Cast members from The Twilight Saga: New Moon will make appearances at select Hot Topic and Nordstrom stores next month to promote the sequel’s Nov. 20 release. Those stores will open at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, to begin the frenzy for passes. At Hot Topic, you purchase a commemorative The Twilight Saga: New Moon Tour T-shirt to receive one of the “limited number of wristbands” that will give you access to that store’s November event. At Nordstrom, the first 75 customers to “receive a shopping pass and spend $75 or more on BP. merchandise” (which includes the New Moon fashion line) will receive a VIP ticket to return to that particular store next month and have their photos taken with the participating cast members (which will vary by location, and have not yet been announced).

Hot Topic locations and dates:
11/06 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood & Highland Center
11/08 – Denver, CO – Park Meadows
11/09 – Washington, DC – Fair Oaks Mall
11/09 – San Francisco, CA – Stonestown Center (date change)
11/10 – Chicago, IL – TBD (date change)
11/10 – Philadelphia area – Cherry Hill Mall (date change)
11/10 – Houston, TX – Houston Galleria
11/11 – Miami, FL – Dadeland Mall (date change)
11/11 – Minneapolis, MN – Mall of America
11/12 – Atlanta, GA – Mall of Georgia
11/12 – Boston, MA – Natick Collection (date change)
11/12 – Seattle, WA – Westfield Southcenter
11/13 – Phoenix, AZ – Scottsdale Fashion Square
11/14 – Salt Lake City, UT – Fashion Place
11/19 – New York City – Toys R Us (featuring a Hot Topic New Moon Boutique)

Nordstrom locations and dates:
11/5 – Topanga (Canoga Park, CA)*
11/8 – Park Meadows (Lone Tree, CO)**
11/9 – Natick Collection (Natick, MA) **
11/10 – The Galleria (Houston, TX)**
11/11 – Mall of America (Bloomington, MN)**
11/11 – Cherry Hill Mall (Philadelphia, PA)**
11/11 – Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco, CA)**
11/12 – Perimeter Mall (Atlanta, GA)
11/12 – Southcenter (Tukwila, WA)**
11/13 – Aventura Mall (Aventura, FL)
11/13 – Scottsdale Fashion Square (Phoenix, AZ)*
11/14 – Fashion Place (Murray, UT)*

* 125 VIP passes available
** Q&A forums with select cast members

The Twilight saga is set to take a bite out of Nordstrom stores, as the department store chain hosts a tour featuring New Moon actors in the weeks leading up to the film’s November 20th release. (Nordstrom recently launched a clothing/jewelry line inspired by the franchise.)

Although the press release does not indicate which cast members will be available at the store events, fans can log on to nordstrom.com/newmoon for more details and to register to become one of the 75 fans selected as “VIPs” at each store, and given the chance to meet the cast. (VIP selection will take place on Halloween.)

The tour dates are as follows:

November 5- Topanga (Canoga Park, CA)**
November 8- Park Meadows (Lone Tree, CO)*
November 9- Natick Collection (Natick, MA)*
November 10- The Galleria (Houston, TX)*
November 11- Mall of America (Bloomington, MN)*
November 11- Cherry Hill Mall (Philadelphia, PA)*
November 11- Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco, CA)*
November 12- Perimeter Mall (Atlanta, GA)
November 12- Southcenter (Tukwila, WA)*
November 13- Aventura Mall (Aventura, FL)
November 13- Scottsdale Fashion Square (Phoenix, AZ)*
November 14- Fashion Place (Murray, UT)*

* These malls will also host a talent question-and-answer forum in the mall which will be open to the public.

** 125 customer VIP packets will be available for the Topanga event only. The mall will not host a talent question-and-answer forum.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, New Moon director Chris Weitz says there has been “no official offer” for him to direct the Twilight series’ fourth film. “We’ll have to see how people feel about the entire movie, not only the studio but the fans, before the verdict is out whether I direct Number 4,” Weitz tells THR. “David Slade is doing a great job on the third film, and by the time that comes out, he’ll be the flavor of the moment.”

Weitz says he didn’t shoehorn more Robert Pattinson into the New Moon story just to please rabid fans. “Part of the point was that Edward was away,” Weitz says. “Readers of the book know this and appreciate it. The story is about loss and heartache; he is present as an absence. Bella is always thinking of him and affected by him. His return to the film is really powerful and made more so by not having millions of ‘back at the ranch’ scenes…There are people who would like nothing more that two hours of Rob Pattinson standing there, and I sympathize with them. But I think they’ll appreciate getting him back after the second act. We didn’t want to shoehorn him into the story.”

Continuing, Weitz told THR that he had a “really good collaboration” with author Stephenie Meyer and consulted her throughout making the film, on crucial elements such as the depiction of the Volturi headquarters in Italy.

A new documentary, Robsessed, will explore the frenzy surrounding Twilight star Robert Pattinson. Revolver Entertainment will release the documentary on DVD in November, timed to the theatrical launch of the second Twilight film, New Moon. A TV airing for the feature-length documentary is also possible. In addition, Revolver will offer the documentary in a DVD box-set with The Haunted Airman, a 2006 drama also starring Pattinson.