The Host

Each December, it’s fun to look back at some of the year’s most memorable moments in Twilight. Then, around New Year’s, we can start to look forward to what’s to come for Twilight fans.

Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli and Ashley Greene attend the Cinema Society & DKNY screening of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, and Peter Facinelli have a bit of fun at the BREAKING DAWN - PART 1 premiere after party

This year, there were plenty of things worth remembering about the Twilight Saga and the personalities involved, so here’s a look back at the eleven most stand-out aspects of 2011 in the world of Twilight.

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner arrive at the premiere of Summit Entertainment's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 14, 2011 in Los Angeles, California

Robert Pattinson, director Bill Condon, Taylor Lautner, and producer Wyck Godfrey attend the Spanish premiere for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1 in Barcelona

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner attend the UK premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 at Westfield Stratford City on November 16, 2011 in London, United Kingdom

Kristen Stewart was everywhere….

Kristen attends MET Gala

Kristen Stewart covers the September issue of GQ UK

As with every year the big three were seen on many a magazine cover this year, but it was Kristen Stewart, particularly, who tore it up this year, hitting the covers of Vogue, W, Glamour, Glamour UK, and more. The one which really seemed to stand out, for Kristen Stewart fans and the world at large, was her GQ UKcover. Wowza!

She also appeared in the music video for Marcus Foster’s “I Was Broken,” at the MET Gala with the designers from Proenza Schouler, and at Glamour‘s Women of the Year Awards. Not to mention, she was a part of the many, many promotional appearances discussed below, and she’s been filming a big new action movie to boot.

Awards Shows Surprises

Robert Pattinson takes the stage at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards and speaks on Cancer Bites, a charity organization.

Taylor Lautner takes the stage at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards

The year started out really well in the Awards Show department for Twilight, with the cast flying in from the set of Breaking Dawn to collect some People’s Choice Awards and say hello to us all after a long drought without seeing them. Then, in February, we all felt a little duped by the supposed “Oscars surprise” which fell pretty short of the producers’ promise. All was well, though, since the Twilight Saga escaped virtually unscathed by the Razzie Awards once again, and once the summer began to roll around, it was MTV Movie Awards time . . . which is always a good time for Twilight fans. The cast cleaned up, and the first trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 was released. The Teen Choice Awards also recognized Twilight with five awards for the cast, but the big event, as usual, was the Movie Awards, with People’s Choice coming in a close second (if for no other reason than a memory of Queen Latifah embarrassing the mess out of Taylor Lautner).

Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Kristen Stewart attend the 2011 Peoples Choice Awards in January.

Crossing Over into New Realms

Poster for Robert Pattinsons WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, which was released in April

Film poster for Taylor Lautners ABDUCTION.

Poster for Kristen Stewarts SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN unveiled.

There were some great new projects involving the Twilight cast to make a splash this year. Robert Pattinson’s Water For Elephants hit theaters in the spring, and he filmed Cosmopolis this summer. Taylor Lautner’s Abduction came along in the fall, and he’s been attached to a new Gus Van Sant indie. Meanwhile, Kristen Stewart picked up a great new gig as “Snow White” for Snow White And The Huntsman, and the first trailer for that film blew us all away. Anna Kendrick teamed up with Eclipse star Bryce Dallas Howard for the buzzy fall film 50/50, and Jamie Campbell Bower and Eclipse star Xavier Samuel were inAnonymous. Howard also portrayed the witchy “Hilly Holbrook” in the successful film translation of The Help, and Bower was picked for the ultra-coveted leading male role in The Mortal Instruments. Finally, Jackson Rathbone’s Girlfriend movie, which prides itself on pioneering the industry with the first leading actor to have Down Syndrome, picked up some speed after winning the Gotham Audience Award.

Twilight stars join Hollywood legends

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are Immortalized in a Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2011 in Hollywood, California

One big achievement for the Twilight Saga‘s leading trio was being immortalized at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. They join an elite few who’ve received this honor, and they’ve thusly become a part of Hollywood history forever. In their various TV appearances surrounding the event, it was clear that they had a hard time believing the fortune of that honor themselves.

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are Immortalized in a Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2011 in Hollywood, California.

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, writer Stephenie Meyer and actor Taylor Lautner attend Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2011 in Hollywood, California.

Twilight Humor

You’ve gotta love it when the Twilight cast participates in a funny or two. This year, there were many. Both Michael Sheen and Elizabeth Reaser did hilariously dramatic readings of Twilight fanfiction, for starters. Whoever thought of getting them to do that was sheer genius. Then, Taylor Lautner did a Funny Or Die sketch on the woes of football fans fearing the perpetual lock out earlier this year. Finally, Peter Facinelli and Nikki Reed teamed up for a ”Wondertwins” sketch series that had us simultaneously laughing and cringing.

Appearances Far and Wide

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson do press interviews at Comic-Con 2011

As with every year, there were tons of Twilight cast appearances in 2011, be they international press tour stops, Comic-Con panels (where some of the cast, by the way, came out to serve breakfast to fans who camped out for the event), the Twilight convention stop in L.A., awards shows, or the Breaking Dawn premieres themselves. It’s always nice to see their smiling faces, right?

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson speak on a BREAKING DAWN panel at Comic-Con 2011

Robert Pattinson displays a new hair-do at Comic-Con 2011

Stephenie Meyer branches out

Premiere Of Summit Entertainment's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" - Red Carpet

With Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer accomplished a first – working as a film producer. It wasn’t her only turn doing that this year, though, as she worked on Austenland, the book-to-film adaptation of her friend Shannon Hale’s novel of the same name. She also appeared on-screen, again, in Breaking Dawn, and the film adaptation of her sci-fi novel The Host gained a few new castmates thanks in part to her work in promoting the film at Cannes. Needless to say, she’s not just the Twilight Saga‘s author anymore. Stephenie Meyer’s gone Hollywood!

Twilight Music Makes a Splash Again

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1 soundtrack releases

Christina Perri performs during "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1" Concert Tour at the Buckhead Theatre on November 7, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia

Between the release of Robert Pattinson’s “Songs from a Room,” Jackson Rathbone taking his 100 Monkeys across the globe, Billy Burke releasing his second music video, and, of course, Breaking Dawn – Part 1‘s soundtrack fitting so nicely with the film, 2011 was another big year in Twilight-related music.

Twilight stars and filmmakers support eachother

One nice thing about the relationships developed within the Twilight Saga is the support they’ve shown eachother when given the opportunity. First, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner showed up to support the premiere of New Moon director Chris Weitz’s A Better Life this summer, and Weitz reciprocated by turning up for Taylor Lautner’s Abduction premiere in the fall. Weitz wasn’t the only one to come along for that – director Bill Condon and co-star Booboo Stewart were there as well. Ashley Greene also had some Breaking Dawn co-star support from Julia Jones and Casey LaBow at the premiere for her filmSkateland.

Anna Kendrick makes a splash with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 50/50

Bryce Dallas Howard occupies the mean girl role in THE HELP

Two new Twilight books join the collection

Stephenie Meyers much-anticipated THE TWILIGHT SAGA: THE OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATED GUIDE finally hits shelves

Yen Press releases TWILIGHT: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOLUME 2 by Young Kim and Stephenie Meyer.

Our Twilight Saga book collection grew a bit this year, as two long-awaited additions were released: The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide and Twilight: The Graphic Novel – Volume 2. We can’t complain about not getting more Twilight reading material this year, now can we?

Breaking Dawn, Breaking Dawn, Breaking Dawn

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1 hits theaters, showing the world the nuptials of Edward and Bella once and for all

The Carolina Herrera-designed wedding dress for Bella in THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1 is finally unveiled.

Of course, inarguably the biggest event of 2011 in Twilight-land was the production and release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. Just over a year ago, the filming process began on it, and already it’s here and tearing up the box office. We all watched as glimpses trickled in from here and there during production, but most of the surprises and best moments of the movie were saved for the big screen. Fan reactions to this installment were overwhelmingly positive, and we were all left thirsty for the final film, which debuts next November 16, 2012.

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Stephenie Meyer’s next book to become a major motion picture finally has a release date! The adaptation of The Host is set to be released on March 29, 2013!

From Deadline Hollywood:

Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 2011 – Open Road Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “The Host,” the big screen adaptation of Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling novel. As previously announced, “The Host” will be directed by Andrew Niccol (“Gattaca”), who also wrote the screenplay, and will star Saoirse Ronan (“Hanna,” “The Lovely Bones,” “Atonement”). Open Road Films has set a March 29, 2013 release date (Easter weekend) for “The Host.”

“The Host” producers are Nick Wechsler, Chockstone Pictures’ Paula Mae Schwartz and Steve Schwartz, and Stephenie Meyer. Marc Butan, Jim Siebel, and Bill Johnson of Inferno Entertainment, which is handling international sales, are executive producers. Claudia Bluemhuber of Silver Reel, which is providing mezzanine financing, is also an executive producer. Roger Schwartz and Lizzy Bradford are co-producers.

Principal photography is scheduled to being in February 2012 in Louisiana and New Mexico, in anticipation of the wide release on March 29, 2013.

“The Host” is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed.

When Melanie, one of the few remaining “wild” humans, is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading “soul” who has been given Melanie’s body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn’t expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.

The Host, published in 2008, was Stephenie Meyer’s highly anticipated follow-up to the wildly popular and acclaimed Twilight series. The book was #1 on The New York Times Bestseller List for 26 weeks. The “Twilight” film franchise, based on Stephenie Meyer’s beloved and best-selling novels, has grossed over $1.4 billion in worldwide box office ticket sales to date.

Regarding Open Road Films, Stephenie Meyer’s stated, “I’m thrilled to be adding another fantastic partner to an already amazing group. Everyone involved has so much passion for the project. It really is a dream team.”

“We are privileged to partner with Stephenie Meyer and the rest of the filmmaking team for the release of ‘The Host,” added Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films. “Nick Wechsler is a terrific producer and a long time friend and we are honored to be working with Nick and Stephenie – and the wonderful minds of Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz – to bring this epic story of hope to the big screen.”

Producers Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz commented, “We are excited about the passion that Tom Ortenberg and Open Road Films has shown for ‘The Host,’ and we think this is a great opportunity to be partnered with AMC and Regal at the beginning of their new joint venture.”

The deal was negotiated on behalf of Open Road Films by Ortenberg, General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Operations and Business Affairs, Elliott Kleinberg, and Senior Vice President of Acquistions Ben Cotner. Rena Ronson of UTA’s Independent Film Group and David Fox of Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Light LLP, along with Philip Strina of Inferno, negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers.

I’m just happy that there will be interesting life after Twilight! I had my concerns…..

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