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The much anticipated casting and auditions process for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” is now getting underway in Los Angeles, on the heels of the world premiere of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”, which will take place in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 24th.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn will be released as two separate movies, Breaking Dawn Part I has a release date of November 18, 2011, and a summer 2012 release for Breaking Dawn Part II is being targeted. Director Bill Condon will shoot the two films back to back.

Breaking Dawn II will be released in 3-D, however no decision has been announced about Part I. A 3-D film can be created in two ways. One is to process the film in post-production editing using CGI for 3-D effects. The other method is to shoot the film with special 3-D cameras, such as the film Avatar was done using Sony HDC-F950 3-D cameras. It is not known which method Condon will use, but it is highly likely he will shoot using the special 3-D cameras since the effects are far superior.

Filming begins November 2010, and it now appears likely that shooting will take place in the state of Louisiana. There is a very large amount of filming that takes place in Louisiana due to the large tax credits that the state offers the studios. Louisiana offers a 30% transferable incentive for total in-state expenditures related to the production of a motion picture. The budget on both parts of Breaking Dawn will be substantially greater than the previous installments in the series, therefore Summit Entertainment would benefit greatly by filming in Louisiana, and low key negotiations with the state film commission are taking place.

Information about auditions and submitting a photo and resume to casting directors can be found on the following blog post by clicking here.

New lead and supporting roles to be cast for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn

Renesmee Cullen: Vampire-Human hybrid, Edward and Bella’s daughter.
Nahuel: Hybrid Vampire/Human
Huilen: Vampire, Nahuel’s aunt
Jason Jenks/Scott: Human, Lawyer

Denali, Alaska Vampire Coven Sisters:

Kate
Tanya
Carmen
Eleazar

The Amazon Vampire Coven Sisters:

Kachiri
Zafrina
Senna

New Werewolf Pack (Native Americans):

Jacob forms his own wolf pack with Seth and Leah.

The film’s extras will be hired near the shooting locations throughout filming.

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Robert Pattinson and his famous Adidas landed in Vancouver this afternoon off the flight from London we saw him boarding earlier in the day. He’s in Canada for the Eclipse reshoots that have all the Twilight fans wondering about the pivotal meadow scenes. Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner arrived before Rob got there as they all had some exciting news for the saga to celebrate — Breaking Dawn officially has a director, Bill Condon! Robert and Kristen are reunited for the time being, and also both got big shout-outs on the 50 most beautiful people list, right where they belong.

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 Robert Pattinson looked gorgeous and scruffy as he arrived at Heathrow Airport this afternoon in his cap, sunnies and jeans. He had his guitar case for company, but will no doubt be reunited with Kristen Stewart and the rest of the Twilight gang as the cast gather in Vancouver for Eclipse reshoots. We’ve already seen Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner make their way from LAX to Canada so it was only a matter of time until beautiful and rich Robert joined them.

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Official Press Release From Summit

BILL CONDON TO DIRECT SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT’S THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN

Los Angeles, CA April 28, 2010 – Summit Entertainment has confirmed
that Academy Award® winner Bill Condon will direct THE TWILIGHT SAGA:
BREAKING DAWN, based on the fourth novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s
Twilight series. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, is currently being
written by Melissa Rosenberg, and will star Kristen Stewart, Robert
Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt, and
Stephenie Meyer will produce the project.

“Bringing Stephenie Meyer’s BREAKING DAWN to the screen requires a
graceful and intelligent hand and we believe Bill Condon is exactly
the right steward, having shown equal and abundant talents of immense
creativity and subtle sensitivity,” said Erik Feig, President of
Production and Acquisitions, for Summit Entertainment.

Added author Stephenie Meyer, “I’m so thrilled that Bill wants to work
with us. I think he’s going to be a great fit, and I’m excited to see
what he does with the material.”

“I’m very excited to get the chance to bring the climax of this saga
to life on-screen. As fans of the series know, this is a one-of-a-kind
book – and we’re hoping to create an equally unique cinematic
experience,” said Bill Condon.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN illuminates the secrets and mysteries
of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.

Condon is well known for writing and directing DREAMGIRLS, KINSEY, and
GODS AND MONSTERS, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted
Screenplay in 1999. He was nominated for a second Oscar for his
screenplay for the movie musical CHICAGO in 2003. Most recently the
multi-hyphenate directed the pilot episode for the Showtime series
“The Big C” and produced the 81st Annual Academy Awards telecast,
hosted by Hugh Jackman.

The third film in the franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE is due in
theaters on June 30, 2010.

Condon is represented by WME and Anonymous Content.

About the TWILIGHT film series
The TWILIGHT film series stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
and tells the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan who moves to the small
town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, and becomes drawn
to Edward Cullen, a pale, mysterious classmate who seems determined to
push her away. But neither can deny the attraction that pulls them
together…even when Edward confides that he and his family are
vampires. The action-packed, modern day vampire love story TWILIGHT,
the first film in the series, was released in theatres on November 21,
2008 to a blockbuster reception. The second installment of the film
franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON was released November 20, 2009.
The franchise has grossed over $1.1 billion in worldwide box office
ticket sales to date.

About Summit Entertainment, LLC

Summit Entertainment, LLC is a worldwide theatrical motion picture
development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio
handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own
internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures.
Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both
its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC
releases on average 10 to 12 films annually.

As part of the Remember Me press junket yesterday, Robert Pattinson weighed in on the concept of Breaking Dawn being broken into two films, saying “it really just depends on the script, either way.”

He also revealed that he’s not sure of the 3-D concept. “The 3-D thing confuses me. I haven’t seen ‘Avatar’ or any of these 3-D movie things yet. The idea of it … I remember 3-D movies from when I was a kid, and I can just picture it giving me a headache.”

(More Robert Pattinson Goodness!)

Kristen Stewart talks about kissing and Breaking Dawn in 3D during her interviews for The Yellow Handkerchief with her costar Eddie Redmayne.

Apparently she thinks Gordy is better than Edward!

From MTV – Rob talks Bel Ami, Breaking Dawn, and Spiderman!

Following the November blockbuster release of “New Moon,” Robert Pattinson has maintained a relatively low profile as he geared up to begin filming “Bel Ami” alongside Uma Thurman in Europe. That cloud of welcome anonymity is about to break, though, as the PR machine ramps up for another RPattz film release: the romantic drama “Remember Me.”

In an interview with the Scottish Daily Record, Pattinson spoke of his paranoia about relationships, the eventual end of the “Twilight” series and some very intimate on-camera time he’ll soon share with Thurman.

“The sex scenes with Uma are kind of disturbing,” he said. “Her character kind of uses sex as a sort of weapon and my character thinks like an animal. There’s a lot of sex scenes in this film, so I’m asking quite a lot of myself, and with lots of different people as well.”

In “Bel Ami,” Pattinson plays a Parisian journalist and playboy who courts his friend’s wife (Thurman) and eventually marries her. Filming is set to take place across Europe, from London to Budapest.

During the interview, Pattinson also spoke about the frustration of planning his life around the “Twilight,” as there’s still no set date for production on “Breaking Dawn,” nor any definitive word about whether the final book in the vampire series will become two films or just one.

“Not knowing when ‘Breaking Dawn’ is going to shoot — because it changes all the time — is a kind of burden, to have this thing where you don’t know when it’s going to happen,” Pattinson said. “So you’ve got to organize everything in your life around that and that can be difficult.”

Problematic as well is his increasing lack of privacy in his personal life, particularly given the persistent rumors that he’s in a relationship with “Twilight” co-star Kristen Stewart.

“If you meet a crowd of people, a lot of times you think someone is going to say something, someone could be going to sell a story about you,” he admitted. “The majority of times, nothing bad ever happens, but having that paranoia there is very annoying.”

One story — or rather, one outlandish casting rumor — should now be put to rest. Any wish on the part of some fans that the rebooted “Spider-Man” franchise will star Pattinson as Peter Parker is just that: a wish, with no basis in reality.

“I don’t think I’m going to be playing Spider-Man, even though I would quite like to do it,” he said.

They are talking about Breaking Dawn, even though there are no details yet. Ugh!