CNN reports that some stars of Twilight, such as Taylor Lautner, will be not be making a return performance in New Moon:

Fans are particularly invested in whether Taylor Lautner, who is markedly shorter and more boyish-looking than Meyer’s description of his character, Jacob, will return to vie for Bella’s heart. ”We are definitely talking and thinking about it right now,” says Erik Feig, Summit’s president of production. ”Taylor’s fantastic as Jacob in “Twilight.” I think when we get closer to shooting, the director is going to look at everyone as if they are brand-new to the role.”

And just who that director will be remains to be seen. As of press time, Hardwicke — who now holds the record for best opening-weekend box office for a female director — hadn’t signed on. But she spent much of the weekend sequestered in meetings with lawyers, agents and studio executives. She felt hamstrung by her modest budget through much of the “Twilight” shoot. ”I had more elaborate stunt sequences designed and very crazy, cool stuff that I wanted to do,” she says. ”We had locations taken away. We had five days cut before we started to shoot. But, you know, I kind of got past that, I just had to let it go.”

After the grueling production, Hardwicke now wants to make sure the studio shows her the money to properly tackle “New Moon’”s tricky plotline — which includes location shooting in Rome and several characters who must realistically morph from teenage boys into werewolves.

The Special Effects also came under fire–particularly the sparkly effects that turned out to look like salt:

Summit’s Feig has nothing but praise for Hardwicke, but he maintains that the sequel doesn’t necessarily demand a bigger budget. ”I don’t think there was anything excessively lavish about “Twilight,” and yet the world was fully realized,” he says. ”We’ll do exactly the same thing with New Moon.” Still, the studio might want to throw more money at the universally trashed special effect that was supposed to make Pattinson sparkle magically in the sunlight but left him looking merely sweaty. ”People make realistic CGI dragons, so you wouldn’t think making people sparkle would be that hard,” says Meyer.

But for now, only Pattinson and Stewart are confirmed:

For now, only Pattinson and Stewart are sure to live on in Meyer’s fantasy world. The two young stars, neither of whom banked on this sudden explosion of fame when they signed on for the movie, are currently limping through the last lap of their American promotional tour. (After a brief Thanksgiving rest, they’ll gear up again to spread “Twilight” fever across Europe.)

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