Posts Tagged ‘Stephenie Meyer’

Originally posted on TwilightFanSource.com

By now I’m sure you’ve heard that Stephenie Meyer has been accused of plagiarizing her novel ‘Breaking Dawn’ by some author named Jordan Scott.

Scott has served Ms.Meyer with a “cease and desist order regarding the novel. Claiming that the idea of weddings, slightly rough honeymoon consummation, and other worldly pregnancies were stolen from her 2006 novel ‘The Nocturne’.

According to MTV.com Scott’s novel is about “a magical tale of doomed love between a young sorcerer and a teenage girl in 15th-century France”.

The following statement was released from Little,Brown publisher of ‘The Twilight Saga’.
“The claim that ‘Breaking Dawn’ by Stephenie Meyer somehow infringes on an alleged book by someone named Jordan Scott is completely without merit. Neither Stephenie Meyer nor her representatives had any knowledge of this writer or her supposed book prior to this claim. Ms. Scott’s attorney has yet to furnish us with a copy of the book to support this claim as requested. The world of the ‘Twilight Saga’ and the stories within it are entirely the creation of Ms. Meyer. Her books have been a phenomenal sensation, and perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising to hear that other people may seek to ride the coattails of such success. This claim is frivolous and any lawsuit will be defended vigorously.”

According to Craig Williams the attorney representing Scott what that they are not seeking compensation, but are asking that circulation of the book stop, and they want to prevent Summit Entertainment from making Breaking Dawn into a movie.

Per Twilight Lexicon,
“Loose fantasy ideas are not copyrightable, otherwise all vampire fiction would have stopped at Bram Stoker. Neither are loose romance plots copyrightable, or Harlequin would not be a leader in romance.”

I have read the document posted on TMZ.com, and the Twilight Lexicon has it right. Ms. Scott is trying to claim copyright infringement on basic fantasy ideas and words. In one of the “instances” the only similarity I could see was both characters being told they were beautiful.

So, all in all, I have to agree with The Lex when they say “he type of word-for-word lifting and exact modeling of character and circumstance that need to be present for a copyright case to have merit is simply not there.”

Two of the Hottest vampires right now are gracing the cover of this weeks Entertainment Weekly….Rob Pattinson as Edward Cullen and Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton!!

The issue also features an interview with Stephenie Meyer and other authors and will count down the top 20 hottest vamps!!!

This is why I love having a subscription to this magazine, they always know what I like

The issue is available today July 31st!!!

All right all you comic book/graphic novels fans, you day has arrived, EW.com has exclusively reported that Little, Brown will be publishing a ‘Twilight’ Graphic Novel!!!!

“For those of you who can’t get enough Edward and Bella, EW can announce — exclusively — that Yen Press will be publishing Twilight in graphic-novel form. Though Korean artist Young Kim is creating the art, Meyer herself is deeply immersed in the project, reviewing every panel.”

You can check out the article for more info as well as an exclusive picture (EW has asked that the picture remain exclusive to their site).

If my memory serves correctly, Twilight SagaVamp Marcus only says a handfull of words in the entire series.  The same cannot be said for actor Christopher Heyerdahl who protrays the non-wordy vamp in this falls ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’.

Heyerdahl gave an interview to Sci-Wire.com about is new role.

Here are a few of the things he had to say:

“He’s one of the oldest vampires on the planet, and who doesn’t want to play a 3,000-year-old vampire?” Heyerdahl said. “The cast that I get to work with, like Michael Sheen. … We had so much fun goofing off together. It was an absolute hoot. Director Chris Weitz’s version for this piece is like a Renaissance painting. The images were absolutely beautiful, and the character is such a tragic old fellow.”

“Well, it’s a little independent film I’m helping out with,” the good-natured Heyerdahl said with a chuckle and tongue firmly in cheek. “This guy, poor old Marcus, is a 3,000-odd-years-old vampire who has spent at least the last 2,000 of it with a broken heart. Really, one of the main reasons to play that character and have anything to do with that series is my niece, who is absolutely obsessed with this series of books. To see how it has had such an effect on the teenage female community throughout the world is amazing.”

You can check out the whole article on Sci-Wire.com

Also, if you’ve been wondering what made Marcus the way he is, check out the ‘Breaking Dawn’ FAQ section on Stephenie Meyer’s website, she gives a pretty good answer!!!

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EW.com has the exclusive never before seen photo for the New Moon movie tie-in book!!!

The cover features Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) in a cozy embrace!!

This is the official cover, there have been various cover floating around recently, but they were not confirmed.

EW.com has asked us not to show the photo but link to the site.  We will respect their wishs, and as soon as we have permission, we will post the photo.

Per the Twilight Lexcion’s Twitter, this book will hit stores on Sept 15, 2009

[source - Twilight Lexicon]