If that’s not enough for you, here are a few more bits of Twilight fun, including Stephenie Meyer’s inspirations and a mention in xkcd.
Stephenie Meyer: 12 of My Twilight Inspirations
Entertainment Weekly’s “Twilight Central” Stephenie Meyer: 12 of My Twilight Inspirations, in which Stephenie Meyer discusses 12 inspirations for Twilight including books, music, and movies.
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Maureen Johnson turns advice columnist and tells a fantastic story about her, Scott Westerfeld, and a giant cockroach.
USA Today has the first sneak peak at Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, which is slated for release in March 2010. Tim Burton and Alice in Wonderland seem like such a natural fit, I feel like we’ve been waiting to see this forever.
The new take on Alice apparently goes beyond the look of the world, giving the story a new angle as well:
The traditional tale has been freshened with a blast of girl power, courtesy of writer Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast). Alice, 17, attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. Off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before yet doesn’t remember.
The movie will also feature Johnny Depp as another crazy character—the Mad Hatter.
Twilight completely swept the MTV Movie Awards on May 31st, picking up awards for Best Movie, Best Kiss, Best Breakthrough Performance – Male, Best Female Performance, and Best Fight. If you missed it, you can view the full list of winners and watch the whole show online.
The stars of the Twilight movies also debuted an early trailer of New Moon. Since they’re still filming, and special effects are usually added last, I’m guessing they had to throw this together pretty quickly (so I forgive them the video-game-looking werewolf), but overall, it looks pretty good. It definitely has the same melodramatic, corny feel of the first movie, with some awkwardly delivered lines thrown in for good measure, but I think I’m okay with that.
Andy Samberg, who hosted the Movie Awards, presented his version of the trailer first:
I’ve yet to join the Twitter bandwagon (I figure after Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn, I’m already a little overloaded on social networking), but I recently noticed some KidLit additions to the Twitter world that have me intrigued.
@scbwi has a great feed of general children’s book news and SCBWI events.
@AALBooks (Arthur A. Levine) just started an account. Looking forward to seeing what they have to say.
Any other good children’s book twitterers worth following?
Very exciting news for Twilight movie fans! The “one-sheet teaser” (movie poster) was released today, and it looks great and full of tension (though Jacob is still shorter than Edward…).
In even more exciting news, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner will premiere a clip from the new movie at the MTV Movie Awards on May 31st. If only I had cable…
I have to say, I really enjoyed the first Twilight movie, though it was a half-missing-the-book, half-kitsch enjoyment. New Moon is definitely my favorite of the series, though, and I’m definitely excited to see what they do with it.
Want more? Here are two photo galleries to help hold you over until the November 20th premiere.
Silver Medal
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. II
The Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. Anderson
People’s Choice Bronze Medal
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
You can follow all the old battles step-by-step here.
The Everdeen Sisters have made a big splash with their musical take on the Battle of the Kids’ Books. You can read an interview with them here and check out the musical masterpiece below.
Twilight fans and haters alike can get a kick out of Twilight the Musical. The youtube series is directed and written by the guy who plays Edward, and has the look of a theater class assignment. It has its weak moments, but it’s often spot on and fantastic.
Parts 1 and 2 below, and the recently added parts 3a and 3b are after the jump. Enjoy!
Realizing it’s Children’s Book Week also made me realize it’s our 1 year anniversary! A year ago Tuesday, May 12th, the first entry was posted to princes&pixies. I’m happy to see it’s still active and growing. Thanks to everyone who’s been reading, and here’s to an even stronger year ahead.
The winners of the 2009 Children’s Choice Book Awards were announced Tuesday night at an even tin Bryant Park with Whoopi Goldberg and Jon Scieszka. And the winners are…
Children’s Book Week events around the country after the jump.
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