First Twilight Teaser Trailer is Eerie, Intriguing

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 5, 2008

We have been giving a lot of love lately to the upcoming film Twilight, which is based on the immensely successful series of books by Stephenie Meyer. I must say, I ordered up this intensified coverage because I have never before seen a rabid fanbase such as this one, not since LOTR, Harry Potter or even Star Wars or Star Trek — these “Twilighters”, as they like to call themselves, are something else entirely. With that in mind, we are absolutely interested in keeping an eye on Twilight, as there must be something to it, whether or not we fully understand what that is yet or not.

Above you will find the first teaser trailer for the film adaptation, which stars Kristen Stewart (Into the Wild) as a young girl who falls in love with a vampire, played by Harry Potter alum Robert Pattinson. Catherine Hardwicke, who previously directed Lords of Dogtown and The Nativity Story, is in the directors chair. The film will see a theatrical release on December 12, 2008. It is currently still in the filming stages of production.

Stay tuned right here to FSR, as we will be bringing you updates on Twilight as they become available. Also, take a look at the first official cast photo below:

Twilight Cast Photo


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  • ryne
    holy crap!!! the first trailer was better than i could have fathomed.... wow...this movie is going to be ridiculously good....keep the posts up!!! im loving them
  • Man that is a lot of brooding!
  • The old piggy-back-while-flying-move. Yes, I've used that one on quite a few ladies. They don't like getting hit in the face with tree limbs, but on the whole it seems to work.
  • I know I'm gonna get flamed to high heaven, and I know it's only a teaser, but it didn't wow me. Obviously as an outsider to the series, I won't get all the intensity without some explanation, but so far it's looking like something I'd watch, but it's not kickstarting the adrenaline the way TDK did with all its teasers/trailers. I'll wait for the next one and see a bit more of the movie before making up my mind whether I'm anticipating it highly or not. Obviously I want to see it, the question is how much! :)

    The brooding and sparks flying between Bella and Edward is cute though. Edward's got a very James Dean look to him too...
  • Julia
    As a super-fan of the series, I really loved the teaser! It gave ME everything I could have asked for!

    However, I am trying to look at this very first tiny teaser trailer through the eyes of those who have never really heard of it, don't know why there's all this intensity...etc. I have to admit that through those eyes I must say that this trailer didn't offer much for the non-twilighter. I only said 'didn't offer much' not 'didn't offer anything'. Hopefully, the non-twilighter viewers will not view this tiny snippet of a trailer and completely write off, not only the movie, but the books as well.

    That being said--I now put back on the cloak of my devotion to all things Twilight and simply say---OMG!!! It was BEAUTIFUL! I was giggling and sighing all the way through the 30+ times I watched it! *sigh* I can't wait for more!
  • Gabby
    I LOVE this teaser. I mean this was obviously put together before they had even finished filming. It is amazing, can you imagine how much more amazing the actual trailer will be.. not to mention the movie. If this 56 some second clip can bring so much umph to the "Twilighters" I just can't wait to see what a normal one would do.

    I feel the need to say... I really really want more.. like now. Because I am greedy like that :)
  • Anomie
    oh wow! i am too excited!!!

    cannot wait!
  • Kim
    Oh My Edward!!! We are soooo excited...trying to breathe...is it December yet;)
  • Just as any other Twilighter (or maybe I should just speak for myself), I watched this teaser trailer over and over and over... and over again. I'm pretty sure that I burned holes in my monitor and that, despite that I am a "grown woman", myexcited squeels were heard by the huskies in Alaska. The trailer left me wanting MORE and I definitely cannot wait until December!

    Now, that being said, I do agree with some of the folks here that to the average non-Twilighter, this trailer does not say much about what the movie is about, and it might not hook new potential viewers all that much. It's definitely enough for Robert Pattinson fans to want to see the film, but honestly, how many non-Twilighters (who shall hencforth be be called "the others") and non-Harry Potter fans in the U.S. know of Robert? The others will wonder what the deal is with the running deer, and they won't understand what "living forever" means. After all, there are no indications in the trailer that the movie involved vampires. What we do see is a boy with super-human strength. As for Edward being 17 years old "for a while", it cuold very well mean he'd been 17 for 9 months - that's a while, isn't it? Am I about to be burned at the stake now for saying all this? ;P

    That was for the benefit of "the others" of course. The trailer is a huge piece of candy for us Twilighters who know what's going on. It just makes us want more. And I mean MORE. I don't think we really can get enough of Twilight... can we?
  • shei
    Thank you for making even more buzz about the movie!!!
    [...are something else entirely. With that in mind, we are absolutely interested in keeping an eye on Twilight, as there must be something to it, whether or not we fully understand what that is yet or not...]

    YES! we are something else entirely!!! :D and thank you for been interested in this!! you will not regret it!!! so give us more news and updates!!!
    the fandom will not stay quiet! :D

    thank you!!
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