VARIOUS: Fans make a tent city in front of L.A.'s Nokia Theater in anticipation of premiere for upcoming 'Twilight' film

Record ID: 346412

  • Title: VARIOUS: Fans make a tent city in front of L.A.'s Nokia Theater in anticipation of premiere for upcoming 'Twilight' film
  • Date: 11th November 2011
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) GINA GEIGLEY, "TWILIGHT" FAN, SAYING: "It's a unique experience, it's not something that everybody gets to do, and not every premiere everybody camps out, it's a huge freakin' fan base, and everybody knows that but I think it's just an exciting thing to be able to kind of share." (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRACY WOKEN, "TWILIGHT" FAN, SAYING: "We've been planning this for two years." (SOUNDBITE) (English) GINA GEIGLEY, SAYING: "Yeah, we've talked about doing this for years, and it's kind of like 'oh my god we're really here? We're really doing this?" FAN CAMPING (SOUNDBITE) (English) JULIE JONES, MOTHER OF "TWILIGHT" FAN AMANDA JONES, SAYING: "Oh my god, we got here at 1:30 this morning, and we're still in line just waiting to set up a tent. Yeah, so I guess it's almost three o'clock, so that's a long day." CLOSE-UP OF JULIE JONES' SHIRT
  • Embargoed: 26th November 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA9JOZJBHQ5NU3F8RI3AH1EYQO5
  • Story Text: Over 750 fans have already lined up to camp out in front of the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles Thursday (November 10) in an effort to get a front-row seat for Monday (November 14) night's premiere of the latest film in the "Twilight" series.
    Adorned with sleeping bags in a makeshift tent city, fans young and old from around the globe can't seem to get enough of the vampire-themed films.
    The premiere of the fourth film in the series, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1," will likely catch international attention, and these fans want to be able to meet, or at least see with their own eyes, the three leads from the film, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, or Taylor Lautner.
    "I love seeing Kristen, it's the only chance I get to see her, I take it, and this is always the best chance I feel to meet her because she stays for a lot longer than she does for the other premieres, so... I'm really... I'm dying," says fan Amanda Jones.
    "I'm excited to see Robert Pattinson," says Lexi Maciel.
    "Edward. For sure. Team Edward," says Lindsay Peterson.
    The "Twilight" films, which are based on a series of best-selling novels by American author Stephenie Meyer, have been among the most popular movies in recent years and "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" is among the most anticipated films of the current season.
    "Twilight" fans appear very hungry for the upcoming fourth film in the vampire romance franchise, snapping up advance tickets for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" and selling out early screenings.
    Movietickets.com said on Wednesday it has sold out more than 1300 showtimes for "Breaking Dawn," which hits theaters on November 18, while competitor Fandango.com said it had closed sales on more than 1,000 showtimes across the United States.
    The stories follows a young girl, Bella Swan, who falls in love with the vampire Edward Cullen in a world where bloodsuckers and werewolves roam in disguise among the living.
    The first three films, which star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and are produced by independent studio Summit Entertainment, have made more than $1.8 billion at worldwide box offices, according to Box Office Mojo.
    The fourth installment of the franchise will see Bella marry Edward and become pregnant, while vampire and werewolf tribes continue to battle.
    The film opens November 18.
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