SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT STARTS PRODUCTION ON THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON
Los Angeles, CA April 15, 2009 – Principal photography has begun on Summit Entertainment’s THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, it was announced today by Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner reprise their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black. Academy Award-nominee Chris Weitz (THE GOLDEN COMPASS, ABOUT A BOY) is the director. NEW MOON is filming on locations in Vancouver, BC and Tuscany, Italy.
Also rejoining the movie are Ashley Greene as Alice, Peter Facinelli as Carlisle, Elizabeth Reaser as Esme, Kellan Lutz as Emmett, Nikki Reed as Rosalie, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper , Edi Gathegi as Laurent and Rachelle Lafevre as Victoria.
New cast members include the legendary Volturi, a venerable coven of vampires who weigh and impose the laws of the vampire world, as well as two new members of the Quileute Indian Nation. The Volturi include Charlie Bewley as Demetri, Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius, Daniel Cudmore as Felix, Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus, all Volturi enforcers. Dakota Fanning plays Jane, a high ranking and powerful Volturi member and Cameron Bright is Alec, her brother. Noot Seer plays Volturi member Heidi. Michael Sheen plays Aro, the Volturi leader. Graham Greene appears as Harry Clearwater, Quileute tribal leader and old friend of Bella’s father Charlie. Tinsel Korey is Emily, the fiancé of Sam Uley.
In NEW MOON, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love Edward (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and she finds her loyalties tested.
Jamie Campbell Bower was last seen in Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd” and is the lead singer of the band The Darling Buds. Daniel Cudmore played Colossus in the “X-Men” films, “X2” and “X-Men: The Last Stand.” Dakota Fanning was last seen in Summit Entertainment’s sci-fi thriller “Push” and provided the lead voice in the animated feature “Coraline.” Graham Greene earned an Academy Award nomination for his work in “Dances With Wolves,” and has appeared in such films as “The Green Mile,” “Die Hard: With A Vengeance” and “Transamerica.” Chrisopher Heyerdahl has appeared in such films as “The Chronicles of Riddick,” “Catwoman” and “Blade: Trinity.” Tinsel Korey has worked on numerous films and television shows, from “Into The West” to “The Lookout,” opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt. She is also a singer/songwriter. Vancouver-born Noot Seer began modeling at age 13 and has lived in New York, Barbados, Guyana and New Zealand. She was a champion horseback rider prior to her modeling career. She made her film debut in the comedy “Head Over Heels,” starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Monica Potter. Michael Sheen last starred opposite Frank Langella in Ron Howard’s film “Frost/Nixon,” and played Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair to Helen Mirren’s Queen Elizabeth in “The Queen.” The award-winning actor was recently seen in “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.”
Twilighters
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this is amazing. finally the casting list.
OMG This Is So AWESOME!!!
excellent cast
yeah, finally!
I’m in love with Noot Sear..
omg. finally the casting is complete and now we know who plays what. This is Great
I am sooooo excited for new moon&eclipse to come out!!!!!! I’m glad they got their cast set together
woo =]
What about Charlie
Amazing I googled all of them and they FIT!!!!!!
omg I am so happy! I loved the two boys who were in X3, they were AWESOME! and the rest are really gooD!!! YAY!
I love Demetri This movie is going be
such an eye candy lol
Awesome! thanks for sharing!
yep i did the same thing as SAMANTHA. i google imaged ALL of them. they do seem to make a plausible match. the only thing im worried about is who’s going to play Leah Clearwater, from what i heard her character will be in the third movie… and vanessa hudgens wants to be apart of it… i dont think thats a good idea because i LOVE leah. im afraid if vanessa played her, i wouldnt be able to see pass the disney-high musical image she already has… and i hate HSM.. but yea NM casting looks great though.
Hey didn’t Stephenie wanted Daniel Cudemore to be Emmett, and I remember somebody suggested Jamie as Jasper at one point, I find it very cool that they r part of the cast some way somehow
and dakota and cameron being jane and alec, right on point. i mean cameron’s played how many roles where he’s this distraught cynical kid, and dakota with a lot of experience as well. oh this is gonna be good.
Yea i agree,Louise. i hope Charlie’s in this movie. He plays a pretty important role in new moon in my opinion.
cameron bright = money!!!!
could not have cast a better jane and alec
Holy Shizz! They really aren’t playin’ around. It’s amazing what a little fan love and more money can do! Can’t wait!
I’m really liking the volturi choices. all are really strong actors and should be able to balance Rob nicely. Graham Greene as Harry Clearwater! OMG! WOW! So pleased!
Cameron Bright and Dakota Fanning!! WOW! What perfect casting…they make the perfect brother /sister match… OH, I can just see it now!
yay! i googled them all lol
Daniel Cudmore as Felix is almost exactly as i pictured, and everyone else looks really good!
i’m so excited
ome LOVE LOVE LOVE the casting, especially cameron bright as Alec, perfect match with Dakota. Bah! Now i’m sooooo excited!!
@ LOUISE and VIVIEN…
HOLY CRAKERS! yeah… what about Charlie?!! He’s a VITAL piece for New Moon… for all four books and films alike.
On his IMDB page, it says he’s IN New Moon… so I’m not sure why this Press Release doesn’t mention him…
thoughts?
awesome awesome!!! Seriously I’m extremely happy with the casting!! The guy who plays Marcus is uber creepy! Saw him on Supernatural a few weeks ago…creepy guy! He’ll be great! Can’t say enough good things about Micheal Sheen.
Chris gets 2 big thumbs up from me!!!
yay finally a cast list!!
the movie is gonna be awesome
and this is kinda random
but are the ads on this website the same for everyone everywhere?
coz at the moment i’ve got a promotion for stuff here in australia
but i doubt that people in america would really care about stuff over here… :S
THE BIG NAME THAT JUST KEEPS STICKING OUT TO ME IS DAKOTA FANNING! SHE IS LIKE A MEGA STAR AND GOSH LIKE ANY FILM IS LUCKY TO HAVE HER INTEREST IN A ROLE! I WAS SAD BEN BARNES WASN’T CAIUS BUT I THINK JAMIE BOWER WON’T BE TOO BAD AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT SHEEN & CAMERON BRIGHT!!!!! =D
Excellent casting…should be an amazing movie, hats off to Weitz for securing such a fantastic cast.
Absafreakinlutely!!! with a cast like this, new moon should be a terriffic movie. If not I will be really disapointed.
LOL. My thoughts exactly, Em!
Though, if IMDB says he’s in it, then i hope it’s true.
I just can’t picture these movies sans Charlie=[
OMG im soo excited and i luv the cast!!
AHHHH!!! you know, i think this is some off the best castng i have seen in a long time. i googled all the people and every single one looks excellent!! i am thrilled with the casting. new moon will be a success just because off the cast!!!!
dude, im soo excited! the cast seems good except for Jamie and Noot.
Heidi just seemed sorta like…i dunno…not like the Noot chick…
and Jamie just doesnt work bcuz of Sweeny Todd. Im gona like burst out laughing as soon as he comes on screen, bcuz im gonna be picturing him like singin Joanna er sumtin
lol
yah, and i pictured Aro as older, but w/e
I think they can do a good job.
I looooooveeeeeeeeeeeee
Michael Sheen as ARO, Aro is like totally legit, as Sheen. So I can see his evil side.
You guys should see him in Underworld. WOW!
Dakota is my other favorite. I like Janes character and Dakota does have that evil side.
Watch HIde and Seek! WOW, again,
Daniel Cudmore, wow too.
I’m into comics and superheroes and stuff and watching him lay Collosus in X2 and X3:The Land Stand. Wow. and Felix is cool, but I would have pictured him more like Demetri cause Demetri is big and huge, like Emmett. But oh well.
Can’t wait ’till 11/20/09
finally!!!
“NEW MOON is filming on locations in Vancouver, BC and Tuscany, Italy.” yay!!!! italy!! the scenes with the volturi r going to be so authentic n real!!
um Charlie Bewley as demetri… iono yet, i imagined demetri a lil bigger, not as bif as felix but still pretty buff.
i think Daniel Cudmore was great in xmen, n i totally think he’ll do great as felix. Christopher Heyerdahl as marcus is great!!! okay now for Cameron Bright, that kid has talent, i have to say. n finding out that he’s playing alec, its just so right.
but people, i have to agree with some of the twilighters, the cast is almost perfect, if not. these actors are fit their characters so well, im like so excited. NEW MOON IS GONNA KICK ASS!!!
HALLELUJAH the cast list has arrived!! I LOVE IT!!! *happy dance* Hehe I googled them all too
I was suprised that Jamie, is the youngest of the 3 gods. They guys playing Marcus and Aro, are both around the same age group. Well it´s nice to see that we know who will be playing the Volturi
Where is SAM?????
@ EM
*GASP* this is shocking! how could charlie NOT be included? T^T
@ ELIZABETH
wow. summit’s leaving people out.
apart from that, they all look the part!
(and yes. i DID google all of them)
Awesome cast list!!! I just can’t wait for the movie!
yay! im glad they are finally starting it and happy for the cast!
I love the cast and Cameron Bright is amazingly hot but not as hot as Taylor lautner! I Love the rest of the cast too! I cant wait for newmoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought the same with the Imbd list on billy Burke. X
What about the assisant Gina that is sitting at the desk and that come’s over and ask them are they okay or do they need anything?
YAY!!!!!! That just makes me even more excited…even tho i dont know who most of the new cast is anyways i’m hoping/betting that it will be way better than twilight! cant wait!
Great cast! OMG, I’m so excited- can’t wait to see New Moon!
OMG…..I’ve read all the books and this is perfect!!!! But seriously Taylor Lautner is da bomb!!!!
Can`t wait to c them!!!!!
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