A poster over at TwiFans found a copy of the new EW article with the exclusive pages from Catherine Hardwicke’s Director’s Notebook in her mailbox today, and has posted pictures of every page to whet your appetite while you wait to go get your copy tomorrow. Check it out!

Update On New Entertainment Weekly Magazine *with photos of all pages* [via Robsessed]

UPDATE: High quality scans now up at Everglow:

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90210 star AnnaLynne McCord is still in negotiations to play Volturi temptress Heidi in New Moon, saying there are still some scheduling conflicts to work out. But what is quite interesting is that she revealed in a new MTV article she almost played Rosalie in Twilight–

Something that few Twilighters realize, however, is that the vampire-loving actress nearly played Nikki Reed’s part in the original film. “They wanted me to play Rosalie,” she recalled. “I met with the producers when ‘Twilight’ was casting, the original. I was on ‘Nip/Tuck’ at the time. And they were like, ‘We’d love to have you in this little film we’re doing called ‘Twilight,’ but the family only has small roles.’ They were like, ‘It shoots in Oregon, so you probably couldn’t do it anyway.’ And I was like, ‘If it shot [in L.A.] that would be cool.”

“Then this little film ‘Twilight’ blows up, crazy,” she laughed, enjoying her seemingly predestined participation in the franchise. “So, I came back in for a [recent 'New Moon'] meeting and was like, ‘Hey, remember me? I supported you way back when!’ I’m like, ‘Let’s do this!’”

‘90210′ Star AnnaLynne McCord Hopes For ‘New Moon’ Role: ‘I’m Hardcore!’

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Italian newspaper la Repubblica has a great interactive Google Maps mashup covering 6 sights from Volterra as seen in New Moon. It’s in Italian, but the pictures are interesting and easy to navigate. There is also a video, article and 11-picture photo gallery. [translated]

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Well, Canada–don’t say your friends to the South don’t have a special place for you in our hearts. This new edition of Twilight for HMV Canada takes the cake, perhaps trumping the Borders Special Edition and Ultimate Blu-Ray Edition. What makes it so special? Besides the fact that it includes a film cell if you pre-order between the 9th and 15th–like the Hot Topic version–it also includes a third bonus disc with 45 minutes of exclusive content! What’s on it?

• A 22 minute Conversation with Stephenie Meyer
• The Evolution of Bella’s Lullaby (5 min.)
• Becoming Edward: Rob Pattinson’s Journey (5 min.)
• Becoming Bella: Kristen Stewart’s Journey (5min.)
• Catherine Hardwicke’s Vampire Kiss Montage (2 min.)
• Catherine Hardwicke’s “Bella’s Lullaby Remix” Music Video (3 min.)
• Robert Pattinson Piano Montage (3 min.)

Best of all? It’s only $19.99 Canadian–which is only about $16 in US dolla’ bills. I see a Twilight smuggling ring as Nancy Drew’s next case!

Twilight HMV Canada Edition [via TwiCrack & BellaAndEdward]

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Wal-Mart is promising a store-within-a-store in preparation for the Twilight release next month during what I shall dub “Merch March”. The new section will include:

• The Twilight DVD movie – standard and special edition
• The Twilight CD soundtrack
• The Twilight book series: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn
• Twilight apparel
• Twilight messenger bags and totes
• Twilight posters
• Assorted Twilight licensed jewelry, key chains and accessories

Staying true to Wal-Mart’s modus operandi, it promises “more affordable access to Twilight items than ever before”. Check out the whole press release after the cut.
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More news from the EW Exclusive Issue about Catherine Hardwicke that will be out Friday, most notably, that the budget for New Moon has already far exceeded what was promised to Hardwicke–

Hardwicke first began discussing Twilight: Director’s Notebook with Meyer’s publisher last summer, and then Twilight went on to gross over $350 million worldwide (so far). “When the movie made enough money, they thought it was worth it,” says Hardwicke. “They said, ‘Now you have three and a half weeks to do it!’ And I was like, Okay, I’m just going to keep writing until they rip this out of my hands!”

Fans continue to whip themselves into a frenzy online in anticipation of New Moon, which is already deep into pre-production under new director Chris Weitz. (Hardwicke notes the irony that her replacement is enjoying a better deal than she’d been promised. “I know the budget they were talking about with me – they’ve already gone way beyond that,” she said.) But she’s done nursing her broken heart. “I’m optimistic that it’s going to be great, and I’m sad that it didn’t work out for me to do it,” she said. “But I’ll do something else cool.”

You can get a copy of the issue direct from EW for $4, with the absolutely gorgeous cover of Sir Hottie Pattinson shown above.

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The AP has (mistakenly?) leaked a bit of extra info that EW hasn’t revealed yet from their Catherine Hardwicke exclusive–about why she didn’t end up directing New Moon after successfully completing Twilight–

Hardwicke says in the interview posted on ew.com that she was having dinner in Paris with the film’s young stars, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, when her cell phone rang. She’d been in negotiations with Summit Entertainment, which released “Twilight,” about directing part two in Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling series.

Summit executives called to offer her “more money than I or anyone in my family has ever seen,” she said, but they added that she’d have to shoot “New Moon” under a tight deadline and modest budget.

Hardwicke turned them down.

“I was devastated,” she says now. “I really did feel a strong connection to the people around the world that liked the movie — and to Stephenie and the actors. But I just didn’t think I could make a good movie under those circumstances.”

Summit Entertainment had no comment on the report, spokesman Paul Pflug said.

Report: Hardwicke declined huge `New Moon’ payday

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Entertainment Weekly’s cover will feature Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart next week! Note only that, but they have an exclusive first look inside Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke’s Director’s Notebook. But maybe the most shocking bit is how Hardwicke has revealed she is “devastated” to not be directing New Moon–

Hardwicke has given EW an exclusive first peek at Twilight: Director’s Notebook, which looks less like a diary than a scrapbook, studded with drawings, makeup and wardrobe notes, storyboards, lists, sketches, photos, and all kinds of odd nuggets of information (did you know Rob was first tricked out with hair extensions to give him his trademark look)? Hardwicke’s publisher will only allow us to put two pages online, so to see the rest, you’ll have to pick up a copy of the Feb. 20 issue of EW, available here.

Hardwicke told EW that although she was “devastated” to not be directing New Moon—“I really did feel a strong connection to Stephenie and the actors” —she simply couldn’t do it under the terms Summit set forth, with a limited budget and strict timetable. The book is her smart, funny farewell, its margins full of her doodlings and ideas.

But the book isn’t the only thing fans have to look forward to. They’ll also be able to snap up the Twilight DVD on March 21. Its bonus materials, Hardwicke told EW, will include makeout scenes deleted from the movie.

‘Twilight’ Diary: Exclusive Sneak Peek!

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