ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter for a chance to win INNOCENCE for our Fiction Friday!

ROBsessed Giveaway: Enter for a chance to win INNOCENCE for our Fiction Friday!

Hey Rob! Whatcha reading? Anything we can give away for FictionFriday??



Well that's ok. He can just continue to sit there looking sexy and sweaty because we have a worldwide giveaway all set and ready for you guys! Please stop looking at Rob now and try to pay attention. I know it's hard. ;)

Like several other book giveaways we've done, INNOCENCE by Elise De Sallier originated as Twilight fanfiction and some of you might be familiar with A Forbidden Love. That story has been reworked and developed into a trilogy, with the first novel sweeping us away in the form of INNOCENCE. Here's the synopsis:

Ignorance is supposed to be bliss, but in Anneliese Barlow's experience, it leads to unwise choices and unnecessarily tragic outcomes . . . and there is nothing blissful about either.

Forced to flee her father's brutal heir, Anneliese masquerades as Lisa Brown, a servant, in the grand country mansion of the Duke of Worthington. Discovering the life of gentility she had known was a virtual fairytale, reality a dark and forbidding place, she faces danger at every turn.

Captivated by the beautiful maid, the Marquis of Marsden, decides the only way to keep Lisa safe is by offering her his protection. With all hopes of returning to her previous station lost, she surrenders her virtue to the man she has come to love.

Finding unexpected passion in Nathaniel's arms, her senses are awakened to a world of sensuality she'd not known existed . . . a world not without grave risks.

If her identity is uncovered, Lisa's innocence won't be the only thing that's lost.

Eeeeeep! I love a good Marquis throwing passion around. Take me away! In case you aren't familiar with our author of the week, here's a quick bio about Elise and her journey from fanfic to published author:

A great believer in living happily ever after, Elise began her lifelong obsession with the romance and paranormal genres when she was far too young to be reading either. After more than thirty years of marriage to her very own romantic hero, she now knows great relationships don't just happen, they take work . . . which doesn't mean writing about them can't be a whole lot of fun! While raising a family, Elise established a career as a counselor and family therapist. Seeking an escape from the stresses of her work, she discovered the world of fan fiction, and her timid writer's muse made its voice heard. Two point three million hits, twenty thousand reviews, and an e-mail from an acquisitions editor at The Writer's Coffee Shop later, and her life found a new and fascinating direction. Elise likes to see her characters grow, experience passion and adventure, tackle some difficult issues, and find lasting love . . . eventually.

If you'd like to purchase INNOCENCE ahead of the giveaway, you can find an Amazon link at the bottom of the post.
Giveaway guidelines:

• You only have to click a button, which you'll see when you enter. Tweeting the giveaway through Rafflecopter is optional but gives you more chances to win as well as liking the Facebook page linked in the Rafflecopter.
• Giveaway is WORLDWIDE
• You MUST enter using Rafflecopter or your entry will not be counted 
• You can enter once a day, everyday, until the closing date - Friday, May 2 at 12am ET
• There will be 2 winners receiving the eBook, INNOCENCE by Elise De Sallier
• Winners will be chosen by random.org and announced after May 2

Good luck!!!
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UK: Keep 22nd August Free To Go & See Robert Pattinson In 'The Rover'

UK: Keep 22nd August Free To Go & See Robert Pattinson In 'The Rover'

Yes the UK is getting The Rover on August 22nd! Now we just have to wait for a release date for Maps To The Stars.
Being Robert Pattinson fans we are WELL used to waiting but the wait is always worth it!

While we wait check out the UK trailer for The Rover below. It's the same as the US one but I know you won't mind looking at it again. 



via TheRoverFilm.com

Robert Pattinson has two films heading to the 2014 Cannes Market: The Lost City of Z and The Childhood of a Leader

Robert Pattinson has two films heading to the 2014 Cannes Market: The Lost City of Z and The Childhood of a Leader

In addition to Rob's highly anticipated films, The Rover and Maps To The Stars, being officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival, two other Rob films will be seeing some action in the south of France.



The Lost City of Z and The Childhood of a Leader look to be debuting at the 2014 Cannes Market. Films will be showcased in various ways at the market to seek funds, distributors, etc. Production for both films is currently this summer but we'll let you know when things are more concrete. Here's the info shared with the market news. TCoaL synopsis is a little more detailed than we'd read before.

Synopsis and current info from Cinando on TCoaL:

Pre-Production - ENGLISH - Drama
Year of production : 2014
Director(s) : Brady CORBET
Writer(s) : Brady CORBET, Mona FASTVOLD
Cast : Juliette BINOCHE, Tim ROTH, Robert PATTINSON, Michel SUBOR
Producer(s) : Chris COEN, Antoine DE CLERMONT-TONNERRE

This chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century tells the story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mold his beliefs – and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego. Loosely inspired by the early childhood experiences of many of the great dictators of the 20th century and infused with the same sense of dread as The Others and The Omen, (The) Childhood Of a Leader is an ominous portrait of emerging evil.
Production: Country(ies) : FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM

Synopsis and current info from Cinando on TLCoZ:

Development - ENGLISH - Action/Adventure
Year of production : 2014
Director(s) : James GRAY
Writer(s) : James GRAY
Cast : Benedict CUMBERBATCH, Robert PATTINSON
Producer(s) : Anthony KATAGAS, Dede GARDNER, Jeremy KLEINER 

In 1925, Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humans. But Fawcett, whose daring expeditions inspired Conan Doyle's The Lost World, had spent years building his scientific case. Captivating the imagination of millions round the globe, Fawcett embarked with his son, determined to prove that this ancient civilization--which he dubbed Z--existed. Then his expedition vanished.
Production: Country(ies) : USA
Distributors: GERMANY PROSIEBENSAT.1 MEDIA AG

We're also running twitter accounts for both films if you're interested on the day to day happenings - @TCoaLfilm & @TheLostCityofZ

Throwback Thursday: Robert Pattinson, we have dearly missed PromoRob

Throwback Thursday: Robert Pattinson, we have dearly missed PromoRob

Today is simple. Simply WONDERFUL.

I've got nothing but PROMOROBPROMOROBPROMOROB on the brain because guys.....IT'S BEEN TOO LONG SINCE OUR LORD AND EMINENCE!!!!

We await your highly-desired return, Rob. YOU WILL BE GLORIOUS and Bru will certainly make another EPIC video to celebrate your MAGNIFICENCE and we will exalt in ALL CAPS!!!

NEW: Great Robert Pattinson quotes about Maps To The Stars from full production notes and more!

NEW: Great Robert Pattinson quotes about Maps To The Stars from full production notes and more!

We posted the partial production notes earlier but the full notes are now available. Lucky for us because those full notes have new Rob quotes about Maps To The Stars and heart-warming Rob praise! The notes are long and there's a download link after the excerpts with Rob's quotes. We also included jpgs of the PDF in case you want those.

 Excerpt from Maps To The Stars production notes:

THE LIMO DRIVER 

“Plus we’re both dual - disorder ” 

When Agatha Weiss returns to Los Angeles, she makes an instant connection with the first person she encounters: her limo driver, a would - be screenwriter who chauffeurs the far more successful, and who becomes increasingly entangled in her larger - than - life drama.

Taking the role of Jerome is leading star Robert Pattinson, who wanted to work with Cronenberg again on the heels of taking the lead role in Cosmopolis (coincidentally, Pattinson played a billionaire who is a limo passenger throughout that film.)

He was one of the first cast members to sign on, which Martin Katz says helped buoy the project. “Robert’s enthusiasm for Maps to the Stars is one of the things that really got us underway. Jerome is not a large role but it’s very significant in the story and his joining the cast gave us a terrific amount of momentum,” recalls the producer. “In a sense he is playing Bruce Wagner, who was himself at one time a limo driver and unemployed writer.”

Cronenberg was thrilled to reunite with Pattinson, and in such a different kind of role. “I think Rob was really happy to be part of an ensemble,” he says. “But Jerome is also a critical character, a lovely character and it was a chance for Rob to give a more naturalistic performance. I knew he would be fabulous and he was.”

Pattinson’s experience working on Cosmopolis with Cronenberg was so profound that he agreed to the role of Jerome before reading the script. But when he finally sat down to read it, he recalls, “Within two pages I was thinking wow, this is so unbelievably different and hilarious. I don't even know what people are going to make of this, but it feels dangerous. It’s sort of satirical but it’s also a ghost story and it’s also a kind of thriller. It defies genre.”

He came to see Maps To The Stars as more than just another L.A. story. “It’s really about 10 people who lie to themselves – right up until the end,” he summarizes.

Yet within all that, Pattinson sees Jerome as the most ordinary of the film’s roster of outrageously deluded and desperate characters -- typical of a certain kind of everyday L.A. dreamer, a regular guy with a regular job who nevertheless always believes h e is just one move away from becoming a major actor and writer.

“Jerome would never accept that he is just a limo driver. I think he feels he’s just waiting for his break,” Pattinson observes. “And yet, he’s seemingly the only one in this story who's not going insane -- or who isn’t a ghost. He's a fairly normal guy, which is slightly odd for me, as well.”

Working with his fellow cast members was another big draw for Pattinson. Of Julianne Moore, he says: “She’s hilarious and also very sane, which is kind of ironic given who Havana Segrand is. And she shifts so subtly into character, you barely notice what she is doing. It’s kind of amazing.”

He worked most closely with Mia Wasikowska as Agatha, who comes to rely on Jerome as her sole friend in the city. “I knew Mia was going to be wonderful in this,” he says. “She’s so lovely that it was horrible for me to watch Agatha be bullied by her entire family.”

For Cronenberg, the chance to work with cast members like Pattinson and Gadon multiple times is one of the most gratifying aspects of his career. “It's really beautiful for me to see that blossoming and the evolution of actors as I work with them, ” he concludes.

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ROBERT PATTINSON (Jerome Fontana) is best known for his portrayal of the vampire Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga . Most recently, Pattinson appeared on screen in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis and will be seen this summer in David Michôd’s The Rover , in which he’s paired with Guy Pearce. He recently wrapped work on Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert opposite Nicole Kidman. Currently, Anton Corbijn is directing Pattinson in Life , a film about th e friendship between Life magazine photographer Dennis Stock, played by Pattinson, and James Dean, played by Dane Dehaan.

Pattinson gained industry notice at 19 years of age when he joined the Harry Potter franchise in Mike Newell‘s Harry Potter and the Go blet of Fire, playing Cedric Diggory, Hogwarts’ official representative in the Triwizard Tournament. Last year, Pattinson starred in Water For Elephants , joining director Francis Lawrence and costars Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz in bringing the Ne w York Times bestselling novel to the screen. Prior, he headlined the drama Remember Me , directed by Allen Coulter, appearing opposite Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Emilie De Ravin. Pattinson starred in Bel Ami , a film based on the novel of the same nam e written by Guy de Maupassant in which he played a young journalist in Paris who betters himself through his connections to the city’s most glamorous and influential women, played by Uma Thurman,Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci.

Pattinson began his professional career with a role in Uli Edel’s Sword of Xanten, opposite Sam West and Benno Furmann. He also appeared in director Oliver Irving’s How to Be, winner of the Slamdance Film Festival’s Special Honorable Mention for Narrative Feature. Pattinso n played the lead role of Salvador Dali in Little Ashes, directed by Paul Morrison. His television credits include “The Haunted Airman” for the BBC.

As a member of the Barnes Theatre Group, Pattinson played the lead role in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” Ot her stage credits include Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” “Tess of the D’Urbevilles” and “Macbeth” at the OSO Arts Centre.

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Production Notes For Robert Pattinson's 'The Rover' & 'Maps to The Stars'

 Production Notes For Robert Pattinson's 'The Rover' & 'Maps to The Stars'

The Italian website FilmTV.it  has published the production notes for both The Rover & Maps to The Stars. Below are translations of the notes which I think you'll agree make for interesting reading. They shed a little more light on the plots and main characters of both films without giving away any spoilers ;)



“THE ROVER: THE CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IN A NEAR FUTURE

Directed by David Michôd and based on a story written by the director himself paired with Joel Edgerton, The Rover is set in Australia a decade after the collapse of the western economy, in a context in which the mines are still active and have attracted men more desperate and dangerous and where survival is a daily struggle. The protagonist of the story is Eric, a drifter who has left everything behind and who is full of anger at the theft by a gang of his car, the only thing he had left. His only chance of finding the car is given by Rey, one of the Mebra band which was abandoned after being injured. Forced by circumstances, the two men will pair up for a trip that no one could have predicted the outcome.

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Wish He Was Mine Wednesday With Robert Pattinson

Wish He Was Mine Wednesday With Robert Pattinson

DiorRob is always a winner and so many of you chose him for Wish He Was Mine Wednesday.
When I saw this on tumblr a couple of days ago it had the same effect as the first time I saw it.



Anyway I just KNEW I had to share with all of you because if I'm a babbling mess then it's only fair you are too right?
Sharing is caring and all that *evil smile*.



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Disclaimer: If you're at work right now (or heading to work) it might not be a good idea to look! We will not be held responsible for any loss of productivity.

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