With a new director, a new level of fame for stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and a new set of washboard abs for Taylor Lautner, the second film in the Twilight series, due Nov. 20, promises even more swooning-opportunities for its fans. This week’s double issue of Entertainment Weekly places Stewart and Lautner on the cover, while revealing secrets from the New Moon set inside.
New Moon, a far different beast than Twilight, is steeped in heartbreak, focusing on the recovery Bella (Stewart) undergoes after Edward (Pattinson) breaks her heart and her new feelings for her friend Jacob (Lautner). Pattinson couldn’t be happier with his downsized role: “It was a stress-free job for three months,” says the actor. “All the pressure was on Taylor.”
There were some minicontroversies surrounding the set – director Chris Weitz replaced Twilight helmer Catherine Hardwicke, Lautner had to publicly campaign to keep the role of Jacob, and actress Rachelle Lefevre was replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard for the soon-to-be-shot third film in the series. Lautner ultimately secured the spot thanks in part to Stewart. “It’s completely understandable why they wanted to make sure he was right,” says the actress. “He was so young, 16, so I got it. But I knew he had [to do] it. Just because of how I felt around him.” And how did the Bella-Jacob best-friend chemistry play out on set? “We have that relationship,” she says. “It’s lamely cute.”
Taylor trained hard to bulk up for the role of the budding werewolf. “My body fat got so low that we actually needed to increase it a little bit,” he says. “My trainer would be like, ‘Go have a huge milk shake just so I can get a thousand calories into your body.’”
Stewart thinks the new film will be beefier, too: “[Making Twilight] was much more of a fight,” she says. “We needed to make something commercial but stay true to the book. We didn’t have enough money. It was all very impulsive, and that’s what I love about that movie…But I think New Moon is gonna be even better.”
For more on New Moon, check out our feature story and the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands Aug 14. And check back here tomorrow for exclusive photos from our shoot.
PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN WATTS
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You have got to be kidding me.
are you really shocked???
Honestly… I am! I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to see Twilight on the cover yet again. But it was just 2 weeks ago!
lol they deleted my last comment – i guess there was just too much vitriol for their taste…
LOL I’m surprised half of mine don’t get deleted. Twi-tards are sensitive.
I thoughht I told you to take a hike. Seriously your like a bad smell that won’t go away. Shoo.
I think you mean “you’re.” Idiot.
EW has officially became “Twilight Fan Magazine with Some Mentions of Actual Good Entertainment”
gross.
Please sombody has to be stopping these vampire movie with kids, even! I do not understand how the people love such things, vampire! Maybe I make movie with boogie man from the black lagoon or some nothing like that! Where are good movies from long ago, Casablanca! Sad, no more like these.
It’s not just about some of the characters being vampires, it’s the endearing love story that captivates people, both young and old. I mean, Stephine Meyer must have done something right to have millions of fans around the world, not even Casablanca has as many fans (no offense, it’s a good movie) =]
Jackie, I promise you there are more throughly-written, endearing love stories with more dynamic/interesting characters, greater imagery, and more quality writing than Twit-light. Honestly, is it healthy that she is madly in love with a man based on him not eating her? He spends a lot of time talking about how he wants her, how he’s so tempted to kill her, and how unique her blood is, and Bella thinks it’s the hottest thing. The reason he can’t read her mind is because THERE ISN’T ANYTHING THERE.
If you would read the series you would defiantly understand whatthe fuss is with this movie and Vampiers and it is also a love story so before you judge read it..
Tiffany, I did read it; I don’t judge things unless I do so.
Aww, Crispy. I just love you. You despise Twilight so much, but yet you read every article and post comments. I think you are in total denial. You probably have a Rob Pattz bedspread and read Twilight under it every night don’t you.
By the way, two weeks ago was a Vampire cover that had EC in the background. Not exactly a Twilight cover.
You’re true about that, I don’t get the Twilight “haters” that keep reading the articles and videos. If it is so lame and horrible, why do you even bother reading it?????
Oh, please. You can’t avoid the Twilight articles on here.
I like you heather! You make a good point…crispy and his snoty like bi***y friends probably do like twilight, but just want to be cool, so they act like that. doing that isnt cool!
I know this CRAP needs to go away IMMEDIATELY!!! I’m so sick of it! This issue is going straight in the trash can! I can’t take it anymore! EW is such SELL OUTS!! Of all the movies they could put on the cover…they choose this!!!!!!
LOL Of course EW are sell outs! Literally, the magazine sold out the week that the Twilight exclusive was on the cover. I was walking around with my copy in my work bag and this girl stopped me to ask where I got it because she hasn’t been able to find one anywhere. It’s a magazine, and they’re in the business of selling these magazines, and right now Twilight is EW’s dream come true in a tough economy. All they have to do is put a Twilight star on the cover, and boom, copies fly off the shelves, teen girls across the country go into a frenzy. Can’t say that I blame them. When there a lots of people without jobs right now, you can best believe that they’ll do whatever it takes to maintain theirs. Only words of encouragement I can offer: “This too shall pass.”
If you dont have anything nice to say DON”T say it!!!!!!!
Hey–I won a free t-shirt from EW for guessing the next cover being “Twilight.” You can’t believe the insight I had to use to pick that one!!!
PLEASE stop with the Twilight covers. It makes me want to cancel my subscription. Most of us readers are not 13 year old girls.
absolutely right!
Did Summit Entertainment buy EW or something? Seriously, EW, this is too much.
If you losers dont like entertainment because of twilight go in a room and screw yourself!!!!!!
Well thats one cover I wont be buying. They should have done a cover with Pattinson too. Give us the choice of which one we buy
why would they do a cover with edward? New Moon is Jacobs book!
I’m really looking forward to the Breaking Dawn cover… Jacob and baby Renesmee staring into each others’ eyes. The sexual chemistry will be sizzling.
I know! Jacob is in it for like 300 and some more pages than edward
@crispy its not like that! Jacob is not a pedophile and he’s not into nessie like that. gross
LMFAO @crispy – that was the funniest thing I’ve read all day.
and @taylor… why do you think he’s waiting for renesmee to grow up… hmm?
It’s not jacob’s book, it’t Bella’s book. And there’s a lot of Edward. In response to someone bellow…Jacob is in 230 pages while Edward has 190, approximetly of course. The only point is that it’s not Jacob’s book and it’s not just Jacob and Bella. Edward’s sceens are one of the most important in the book.
But I understand this cover, I don’t mind it.
seriously? did someone just say something about jacob and renesmee and their sexual tension sizzling? okay, i know he imprints but she’s a freaking baby! i highly doubt there will be sizzling… let’s wait until she’s at least out of diapers…
crispy you are awesome
crispy you made my day. best comment ever. and that couple will ALWAYS be creepy.
totally agree!!! the movie sux compared to the books but taylor lautenr is amazingly hawt so……. and just b/c all of U hate twilight dosent mean theyre arent ANY of us! and how many months has twilight been on nyt bestsellers?? the tell me no one likes it.
Say it’s not so! What will they do without your $4.50?
Failcob Lautner bores me. I cant stand any more abou his bulking up. He is such a boring kid.
I’m sorry, but that is uncalled for. He put on THIRTY POUNDS of muscle to keep his part in this series. Could you do that? Two hours in a gym EVERY DAY for a YEAR?! I didn’t think so. Taylor has MORE than earned the respect and the publicity that he is getting, and I am only sorry that there are people like you who don’t get that.
yahh! i totally agree. that shows that hes a dedicated actor. edward has 3 other books taht are mostly about him and new moon is more dealing with jacob and bella, so chill out people. and besides, why the heck would they use robert on this cover? cause hes suppose to be absent for most of the movie so it makes more sense for jacob to be on the cover with bella because this book is all about how bella and jacob’s bond grows.
He put on 30 pounds because he didn’t have the acting chops. I’m sick to death of hearing about his bulking up. Did he take acting classes?
THANK YOU KATE!!! One thinking & considerate person. Too bad there are so few.For the life of me cannot understand what all the hate for this kid is from. Because he’s beautiful, polite, hard working & scandal free? When I saw Twilite (b4 I read the books, BF took me kicking & screaming-NOOO) I didn’t understand what all the hub bub re:Cedric Diggory was all about. Decent looking but not swoon worthy. The character actually creeped me out but since its a vampire I thought he was supposed to. Anyway, when Jake came on the screen, I asked “Who’s the hot, caramel bunny w/the perfect teeth?” After she told me he played a major part in the rest of the series, that’s what prompted me to read the books & look forward to the movies. I gotta tell ya, if they recast the part, I wouldn’t care less about any of this. Sorry about the rambling-JUST SAYIN’
You’re just jealous. haha
caro, you are so right
No one’s surprised that New Moon is on the cover (it’s sure to be the biggest movie of the fall), but the design team around EW sure has been slacking. Another mess of a cover.
“BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE FALL?!!!” Please GOD tell me you did not just write those words…someone shoot me please! The world has come to an end. People actually think a movie about glittering vampires and puppy dogs will be a big movie! *barf*
Celia, it IS going to be the biggest movie of the fall. It’s up to you to decide whether it’s the BEST but it’s definitely going to be one of the biggest movies of the fall.
xXx
I am sick of Summit shoving Lautner down our throats. At this rate I wont go and see the film.
I’m not going to bother either, Jacob was a big part of the book but its not a Bella Jacob love story that they are pimping it to be.
If stephenie herself calls it a love triangle in new moon- i think she knows what she’s talking about somehow. And they are not shoving him down anybody’s throat- they are giving him the spotlight he deserves considering HE is the one doing all the work in this film, not robert. But by all means dont go and see it. im sure you’ll be missed terribly by everyone.
Shona: HAHAHA! Great response.
Taylor does deserve this. He worked hard for it. He has people who support him and to the haters – he’ll be laughing ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.
It’s just really disappointing. No matter how hard they try, Taylor is NOT Rob and will never be that good. The more they shove Taylor down my throat, the less I like him.
Actually Stephenie Meyer says it’s a love triangle in Eclipse, NOT New Moon. Summit ARE making the love triangle more prominant in the movie whereas in the book, it was just starting to form.
It’s BELLA’S story, not Bella AND Jacob falling in love which is [the love story] what they’re making it out to be.
Personally I’m not a big fan of Taylor (as much as he works out, he is never going to fit the physical requirements of Jacob -he’s supposed to be 6′7 but Taylor is only 5′10; he doesn’t look old enough, his voice is too ‘fruity’ if that makes sense, not husky like it’s meant to be; Taylor has worked so hard to put on muscles that he now looks way too overmuscled and kind of weird now) but I do think Taylor has worked really hard and deserves this like shona and Team Switz said.
Therefore I’m Team Switzerland in this. Taylor deserves the spotlight because he has worked hard for it but Summit are making New Moon out to be something it’s really not. They ARE ’shoving Lautner down our throats’.
xXx
Taylor Lautner is the sort of cocky american kid thats a huge turn off. Then there’s his voice. Irritating very quickly.
You need to get out more. Type “Team Jacob” into a browser. lol
ha,ha that’s right
I agree with needtocomment.
Team Switz, Taylor is NOT Jacob, so why are you telling her to type in Team Jacob? They’re DEFINITELY not the same people – the Jacob in the book is very different to the Jacob in the film.
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I;ll save my money thanks. If Rob was on it then I;d get it. So take that Summit and EW
Wow, lots in the Edward corner I see. lol
Give the little guy a break. He’s doing pretty well acting wise for his age.
I agree, Taylor has worked very hard for where he is at…What has Rob done?
I agree with Brooke. Frankly, Taylor is so Much more mature than Rob, and he’s only 17. What is Rob, like, 22? Taylor fought hard to keep his part in the movie.
ya tats true… taylor have done a great job… he is good
robert pattinson has been in many other movies, not just this one! everyone in show business works hard to get where they are! besides this movie is big for the both of them and they didn’t just get this movie handed to them!
How is Taylor much more mature than Rob? That’s just an ill-formed argument.
Taylor is a naive kid who mostly chooses comercial movies for kids (Cheaper than the Dozen and Sharkboy and Lavagirl) whereas Rob chooses movies where he’s challenged. He plays real characters with real issues. To be honest, I’m surprised that Taylor Lautner hasn’t been in one disney movie.
Taylor has worked hard to get into New Moon but that doesn’t mean he’s more mature. He knew when he signed on to do Twilight that if they made a sequel, he would have to put on the muscles big time.
Nadia is right. EVERYONE in show business – really, in any business – works hard to get where they are.
xXx
Horribly bland and boring cover Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I’ll give this a miss. Its bound to be all about how Lautner put on 30lb. He’s boring me to death.
Really? Why do people continue to complain about Taylor putting on Muscle to keep his part. He didn’t whine or complain about the possibility of being replaced, he went out and did what he needed to do to keep his role in the series. He is a very mature person, and frankly he deserves every OUNCE of publicity and respect that he is getting because he earned it- just like he EARNED the role of Jacob.
then…don’t read this article. Seriously.
Team Jacob!
nice
there are 112 movies to read about and this one made the cover because it has the most anticipation, news coverage, and biggest fan base than other movies coming out(whether you like it or not). So if you DON’T like the cover (haters *cough) then don’t read it. no big deal.
I wont be getting this – not only do we have the horrible Stewart but Lautner too. Give me a break. Its painful to look at.
Omg! Shut UP!! It’s a magazine cover for goodness sake. It’s not the end of the world! People’s reactions just proves that all these little crazy twilight fans only like it for one character (Eddie or whatever his name is)they don’t even care about the others because the books suck. The whole fandom sucks. It needs to go away and it needs to go away quick!
Then close your damn eyes!!! No one said you had to look at it. Find something interesting to do with your life! Buy some other dum magazine
since my other comment was removed. I unfortunately have a subscription…which I have had since 2006…BEFORE twilight ever existed. So it bothers me when all of a sudden EVERY SINGLE magazine I get from EW has the same exact crap on the cover. It’s a little upsetting. So excuse me for wanting to read/look at something that’s NOT that horrible, bullcrap, cheap “entertainment” known as twilight.
Pug ugly. No thank you
hey pug ugly?pugs are super cute!lol
i lke the books and I so think they did a great job on picking the actors ecpeally Bella kristen plays here very well I think some peps need to read the books again and watch the movie shes dead on
everythngs great EXCEPT the change with Victoria grrrr
viciously cruel…
just wait till novembr comes there will be even more new moon slammed in our faces.YAY=D
I’m a hater, i’m a hater of Twilight. Dumb cover
Agreed!
double agree
Ahh they are hiding his grossly exaggerated neck. Clever.
None of you chicks will ever get laid if you keep this crap up. It’s just make believe!
Jealous much?
I agree with Devon. Instead of spending hours drooling over a piece of terrible fiction, go out. Have a real realtionship and learn a bit about how they work so the next time garbage like Twilight comes along you’ll know better and won’t waste your time. There’s nothing to be jealous about in that sort of existence.
Lmfao! Yes and so true! All these crazy twi-tards seriously need to get a life. this has to be the most demented fandom in the history of all fandoms. they’re not even this crazy about jonas brothers or hannah montanna or high school musical and they all equally suck.
MORE Twilight coverage? You’ve got to be kidding me. You’d think New Moon was the only movie coming out this year.
I know right! I would’ve LOVED to have seen Sherlock Holmes, Where the Wild Things ARE, The Road, The Princess and the Frog, or The Lovely Bones on the cover…anything but Godforsaken twilight!!
The Lovely Bones, Sherlock Holmes, and The Princess and the Frog don’t come out until December…just sayin.
It’s a fall preview.
Its odd of them not to give fans a choice of Rob and Kristen on the cover. Disappointing and I wont be buying.
It’s Summit. They are pushing Taysten to cover up Robsten. It’s all political people.
Hahahahaha thats funny n prob true lol!!!! Summit need to buckle up!!!
if the storyline of the book is about jacob and bella, which it IS no matter what way you look at it, why the hell would kirsten and ROB be in the cover? he’s only in what? a fifth of the movie? give taylor the credit- he’s had to work harder regarding this franchise than rpattz ever did.
Exactly. New Moon is about Jacob and Bella and the love that blossoms between them. Bella’s love for Edward is different that her love for Jacob. The relationship with Edward was all about love at first sight and the overwhelming love that builds after that. Her relationship with Jacob is a slow build that leads Bella to love him.
I agree wiv ur comment to an extent anyway!!! But ppl need chill, all this n for wot????- ppl srsly need to stop hating on Rob or Taylor coz it’s just lame!!!!! honestly both work hard n where credit is due it should be given!!!!-ppl need to grow up n stop slagging them both off-coz i dnt think they really care either way lol!!!!!!!!! n besides somehow i dnt think this is wot summit or the cast are aiming for-divisions dnt help anyone ppl!!!
Id get it for Pattinson but without him I aint interested.
He needs a nose job.
This cover is blah…and enough about Taylor and how big he got.
Enough about Rob and how much he touches his hair in a day. Seriously people… COME ON! You bashers are worse than my sisters, and they hate the series! With a passion! I’m sick and tired of all of you guys’ one-track minds! I cannot disagree that everybody is entitled to their own opinion. But seriously… ‘Taylor needs a nose job’?
If it even said ‘The Twilight Series’on it, I would buy it.
For the love of all that is Holy, TAYLOR IS GOOD! TAKE IT ON THE FRICKEN CHIN AND MAN UP!
totally agree wiv u Je t’aime, Twilight it’s flipping pathetic!!!!!!! this isn’t fans caring this is losers thinking they’re making a point but wasting their our time!!!!! idiots need to stop slagging each ova off coz it’s just SAD!!!!! not to mention absolutely ridiuclous!!!
my bad i meant their own n our time!!! lol
the usually drab kristen stewart looks really good on this cover. and taylor… he always looks good. no wonder he has so many fans. rob definitely has more appeal among women such as myself but taylor has got the young ones loving him for sure.
I’m a 15 year old teen girl, and I’m not attracted to Taylor. Immediately into more Exotic guys. Yes, including Rob .
No offense to Taylor, he’s cute. But I wouldn’t want to kiss him.
did you seriously call Robert Pattinson “Exotic”? The guy is a pasty-white, dirty little man who coul’d use some better dental hygeine. Taylor, on the other hand, is about as exotic as you can get. Dark skin, black hair, brown eyes, wonderful smile- the exact opposite of Robert.
seriously @kate? as exotic as you can get? when was the last time you went outside? that’s only exotic in like, delaware.
Kate, it’s ok. Rob can come to my house and I will clean him up. I could give him a bath for DAYS.
no, kate is right. taylor is the height of exotic looks when you compare him to robert pattinson of all people. what would posess you to say that you arent attracted to Taylor because he doesnt look “exotic” enough? dont get me wrong- if rob is your kind of guy, thats all fine. just a bad argument to make as to WHY he’s hotter when it would clearly better apply to taylor.
What are you talking about?! Out of the two of them…Taylor is definitely exotic. Rob is from BRITAIN!!! That’s not exotic! *pulls hair out*
This cover doesnt do it for me. Now If Rob had a cover then I;d get it. It would be interesting to learn how many this sells. I think I know the answer. Less much less without Pattinson on the cover.
I think that you’ll be surpized- have you seen any polls lately? do you know who was voted the most popular star this year? I’ll give you a hint- he’s in New Moon and he’s not Pattinson. Just because you find someone attractive doesn’t mean that the rest of the world agrees with you.
Actutally most poll show that Rob always wins…what else can I say.
ummm.. this movie is more about jacob and bella.. that is why taylor is featured more often than rob. get some sense, guys.
don’t bring facts into this, you’ll confuse people.
RFLMAO
LOL! too true and too funny!!! ah, what can i say? stupid people crack me up.
No, Roh is more in this movie and the Italy scenes are extended :,so the screen time is pretty equal.
doesn’t change the fact that the central plot in this movie is the development of Jacob and Bella’s relationship.
actually, Even though Rob is in the movie more than he is supposed to be(which I think is a mistake) if you think about all of the scenes with him and all of the scenes with Taylor, Taylor wins. Twilight was about Edward’s relationship with Bella begining. Then in New Moon he breaks her heart, and Bella finds solace in Jacob, which begins their relationship. this movie is about introducing Jacob and getting to know him. Taylor’s in it more because Jacob is.
if the screentimes are equal, which they are not, god help summit. unfaithfulness to the book or what? i think you’ll find that theres over 300 edward-less pages in new moon, so i doubt that taylor and rob got equal screentime. especially since rob already has said that this was the easiest 3 month job he ever had because of lack of actual work.
Sorry, but Stephanie Meyer has said that New Moon is based on Romeo and Juliet, in that it’s about two lovers who can’t live without each other. In this case, that’s Edward and Bella. Whether or not Rob got equal screentime, there’s no doubt (as everyone has said) that he’s a HUGE presence in New Moon because he’s ALWAYS on Bella’s mind.
Edward and Bella are true love. That’s the entire point of the series. To not include him on the cover is a travesty.
question: have any of you read the twilight series? because you don’t seem like you know the plotline at all. edward is not with bella for most of the book. new moon is when bella becomes bff with jacob. and sure edward’s presence is there, but in the book jacob dominates more than 100 pages.
This cover shrieks zero screen presence from either of them.
Bland and boring
ME NO LIKE. AWFUL.
I don’t think I have ever seen someone so hungry for the spotlight like Taylor. The cover has zero sizzle!
you’ve got to be kidding me? and you have come to that conclusion how exactly? from looking at a picture? grow up child. he’s polite enough to answer interviewers questions. if you want to call that powerhungry- go ahead.
j, you are so right. he always tries to be in the spotlight
Just because he had to do what he had to do to keep himself in the movie that makes him power hungry? seriously he wanted to keep his role in this series and why wouldn’t he? Maybe if his shirt was off it would make the cover more appealing..
Just because he had to do what he had to do to keep himself in the movie that makes him power hungry? seriously he wanted to keep his role in this series and why wouldn’t he? Maybe if his shirt was off it would make the cover more appealing
Taylor does not do it for me at all. Will pass on this issue for sure. Why does he always squint in pictures?
Interesting reaction from me. I see them together and I have NO interest in buying the mag or seeing them on screen. Yet if I see Rob Pattinson in a mag or on screen I want it and I want it now. He can even make Stewart just about watchable.
She, Edward is going to be on screen too, he is as well in the movie and he will be in it more than you think he will (if you read the book you’ll understand what I mean)