There are some new interviews with New Moon director Chris Weitz, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg and actress Ashley Greene from Comic-Con by Hollywood.com . There are several interesting tidbits, including Weitz revealing–

Have you made any changes to the vampire makeup you saw in the first movie? Weitz: There’s more consistency between shots, if I were to be just coldblooded about it.The Volturi have a slightly different look, because they’re a different breed of vampire altogether. The diamond skin we’re remaking. It’s gonna be groovy.

How many versions of the wolf did you have, and cg wise, how long did that take to come up with? Weitz: Well, we knew very quickly that we wanted it to look like a wolf, just a very, very big one. Once you’ve made that crucial decision you don’t have to spend much time on look with R&D [Research and Development] and the concept and the renderings you usually have to do with monsters and those type of things. Getting very tedious details stuff like fur, the muscles, the fat over the muscles, the way the light is with the fur, that stuff takes months. We have a huge advantage in that it’s Phil Tippet’s studios. Phil Tippett is one of the greatest visual effects artists in the world.

Check out the rest of the interview over at Hollywood.com.

[Edited wallpaper thanks to twibritt897]

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Taylor Lautner Daily contacted the Knoxville News Sentinel for more info on the New Moon premiere scheduled for Novemember 18th, 2009, and here is what they heard–

It appears that it could be as late as mid-September before the date of the premiere and the list of participating cast members will be released.

There probably will be some 100 to 200 tickets sold to the general public for the screening. (That number could increase if any of the sponsors return tickets to the organizers). They are expecting tens of thousands of fans to vie for these tickets, so it’s a very competitive situation. Although they have sold such tickets for previous premieres at the Pinnacle 18 box office, the demand for “New Moon” tickets has the premiere organizers searching for a more orderly means of distribution. (They want to avoid having thousands of fans c amping out at the theater.) Although this is not confirmed, one possible means will be a drawing. In this scenario, fans would be able to register their names at a Knoxville Regal theater (either the Pinnacle 18 or perhaps any Regal theater in town) for about a week, perhaps in October. Regal/Variety would then draw names and sell the public tickets to those fans whose names were drawn.

More details on the distribution will be ironed out and released in August, though it will likely be some time after that announcement before they register names for a drawing and set the process in motion.

The organizers intend to keep the price of the public tickets limited to $100 or less per ticket.

Those who have been supporters of Variety over the years will have the option to buy some 400 additional tickets, and another 800 tickets will be available to sponsors. In all probability, those who have sponsored previous premieres will get first crack on sponsorship packages. For information on obtaining a sponsorship package, call Variety at 865-925-9906.

Meanwhile, we will update information as we get it on www.knoxville.com and in the Knoxville News Sentinel.

[Thanks TLDaily, thanks Bella for Philippines poster with alternate tagline via TwilightDazzle]

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A creative reader has mixed all the new desktop wallpaper shots from the official New Moon movie site and made a really neat collage of both Edward Cullen and Jacob Black, with Bella Swan trapped in the middle.

Edward is flanked by the Cullens to the left and Jacob is flanked by his wolfpack to the right.

Check out the rest of the variations over at her DeviantArt page: [1], [2]. [3], [4], [5], [6]

[thanks Cullenesque!]

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Check out this pic of a New Moon poster from Singapore, which has an addition that we haven’t seen yet compared to the original New Moon poster–a tagline! It reads:

“What do you do…when the one thing you live for leaves you?”

What do you think–love it? Hate it?

[thanks, Irene!]

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Remember that huge billboard style ad for New Moon that we showed you from an Indonesian mall?

It turns out there is more, with this enormous New Moon poster ad looming over the escalator in the mall. It’s at the XXI Ciwalk in Bandung, Indonesia.

I have to ask–when will we see this in the rest of the world? We’re ready!

UPDATE: To the right, check out a picture of the New Moon poster seen on a tent at the Warped Tour 2009 that punkfarie sent in!

[Source: Anggia Maryorie Cullen Facebook]

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I’m beginning to believe in the luck of the Irish–Dublin will soon get a visit from the good doctor Peter Facinelli at the Forbidden Planet Store, and the current issue of the Irish RTÉ TV Guide now includes a free fold-out New Moon poster!

If you’re not able to get your mitts on this magazine like NMM.org reader JaspersCantante above, you can always go the paid route for a full-size poster for less than $5.

[thanks AllAboutEdward!]

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The New Moon madness continues as the veil of non-disclosure was lifted today, with another media outlet sharing their set report from Vancouver.

Lizerne Guiting has a report for Fandango, and she notes–

The Voluturi! Oh the Volturi! They’re straight from the pages of Stephenie Meyer’s book! The freaky red eyes, pale skin, the chic Italian clothes, a family crest pendant – everything down to the smallest detail — suits their coven perfectly. They make a deliciously deadly vampire mafia. We got to watch Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart film a bunch of scenes near the film’s ending, and also interviewed a LOT of the cast and crew: Taylor Lautner, Michael Sheen, and Rachelle Lefevre to name a few.

Read the report over at Fandango.

UPDATE: There’s another report from MSN that covers similar territory from a fan’s perspective.

[Art by Emauthoress]

[thanks TeamSpaceHeaters!]

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Katie Bain from Hollywood.com was on the set of New Moon in Vancouver a while back, and gives a detailed glimpse of one day of filming on a New Moon soundstage, including interviews with Michael Sheen, Melissa Rosenberg and others. Of the Volturi set she says–(spoilers!)–

The lair is a high-ceiling, cathedral-like room composed of marble pillars and porticos. My Latin is a little rusty, but the script on the wall translates to “no one is above law” (full disclosure: I Googled it). The words “death” and “life” are also engraved in the marble.

5:40PM A crewmember walks by me with a Sprite. He holds up the can. “There’s blood in here,” he says with a wink.

5:42PM There is a raised credenza at the front of the room on which four ornate black and gold chairs sit. Each chair has a gold lion’s head on the armrest and a different design above the headrest. Behind the chairs, there is a brightly lit window that suggests an outdoor balcony.

The door “outside” opens to a loggia decorated with fountains and stucco animal (pigs, horses, lions) statues. I touch the pig (don’t tell!) and realize the whole structure, fake fountains and all, is made of Styrofoam. Impressive.

New Moon bad vamp Victoria, played by Rachelle LeFevre, says of the action sequences–

It’s so much wirework. It’s so much actual doing-it. In terms of the look of it … I think Chris has approached things as it should be, a little rawer and a little more literally grounded.

I think it was very flighty in the first one, so when we were running fast it was almost like you weren’t touching the ground … I think he’s factored gravity in a little more than they did in the first film, so that might have a different look as a result.

Read the rest at Hollywood.com.

[New Moon Poster by exsplosive]

[thanks LMCullen, Monica, Spunkie, wolfnat, cclore and & everyone else!]

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A New Moon fan found these awesome huge storefront-covering billboards at the Botani Square Mall in Indonesia. At this size, the wolf pack is bigger than lifesize!

Is that a peace sign, or is she pointing out the “V”?

[via TwiFans]

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