Blog: New Moon Watch

'New Moon' Finds New Vamps

Thu., Apr. 16, 2009 8:42 AM PDT , by Giaco Furino
Cameron Bright

Summit Entertainment has just filled out (quite nicely) casting for The Twilight Saga: New Moon!  Cameron Bright (the moody looking boy in The Butterfly Effect) will play Alec, brother to Dakota Fanning's Jane.  Academy Award Nominee Graham Greene (Turok: Son of Stone = awesome) has been cast as Harry Clearwater, leader of the Quileute tribe. New Moon has indeed begun shooting and for Twilight fans it can't come quick enough. Hit the jump for full excerpts from the official press release and get yer Twilight on.

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...

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, Rachelle Lafevre as Victoria and Billy Burke as Charlie Swan.

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...