Alexandre Desplat to score 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'

Upcoming Film Scores have broken the news that French music composer Alexandre Desplat will be scoring the Twilight sequel.

This means that Desplat replaces original Twilight music composer Carter Burwell.  Why you might ask?  Because The Twilight Saga: New Moon’s director Chris Weitz already has “an ongoing working relationship with Desplat.”

Two time Oscar nominee Desplat’s previous credits include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Golden Compass, Firewall, Derailed, Hostage, Tristan, and The Nest.

Click on the MP3 widget to hear snippets from Carter Burwell’s original Twilight score:

The Twilight Saga: New Moon will hit theatres on November 20.

An awkward moment with Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) in the sequel to Twilight - The Twilight Saga: New Moon

ET goes behind the scenes on the closed Vancouver set of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Here’s two exclusive clips from the set together with cast interviews:

ET’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon Exclusive #1

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David Slade (30 Days of Night / Hard Candy) has been tapped to direct the third Twilight movie, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

The Story of Eclipse will follow heroine Bella Swan as she nears graduation while trying to navigate the dangers of the ongoing vampire-werewolf struggle.  Mysterious killings turn up around Seattle and a malicious vampire looks for revenge.

“I am thrilled that David Slade will be directing Eclipse, ” said writer Stephenie Meyer. “He’s a visionary filmmaker who has so much to offer this franchise. From the beginning, we’ve been blessed with wonderful directorial talent for the Twilight saga, and I’m so happy that Eclipse will be carrying on with that tradition.”

Summit president of production Erik Feig added: “Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse is a muscular, rich, vivid book, and we at Summit looked long and hard for a director who could do it justice. We believe we have found that talent in David Slade, a director who has been able to create complex, visually arresting worlds.”

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be released in theaters June 30 2010, but not before The Twilight Saga: New Moon which hits theaters November 20, 2009.

Source: THR

The Wolf Pack: Alex Meraz, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Kiowa Gordon

USA Today have posted the first picture of the Wolf Pack from the sequel to Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

Of course, it’s not the entire Wolf Pack.  Shown are Paul (Alex Meraz), Sam (Chaske Spencer), Jared (Bronson Pelletier) and Embry (Kiowa Gordon). Not included are additional Wolf Pack actors Tyson Houseman and Taylor Lautner.

According to USA Today a part of the Wolf Pack job requirement is the ability to work without clothes no matter the weather in Vancouver.

“It’s not pleasant for the actors,” says director Chris Weitz. “But they have all been good-natured. They show up on location in drenching, cold rain, and I say, ‘OK, off with the robes.’”

Another requirement imposed on the actors is their ability to officially approve their Native American or First Nation ancestry since their characters belong to the Quileute tribe, based in La Push, Wash.

“They had to have papers that proved their heritage,” says director Chris Weitz, who was the one who insisted on hiring within the community. “And they had to be in good physical shape.”

The film will follow Kristen Stewarts character Bella as she is drawn into the world of werewolves.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is scheduled for release:
November 19 – Australia
November 20 – USA
November 27 – UK

Robert Pattinson as the vampire Edward Cullen in 'Twilight'

Starting Thursday April 23 Entertainment Tonight will be running an exclusive inside look at The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the sequel to Twilight.  In the meantime ET have released the following promo to wet your appetite:

Tinsel Korey in Rabbit Fall

According to her MySpace page, Tinsel Korey (Rabbit Fall / The Lookout / Mothers & Daughters) has scored the role of Emily Young in New Moon, the sequel to Twilight.  Reelz Channel report that her character will be werewolf Sam Uley’s girlfriend and mother figure to the wolf pack.

From her MySpace page:

She starts off 2009 landing the role of Emily Young in the Twilight Sequel “New Moon”; and is very excited to be working with such a talented cast and brilliant director.

Korey joins Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart who are reprising their roles as Edward and Bella. Additional cast includes Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Billy Burke, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon, Tyson Houseman, Jamie Campbell-Bower and Canadian model Noot Seear.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon will be released November 20.

According to a report on the Daily Mail, actor Michael Sheen (the Underworld trilogy / Kingdom of Heaven /Blood Diamond) has been cast as a vampire in New Moon, the sequel to Twilight.

40 year old Sheen will play Aro, the leader of an Italian vampire clan called the Volturi.

From the Daily Mail:

Director Chris Weitz confirmed Sheen’s casting to The Mail on Sunday and said he had ‘aggressively’ pursued the actor.

‘Michael’s role is so important because he’s the head of all vampires,’ he said. ‘Aro is, on the surface, a very gracious and friendly vampire, but beneath that he is a tremendous threat.’

Sheen joins Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart who are reprising their Twilight roles as Edward and Bella. Additional cast includes Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Billy Burke, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon, Tyson Houseman, Jamie Campbell-Bower and Canadian model Noot Seear.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon will be released November 20.

Jamie Campbell-Bower & Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street

Summit Entertainment has cast British actor Jamie Campbell-Bower in the sequel to Twilight.

Cambell-Bower’s credits include appearances in two episodes of The Prisoner television series and the made for television movie The Dinner Party.  He also appeared in RocknRolla, Winter in Wartime and notably with Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street.

He will play a member of an Italian based coven of vampires known as the Volturi.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon will be released November 20.  Filming began in Vancouver last week.

Source: Variety

Noot Sear to star as Heidi in The Twilight Saga: New Moon

25 year old Canadian Supermodel Noot Seear has been cast in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the sequel to the incredibly popular Twilight.

Seear will play the role of Heidi, described as a “fisher” – someone who baits humans into following her to become meals for the Voluturi vampires.

Noot Sear has appeared in individual episodes on Cold Squad, Whistler, and Kaya television series.  She also had a smal part in Head Over Heels with Freddy Prinze Jr, posed nude in French Playboy in 2008, and has been the face of both Ralph Lauren and Levi.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon hits theaters:
19 November 2009 – Australia
20 November 2009 – USA
27 November 2009 – UK

Source:  EOnline

The Wolf Pack

Summit Entertainment has cast Native American actors Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson Houseman in the sequel to Twilght.

Chaske Spencer will play Lakota (Sioux), Pelletier is Cree-Metis, Meraz is Purepecha (Tarasco), Gordon is Hualapai and Houseman will play Cree.  They join Taylor Lautner in portraying members of the ‘Wolf Pack’ who defend humans against vampires.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will be reprising their Twilight roles as Edward and Bella. 

The film, which also stars Dakota Fanning, Nikki Reed, and Ashley Green, will followKristen Stewarts character Bella as she is drawn into the world of werewolves.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon will be released on November 20 2009.