It’s always sad seeing respectable actors stooping to new lows but, nevertheless, here’s your first look at Michael Sheen in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” along with Dakota Fanning , Jamie Campbell Bower (“Sweeney Todd”) and others probably not worth mentioning.
The quintet shown here in very “Lord Of The Rings”-esque set ups reportedly play the Volturi, a budding group of law-enforcing vampires who will debut in “New Moon” which has a new poster to show for its tween fans’ recent conquering of geeks at Comic-Con.
The franchise’s first film “Twilight” took in over $380 million worldwide with a budget of only $37 million and looks set to haunt haters for years to come with at least two more films due.
Joining the ‘Twilight’ party will be Bryce Dallas Howard who has just signed on for “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” the third installment of the infamous franchise. Howard will replace Rachelle Lefevre in the role of Victoria in the film which will be the first of the series to be helmed by David Slade of “Hard Candy”/”30 Days Of Night” fame.
‘New Moon’ hits theaters November 20 of this year with ‘Eclipse’ following rapidly on June 30, 2010 if all goes according to plan. [ONTD/Variety/BFDealMemo]