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Chris Weitz: "New Moon" to begin shooting in March 2009

by Jane Boursaw on January 8th, 2009

Director Chris Weitz has confirmed that “New Moon” will be shot in Vancouver, British Columbia; Rome; and L.A.; and filming will begin in March of 2009.

The L.A. casting director has been hired, but their information will not be posted. I’m guessing that’s because of the number of unsolicited calls and submissions they’d receive. They’ve also acquired the rights for “Eclipse,” the third movie in the series, but pre-production won’t begin until 2010.

Here’s what we know:

  • Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will be back as Edward and Bella.
  • Taylor Lautner will be back in the role of Jacob Black.
  • Director Chris Weitz is on the prowl for at least six people to play Quileute Indians, all of whom eventually morph into wolves.
  • They’re also looking for Italian vampires: five men and two women. In the casting document, they’re all described as being, among other things, “beautiful,” “handsome” and/or “elegant.” No surprise there.
  • Disney stars Vanessa Hudgens and Brenda Song are being considered for roles. Fans either love or hate this idea.
  • Shooting is set to begin in March in Vancouver, they’ll also be filming in Italy.

Join our “New Moon Casting News and Rumors” discussion!

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13 opinions for Chris Weitz: "New Moon" to begin shooting in March 2009

  • Robert Pattinson Fansclub » Blog Archive » Chris Weitz: "New Moon" to begin shooting in March 2009
    Jan 8, 2009 at 1:43 am

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  • New Moon Movie News | Twilight Lexicon
    Jan 8, 2009 at 6:28 am

    [...] Gecko Film Gecko is confirming what we have long suspected with the upcoming New Moon movie, and has been backed up by Lana Veenker (who cast the local parts for Twilight), "The L.A. [...]

  • Cheekyj
    Jan 8, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Why is it the THIRD movie? What happened to Eclipse? Please tell us this is a typo!!

    http://twicrackaddict.blogspot.com/2009/01/rights-to-make-breaking-dawn-movie.html

  • Mel
    Jan 8, 2009 at 11:44 am

    Can’t wait for the filming to begin! XD

  • Mel
    Jan 8, 2009 at 11:45 am

    And I’m glad that Taylor is back as Jacob.

  • Melissa
    Jan 8, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    Why aren’t they mentioning any of the other Cullens coming back?? They aren’t going to recast any of them, are they??

    Glad to see Taylor got the role… and Eclipse is going to be the 3rd movie, right, not Breaking Dawn???

    And kind of sad they aren’t going to film in Portland again! We will miss them

  • Jane Boursaw
    Jan 8, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    Cheekyi - Yes, you’re right! Eclipse is third, Breaking Dawn is fourth. Just corrected the copy. :-)

  • New Moon Movie News | Twilight Info & News
    Jan 8, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    [...] Gecko Film Gecko is confirming what we have long suspected with the upcoming New Moon movie, and has been backed up by Lana Veenker (who cast the local parts for Twilight), "The L.A. [...]

  • Twilight Slovenia » Somračne novice
    Jan 9, 2009 at 6:01 am

    [...] Film Gecko je zbral nekaj informacij o snemanju filma Mlada luna. [...]

  • Britt
    Jan 10, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    Does anyone know who Vanessa Hudgens is being cast for??

  • Kasey
    Jan 11, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    Does anyone know how long filming will take? or if they will still be filming in May 2009? I would have thought so if they are filming New Moon and Eclipse back to back….

  • tay
    Jan 14, 2009 at 2:09 am

    venessa hudgens is being considerd for the role of leah clearwater. she only has a little part but in eclipse and breaking dawn it will be bigger.
    i dont think she should really get it shes not “mean” enough if you ask me i think the looks right (apart from shes to small and petite)
    but then i was thinking well we need her to be short to make taylor look bigger as jacob
    :) who knows it may work out
    oh and dont get me wrong i absolutly hate high school musical and anything to do with it. but it might be the wright thing to do. and and and im happy we have taylor back :)

  • tay
    Jan 14, 2009 at 2:19 am

    wait wait wait … i lie i lie
    i just read this. (twilight lexicon)

    So we asked Melissa if Leah Clearwater appeared in her script, because in the novel Leah is barely a blip on the radar. She’s in the spaghetti dinner scene talking on the phone. It seemed to us that they probably wouldn’t be introducing Leah this movie given that fact.

    So…drumroll please…according to Melissa Rosenberg, “if Vanessa is auditioning for the role of Leah, she’s written her own pages to read, ’cause I didn’t write ‘em. ”

    So for the sake of our sanity, let’s save the Leah obsession for Eclipse where it actually belongs. The main female character that we all want to know about in New Moon isn’t a werewolf at all. It’s a pint-sized vampire with a hell of a wallop named JANE!

    so now im really confused because there are sooo many reports and blogs that say she is ehhh i dont know hahaha

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