in Paramoun’ts upcoming Max Steel.  Here’s the scoop from the LA Times…

The L.A. Times is reporting that reps for Taylor Lautner are looking at Paramount’s Max Steelas a possible project for the Twilight heartthrob. Based on the Mattel toys that came out in 2001, the movie tells the story of a teenage superhero. Lautner would star as Josh McGrath, an athlete who is exposed to nanotechological machines and gets super-human powers from them. The script from J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani is still being written

Will Lautner make a good Steel?  Does the Fur fit better than the skintight suit?  Hmmm, maybe we like the suit.

If you are one of the too many to count twihards out there interested in being cast in Breaking Dawn, you are going to have to wait a bit longer. Which, means that the current casting call emails and websites out there right now that you have likely seen are in fact scams.

Don’t waste your time or money on these sites as they are simple trying to take advantage of eager fans. Accesshollywood.com has more:

Fraudulent e-mails announcing casting calls for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn,” have been flooding the inboxes of fanpires across the country, according to The Casting Scoop.

“First of all, I knew it wasn’t credible because ‘Breaking Dawn’ doesn’t go into production for several months, so no casting director would have been hired yet,” says Casting Director Lana Veenker, who handled Northwest casting on the first “Twilight” film. “Also, the shoot location hasn’t even been announced! How would anyone even know which city or country to be casting in?”

The e-mails implore those who are interested in walk-on parts to apply immediately with impending deadlines, promising that no experience is necessary and pay ranges from $80-250, depending on the role.

In addition, Lana discovered that bogus casting call advertisements (which take advantage of search engine keywords) have been appearing on “Twilight” fan sites everywhere. She tracked down the company responsible and learned that they had an “F” rating with the Better Business Bureau.

“People who take advantage of kids like this, who prey on their hopes and dreams, truly raise my ire,” she said in a statement released to Access. “I get thousands of letters and e-mails from ‘Twilight’ fans who would do just about anything for a walk-on part in one of the sequels. It scares me to think of what the low-lives out there could do to hurt such easy targets.”

So how will fans know when Summit Entertainment is legitimately casting for “Breaking Dawn”?

According to Lana, when and if “Breaking Dawn” does start hiring extras, it will be widely advertised in the media. There will be no need to pay to register for a Web site in order to find out casting details, and any company that is claiming it is currently casting extras for the film is a sham.

[Source: Accesshollywood.com]

New Moon isn’t done yet, but not bad for a first weekend showing of $142 million… more to follow.

The first official Eclipse movie poster made its way online this week. Great things to come…