Taylor Lautner wants comedy with Twilight stars

Twilight is the vampire film that cashed in big on the science fiction trend in Hollywood. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz all became household names as a result of this 2008 fantasy film. Stephenie Meyers is the author of the popular novels from which the movies are based. In this installment, a young girl named Bella (Stewart) is sent to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzling Edward Cullen (Pattinson), whose unlike any boy she's ever met. The two are swept up in a passionate romance, though it's quickly threatened when the Cullens' mortal vampire enemies come to Forks looking for Bella.

November 15th, 2011

Taylor Lautner wants to do a comedy with his 'Twilight' co-stars.

The hunky actor has loved working with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart on the much-loved vampire franchise, but thinks if they did work together in the future it would have to be in a completely different genre of movie.

Speaking on the black carpet at the premiere of 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1' in Los Angeles, Taylor said: "If I did a film again with them, I'd like to do a comedy. A super, super funny movie. I think they're funny, especially when they're together. Our relationships together are quite hilarious so it would be a funny movie, definitely."


Taylor - who has starred in thriller 'Abduction' since completing filming on the series - admits the one thing he will miss the most is the fans.

He said: "The obvious thing to think of is all these fans, them showing up again and again.

"Last year when they came out, they camped out for days. I thought, 'That's amazing. There's no way they'll do it next year.' Sure enough, they did it. It's unbelievable."

Breaking dawn takes 181 million

The fourth and final novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. Divided into three parts, the first and third sections are written from Bella Swan's perspective and the second is written from the perspective of Jacob Black. In Breaking Dawn Part 1, Quileute and the Volturi close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and vampire coven.

 

November 21st, 2011

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1' has taken £181 million globally on its opening weekend.

The fourth instalment in the popular film franchise - which tells the story of vampire Edward Cullen and his human love Bella Swan - more than doubled its £70 million budget and took in £46 million on its Friday (18.11.11) opening.

Even bosses at distributors Summit admitted they were shocked with the popularity of the franchise - which stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart at Edward and Bella - with Richie Fay, head of distribution, remarking: "I'm 53 years old, and I haven't figured it out yet. It relates really to young girls and things that are important to them, their romantic ideas of love and relationships, without getting so physical, at least on screen, that it becomes a worry for their parents."

The takings in the US mean 'Breaking Dawn Part 1' recorded the fifth best opening weekend of all time, as well as the third best-ever single day for Friday.

'Breaking Dawn Part 2', the final film in the franchise will be released next year and director Bill Condon has described it as "epic".

He said: "['Breaking Dawn - Part 1'] is a very, very emotional, romantic story in the first half that gets dark and has elements of a horror movie in it.

"The second one: It is truly the meeting of the vampires from around the world, so it has a really kind of global feeling."

 

Five New Year's resolutions for Hollywood

Mark kindly saves Hollywood the trouble of making its New Year's resolutions by resolving some on its behalf...

As the streamers and confetti are swept away, and the last vestiges of 2011 are lost amidst a thumping hangover, we're now looking at the cold hard light of 2012. The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers and Skyfall are coming within the next 12 months, but then so are American Reunion, Battleship, and Jack and Jill. And The Three Stooges. And The Expendables 2. Dammit, Hollywood!
The main business of celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of the next is in resolving to do things differently. However, any resolutions for Hollywood wouldn't really take effect until at least the end of the year or, more likely, 2013, because of the rate of production. But that's no reason why they should waste another year on stuff like Here Comes The Boom, an MMA comedy that's going to star Kevin bloody James.
With this in mind, here are our suggestions for resolutions that Hollywood could take up in 2012.

1. Coax more directors outside of their comfort zone

Think back to 2011, and some of the work that big-name directors put out there. The Coen brothers made a Western, Kevin Smith made a politically minded grindhouse horror movie, Steven Spielberg made his first animated movie, and Martin Scorsese made a 3D movie for children. All directors we know, doing something they had never tried before.
And if even half of Hollywood's output was as exciting as True Grit, Red State, Tintin and Hugo alone, there could be no reproach to the quality of modern mainstream cinema. While it's entirely possible to find a director is wrong for the material when they try something new, the projects are often more interesting than something similar to their previous work.
Of course, you sometimes get Paul W.S. Anderson's The Three Musketeers, but the opposite, best case scenario would be Guy Ritchie's reboot of , the sequel to which is still playing in cinemas for your enjoyment. Those two films have a style that is completely distinct to any other blockbuster franchise and, more importantly, it's a style that fits the material. If Ritchie can find his niche, who's to say that even less well-regarded directors won't do just as well?

2. Treat the female audience right

Between the Twilight series and the box office success enjoyed by Bridesmaids and The Help last year, there's no longer any excuse for underestimating the female contingent of film fandom. Then again, if we remember how Hollywood works, that's not to say that audiences of women won't be exploited now that they've made themselves noticed.
If you judge Twilight purely on how well it works for its audience, then it's a pretty much perfect series, because critical faculties aren't the first concern when it comes to the whooping sub-genre of young adult supernatural romance. In a market where everything is aimed at getting cash to fall out of teenage boys' pockets, Twilight aims to do the same with girls of the same age.
Another demographic still being short-changed are adults. Grown-up films, for either males, females, or both, are relatively rare compared to the movies which try to work for everybody, but end up just being serviceable enough to attract the teenage dollar.  was a good example of a film marketed principally at women that men enjoyed too, and the film went on to reap the rewards of treating the female audience right.
Going back to that financial point of view, Hollywood will undoubtedly try to mine this rediscovered reserve of box office revenue. To some, that makes Bridesmaids 2 an inevitable, if unnecessary move, but perhaps the failure of Sex and the City 2 suggests that female audiences aren’t always as sequel-happy as men. With the Twilight saga drawing to a close this November, we should hope for more films like The Help, to take its place as viable entertainment for an under-served audience.

3. No film really needs to be longer than 2001: A Space Odyssey

Mark Kermode made this his yardstick for film running times, and it's as good a measure as any. If Stanley Kubrick could chart the whole of human existence, from Neanderthals, all the way beyond the Infinite, to the birth of a whole new species, then your film need not be any longer than the 141 minutes he took.
There are exceptions, though it remains to be seen if certain films in 2012 which will almost definitely cross this line, actually merit an extended runtime. The Dark Knight Rises, for instance, has the mammoth task of concluding Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy in a practical amount of time. But for blockbuster filmmakers who are less disciplined than Nolan, there's a pronounced tendency towards over-long films. Look no further than last year's additions to the Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers and Fast and Furious sagas.
This isn't even a problem limited exclusively to blockbuster movies. Bridesmaids was well within the 141 minute barrier, but it still rambled on a bit too much for my liking. Brevity is the soul of wit, and Bridesmaids, as much as I liked parts of it, wore me out like many films from the Judd Apatow school of part-work comedy filmmaking.
Yes, all films are different, and all have different requirements in terms of how long it takes to tell their story. But if The Hobbit is a 384-page book that apparently takes two films to tell, and Peter Jackson's first instalment, An Unexpected Journey, is even one minute over two hours long, he is officially taking the piss.

4. Introduce quality assurance for 3D

James Cameron, who is still undoubtedly Real-D's biggest proponent, recently raised the idea of introducing a board of classification, like Dolby, that would classify quality stereoscopy. This is his solution to the problems of crappy post-conversions, sub-par projection of 3D, and all of the other minor bugbears that are still holding the technology back from being taken seriously, even two years after Avatar made a big noise with it.
The bottom line is that Real-D 3D was initially taken up as a gimmick to bring audiences back to cinemas, and the inflated ticket prices saw to that much. Before 3D came around, only four films in history had ever crossed the billion dollar milestone at the worldwide box office, and three 3D films managed it last year alone.
But since then, 3D has become available in homes too, with electronics manufacturers trying to hype up the next generation of 3D tellies in the same way as cinema exhibitors are still hocking the plastic glasses. If something that might have brought you out to the cinema is now available at home, then the problem is reiterated, and standards in the cinema must improve.
No problem with 3D is insurmountable, but with the cost of having implemented this currently problematic technology making any ground-level improvements somewhat prohibitive, filmmakers and studios need to start taking 3D seriously if it is to become any kind of norm for audiences. We can't be expected to accept slap-dash post-conversions. On which note--

5. Filmgoers of the world- vote with your wallets

This one goes out to the audience, rather than the studios. If you didn't vote in the last general election, even though the right to vote is universal, you have given up any right to complain about the way that the coalition government is running things. Likewise, you will have no right to complain about Transformers 4 or  Part III, if you paid good money to see the latest instalments.
While the classification of “good” is always subjective, there's no accounting for how a good movie like Warrior, a terrific and underrated film with early awards buzz and broad appeal as a sports film and a family drama, somehow managed to flop upon its release in the US, except for the fact that it apparently wasn't well advertised. Have we now entered that phase of WALL-E, where everything has to be brought to us?
If you're sick of seeing bad movies in the cinema, then read around a movie beforehand. The internet is at your disposal, so you can find out what's playing at your local cinema, find out what films are about, watch trailers, and make an informed decision about whether or not you'll like it. The discovery of the new only happens by looking outside of what is established.
With audiences going to the cinema less frequently, the films that they tend to see are mass-marketed franchise films. If you pay to see those, disliking them afterwards won't do a thing, because you've already rewarded the studios for their troubles. Going to see something that you wouldn't normally see, something that you've gone and sought out yourself, is a pro-active move that you, as a filmgoer, can make. In the year that Battleship comes to the big screen, make sure you remember that.

Twilight's Kristen Stewart twinkles in a white bikini on romantic sea frolic with Robert Pattinson

She's know for being dark and brooding, but  looked white hot in a tiny bikini while taking a beach break with Robert Pattinson.
Newly-released pictures of the couple show them playfully stripped down and swimming together in the ocean in Brazil.
Kristen, 20, looked toned in her bandeau two-piece as she emerged from the water with her wet hair slicked back.

Bikini break:  looks toned as she takes swim with Rob Pattinson while filming the latest Twilight movie

Robert, 24, seemed in very high spirits as the pair cavorted together.
He took a running jump into the water wearing only his underwear.
Clad in a pair of black Calvin Klein boxers, the Twilight star was taking time out from filming Breaking Dawn, the latest instalment in the vampire saga.
As Robert leapt yelling over Kristen's head, she ducked low in the water and grimaced at the oncoming splash from her boyfriend.

Lovers leap: Robert Pattinson takes a running jump over girlfriend  's head as they relax in the pool during a pause in filming

Witnesses also spotted Kristen jumping on Robert's back for a piggyback ride.
The pair were also seen filming steamy kissing scenes on the streets of Rio De Janeiro last month.
Twilight: Breaking Dawn is set for release on Nov 18th, 2011.
In the meantime Kristen fans can see her current film, Welcome To The Riley's, in which she plays an under-age stripper.

Passionate: Kristen and Rob filmed honeymoon scenes that included a kiss on the streets of Rio

 

New trailer for Bel Ami with Robert Pattinson

seems to be creating as much distance as he can between himself and Edward Cullen, by getting up to no good with plenty of Parisian women...

For those of you that thought Bella and Edwards honeymoon shenanigans were a bit of a let-down, you'll be glad to hear that Twilight-alumni is more than making up for his 5-film long chastity in his upcoming film, Bel Ami (some images here).

The pale one stars alongside Christina Ricci, Uma Thurman, and Colm Meaney. Bel Ami tells the tale of an Englishman in Paris, seeking fame and fortune, but finding that his path to success lies in the city's influential women.

It sounds like the perfect opportunity for Pattinson to send up his ridiculous celebrity status, a position he seems to find incredibly uncomfortable. The actor is making some smart choices post-Twilight, so let's see if this helps him break out of the tween market.

First poster for Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1

 

Summit release first poster for Twilight:  Part 1 (and it looks like your nan's screensaver)

Summit Entertainment have released a very, umm, literal teaser poster for the first instalment of the next Twilight adaptation, . As you can see, it’s a photo of dawn, you know, breaking.

Now call me old fashioned, but I like my movie posters a bit more Scarface than Windows 95 screensaver. My first thoughts on seeing it were that if only a leaping dolphin had been included, it’s exactly the kind of thing that would have graced the bedroom wall of 11 year old me, which led to an 'oh yeah' moment of realisation. This poster isn’t supposed to tease grown ups, it’s teasing twihards, and in all its pretty, dawn-breaky nothingness, it's probably just fine.

Bella and Edward get all wet in new pictures for Breaking Dawn: Part 1

 

A spot of swimming, followed by chess for our favourite vampy couple...

Entertainment Weekly have revealed three new images from the greatly anticipated penultimate instalment of the  saga, . They're pretty standard, but this time instead of Taylor Lautner's Jacob, it's the happy couple who're getting all wet and steaming. Catnip for fans of the series, we think.

After all that post-marital vampire canoodling, it seems they fancied a game of chess. This is probably some naval-gazing emo metaphor for eternal love, or something. All we know is that  is wearing extremely little shorts. They might even be knickers, the saucy minx. It seems all bets are off now.
And if we needed further proof they were gonna be getting it on this time, we get a shot of a worried (and preggers) Bella, hopefully on the phone to a divorce court.
The fun begins on 18th November in the UK. See you there.

Kristen Stewart offered Akira role

She can be seen conquering the box-office this weekend, but could  have another high-profile gig coming up?

Flavour of the month as she is, with the release of her all-conquering franchise instalment Twilight: Part I and
a very nice trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman, there's another bit of news regarding Kristen Stewart, for something equally high profile. What happened to that little girl in Panic Room, eh?
The Akira remake has attracted a wave of criticism, but they sure are taking care to line-up an A-list cast. Offers have already gone out to Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter and Keira Knightley, and now they're seeking the considerable pulling power of Bella Swan herself.
Stewart has been offered the female lead role of Kei in the project, which is being led by director . The character is a member of the underground terrorist organisation and the main love interest for Kaneda. She's been quite subordinate in past interpretations, but with Stewart in the role I doubt she'll remain that way.
The actress is currently in advanced talks.

Kristen Stewart vehicle drops Kristen Stewart

K-11 loses  for her brother. Awkward...

K-Stew is more famous for her love life than anything else
these days, but her family has just been thrown into the spotlight with the news that she’s been dropped from her mother’s debut film, only to be replaced by her brother, .
K-11 will centre on life in a section of L.A. County Jail reserved only for homosexuals. It was rumoured that Kristen would be playing a transgender character, but with her Twilight role and an upcoming part in , maybe her agent thought it could mess with her clean image.
The film’s been in development for two years with her in mind, and has also lost Nikki Reed from the cast. Portia Doubleday, Coran Visnjic and D.B. Sweeney are now set to star alongside C-Stew (can we call him that now?).

Hunger Games stars give their best ‘sullen’ looks in new image

There's something vaguely familiar about this new promo shot for The Hunger Games...

Is this the new ? This newly released image from The Hunger Games certainly wants you to think so, as Jennifer Lawrence,  and  do their best impressions of Bella, Edward and Jacob.
Gary Ross has directed the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ popular novel series, also starring Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz,
Stanley Tucci and Woody Harrelson. It’s a dystopic science-fiction story, as young teens have to take part in a twisted reality show, where to win you have to be the last living survivor.
The Hunger Games is released in the UK on March 23^rd 2012.

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 review

Riddled with the same problems which have plagued the earlier films, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 does little to convince Mark to come back for Part 2...

This might seem an odd place to start, but I was struck by the unusual end credits of Breaking Dawn Part 1. A sudden cut to sans-serif lettering and blaring rock music, reminiscent of the ending of Watchmen, might have fazed me, if it hadn't been prefaced by a two-hour salvo of WTF-ing hysteria.

For one thing, it confirms that David Slade's Eclipse, the previous instalment in the Twilight saga, is highly likely to be as good as the series will ever get. If you don't care about the series by now, you never will, but Breaking Dawn Part 1 is definitely the point at which you'll be left behind if you don't really, really want to know how it all wraps up.

With respect to fans of the films who aren't into Stephanie Meyer's execrable novels, it's only fair to recommend that you wait until after you've seen it before reading any more of this review. The film is pretty critic-proof, and if you already have your mind made up to see this, nothing I can say will influence you. Then again, perhaps you should be warned, that this is the one where the series takes a long walk off a short pier, into the depths of Gothic romance and body horror.

Having endlessly deliberated for the previous
three films, and simultaneously teased poor Jacob the werewolf (Taylor Lautner) beyond endurance, Bella (Kristen Stewart) finally ties the knot with Edward ( ) at the outset of Breaking Dawn Part 1. The first hour of the American fashion movies 2012 is something of a roll call for the series regulars, after which, Bella effectively says goodbye to her old life, and prepares herself to become a vampire.

However, the honeymoon comes first, and a halting attempt on Edward's part to take her virginity. The experience is sufficiently rough on a compliant Bella that it turns him off having sex again before she's turned. But seeing as how contraception apparently doesn't exist in the Twilight zone, matters are further complicated by Bella unexpecte
dly becoming pregnant with a vampire-human hybrid.

It becomes apparent that Bella's human frame is too fragile to carry the baby to full term, and the foetus actually prevents the possibility of a safe conversion. Despite getting weaker and weaker, Bella decides not to abort the baby, which invokes the wrath of Jacob's wolf-pack. Nobody seems quite certain about what kind of abomination will be delivered, but they're sure as hell going to fight over it.

As with Eclipse, the plot sounds so much better when you just describe it out of context. But the problem staples of the series are all here, and are somewhat intensified by the escalation of events. 's screen time feels lesser here than in the previous films, and it coincides with Bella's ultimate transition from a formless personality to an inactive object.

Bella Swan is a character onto whom female readers can project, seeming to have deliberately been left vague over the course of these films as she digs her way into deeper trouble with her supernatural suitors. And apparently, the most valuable thing about her, as far as the plot is concerned, was her virginity.

Think about what that says, for a moment. Meyer's books, which have promoted abstinence all along, basically go so far as to say that even once you're married, having sex will ruin your life. The most diabolical thing comes out of Edward's reaction, which is basically of disgust. He outright blames Bella for the fact that he obviously didn't realise how his penis worked, and she dotingly apologises.

The series which has, all along, embedded messages that stalking and emotional domineering is just more loving than your average bloke, is now outright portraying a relationship in which a woman accepts sole guilt for a stupid mistake they shared together. Incidentally, that seems to be all they've really shared in three films. How, after three films of blue-balled caution and abstinence, did they fuck up this badly?

If these problems reach their apex in Breaking Dawn Part 1, it's not like they weren't there all along. These are the reasons why Twilight should be derided, and it's too often derided by people who haven't bothered to watch these films, in a way that is unfair to the fans. It's easy to like the idea that women have made this franchise successful, voting with their cash to see more of this kind of thing, in a market that's dominated by the deadening succession of Michael Bay movies, and the titillation of 13-year-old boys.

But I think the worst thing about the film is probably that, to the unprepared fan, its running jump into sometimes surreal Gothic set-pieces might feel like the filmmakers joining in on the joke. Even amongst fans of the books, Breaking Dawn is regarded as the point where Meyer went a little doo-lally, and with the same bottom-clenching sincerity that typified the first three films, it lapses into self-parody far too often.

For someone free of such attachments, but with at least a working tolerance of Twilight, the gothic elements hold much enjoyment, not all from unintentional hilarity. The film culminates with some of the most visceral body horror you'll ever see in a 12A certificate film. Having shown so little of Bella's deflowering, it's doubly surprising that they go as far as they do with the gore. Without giving too much away, it makes the comically OTT labour scene in Knocked Out look like the stork delivery from Dumbo.

Elsewhere, the early wedding scenes bring out the best supporting elements of the series so far, particularly Billy Burke, as Bella's long-suffering dad, Charlie, and Anna Kendrick, as snarky high-schooler Jessica. These two repeatedly outshine the leaden leads, bringing much warmth to otherwise thankless roles.

While it goes without saying that there's no obvious reason for following Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows in splitting Breaking Dawn into two movies, the first hour is at least as consistently good as Eclipse, before it all goes south with the reprehensible treatment of the pregnancy plot. But really, Breaking Dawn Part 1 feels like it might as easily have been the ending to the series, rather than the first of a two-part story.

I felt similarly about Eclipse, and but I can't deny that this has some of the series' best moments, along with some of its worst. Sparse threads are woven to suggest what Part 2 might hold, next November. For instance, two new Cullen cousins, played by Maggie Grace and MyAnna Buring, appear in the film for as long as it takes to establish that they'll play into the final instalment, and then completely disappear.

And, I suppose, there's the looming spectre of Michael Sheen and his coven of vampire royalty, who arrive far too late to the party in Part 1. If there's any reason to see Part 2, except out of morbid curiosity to see what else is left to be done, it's to see more of Sheen getting away with camping it up, and so obviously enjoying it.

But if the over-arching idea behind the saga is to portray a teenage romance that is blown up to epic proportions by supernatural elements in the Gothic tradition, the logical way to do it would be to ground the characters and give them some sense of self-awareness. If you haven't gotten it by now, Breaking Dawn Part 1 irrevocably establishes that the reality check is never going to come.

Its foray into body horror is technically impressive and surprisingly grisly, but only so far as to mask the really nasty stuff- the increasingly ignoble gender politics. Happily, the more ridiculous elements probably break the spell before any real damage is done to anyone's feelings.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)

Breaking Dawn was the best novel in the Twilight series penned by Stephanie Mayer and as I found out a little while ago Twilight Sage - Breaking Dawn Part-I might be the best movie of the lot till date. The hallmark of Twilight series is the simplicity of the plot with a great emphasis on romance, and with generous bits of vampires and werewolves thrown in together. As a Harry Potter aficionado I at first didn't like the overtly simple tone of the novels (I still think Twilight would have turned into a work of art had a writer of J.K Rowling's caliber worked on it)but the intrigues of the Bella, Edward and Jacob trinity finally roped me in.

As any reader would know the movie starts with Bella and Edward getting married. I have seen a lot of movie weddings but I think this one would take the cake. The wedding scenes were simply spectacular and so was the locales selected for shooting. I could see the ladies in the theater practically drooling as the sight of such magnificence. Its a girl's dream come true - marrying the man of their dreams in a fantasy wedding and honeymoon and getting an awesome family too - At 18??. Which girl doesn't dream of it (or so my wife says).

Then the drama started. The kids did some acting for a change. I am not saying that I saw Brando,Pacino and Hepburn in action here but given the storyline and tween premise of the movie I would say they did well. Lets give them credit. They have been playing these characters for a while now. Anyway, I wouldn't give away the story as I am sure a lot of non-readers would be watching the movie so I ask them to go and find out for themselves. Anybody can sense that part two will be a lot more action packed as I think the book envisages a Deathly Hallows and The Return of the King kind of finale. Its not in the 'Godfather' category but I'm sure even non-fans will not begrudge some praise for this one. Its a couple of hours of solid entertainment(even in the mid-east with heavy editing). So go and watch it.


16 November 2011 | by Samrat Raychaudhuri (Oman)  

Twilight 2008 (Novel)

Twilight is a young adult vampire-romance novel written by author Stephenie Meyer. It was originally published in hardcover in 2005. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan who moves from Phoenix, Arizona, to Forks, Washington, and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. The novel is followed by New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.

Isabella "Bella" Swan moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie. She chooses to do this so that her mother, Renée, can travel with her new husband, Phil Dwyer, who is a minor league baseball player. Bella attracts much attention at her new school and is quickly befriended by several students. Much to her dismay, several boys in the school compete for shy Bella's attention.
When Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in class on her first day of school, Edward seems utterly repulsed by her. After tricking a family friend, Jacob Black, into telling her local tribal legends, Bella concludes that Edward and his family are vampires who drink the blood of animals, not humans. Edward reveals that he initially avoided Bella because the scent of her blood was so desirable to him. Over time, Edward and Bella fall in love.
Their relationship is thrown into chaos when another vampire coven sweeps into Forks and James, a tracker vampire, decides that he wants to hunt Bella for sport. The Cullens plan to distract the tracker by splitting up Bella and Edward, and Bella is sent to hide in a hotel in Phoenix. Bella then gets a phone call from James in which he says that he has her mother, and that Bella must give herself up to save her. She does so and James attacks her, but Edward, along with the rest of the Cullen family, rescues Bella before James can kill her. Once they realize that James has bitten Bella's hand, Edward sucks the venom out of her system before it can spread and change her into a vampire. Upon returning to Forks, Bella and Edward attend their prom and Bella expresses her desire to become a vampire, which Edward refuses to let happen.

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