Variety is reporting that Robert Pattinson has signed on to star in yet another film, Unbound Captives by Madeline Stowe. He will star alongside karaoke buddy Hugh Jackman and actress Rachel Weisz.

“I saw three actresses, and knew after meeting with Rachel that she was the person I wanted to hand this role to,” she said. “Robert said yes last fall, before everything broke with ‘Twilight.’ Hugh said yes a couple of weeks ago.”

The story was originally supposed to star Stowe as the female lead when the film was first to be made by Ridley Scott as director in 1993. 16 years later, Stowe will be directing instead–

She would have played a woman (now to be played by Weisz) whose husband is killed and her two children kidnapped by a Comanche war party in 1859. She is rescued by a frontiersman, to be played by Jackman. Pattinson will play the son.

This film joins several other films Pattinson is working on, such as Bel-Ami and Remember Me .

[thanks, Anna & Madeleine!]

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Proving that the love for Robert Pattinson truly is worldwide, Twilight fans in Indonesia had a big birthday party event for Robert Pattinson, which received coverage on local media as well. Check out the video.

[thanks, Syifa!]

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New Moon star Robert Pattinson is turning 23 today, May 13th, 2009! The birthday boy shares the date with Harvey Keitel, Stephen Colbert, Stevie Wonder and Dennis Rodman. Happy Birthday, Spunk Ransom–here’s looking forward to many more!

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Nikki Reed, who plays Rosalie in New Moon, will be traveling to Italy with the cast of New Moon–even though her character is not featured in this part of the book. She says she just wants to hang out on the set and in Italy with her Twilight friends–

“Put it this way: I am not in any of the scenes in Italy, but we’ve already made sure that I am going to Italy while they shoot that,” Nikki Reed laughed, revealing plans to witness the Volturi firsthand. “Because I am sort of obsessed with that portion of the book.”

As Twilighters know, Nikki’s no-nonsense vampire Rosalie will check out of the film along with many other key characters once the Italian scenes begin. But Reed promised her fans that if you want Rosalie to be there when Alice and Bella rush to save Edward, well, she kinda will be.

“Basically [I'm just going to watch them shoot],” Reed said. “And also, it is a chance to be in Italy and pretend like it’s a work [excuse]. I have to be there — because I am in the film, so it’s really important that I go along.”  

You may remember that Kellan Lutz has already told press that he’ll be travelling to Italy, even though he won’t be shooting any scenes there, either.

Nikki Reed Will Be In Italy For ‘New Moon’ — But Will Her Character?

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New Moon Volturi members Cameron Bright and Jamie Bower–who will play Alec and Caius–were seen bonding off the set yesterday on the streets of Vancouver. Lainey Gossip has the Punkd pics and says–

Also shooting with a different crew – most of the vampires in town are doing green screen work to complement footage that was complete over the last few days: fight sequences, some added stunts, something about a vampire getting his head torn off. More angles of Edward getting tossed around, against the wall, up towards the ceiling, and Alice unable to help him.

Here’s an added little bonus for you Pattinson fans: am told he’s been working out a lot lately. At the gym almost every day.

[thanks, Anna!]

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Ashley Greene was spotted earlier today doing a bit of grocery shopping in Vancouver with a hot dog from a street vendor in tow. She was wearing an interesting shirt with a smart-alec remark, as well! Check out the rest of the pics at Gossip-Girls.

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