New Moon Cast Announcement
Los Angeles, CA April 15, 2009 Principal photography has begun on Summit Entertainments THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, it was announced today by Erik Feig, Summits 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 Bellas 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 Burtons 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 Entertainments 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 Howards film Frost/Nixon, and played Britains Prime Minister Tony Blair to Helen Mirrens Queen Elizabeth in The Queen. The award-winning actor was recently seen in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
About Summit Entertainment LLC
Summit Entertainment is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC plans to release 10 to 12 films annually.
What a treat to come catch up on the thread (and, boy, did that take a while) and find I had a shout out!
Delurking to say, thanks, MTK.
you rock!
At least I hope that's what they're filming and not screwing up the story....
bug out!! He tells everyone how sweet and innocent I am, lol, if he only knew!
I got absolutley nothing done. and I have The Dominant open on the computer just waiting. 
