Just a quick reminder that the New Moon Celebration Poster Contest is ending tomorrow at 11:59PM EST. Be sure to submit your entries to the comments thread on the contest before then! There have been some terrific entries, and I can’t wait to see who you guys choose as the winner.

Just for fun, here is a hilarious old Twilight interview that I saw on Robsessed and TwiCrack.

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Christa over at her blog, The Snarky Sparrow, has posted a great writeup of the open casting call in Phoenix for Native American actors for New Moon, including this great pic of a New Moon hopeful holding her casting card–

I was fortunate enough to sneak a peek at the Phoenix casting call for New Moon. [...] Everyone was very nice, and I really didn’t even get any looks for being there, even though I clearly didn’t fit the description of the casting call. I brought my real camera, so I guess that explained why I was there.

Registration took place in the lobby of the Phoenix Indian Center. It seemed pretty well organized. They seemed to be directing people very well for minimum confusion. It’s a smallish lobby and when I got there, there were about 100 people crammed into it. The people running the show were calling people in groups by age. I have no idea how many people were already back there auditioning. The atmosphere in the lobby was tense. I don’t know why, but I expected a sort of fangirl SQUEE. Nope, there was very quiet murmur considering the number of people. I didn’t see anyone practicing their lines or anything, unless they were doing it silently. Most people were talking to a buddy quietly. I didn’t feel free to walk around because it was so cramped, and because the mood clearly said, “Don’t bother anyone.” I took what pictures I could around the door where the light was best. It was pretty dark in there and I didn’t want to bother anyone with my flash.

Be sure to check out the rest of Christa’s blog too, particularly her hilarious post about seeing a “unicorn“–a guy who reads Twilight in public.

I Went to the Phoenix Casting Call [pic at Letters to Twilight]

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There are some brand new pics of the real-life Cullen House in Twilight that we showed you a first glimpse of a while back, as well as an interview with the architects of the house. Check them out over at The Design Tavern.

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New Moon is attempting to conceal its identity from curious onlookers while it shoots in Vancouver by calling itself “Untitled Sports Movie”, according to a listing at the BC Film Commission:

   UNTITLED SPORTS MOVIE

   Volterra FM Productions Canada Inc

   Director: Chris Weitz

   Exec. Prod: Mark Morgan, Karen Rosenfelt, Marty Bowen

   Prod: Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian

   Line Producer: Bill Bannerman, Kerry Koshansky

   DOP: Javier Aguirresarobe

   PD: David Brisbin

   PM: Barbara Kelly

   PC: Kathleen Whelan

   LM: Abraham Fraser

   ALM: Michael LeGresley

   Casting: Stuart Aikins

   Extras: Andrea Brown

   Sched: Mar 23/09 – May 21/09

Some not-too-tricky clues give away its real identity–Volterra FM Productions, hmm? So, according to this listing, shooting will be in Vancouver from March 23rd till May 21st. Woo-hoo!

BC Film Commission [thanks, TwiCrack!]

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