Midnight Movies

LOS ANGELES, Calif. –

“Twilight” villain Cam Gigandet won’t be putting away his fangs anytime soon.

The “Twilight” star will be playing a sheriff who is part vampire in the TokyoPop comic book adaptation, “Priest,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie takes place in a world ravaged by a war between men and vampires. Cam’s character partners with a warrior priest (Paul Bettany) to save the girl he loves.

In addition to “Priest,” Cam has signed on to appear alongside Emma Stone and Amanda Bynes in “Easy A,” a comedic version of “The Scarlet Letter.”

He is also currently filming the thriller “The Roommate” with Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly.

Cam recently won the MTV Movie Award “Best Fight” for his battle with Robert Pattinson’s character, Edward Cullen, in “Twilight.”

Source - www.accesshollywood.com

Casting directors for the third installment of the ‘Twilight’ series are seeking for the Clearwater siblings as well as Riley, giving away the casting breakdowns for each of the characters.

Moments after “The Twilight Saga’s New Moon” unleashed its first official trailer, news are coming out that the casting for its follow-up movie, “Eclipse”, has begun. First to break down the report is E! Online, noting that they got a hold of a casting notice of at least three characters for the third “Twilight” movie.

One of the characters is Riley. He is described to be “a handsome, blond, clean-cut college boy who falls victim to Victoria [and] plays an integral role in Victoria’s attempt to murder Bella Swan.” The other two are the Clearwater siblings, Seth and Leah. Seth, a member of the La Push werewolf clan, is a “tall, gangly-limbed boy with a huge, happy grin [who] idolizes Jacob,” while his sister is the only woman in La Push.

Leah is further described to be “tall and slender with beautiful skin and short cropped black hair.” The casting notice also read that “she would be considered gorgeous if not for the perpetual scowl she carries due to a broken heart and her anger issues.” For the roles Seth and Leah, the casting directors reportedly seek for Native American or First Nations actors to fill in, similar to what they’ve done with “New Moon”.

“Eclipse” is the third novel from Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series. The big screen version will be penned by Melissa Rosenberg and directed by “30 Days of Night” helmer David Slade. Set for June 30, 2010 U.S. release, it will follow Bella Swan as she once again finds herself surrounded by danger. Now, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, with the knowledge that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf.

Source - www.aceshowbiz.com

Twilight actor Jackson Rathbone is set to appear in the upcoming film Lords of Chaos, portraying Varg Vikernes, former frontman for Norwegian black metal outfit Burzum.In Twilight, Rathbone plays Jasper Hale, a vampire with little to no self-control, so his next role should be something of a breeze. Vikernes remains behind bars in a Norwegian prison for the 1993 murder of Mayhem guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) as well as the torching of three churches. According to Blabbermouth.net, the film, based on the Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind’s book of the same name, will be directed by Sion Sono and center around the black metal subculture of the early 1990s, which sparked a wave of grisly murders and church fires across Norway.

The flick starts production in Norway this September following three years of delays prompted by a lack of funding. Chances are the film will not be getting two thumbs up from Vikernes who, in 2004, took to the Burzum Web site to chide the book’s authors.

Calling the book “a pool of mud,” Vikernes claimed, “the vast majority of all the statements made in this book are either misinterpretations; taken out of context; misunderstandings; malicious lies made by enemies; a result of ignorance; extreme exaggerations; and/or third-hand information at best. This includes the statements attributed to me.

“This book serves only one single purpose and that is to create a myth around my name and to mystify me,” he said. “If that was their objective, they have indeed succeeded with their work. The authors have managed to fill the heads of a generation of metal fans with lies. What could have been a righteous revolt has been made into some pathetic, embarrassing, brain-dead, impotent and traditional poser-culture.”

Source - www.rollingstone.com