Twilight sets sights on convention circuit in US, Canada, and UK Special

Digital Journal continues to inform fans of exciting opportunities to get up close and personal with some of their favorite celebrities. The Twilight Saga is the latest big movie to create a massive and hungry fan base for everything Twilight.

Twilight sets sights on convention circuits around the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The worldwide success has now created a massive fan base hungry for everything that involves the novels and movie about Twilight. Stephenie Meyer from Phoenix Arizona penned the first novel which was a best seller, which features an almost benevolent family of vampires that live in present day Forks, Washington which is located on the Olympic Peninsula in North Americas only rain forest. The visually rich settings and unique environment create a vibrant background for this modern day vampire thriller and a romantic story of forbidden love. Fans excitement is building toward the November 20th North American release of ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Fantastic news for fans of Twilight, Creation Entertainment, the premier purveyor of fan conventions across the USA and around the world has just signed a 3 year deal with the Twilight franchise to bring the stars of the motion pictures, the writer, products, and vendors to home towns across the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Jay David Murphy

Leonard Nimoy, Zachary Quinto, and Jacob Kogan in this Digital Journal photo at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention.

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Creation Entertainment is famous for their Official Star Trek Conventions across the world, and the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention held each year at the Las Vegas Hilton, which attracts 1000’s of Trek fans from all over the world. You can see a nine part series of the most recent Trek convention, facilitated and presented by Creation Entertainment right here on Digital Journal. The Official Twilight Fan Conventions allows attendees the unique and rare opportunity to get up close and personal to the stars and people behind the scenes that create the big screen spectacle that is Twilight and also the highly successful books. Fans will enjoy on-stage appearances by Twilight celebrities, exclusive footage screenings, panel discussions, Twilight themed parties, musical performances, costume and trivia competitions, auctions, autographing, merchandising, and photo opportunities. Other participants will be the major online Twilight fan websites, including Twilightexicon and Twilightmoms. They will be providing special presentations at the stops on the convention tour. Erin Ferries, VP of Creation Entertainment said, “It is a delight to be involved with the tremendous excitement that surrounds The Twilight Saga. The fans are incredibly knowledgeable about the property and have used the story as a springboard for their own creativity. The official Twilight Fan Conventions will allow attendees the chance to show off their Twilight inspired artwork, writing, costumes, film making, and music with thousands of their fellow fans.” Ferries went on to say, “While the conventions will offer fans the chance to cheer for their favorite actors they are equally about gathering with like-minded folks and forming friendships based on a common devotion. We can’t wait to bring some of the magic of Twilight live to cities around the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom!” Nancy Kirkpatrick, President of Worldwide Marketing of Summit Entertainment, who partnered with Creation Entertainment in its Twilight endeavor said this, “The fans of The Twilight Saga continue to be incredibly supportive of the film franchise and we wanted to find a way to allow them to immerse themselves in the films and the characters in a much more interactive setting.” Kirkpatrick continued with, “The Official Twilight Fan Conventions will offer incredible opportunities to get up close to the characters which they have grown to love.” There are already 20 stops confirmed on the Twilight convention tour which includes: New Jersey, Chicago, Miami, Seattle, Nashville, San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Boston, Toronto, and Portland. Summit Entertainment is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production, and distribution studio. Creation Entertainment produces events and merchandise for fans of genre films and television. It was founded in 1971 and has promoted over 2,000 conventions for fans of popular properties including Star Trek, Star Wars, The X-Files, Stargate, and more. Fans can go to Creation Entertainments web site for convention particulars. They can also visit the Twilight convention web site as well for specifics on Twilight. For those not familiar with fan conventions you can go through a day by day, blow by blow, 9 article expose’ with extra feature articles on Creation Entertainments most recent convention, the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention covered by and here on Digital Journal.