Remember Me Podcast With Robert Pattinson
This just in from Summit Entertainment:
“We’ve got something really special & unique to share with you today. Rob Pattinson sat down with the filmmakers of REMEMBER ME — Allen Coulter (director), Nick Osborne (producer) and Will Fetters (writer) for a long form candid chat about the film and working together.
The “Rob Pattinson & Filmmaker Chat” will be rolled out in 3 parts, available on iTunes, as an audio podcast which can be found here –
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/remember-me/id359811752Rob and the filmmakers share revealing insights into the genesis of the film (Part 1), the character of Tyler (Part 2) and the chemistry between Rob and his co-stars Emilie de Ravin and Ruby Jerins (Part 3), who plays his little sister in the film. Part 1 is now available — look out for the next installments in the coming days.”
Anna Kendrick Gains a New Co-star
James McAvoy has had to drop out of “I’m With Cancer”, costarring Anna Kendrick. He’s been replaced by (500) Days of Summer actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Last August, James McAvoy signed on to star in the formerly titled “I’m With Cancer,” a comedy co-starring Seth Rogen about a 25-year-old battling cancer. MTV News has exclusively learned that McAvoy has dropped out of the film after shooting began and that he has been replaced with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.A source close to the production tells us that McAvoy dropped out this week for personal reasons and that producers have locked Gordon-Levitt to step into the role. Shooting on the film, which began last month in Vancouver, has temporarily ceased and will resume the week of March 8. MTV has reached out to Summit Entertainment, and they’ve now confirmed the casting move.
Rogen said in a statement: “It’s incredibly unfortunate that circumstances outside of everyone’s control have taken James away from the project, but, with James’s blessing, we were able to have Joseph step in to take on the [lead] role of Adam. We all look forward to working with James in the future.”
McAvoy’s role as the cancer-stricken twentysomething had been touted as the actor’s first high-profile one following the success of 2008’s “Wanted.” The film is based on the true experiences of screenwriter Will Reiser, who successfully waged his own battle with cancer in his 20s. Rogen is producing with his writing partner Evan Goldberg. The movie co-stars Anna Kendrick and Bryce Dallas Howard.
“‘I’m with Cancer’ is a very personal story, about what happened to our friend for the most part,” Rogen told MTV News last summer. “So we didn’t really need much added insight into that. I was there with [Reiser] as he experienced a lot of it.”
Summit Replaces Eclipse Editor
EW.com is reporting that Summit has replaced Att Jones as editor of Eclipse and has put Nancy Richardson, the editor of the original Twilight, in his place.
Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the uber-successful Twilight series, confirmed this morning that it has replaced Eclipse editor Art Jones with Nancy Richardson, the editor of Catherine Hardwicke’s original Twilight film. The studio is not placing blame on Jones, who previously worked with Eclipse director David Slade on his horror film 30 Days of Night as well as Slade’s Ellen Page-starrer Hard Candy. They do believe, however, that Slade’s material – which they call “very good” – needed a stronger edit. The studio has more confidence in Richardson, who they say understands the emotion of the characters and is an ace at balancing action with the other elements of the film.
Richardson recently completed Miley Cyrus’ upcoming romantic drama The Last Song. Eclipse is scheduled to debut on June 30.
Summit Sued By New Moon Script Finder
The folks over at Twilight Lexicon have a very interesting post about Casey Ray, the woman who found both a New Moon script and a Remember Me script in the dumpster in St. Louis.
Roughly a year ago Casey Ray, a St. Louis area hairdresser, found Anna Kendrick’s watermarked New Moon script in a dumpster outside a hotel where Anna had been staying while she shot Up in the Air With George Clooney and crew. Additionally she found another unwatermarked script entitled “Memoirs” at the same location. Memoirs was the original title for Remember Me.
“When Ray found the scripts, she considered leaking them to a national tabloid but decided against it, said her lawyer, Al Watkins.
“My client didn’t really want to get paid,” he said, but she was interested in hanging onto the scripts as collector’s items.
Watkins helped her return them to Los Angeles-based Summit Entertainment LLC, the studio making the movies. He said the studio invited Ray to premieres for the two films, and will certify the scripts as authentic after the movies are released.
“Summit doesn’t comment on any of the deals it does,” Summit spokesman Paul Pflug said. But he added, “We thank Ms. Ray for doing the right thing.”
MSNBC has a good outline of what happened here.
Then several months later, Casey Ray complained to TMZ that it was going to cost her over $1,200 in travel expenses to attend the New Moon premiere and after party. As part of her deal she was able to attend both events, walk down the read carpet, and get a script signed by the entire cast, but travel expenses were never included.
“Casey Ray tells TMZ she’s grateful Summit Entertainment coughed up two tickets to the film’s L.A. premiere and after party on November 16 — but the cost of traveling expenses is biting her in the behind.
Ray says the round-trip tickets for her and her niece cost $1,200 — plus another bundle to pay for a hotel and whatever other expenses the duo happens to rack up.
We spoke to a rep for Summit who says Ray’s complaint comes as a complete surprise. The rep said Ray had no problems with the reward package — which also includes a walk down the red carpet and a signed copy of the script by the movie’s lead actors — when she agreed on it back in May … and Summit hasn’t heard a peep from Ray since.”
EDITED:(Just found more to the story, read below) Al Watkins, Casey Ray’s attorney, denies the TMZ story and sheds more light on his client’s frame of mind:
“”Casey and I told them that we would have loved it if Summit had paid for her flight and hotel, but that was never part of the deal,” Watkins tells Daily RFT. “They just took that one part of our conversation and ran with it.”
Watkins adds that part of the deal with Summit has Ray receiving a copy of the script signed by the actors in the film, which could net thousands of dollars at auction.
“It was a very fair deal,” he says.
But what was Ray — a hairdresser with Salon K in the Delmar Loop — doing in the hotel’s garbage to begin with?
“She was waiting for her boyfriend and just killing time,” explains Watkins. “She’s a Dumpster diver. Look, I’m not going to judge her hobby. She opened the bin and the script was lying there right on top. It’s not like she was inside the Dumpster rummaging through the garbage — though I’m not saying she wouldn’t do such a thing.”
Read the rest on the Riverfront Times. There is also a photogallery of Casey Ray having her photo taken with Melissa Rosenberg, Alex Meraz, and Charlie Bewley at what appears to be the red carpet and the after party.
Now apparently instead of attending the Remember Me premiere personally, Casey Ray tried to auction off her premiere tickets and after party attendance on EBAY. According to correspondence made public via court papers Summit discovered the auction and advised Casey Ray that the items as per their agreement were non-transferable, however Ray’s attorney thinks they are. It then looked like they tried to reach a compromise settlement, which evidently failed, and now there’s a lawsuit.
St. Louis Today has the details. as does the St. Louis Business Journal.
Unless they settle this out of court it’s unlikely that this will be resolved before the Remember Me Premiere which takes place this Monday in New York. It’s all going to come down to contract law and the written agreements. What do you think about the only certain thing here which is, in our opinion, what a mess!
Summit Buys Rights to ‘I’m With Cancer’
Anna Kendrick had signed on to star in a film called I’m with Cancer, which also stars James McAvoy and Seth Rogan. It was just announced that Summit Entertainment will be distributing the film, and fellow Twilight Saga actress Bryce Dallas Howard will also be joining the cast. The film is set to begin filming this month in Vancouver, BC.
Summit Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to an untitled comedy starring Seth Rogen and James McAvoy from Mandate Pictures, Summit announced on Tuesday. Formerly called “I’m With Cancer,” the movie also stars Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick and Bryce Dallas Howard.
Jonathan Levine (”The Wackness”) will direct a script penned by Will Reiser.
No word on the plot, although it’s supposed to be a comedy in the “bittersweet” vein — one the company says deals with “friendship, love, and survival.”
“It’s rare to find a script that has you laughing and crying in equal measure, or a cast and director as perfectly suited to get the tone of this unique and moving film as perfectly right,” Erik Feig, Summit’s president of production, said in a statement.
The project will be produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Ben Karlin. Reiser is executive producing along with Mandate Pictures’ president Nathan Kahane.
Filming will begin principal photography this month in Vancouver.
International sales will be handled by Lionsgate at the European Film Market in Berlin, which starts Thursday.
Rob Answers ‘Remember Me’ Question #1
January 29, 2010 by Sara
Filed under Interviews, News, Videos
This just in from Summit:
We’ve released the first video in a series of fan video Q&As from Rob Pattinson called “Ask Rob.” Last month we asked fans of the REMEMBER ME Facebook page to submit questions to Rob Pattinson and he answered select questions via video. Over the next few weeks we will roll out the “Ask Rob” videos on the REMEMBER ME Facebook page.
In the first video Rob responds to a question about what drew him to the role/script.
‘Twilight In Forks’ Available for Pre-Order
The Forks, Washington, documentary called Twilight in Forks: The Saga of a Real Town, will be available on DVD on March 20! You can pre-order it here at Amazon.
Lainey Gossip Discusses More ‘Breaking Dawn’ Rumors
Lainey Gossip has more Breaking Dawn rumors to share with us. She apparently has the inside scoop on the status of Breaking Dawn being filmed in Vancouver-
Some non-romance related updates for you Twi-Hards, this has to do with shooting location in response to the daily flurry of emails I receive for production information related to the 4th and possibly 5th movie(s).
You’ll recall I was the first to report that due to provincial tax credit drama and competing incentives, Portland became a more viable location. Despite reports elsewhere, as of this weekend, no final decision has been made. Having said that, Vancouver remains Summit’s first choice even though the tax credit situation has yet to be sorted.
My sources tell me exclusively Summit representatives met with the BC government just before Christmas to see if a favourable arrangement could be worked out. That meeting concluded with NO commitments from government officials who explained that they were not prepared to look at any new tax structure until after the Olympics. Summit was hoping to make a decision sooner.
Further, many crew members who worked on Twilight New Moon and Eclipse are now working on the new Fox show Human Target (shot in Vancouver) which enjoyed a solid debut the other night. As of two days ago, those crew members have not been informed of any movement to go back to Twilight. Yet.
There’s been some buzz among certain local special effects firms that a contract is coming, anticipating a June start date. The timing is encouraging for those lobbying for a Twilight return. This would allow for 3 months of prep before principle photography in September. So it looks promising… but there are still many variables at play. Will keep you posted.
Source: Lainey Gossip
Dakota Fanning in a New Summit Movie?
Dakota Fanning is currently in talks to star in If I Stay, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and produced by Summit Entertainment!
Dakota Fanning may be taking the lead role in Summit Entertainment’s If I Stay for Catherine Hardwicke, the director who started the Twilight saga that now generates paychecks for Fanning.
Pajiba’s source says the 15-year-old actress is in negotiations to star as Mia Hill, a young woman who gets into a car accident and goes through an out of body experience while in a coma.
Another Project With Taylor Lautner and Summit Entertainment?
It appears that film studio Summit Entertainment has enjoyed working with The Twilight Saga: New Moon star Taylor Lautner.
At least that’s what it would seem like after the news that Variety has just announced.
According to them, Lautner and Summit will be teaming up once again for another project “that is best described as a teen-aged Taken meets Die Hard,” a consequence of Lautner’s affinity for Taken and his interest in doing similar films.
Summit Entertainment producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen are teaming up with Lautner’s father, Dan Lautner, to produce the untitled script (by Eric Champnella and Grant Thompson) under their new company Tailor Made Entertainment.
According to Godfrey, Lautner’s forthcoming work in Max Steel isn’t the only action flick he’s qualified and ready to do, and they “wanted to continue working with Taylor and feel he’s got the chops to become a big action star.”
Read more HERE
Eclipse to Be Released in IMAX!!
Summit Entertainment announced via the official Twilight twitter that Eclipse will be appearing on IMAX screens along with normal theater screenings on June 30, 2010. YES!!!
Collider has the official press release:
“Twilight moviegoers will have a whole new way to experience this next installment of the series, with the enhanced image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience putting them IN the movie,” said Richie Fay, Summit Entertainment’s President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution. “The IMAX release puts us on the event film calendar for 2010, and we’re very excited to work with IMAX to bring a new kind of film to the IMAX theatre network.”
“Our 2010 film slate continues to fill out with strong titles, and a film from this incredible franchise is a very welcome addition,” said IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. “This title fills a valuable spot in our 2010 summer release window, and will no doubt thrill IMAX audiences.”
“We’re very excited to work with our new partners at Summit Entertainment to transport the very loyal and enthusiastic Twilight fans into the world of the Volturi via The IMAX Experience,” added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “With our growing theatre network, we’re poised to take advantage of the rapidly growing fan-base devoted to this dynamic, cutting edge series.”
Summit Teaming Up With Brad Pitt in ‘Vlad’
Summit Entertainment has a new vampire movie in the works which would star actor Brad Pitt. Check it out:
Summit Entertainment, distribution company for Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, is reportedly teaming up with Brad Pitt for a film entitledVlad, a Dracula-esque picture.
According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Index, Pitt will assume a producer role for the picture which is written by Charlie Hunnam. The film promises, according to the report, to be a much darker take on the vampire genre than the studio’s Twilight saga films.
Variety Discusses Breaking Dawn Issues
Variety just posted an article about Summit Entertainment’s Breaking Dawn dilemmas. These include splitting the book into 2 separate movies and re-negotiating contracts. Check it out -
The two-week $481 million worldwide gross of “New Moon” has vaulted Summit Entertainment into the big leagues, but it also has created a high-class challenge for toppers Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger.
They will likely have to cut a few big checks if they decided, as rumored, to split Stephenie Meyer’s final “Twilight” novel, “Breaking Dawn,” into two pictures. Sources said Summit has set Melissa Rosenberg — who wrote the first three films — to finish the series, but Summit has to clear several hurdles before Rosenberg learns how many more scripts she’ll write.
One of those hurdles is figuring out whether “New Moon” director Chris Weitz will respond favorably to overtures from the film company and the cast to shoot two more films, back to back.
Summit execs would not comment, but multiple sources said the company wants to go the two-film route, which means reopening negotiations and securing approval from the author. It also means making new deals with a principal cast that is only locked up for four films. If “Breaking Dawn” becomes two pictures, all of the key cast members will get fat raises, and the three principals — Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner — could land paydays in the eight-figure range.
Read more HERE
LA Times-What New Moon Means for Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment isn’t a ginormous movie studio likeWarner Brothers, New Line, or Disney. This is good because the studio really knows the material and wants it to be true to source. They aren’t churning out a zillion projects a year where quality is lost to quantity. On the other hand, small studio means less people all doing triple duty on everything from PR to rights acquisition. There’s no one to fall back on in the crunch time. So what does having a blockbuster like the Twilight Saga mean for Summit? The LA Times explores the issues of indie success.
“Summit’s runaway success with “Twilight” is a very big deal, since — like ‘em or not — franchises provide the building blocks for the modern movie business. With them, a studio has the money in the bank (as well as the blockbuster in the can) to help survive a lean year or a couple of costly flops. You never see any of the top execs at Warners crawling out on a high ledge, preparing to jump when the studio is pulverized by a disaster like “Poseidon” or “Speed Racer” or “Body of Lies.” That’s because Warners always has another “Harry Potter” or “Batman” saga sitting on the pad, preparing to launch into the box-office stratosphere. Ditto for Sony with “Spider-Man,” Paramount with “Star Trek” or Disney with “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
Breaking Dawn Movie News??
Earlier today a video hit the web from the premiere passing on a rumor thatBreaking Dawn is not only confirmed to be coming to the big screen, but that it will also be two films (check out the video here).
However according to Summit Entertainment, no information regarding aBreaking Dawn film has been confirmed. Read their official statement below:
Summit Entertainment looks forward to bringing “Breaking Dawn” to the big screenbut at this point any additional information is premature.
So I guess we’ll have to keep waiting until we get some official confirmation!
