With the werewolves getting hairy-ed up, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is looking to the other side, the Volturi that is. In recent news, sources reveal that Summit Entertainment has cast British actor Jamie Campbell-Bower (Sweeney Todd) and Canadian supermodel Noot Seear for roles in the sequel.
Jamie Campbell-Bower will star alongside Dakota Fanning as Caius, the most powerful of vampires, the Volturi’s leader. Caius will play a key role in the plot of New Moon by exercising their power to decide in Bella’s fate—a fact that will never be looked lightly upon in the book hereafter. Noot Seear will play the Volturi’s housewifey, or “fisher,” the bait to draw humans to the Volturi to eat.
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In other news, Sony Screen Gem’s western horror Priest adaptation has been in negotiations to reel in Paul Bettany (The Da Vinci Code, Gangster No. 1) for their warrior priest. According to BD, Scott Stewart (Legion) will direct the Michael De Luca and Stars Road Entertainment production.
Priest is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampire and follows a warrior priest (Bettany) who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece.
The project will be the second collaboration between Stewart and Bettany after Legion. The screenplay was written by Cory Goodman (The Brood), and Sony Screen Gems has slated the picture for release on August 13, 2010. Stay tuned for updates!
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