Cast of New Moon officially annonuced
by Leandra on April 15, 2009
in Cast & Characters, New Moon Movie
Below is Summit Entertainment’s official press release for 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.”
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.
yyyyeeeeessss! …
can’t wait to see the movie!
<3<3<3<3<3<3
i think i have to drive to italy …
Yay! This is so exciting!!!
Yay!! Can’t wait
-bellaaaaaa
omg i totally kant wait. this movie is gana be so awesome yay
November is not coming quick enough!!
YAY!!!!!! November needs to come faster!!! haha.
I can not be any more excited!!
I LOVE EDWARD N BELLA!!
I’m on the edge of my seat for November! AHAAAHH! I hate Jacob, but anytime I can see something with a great cast filled with hot guys and lucky girls (who unlike me got the beauty gene. I am so envious of people like Ashley Greene, KStew, and Nreed. They’re so pretty!) Rob’s not too shabby either *wink wink*
november needs to come faster!!!!!!!!!!!
oo my brother reminds me if alec and could soooooo play him!!!!!!!!
ugh if he was soo lucky!
and i love jacob and edward
how can u hate jacob???????
i think i just want all of the other months to Go by and then have November
and then once tht is ouT then, one New Moon comes out then all of the months can just skipp on by as well ! 
hahah
New Moon is going to be so amazing~I can’t wait!
just checked on the cast updates I can’t wait to see Cameron Bright as Alec good choice. I think he will play the role well he is a talented young actor.Can not wait for the movie to come out.Everyday it seems to be getting better and better.
OMG!!!! Can not wait… this is the only time you will hear this but i cant wait for november LOL
Hahah so when is the chat room coming outt ! ?
i really want itt ! 
i totally can’t wait for New Moon and Taylor always dosen’t have a shirt on!!!!
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I am really excited about New Moon coming aout and I am excited to see some new characters in the movie this year.
omg, so excited
Maybe I missed it, but who is playing Leah and Seth Clearwater?
OMG, so exited
Cant wait!
Looking forward to the New Moon Movie. Can’t wait.
OMG I CANT WAIT!!! but who’s playing the rest of the werewolves? and also are Bella’s friends (Mike, Eric, Jessica, Angela) being played by the same actors?
I can’t w8…
I’m sure the movie is going to be great…
Haha..
YAAY!!!!! I’m super excited to see the MOVIE!!!!! Me and my froends are going to see the movie right when it comes out!!!!
im so so so excited
Im so exicited!!!!
Nat_the_Twihard: Yeah I think Mike Jessica and co are going to be played the same actors as in twilight.
OMFG i can’t wait i looove twilight sooo much and i think that new moon will be the best movie ever
Like I’m soooooooooo excited for this movie!!! I’ve been waiting, for what seems like, forever!!! lol, hooray for new cast members!!!
yay i’m really happy that they r keepin the same cast otherwise it just wouldn’t be the same so yeh i can’t wait till it cums out
thatgirl i’m pretty sure dat vannessa hudgens is playin leah clearwater but not sure about seth tho
Demetri – OMG!!!
WOW
I can not see Vhud [lol] as a werewolf. At all.
They arn’t going to put leah in the movie until eclipse, and i’m not sure about who is going to play seth
OMG CAN NOT WAIT.
AND WHO IS THIS OTHER CULLENLOVER WHO STOLE MY NAME. IT WAS MINE FIRST
Oh MY gOOd!!!!
I CaN wAit I neeD To sEE thE mOvIe RiGHt Now xD I caNt wAit!!!!!
i can’t wait to be heart broken and be overwhelmed with love all over again!!!!
Yay! Super excited!
woop woop!!!!!
kant wait
but hu gt de prt of de wolves???
ah well