Here are some new images of Bella, Edward and Jacob from The Twilight Saga ‘Breaking Dawn’ Part 2!
It is a well known fact that The Twilight Saga has a loyal army of fans who would go on a Mediterranean cruise and back again just to do or see something in the name of Twilight. None more so than a newly wedded couple in the UK.
The couple were married earlier last month in a Twilight inspired ceremony. Not so unusual you might think – until that is you find out that the couple are a Mr and Mrs Cullen!
Abigail and Andy from Bournemouth – a coastal city in the UK were married on February 5th and changed their names by deed poll to Cullen. Bride Abigail, who is the driving force behind the Twilight enhanced day, didn’t want to take her husband’s name after they were married. As a result she came up with the idea of changing both their surnames to Cullen.
The day itself carried a number of Twilight inspired themes from the film Breaking Dawn: Part 1. The bride wore a traditional gown to the actual wedding ceremony but then quickly changed into a replica gown as worn by Bella (Kristen Stewart) for her wedding in the film to Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). Abigail walked down the aisle to the instrumental version of Sleeping At Last ‘Turning Page’ from the Breaking Dawn soundtrack and as a married couple Abigail and Andy walked back up the aisle at the end of the ceremony to ‘Bella’s Lullaby’.
The Twilight theme transferred from the day into the evening celebrations as the couple chose more music from the film for their ‘first dance’ together in the form of the vocal version of Sleeping At Last ‘Turning Page’ and they shared their first kiss together as a married couple to Iron & Wine’s ‘Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Wedding Version)’ as was also done by Bella and Edward in the film.
The whole soundtrack featured as background music during the meal and even the wedding cake the floral arrangements, the bridal bouquet and the room decorations were made to be identical to the film.
Of her good sport husband Abigail said he is “very tolerant, bless him” and when asked about how the best man quipped “Here’s to Bella and Edward” in his speech she said that he had delivered this line very effectively.
A slide show of photographs of Andy and Abigail’s big day can be found at Examiner.com
Meanwhile as fans still talk about the actual wedding dress that Bella wore in the film, the newly released DVD of Breaking Dawn Part 1 contains some previously unseen pictures of the breathtaking wedding gown. In the special wedding feature on the DVD the leading lady herself talks about the difficult process of finding the perfect wedding dress for Bella and how she felt the pressure to pull it off on film right up until the final fitting.
Dress designer Caroline Herrera was specially selected to make the gown and the dress design itself was hand picked by the Twilight author Stephanie Meyer and Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon from ten sketch proposals.
Herrera who is Meyers favourite designer custom made the dress over six months. Four seamstresses worked on the dress which was hand made. The dress is reported to have cost $35,000 and had 186 buttons in total and was made from French Chantilly lace. Despite never seeing Bella’s shoes on film, we are led to believe that she wore Manolo Blahnik custom made and jewel encrusted satin pumps.
In an interview with Brides Magazine, Herrera talked of the moment when Kristen put on the dress and looked at herself in the mirror.
“…she was very moved. In that moment she was not an actress or a character in a film, she was a bride, and a happy one at that”
Of the gown style Herrera said she was very much influenced by Meyer’s description of it in the book but added her own design flair to it.
“Bella’s dress is romantic and filled with a timeless sophistication, very similar to the character. In a way, this dress served as a symbol of the character’s coming of age and introduction into womanhood.”
The Twilight gown has been available to buy from Herrera boutiques in New York, Los Angeles, Bal Harbour and Dallas since the start of 2012 so it looks like more Twilight weddings to come. Let’s hope they don’t all go to the lengths of the UK Cullen’s otherwise it could get complicated!
British fans of Twilight went wild at the weekend on London’s Oxford Street demonstrating their passion for the collection of films in all their bridal glory.
Over 150 dedicated fans showed up on Sunday 11th March at the HMW store dressed as brides to celebrate the launch of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 on DVD and Blu-ray. Bride fans were also to be among the first to see a sneak peak of a clip of the forthcoming The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.
Only fans dressed in wedding outfits were allowed to watch the clip and the HMW store was the only store in the UK to premiere the clip. As an extra special reward for donning their wedding attire fans were allowed to buy an early copy of the DVD and Blu-ray release of Part 1.
The event was attended by extra special guest George Cooper – the UK Edward Cullen lookalike, who was available to pose for pictures with excited fans in his morning suit.
Record breakers?
To mark the occasion there was also a special invite sent out via Brides Magazine and on Twitter for brides to be to help break a Guinness World Record for the longest chain of brides in one location. The record attempt by Entertainment One saw brides queuing round the block to be part of Twilight history – the film distributor known for dramatic DVD release events are remaining tight lipped on whether or not a record was set. If successful, it would mark the second Guinness World Record achieved by The Twilight Saga. Director, Catherine Hardwicke’s work on Twilight gained her and the film a place in the 2010 Guinness Book of World Records for “Highest-Grossing Movie by a Female Director” earning a well deserved pat on the back and a rest on a chaise sectional.
Ice cold
Elsewhere in London the day after the bridal gathering on Monday 12th March, Kristen Stewart had a very chilly reception at Madame Tussauds as an ice sculpture of her was unveiled. The actress, who of course plays, Bella Swan has had her likeness carved in ice to stand alongside waxworks of her now on screen husband Edward Cullen, actor Robert Pattinson and his arch enemy and love rival Jacob Black played by Taylor Lautner. The ice sculpture will last only two days and was made to commemorate the DVD release of Breaking Dawn Part 1 that went on general sale that day. Stewart’s is the first ice sculpture to be shown at the London museum.
What awaits fans in Part 2?
So what delights did the clip for Breaking Dawn – Part 2 hold for eager Twilight fans on Oxford Street as they were shown an exclusive three-minute clip as well as behind-the-scenes images and interviews with cast members?
What it did give them was the first look at Bella after Part 1 ended with her transformation from human to vampire. As Part 1 left fans on a cliffhanger showing Bella opening her amber colored vampire eyes, after husband Edward was forced to turn her as she was on the verge of dying in childbirth. Part 2 shows fans Bella’s new look with amber eyes, pale skin and red lips, complementing the rest of the Cullen family.
As a result of the transformation to vampire Bella has developed a super power, like all the vampire characters have. Bella’s is one of a higher level of self control and the ability to protect herself and her loved ones with her mind.
The films’ makers Lionsgate plan to release a preview of film trailer online at 3am on March 20th 2012 and a full trailer will be shown exclusively at cinemas on March 23rd before new movie The Hunger Games. The full film is not released until 16th November 2012 in both the USA and UK ensuring it will be a Christmas blockbuster.
Whilst the two films Part 1 and Part 2 were filmed together meaning that Part 2 was completed in April 2011 the film makers are creating a fantastic hype and much anticipation for the next installment of the film franchise.
The Hunger Games is a film set in the future and is an adaptation of a young adult novel by Suzanne Collins – the film like The Twilight Saga is also made by Lionsgate and written and produced by Collins herself.
Breaking Dawn Part 2 Movie Still
This photo an news just in from Summit/Lionsgate:
A sneak peek of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 teaser trailer will be available on March 20th at 6am ET exclusively on THE TWILIGHT SAGA Facebook and Twitter profiles! You can catch the full teaser trailer in theaters with THE HUNGER GAMES, and then online on Monday 3/26 at 6am ET!
via Twilight Lexicon.
Starting in February, special edition Barbie dolls, featuring Bella & Edward on their wedding day, will be available on BarbieCollector.com at $29.95 each
via Edward and Bella Wedding Themed Barbie and Ken Dolls | Twilight Lexicon.
Apologies to David Bowie for this week’s title, but there were — as with any book-to-screen adaptation — several differences between the book and what was portrayed on screen in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. Now, certainly no one expects every scene exactly as written in a novel to make it to the screen; inevitably things need to be condensed or left out all together. On the other hand, sometimes there is material that was never in the books to begin with that makes it onto the screen. The question is, given cuts, how effective is this new material when fans feel very protective of the original source?
The first major insertion of new material that leaps to mind in Breaking Dawn: Part 1 is the presence of Irina of the Denali Coven at Bella and Edward’s wedding. As every Twilight fan knows, Irina sets some major wheels into motion in the second half of the novel Breaking Dawn. Since the Denali Coven and their interaction with Laurent wasn’t focused on in New Moon, it left something of a gaping plot hole that had to be addressed. It was interesting to see screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg and director Bill Condon handle this dilemma. They deftly had Irina react to Seth’s presence at the wedding, have a flashback to Laurent, establish Irina’s romantic ties to him, and then have Irina storm off. That’s a lot of material to cover in roughly ninety seconds of film time, but they managed it. By doing so, they set the plot for Breaking Dawn: Part 2 securely on course.
Read the rest at Movies.com.
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