Here’s a quickie while I eat my Lean Cuisine.

Apparently Twilight is going to be released early, in the slot left by the delayed Harry Potter film. I’m sure most people don’t care, and while I’m still upset by the delay, I am excited. The original US release was to be on the 12th of December but is now November 21st.

Interestingly, Twilight’s lead character, Edward Cullen is played by Robert Pattinson, who also played Cedric Diggory in two Harry Potter films.

Random fact #2: “Twilight” was actually the working title of CBS’ recently axed vampire TV series Moonlight. I’m assuming with the movie in pre-production, they changed the title to minimize confusion.

The success of author and creator Stephenie Meyer’s teen vampire novels here in the states have been compared to that of J.K. Rowling’s success in the UK.

The delay of Harry Potter’s release is said to be due in part to the writers’ strike, and was also due to Warner Bros’ lack of a major summer blockbuster next year. The good news is that it means there will be less of a wait between the release of Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is being released in two parts, the first being planned for November 2010.

Just as we HP nerds at AT started to drool over the teaser trailer for the November theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it’s release has been delayed until July 17, 2009! Stupify!

I can’t even imagine that far into the future and I just bought a new dayplanner! I predict that when the movie finally comes out: Our flying solar-powered electric cars will cause Exxon-Mobil to declare bankrupcy and mysteriously end funding to Al Quieda.  President Obama and Vice President Chris Dodd will be calling for sensitivity during the war crimes trials of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. And why not: Cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer’s will be cured using Angelina Jolie’s stem cells. Unfortunately Christopher Reeve will walk out of his grave and devour all of the Death Eaters in Warner Bros. marketing department.

By the time they are finally finished with The Deathly Hallows (parts 1 & 2!?!) the Hogwarts kids will be old enough to play–wait a minute…you haven’t read the books yet.

story via Defamer.

Because we…are nerds.