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New Moon News: Taylor Lautner Still Not Cast, Native American Actors Hard to Find & Chris Weitz May Direct
Posted on December 11, 2008 with 179 Comments
The Twilight sequel, New Moon, is tentatively slated for Nov. 20, 2009 meaning the cast will be back on the Vancouver set in March, according to Entertainment Weekly.
But, as we’ve previously reported, up-and-coming hunk Taylor Lautner may NOT be among the New Moon cast to play rapidly-maturing werewolf Jacob Black.
Sources tell EW that Lautner’s agent has been reaching out to the imaging company behind The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (where Brad Pitt plays a man who ages backward) in an attempt to demonstrate to Summit Entertainment how Lautner could be digitally bulked-up.
Even though Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke said it was difficult casting Native American actors for the hit vamp flick, Summit says it won’t make a decision on Lautner’s casting until a new director is on board.
As for the director who will have a $50 million budget to pump out this sequel in less than a year? An offer was out to Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass, American Pie, About a Boy) to make the guaranteed hit sequel.
Tags: casting news, chis weitz, jacob black, native american, new moon, sequel, Taylor Lautner, Twilight
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