The New Moon Movie is Coming

Having read Stephenie Meyer’s New Moon the other day; I’m now working on creating a lens about the movie which will begin filming in March 2009. It has been confirmed that Chris Weitz will be directing the Twilight sequel, and the film actually has an intended release date of November 20th 2009 at current. It doesn’t give Weitz too long to put the film together, but all will still be expecting the film to impress when it hits movie theatres in late 2009.

I feel that New Moon is a far better book than Twilight; whilst Twilight being the first in the series spends a lot of time introducing the characters, New Moon is then able to develop them and delve deeper into the relationships which had already been formed in the first novel. There were times when I found the Twilight plot quite tiresome, points where reading on became a bit of a chore, with New Moon though it’s far more free flowing and it always made me want to read on. It’s a real page turner is New Moon, admittedly the editor must not have been paying too much attention at times as there are some terrible grammatical errors; it is a good book though, and it’ll hopefully be turned into an excellent film too.

Chris Weitz has the potential to do a cracking job with New Moon, he’s got a stronger novel to work with than Catherine Hardwicke had, and hopefully this is therefore something that will be reflected in the quality of the film. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are set to earn $12 million each for their appearances in New Moon, and I’m sure that Weitz will be able to get the best out of his actors.

So March 2009 is when the fun will begin, and late 2009 (early 2010 at the very latest) will be when the New Moon movie is released. My lens will of course be coming very shortly, and will be a work progress with new details revealed as and when available.

The Squidoo Holiday Twitterdrive for Charity

Not content with having given away $80,000 in October; Squidoo is now giving away a further $30,000 for the holiday season. A Twitterdrive has been organised, and Squidoo has made it incredibly easy for you to donate $1 (of their money) to charity.

All you need to do is head on over to the Squidoo Twitterdrive for Charity page, click on one of the 21 charities listed there, and your Twitter page will open so that you can send out a tweet, registering your vote, and adding a dollar to the charity pot of your choice.

As a huge fan of cats of all sizes; my vote went to the Big Cat Rescue charity. There are twenty other charities to choose from though, so you can therefore take your pick, choosing the charity which best takes your fancy.

It’s one vote per person, so only submit one tweet, and the charity of your choice will be receiving a dollar. It’s simple and easy to vote, all you need is a Twitter account, and with the simple click of the mouse; the charity of your choosing will be able to benefit.

Squidoo Payday | December 2008

Squidoo Payday; the most exciting Squidoo day in each and every month. The blue box has appeared, and the royalty figures have been revealed for all to see.

I was expecting December to be my best payday so far, and with total earnings of $85.55; that did indeed prove to be the case. My previous best month for Squidoo royalties was October when I received $50.01, so not only has this been the most powerful payday yet, but it has in fact smashed all previous payday earnings.

The Squidoo millions are yet to be made, the money is certainly improving however, and it’s surely now only a matter of time before I have my first $100 month.

Top tier payments this month hit a new high of $12.00, second and third tier payments meanwhile remained pretty much static at $1.94 and 8 cents respectively.

Happy Payday people, and here’s to many more successful Squidoo paydays.