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New Moon (2009 Film)
''The Twilight Saga: New Moon'' (or simply ''New Moon'') is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film directed by Chris Weitz from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the 2006 novel ''New Moon'' by Stephenie Meyer. It is the sequel to ''Twilight'' (2008) and the second installment in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series. The film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. In the film, Bella gets closer with Jacob, who is a werewolf, after Edward leaves her, but when the vampire decides to take a drastic move, she must make a decision between the two. Summit Entertainment announced it had greenlit the film on November 22, 2008, following the early success of ''Twilight''. Principal photography began on March 23, 2009, in Vancouver, Canada, and ended in Montepulciano, Italy on May 29. ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon'' premiered at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Weitz
Christopher John Weitz (; born November 30, 1969) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his work with his brother Paul on the comedy films '' American Pie'' and '' About a Boy''; the latter earned the Weitz brothers a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Among his other main works, Weitz was one of the lead actors in the Mike White-directed film '' Chuck & Buck'', directed the film adaptation of the novel '' The Golden Compass'' and the film adaptation of '' New Moon'' from the series of '' Twilight'' books, wrote the screenplay for Disney's 2015 live-action adaptation of '' Cinderella'', and co-wrote '' Rogue One'' with Tony Gilroy and '' Antz'' with Todd Alcott and Paul. Early life Weitz was born in New York City, the son of actress Susan Kohner and Berlin-born novelist/menswear designer John Weitz. His brother is filmmaker Paul Weitz. Weitz is the grandson of Czech-born agent and producer Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1992), ''Don't Fool with Love'' (1993), ''Peer Gynt'' (1994), ''The Seagull'' (1995), ''The Homecoming'' (1997), and ''Henry V (play), Henry V'' (1997). He received Laurence Olivier Award, Olivier Awards nominations for his performances in ''Amadeus (play), Amadeus'' (1998) at the The Old Vic, Old Vic, ''Look Back in Anger'' (1999) at the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre and ''Caligula (play), Caligula'' (2003) at the Donmar Warehouse. Early this century Sheen began screen acting, focusing on biographical films. For writer Peter Morgan, he starred in a trilogy of films as British prime minister Tony Blairthe television film ''The Deal (2003 film), The Deal'' in 2003, ''The Queen (2006 film), The Queen'' (2006), and ''The Special Relationship (film), The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twilight Saga (film Series)
''The Twilight Saga'' is a series of Romance film, romance fantasy films based on the book series ''Twilight (novel series), Twilight'' by Stephenie Meyer. The series has grossed over $3.36 billion worldwide. The first installment, ''Twilight (2008 film), Twilight'', was released on November 21, 2008. The second installment, ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon, New Moon'', followed on November 20, 2009. The third installment, ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Eclipse'', was released on June 30, 2010. The fourth installment, ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Breaking Dawn – Part 1'', was released on November 18, 2011, while the fifth and final installment, ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Breaking Dawn – Part 2'', was released on November 16, 2012. The series had been in development since 2004 at Paramount Pictures' MTV Films, during which time a film adaptation, screen adaptation of ''Twilight'' that differed significantly from the novel was written. Three ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight (2008 Film)
''Twilight'' is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. It is the first installment in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series. The film stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a teenage girl, and Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, a vampire. It focuses on the development of Bella and Edward's relationship and the subsequent efforts of Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from another coven of vampires. The project was in development for approximately three years at Paramount Pictures' MTV Films, during which time a film adaptation that differed significantly from the novel was written. Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the novel after the project's stagnant development. Rosenberg wrote a new adaptation of the novel shortly before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and sought to be faithful to the novel's storyline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed Elsevier
RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; decision-making tools; and organise exhibitions. It operates in 40 countries and serves customers in over 180 nations. It was previously known as Reed Elsevier, and came into being in 1993 as a result of the merger of Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and Elsevier, a Netherlands-based scientific publisher. The company is publicly listed, with shares traded on the London Stock Exchange, Amsterdam Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbols: London: REL, Amsterdam: REN, New York: RELX). The company is one of the constituents of the FTSE 100 Index, AEX Index, Financial Times Global 500 and Euronext 100 Index. History The company, which was previously known as Reed Elsevier, came into being in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Fantasy Film
Romantic fantasy, or "romantasy", is a subgenre of fantasy fiction that combines fantasy and romance, describing a fantasy story using many of the elements and conventions of the chivalric romance genre. One of the key features of romantic fantasy involves the focus on relationships, social, political, and romantic. Romantic fantasy has been published by both fantasy lines and romance lines. As a result of the financial success of authors such as Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros in the 2000s, publishers created imprints to focus on this subgenre. Some publishers distinguish between "romantic fantasy" where the fantasy elements is most important and "fantasy romance" where the romance are most important. Others say that "the borderline between fantasy romance and romantic fantasy has essentially ceased to exist, or if it's still there, it's moving back and forth constantly". Game historian Stu Horvath noted, "the heroes and heroines of romantic fantasy seek social connection and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The site was founded in 1998 by Brandon Gray, and was bought in 2008 by IMDb, which itself is owned by Amazon. History Brandon Gray began the site on August 7, 1998, making forecasts of the top-10 highest-grossing films in the United States for the following weekend. To compare his forecasts to the actual results, he started posting the weekend grosses and wrote a regular column with box-office analysis. In 1999, he started to post the Friday daily box-office grosses, sourced from Exhibitor Relations, so that they were publicly available online on Saturdays and posted the Sunday weekend estimates on Sundays. Along with the weekend grosses, he was publishing the daily grosses, release schedules and other charts, such as all-time charts, international box office charts, genre charts, and actor and director charts. The site gradually expanded to include weekend charts goin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mann Village Theater
The Regency Village Theatre (formerly the Fox Theatre, Westwood Village or the Fox Village Theatre, commonly called the Westwood Village Theatre) is a historic, landmark cinema in Westwood, Los Angeles, California in the heart of the Mediterranean-themed shopping and cinema precinct, opposite the Fox Bruin Theater, near the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Regency Theaters chain lease ended in July 2024. The seating capacity of the cinema is about 1,400. The Westwood Village Theatre was the site for many Hollywood movie premieres in Los Angeles. History Designed by architect Percy Parke Lewis, the Fox was originally built in 1930 and first opened on August 14, 1931, in a Spanish Mission style. The theatre was part of a widespread cinema construction program undertaken by Fox West Coast Theatres. The theatre is part of the 1929 Westwood Village, a Mediterranean-style village development adjoining the University of California Los Angeles planned by Harold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment, LLC (formerly the Summit Group, Summit Export Group, Summit Entertainment Group Inc., Summit Entertainment Limited, Summit Films Limited, and Summit Entertainment N.V.) is an American film production label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Studios Corp, Lionsgate Studios and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. History Independent era (1991–2012) Summit Entertainment was founded in 1991 as the Summit GroupMolloy, Claire (2010), p. 16. Memento'. . Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved November 14, 2010. by film producers Bernd Eichinger , Arnon Milchan , and Andrew G. Vajna to handle film sales in foreign countries. Summit officially launched in 1993 by David Garrett, Patrick Wachsberger, and Bob Hayward under the name Summit Entertainment LP as a distribution and sales organization. By 1995 they were producing and co-financing films, and by 1997 they started fully financing films. Among the company's early successes was ''American Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imprint Entertainment
Imprint Entertainment is an American film, TV and media production company founded by former talent agent and talent manager Michael Becker, alongside Mark Morgan, former CEO of Maverick Entertainment, in 2008. In 2011, Becker became sole owner and CEO. The company is located in West Hollywood, California. History Imprint Entertainment started in 2008, as a talent management and production company, combining the talent and projects from both Michael Becker and Mark Morgan. In 2011, Becker and Morgan split ways, with Becker retaining all rights to the company and its projects. Film productions * ''Twilight'' (2008) * '' The Stepfather'' (2009) * ''The Industry'' (2009) * '' The Twilight Saga: New Moon'' (2009) * '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' (2010) * '' Soulja Boy: The Movie'' (2011) * '' Slightly Single in L.A.'' (2012) * '' Pawn'' (2013) * '' My Man Is a Loser'' (2014) * '' Kid Cannabis'' (2014) * ''Lap Dance'' (2014) * ''The Vault" (2017) Talent formerly represented *So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Hill Entertainment
Temple Hill Entertainment or Temple Hill Productions is an American film and television production company, established in 2006 by producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen. The studio produced the ''Twilight'' film series. In 2020, the studio signed a TV deal with Lionsgate Lions Gate, Lion Gate or similar terms may refer to: Gates *Lion Gate at Mycenae in Greece *Lion Gate, one of the entrances to the ancient Hittite city of Hattusa, now in Turkey *Lion Gate, one of the entrances to the gardens of Hampton Court Pala .... Filmography Films Upcoming films Television TV series References Mass media companies established in 2006 Film production companies of the United States American companies established in 2006 Long stubs with short prose {{US-film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
