The city of Montepulciano has issued a casting call for Italian walk on actors/actresses to be extras in New Moon! Filming is set to occur from May 25th to May 29th. The schedule for casting is as follows, according to Mr. Diego Mancuso, head of the tourism office in Montepulciano–

Screenings for selection of walk-on parts are open the following days:

Casting Women /Childrens

April 28th (tuesday) and April 29th (wednesday)

From 9:30 AM to 01:00 PM And from 2:30 PM to 07:00 PM

Casting Men

May 5th (tuesday) and May 6th (wednesday)

From 9:30 AM to 01:00 PM And from 2:30 PM to 07:00 PM

An official document to this effect is available at the Montepulciano Town Website.

[thanks, Shire at TwilightItalia!]

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Larry Caroll over at MTV has quite a bit to say about the choice of director for Eclipse. He has previously interviewed David Slade, who has been chosen to lead the movie, and thinks he will shake up the Twilight Saga quite a bit, even moreso than Chris Weitz–

I’ve interviewed David Slade before, and he’s a very smart, charismatic guy who harnesses some immense filmmaking tools. That said, I definitely thought “30 Days of Night” was a disappointment. It had a lot of fatal flaws in it, usually whenever the blood would stop flowing and it was time for us to actually start caring about the characters. “Hard Candy” also flirted with moments of brilliance, but I still feel like Slade’s best work is ahead of him.

What I am beginning to enjoy, however, is Summit’s decision to hire a different director for each film. Which is surprising, because I was definitely hoping that Catherine Hardwicke would oversee the entire series after the first “Twilight” became such a big hit. But if you’re a movie buff (and not just a Twilighter first and foremost), this is developing into a very interesting cinematic experiment.

‘Eclipse’ Gets a Bloodthirsty New Director – And More Questions Than Answers

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Mandy was investigating the New Moon forest set, and guess what she spotted–a wolf! A security guard cautioned them not to walk in a certain direction, because–

So he says *excited* “I wouldn’t, they are bringing a WOLF down”

*inner squeeeeee* I appear calm but holy moly I was ANYTHING but calm…. a wolf?!?!?

MeMy and I exchanged glances – we’d hit the jackpot!!!

We waited and watched as two trainers brought down the most beautiful, large, wolf.

I am no animal expert so I don’t know what type of wolf it was but it was big, it was grey, with bits of white in it… it was stunning to see.

Check out the rest of the story over at Malicious Mandy.

[via TwiCrack]

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Deseret Book, a book store owned by the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints, has pulled the Twilight Saga from store shelves as well as its website. The only response from the store is that the store is “meeting the needs of Deseret Book customers and the company’s purpose is to offer products that are embraced and expected by those customers”.

The Host, another book by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, is still on shelves.

LDS Church pulls ‘Twilight’ books from stores

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Two New Moon actors were spotted in Vancouver yesterday–Chaske Spencer, who will play Sam; and Graham Greene, who will play Harry Clearwater. Check out the rest of the Punkd pics over at Lainey Gossip.

[thanks, Michelle!]

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We’ve heard about people traveling from Tennessee to catch a glimpse of New Moon–but would you believe that some teenagers have travelled all the way from Switzerland for a chance to catch the New Moon stars in action? 17-year olds Lorena Schneider and Kathrin Laube took the trek from their small Swiss village to Vancouver on a spontaneous whim–

“My mom finds [the trip to Vancouver] very cool,” Schneider said. “She’s read the [Twilight] books.”

Since they’ve been in town nearly two weeks ago, the pair have been busy “Googling all day” in an effort to find out where filming has been taking place.

Though they had located the film’s set at David Thompson secondary school and Burnaby’s Central Park, they had yet to spot any of the cast.

Check out the rest of Lorena and Kathrin’s story at 24 Hours Vancouver, as well as a gallery of Kristen Stewart, Nikki Reed, and Robert Pattinson sightings from fans with more luck on their side.

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