Like Edward Cullen eyeballing a deer in the middle of the woods, you can be forgiven if you drool a bit while looking at the first official “Twilight” poster. It’s an MTV exclusive, it’s a thing of beauty, and it was photographed by 18-year-old wunderkind Joey Lawrence.
You can read our interview with Joey over on the MTV Movies page, but here’s an extra-juicy bit of news: Lawrence has signed on to shoot all the posters for “Twilight.” When I was on the set recently, virtually everyone I spoke with brought up plans for sequels, and if those dreams come true Joey would likely return as well. (Click the poster for the high-rez version!)
“Yeah,” he told us recently, swinging by our Santa Monica offices. “I’ll be doing all the next movies.”
Lawrence knew that the first poster had to focus on the key relationship of Edward and Bella, and said he’d like to keep the subsequent images focused on the characters and their couplings.
“I think they’ll probably be keeping the mood pretty dark and edgy still,” he said of his plan. “I’ve read the first script, and I know what happens in the next books just from talking to the actors, so the mood might change a little bit, but the style will stay the same.”
Lawrence also revealed that he’s been meeting with “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke, so that they can synchronize their overall plan.
“I think it’s going to be interesting with her,” insisted Lawrence, who hopes to become a director himself someday. “When I read the script, I realized this is not her kind of movie. Because she’s done like ‘Lords of Dogtown’ and ‘Thirteen,’ so when I read the script I was kind of like, ‘That’s a vampire movie,’ but then to find out that she was doing something with it, I think it’s going to be different than just a normal kind of teenage love story. I think it might be interesting to see.”
We’d expect nothing less, right Twilighters? I want to read the thoughts of each and every one of you (and believe me, we all do!), so here’s your TT question of the week: Is the poster, better, worse, or exactly as you imagined? What, if anything, would you have done differently than Joey?
I scream everytime i take a look at this poster!! Sigh, i'm longing to be her!!! ITS SO PERFECT!!!
Edward's face does look like marble and unrealistic, while Bella is just as I had imagined her!! she is the epitome of what I saw in my mind as i read the book!! GREAT JOB!!
completly in love with those books...
A great actor (with beautiful eyes... ^^)
Bye !
i cant wait to see it. december is to far away
Edward doesn't look connected with Bella. It's like they aren't together; like they had seperate pictures.
I agree that they should have been looking at each other and that there are more attractive angles to Rob's face.
Sorry!
Good, though, is how they got the message of the books across. Bella's clinging to Edward, holding onto him tightly. She's saying how much she needs him, that he's just as important as air or water. And Edward's eyes are very nice, though they're a bit... shall we say, halloween-ish, with the whole glowing thing. He looks like he's about to jump in front of a bus for her or jump out and attack someone. One thing, though, is that you can't really tell his hair color well--the light makes it look a bit gray.
All in all, good job.
They could both be looking at each other, but I like the way it shows that Edward has to concentrate on keeping Bella safe and that does not always have to do with what Bella is doing at the moment. But it is really good.
SO in the end I posted two of my same opinions with different usernames, sorry
I CANT WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE!!!!
I guess Edward could never really be portrayed in real life the way he's supposed to be in the book since it's going to be a human actor after all...
Nonetheless, this is amazing
Edward is gorgeous, Bella is just right and I can't wait for the movie
Robert fits the part exactly!
Awesome work! :D
All i can say is "oh how i wish i could be the one to be with Edward!!!"
Nice job on the poster! :)
XOXOX
.ABSOLUTLY.AMAZING.
The shot is gorgeous, and just better than I had hoped for! Both Robert and Kristin have excuecuted the body language perfectly, in my opinion, and the facial expressions are amazing. Robert's eyes are incredible!
Amazing amazing job!