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?
100/10
*jaw is dropped*
they look amazing! i love it! and edward *sighs*
this is fantastic.
I like it...
I really really like it.
Amazing, it really is everything that i could hope for. Urgh! Dec. is sooo far away. T_T
-kinsey
1- Edward is at an awkward angle. No one stands at that angle.
2- Edward looks 10 feet tall. This is probably can be attributed to the angle.
3- The photoshopping on Edward's eyes is just TOO much.
This is just my opinions as a photographer. I hope this isn't the "final" product . . .
Please give Larry a raise.
Love,
Deja
its very beautiful and it looks like a lot of work has gone into it.
however i wish they were actually looking AT each other instead of AROUND each other..lol
thanks MTV for this awesome pic!
But it does look a little wierd... and I'm not talking about the Photoshoping part... I mean the way they are framed... they look awkward, well actually the postion that Edward (Rob) is in... But other then that whoooo!!!
It took my breath away!!!
However, I would like to say:
Give me some more Edward please.
:]
Did i mentioned I LOVED IT!?!?
finally we have a movie poster!! they both look so cute!! i just caint wait till da real trailer comes out!!!
this is amazing
im fricking amazed
i love it
love like A LOT
its great
that is all.
It really unnerves me to see how... dismissive some of my fellow Twilighters can be. I mean, not everything is going to be as we imagined it, unless we were to do it ourselves. So why not just be accepting of it and enjoy the fact that this story that we love (and are OBSESSED with) is being brought to the big screen! And even if you end up hating it, we still have the AMAZING books to fall back on!! :)
This is exactly how I imagined the poster to be centered around, Bella and Edward definitely. Lawrence definitely knows his stuff I have to admit that whole heartedly. I can't wait to see the future posters, but I will say this, this poster will be in my heart forever as one of my favorites. It's perfect for Twilight and hopefully the way they look in the trailer and the posters is how good they can actually act on screen. I saw the trailer and Robert didn't get anything good. I would have to say he ain't perfect but worth every penny I'm going to spend to go see it like a billion times.
Thanks Larry for keeping us in the know! :)