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Before you get your hopes up, we're not a big fan of rumours and speculation. However, we do consider it a duty to inform our members properly, so this page will provide a list of false information circulating which we will expertly debunk. We refuse to touch anything to do with the personal lives of the cast and crew, because quite frankly, we couldn't care less.
"Stephenie Meyer is dead!"
She isn't dead. This rumour surfaces about once a year and started out as a April Fool's Day joke a long time ago. Kaleb Nation (the Twilight Guy) even wrote a song to enforce this.
Twilight TV Show
In 2008 there was a rumour going around that there would be a Philippines' version of Twilight headed for TV. It was in fact a hoax that a celebrity blogger and several sites fell for. As hoaxes go, it was a planned well. The rumour was timed just before the Christmas holiday making it impossible to verify with official sources whether it was true.
Breaking Dawn in 3D
There are plans for Eclipse to be released to IMAX cinemas, but that is for large screen size and not a 3D effect. A wolf fight won't be coming at you in 3D, although arguably that would be exciting.
Kristen said in an interview with MTV:
Selectively maybe, certain scenes. You don't want Renesemee to be scary, to fly into your face. I think Breaking Dawn should just be a normal movie. But who knows?
Harry Potter vs. Twilight
Apparently the entertainment industry isn't big enough for two teen fantasy franchises. This is hearsay because Robert Pattinson and Daniel Radcliffe haven't said a single remark against the other fandom worth plausibly spinning. However, it did give an opportunity for Jimmy Fallon to create a spoof.
Plagiarism Accusations
Jordan Scott claimed that Stephenie Meyer plagiarised Breaking Dawn from Jordan Scott’s novel 'The Nocturne'. He claimed that "Twilight tale contains a striking and substantial similarity". Hachette Books, the parent company of Little Brown that publishes the Twilight Saga novels, released this statement:
“The Honorable Otis D. Wright II of the United States District Court has ruled in favor of Stephenie Meyer and Hachette Book Group and has dismissed with prejudice Jordan Scott’s claim of copyright infringement.
In his ruling, Judge Wright stated that the two works have little in common and that the “characters in the two works are vastly different.” The decision admonishes Scott for “the deceptive presentation of the alleged similarities” and notes that she “has twice manipulated aspects of the subject works in order to create the appearance of similarity.”
This was the second story regarding plagiarism in 2009. The first story about Stephenie plagiarizing a college roommate's story was an Internet hoax.