New Moon (film)

New Moon is the second installment of the Twilight film series, based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name. On November 22, 2008, Summit Entertainment officially announced that they would move forward with the production of the film, following the early success of Twilight. Meyer stated that she is very happy to be able to continue working with Summit Entertainment on the production of the saga, saying, "I don't think any other author has had a more positive experience with the makers of her movie adaptation than I have had with Summit Entertainment. I'm thrilled to have the chance to work with them again on New Moon."

Summit Entertainment has started pre-production for New Moon, and announced that filming will begin on March 23, 2009. Filming will take place in Vancouver with Eclipse being filmed back to back.

Cast
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Edi Gathegi, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, and Jackson Rathbone are confirmed to be reprising their roles in New Moon as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Jacob Black, Laurent, Alice Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen, and Jasper Hale respectively. Vanessa Hudgens will portray as Leah Clearwater. AnneLynne McCord will play the beautiful vampire, Heidi who is one of the Volturi guards. Dakota Fanning has been offered the role of Jane, a member of the Volturi guard.

Director
It was announced that Catherine Hardwicke, who directed Twilight, will not be directing New Moon due to time constraints. Summit has hired Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass, American Pie) as the director for New Moon, and he stated that he is very happy to be working on New Moon.

Release
Summit's goal is to release New Moon on November 20, 2009.