With New Moon’s filming schedule at superspeed now that it’s getting the fast track, confirmation has come in that the recently shaved vamp Robert Pattinson has dropped from the indie flick Parts Per Billion that was supposed to begin filming this month.

Although co-star/producer Rosario Dawson had expressed enthusiasm about working with the “Twilight” heartthrob as recently as December 16, a representative for Pattinson confirmed that he is no longer involved.

“What you heard is correct,” the 22-year-old star’s agent, Nicholas Frenkel, replied to an MTV News query Tuesday (January 6). “Unfortunately, the prep time and production schedule on ‘New Moon’ haven’t left enough time for Robert to work on ‘Parts per Billion’ in the first quarter of this year.”

Although I would have personally loved to see him pushing his acting chops in Parts Per Billion, which promised “three stages of love; three stages of life; before, during and after the end of the world”, I would say this news comes as a relief for fans of New Moon–it indicates that Pattinson will be dedicating the necessary time in his schedule to getting New Moon right.

‘Twilight’ Star Robert Pattinson Drops Out Of ‘Parts Per Billion’

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EW reports that Hollwyood sources are indicating that Taylor Lautner will keep his role as Jacob Black in New Moon!

According to sources around Hollywood, things may start looking very hairy for Taylor Lautner. The actor — not to mention legions of Twilight fans — has been desperate to learn whether Summit Entertainment will cast him once more as Jacob Black in the Twilight sequel New Moon.

EW has confirmed that the actor has not only met with director Weitz, but was even screen-tested for chemistry with Kristen Stew­art. ”I’m very hopeful,” a New Moon insider says of Lautner. ”We’re not looking at anybody else.”

Not only that, we should know for sure this week who is in and who is out! Sounds like a howl of a good time! We’ll let you know as soon as anything is confirmed for certain!

‘Twilight’: Taylor Lautner may get to keep Jacob role

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The web is abuzz that the coveted role of Leah Clearwater, the female werewolf in New Moon, may be going to either Vanessa Hudgens or Brenda Song. Both are 20 year old Disney alumni with singing/acting careers. Here are the positives for each actress as we see them:

Vanessa Hudgens:

• Native American Heritage
• As a singer, could contribute to New Moon soundtrack
• Given High School Musical role, there could be Werewolf Dancing !! (kidding…)

Brenda Song:

• Black Belt Taekwondo ability, does some of her own stunts
• Strong reviews for Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, in which she was the star
• Did we mention frakkin Taekwondo!?

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This New Moon fan video from YouTube user Missphoenix05 is inspired! What do you think?

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