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The downside to a billion-dollar series like The Twilight Saga is the constant misinformation that springs out of nowhere and can quickly take hold on any number of blogs and websites.  Summit Entertainment recently sent out an informal press release to a few Twilight blogs clearing up some of the wilder rumors:

1) There is only one casting director working on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN films right now – Deborah Zane. As of right now no local auditions are being held. If Deborah’s name is not attached to it in some form or another, it is not legitimate. She is also not putting out nationwide casting notices. Once again – as was the case with NEW MOON and ECLIPSE – any ads you see are completely false. She has set up an e-mail address specifically for casting inquiries (BreakingDawnCast@gmail.com).

2) Lexicon touched base regarding a rumor about Renesmee’s name changing in BREAKING DAWN. It is FALSE.

3) Twi Examiner asked about Riley’s appearance in BREAKING DAWN because it was listed on Xavier’s IMDb page. Riley will not appear in the BREAKING DAWN films. It is a rumor.

4) Also not confirmed is anything you have heard about the US release date of the ECLIPSE DVD. We have not announced it yet, so unless it is international and confirmed by an international distributor, it is a rumor.

[via Twilight Source]

The Teen Choice Awards closed with — who else? — the cast of The Twilight Saga, accepting the “Most Fanatic Fan” award.  Ashley Greene and Robert Pattinson briefly spoke on everybody’s behalf; here’s their acceptance speech:

Are you the ultimate Twilight fan?  A new game puts it to the test!  The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Movie Game for the iPhone puts your film knowledge to the test and it’s pretty cool, because you can play with a big group of people by selecting 1 of 21 characters and then picking 5, 10 or 20 questions… or you can also play solo with endless Qs until you get 3 wrong – that equals the end of your Twilight character life.

In one of her Twilight fansite interviews (via Twilight Examiner), Stephenie Meyer reveals that the scene in Eclipse in which Edward loses his cool at Jacob outside of Bella’s house isn’t at all how she imagined it:

That’s the one I walked out on, on the dailies, because in my head that scene was so much different. In the movie Edward is quite separate motivationally from the book Edward. At this point in the film in the story, for me, he’s gotten past this. Like he’s realized “I can’t act like a teenage boy anymore. I have to give her space. I have to be the mature one here.” And in that scene in the book, he has, icy calm control. He is very gentle. He is very soft spoken. He is very mature…They had already filmed that day, so we couldn’t redo it.  But people have responded really well to it.

This past Thursday, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse surpassed $250 million at the U.S. box office, and by the end of the weekend its worldwide total will be over $500 million.  That’s half of a billion dollars.

That’s about on a par with what The Twilight Saga: New Moon had done at this point; New Moon ultimately grossed $709 million worldwide.

Muse talks about appearing on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack and movie fans probably won’t like what they hear. Bassist Chris Wolstenholme told the BBC’s Newsbeat that he doesn’t know how cool it is to be on an album like they were, but they needed to get the music out there in different ways.  So maybe that wasn’t so bad, but then he went on to say that it’s super difficult to get plays in America and “sometimes you have to sell your soul.”

The Teen Choice Awards recently added several music, television and movie categories specifically highlighting this summer’s best entertainment.  We’ve got the breakdown right now.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse may be heading into its third weekend, but a few of its stars are still out there promoting the film every day.  Kellan Lutz went on Lopez Tonight last night to, among other things, his relatively small head:

The Twilight Saga is such a phenomenon now that even the movie tie-in books are becoming runaway bestsellers: the Eclipse Official Illustrated Movie Companion just popped up in 11th place on USA Today’s Bestseller List.

It’s listed for $18.99, but according to the Twilight Examiner you can find it for around ten bucks.

The newest Twilight Saga film was eclipsed by a cartoon flick!  Would you believe that the film to finally push The Twilight Saga: Eclipse from the top spot is an animated feature?  Despicable Me, which stars the voices of Steve Carell, Russel Brand and Miranda Cosgrove, took the top spot at this weekend’s box office.  But don’t get too teary eyed just yet. Although Eclipse dropped to second place, it still managed to pull in $33.4 million, pushing it to first place in a different category.