Summit has issued a press release confirming earlier rumored news of the identity of the wolf pack in the New Moon movie. The confirmed cast is notably missing female recruit Tinsel Korey–rumored to play Emily–and only list the male members of the cast.

Los Angeles, CA — March 23, 2009 — Summit Entertainment announced today that Native American/First Nation actors Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson Houseman have signed on to star as the members of the wolf pack in THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON. In the film, the wolf pack defends humans against vampires although they have a tribal history intricately entwined with Edward Cullen and his family. The wolf pack members will join Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and fellow wolf pack member Taylor Lautner in the film directed by Chris Weitz which will be released domestically November 20, 2009.

In THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.

Each member of the wolf pack is of Native decent. Spencer is Lakota (Sioux), Pelletier is Cree-Metis, Meraz is Purepecha (Tarasco), Gordon is Hualapai, and Houseman, who was discovered at an open casting call, is Cree. Casting of the wolf pack was overseen by award-winning casting director Rene Haynes who is well-known for her work on Native projects ranging from DANCES WITH WOLVES to BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE.

The action-packed, modern day vampire love story and blockbuster success of the first film in the series entitled TWILIGHT was released in theatres on November 21, 2008 grossing $60.9 million domestically during its first weekend. To date the film has grossed nearly $380 million worldwide. TWILIGHT was released on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD this past Saturday, March 21st and sold over 3 million DVD units in its first day of release making it one of the top five best first day DVD releases over the past two years.

Wolf Pack Fan art by Randi [thanks, Bindia!]

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I’ve seen a few places reporting a change in IMDB as confirmation of AnnaLynne McCord being cast as Heidi of the Volutri in New Moon. I’ve held off on posting, and apparently for good reason–a new interview has been posted on FOX News today, with some new quotes by AnnaLynne–and they seem to absolutely refute her particpation in the New Moon movie–

So it looks as though McCord won’t be starring in the next Twilight flick as rumored (and it is even still listed as ‘rumored’ on IMDB) — but that wasn’t her decision.

“I really wish I was in the next movie, I would love that to be true,” McCord said. “I went to the premiere, I’m obsessed and it would be cool to work with a bunch of my friends (we’re sure she probably mainly means boyfriend Kellan Lutz) but no, I won’t be in it. I’m sorry.”

Annalynne Mccord Dissed by ‘Twilight’ Big-Wigs [thanks Elena!]

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Kiowa Gordon is most likely the actor that will be playing Embry Call in New Moon. When we showed you the New Moon wolf pack cast list earlier this week, the picture used for Kiowa Gordon was found after we did some super-sleuthing to discover his Myspace page.

The virtual unknown from Cave Creek, Arizona–also home to Stephenie Meyer–has since updated his status on Myspace to the revealing  ”Is in Vancouver living it up!” and Tinsel Korey–rumored to play Emily in the New Moon movie– has left a comment on his page that says “Enjoying the sun? ” [thanks, Team Taycob ]

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Tinsel Korey will be playing the role of Emily in New Moon, if changes to her MySpace profile are any indication. We brought you news yesterday of the New Moon wolf pack cast list, and almost everyone listed was a definete. Now, with these newly unearthed clues, it looks like the role of Emily is set in stone too, according to Team Taycob–

According to her “Art” myspace page, she has a “New Moon Logo” under the general area, on her top friend’s list is “Quileute Tribe New Beginnings”, “Twilight” & “Stephenie Meyer”, plus her background just so happens to be the “New Moon Book” cover. So what could this all mean? Is she confirming that she’s in New Moon?

I think it makes for a a pretty solid case. Are you guys convinced? Why not check out some of her tunes while you’re at it? [thanks for the tip, TC![

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UPDATE: The official New Moon cast list has been revealed, as well as the first official photo of the New Moon Wolf Pack.

Finally! Here is the cast list for the wolf pack in New Moon:

• Taylor Lautner: Jacob Black
• Chaske Spencer: Sam Uley
• Tyson Houseman: Quil Ateara
• Alex Meraz: Paul
• Kiowa Gordon: Embry Call
• Bronson Pelletier: Jared
• Tinsel Korey: Emily

We don’t have confirmation on the ones in bold yet, so take it as rumor till further confirmed. We confirmed Tyson Houseman and Alex Meraz for sure earlier, and Bronson Pelletier seems to be confirmed.

Tinsel Korey has previous acting experience in film, but Kiowa Gordon seems to be a virtual unknown. From what I can find, he’s an 18 year old high school student that lives in Cave Creek, AZ (where Stephenie Meyer lives, coincidentally). This is great news from Lainey Gossip [thanks, TwiCrack!]

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See the guy in the back over Taylor Lautner’s shoulder in this Punkd photo? That is none other than Tyson Houseman, and we can exclusively report this after discovering a post on his talent agency website that confirms it is true. On the website, he is listed with a role in New Moon, and it also includes a headshot that shows he is identical to the person in the photo, making this 100% certain. On the agency website, it lists his specialties as snowboarding, skateboarding & guitar and his acting experience so far has been solely stage work.

To update the wolf pack stories from earlier, we’re erring on the side of Bronson Pelletier and not Oliver James appearing in the photo from earlier. We’re certain that we made the right call and Alex Meraz is in the picture. That’s two, and perhaps three of the wolf pack with positive IDs!

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Check out these pictures of Alex Meraz from his MySpace page. The one on the top right is from today’s New Moon set pictures and the one on the bottom right is from Alex Meraz’s MySpace page. I think, given these pictures, we can say with some certainty that Alex Meraz is one of the members of the wolf pack in New Moon alongside Taylor Lautner. Check out the Mystery Hottie’s resume–he’ll be giving Taylor Lautner a run for his money!

Alex Meraz, of the Purepecha (Tarasco) First Nation of Michoacan, Mexico was born and raised in Mesa, Arizona. There he taught at schools and community centers throughout the Phoenix Metropolitan area in all aspects of art from mask-making to break dance. As a graduate of the New School for the Arts, Alex has since further developed as a multi-faceted performer and artist. For 12 years Alex studied mixed martial arts, winning numerous tournaments in karate and capoeira, which led him to train with Andy Cheng as a stuntman. Highly sought after in the indigenous dance world, Alex has worked as a lead dancer with renowned choreographers Raoul Trujillo, Rulan Tangen, and Santee Smith, to name a few. Among his many accomplishments, he is also a founding member of Dancing Earth, directed by Rulan Tangen. His notoriety with Dancing Earth earned him the honor of being hand-picked for a troupe selected to represent the U.S. in a performance for the Royal Jordanian family in Amman, Jordan. With a vast range of talents, Alex’s skill in acting and the performing arts has allowed him to work alongside Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, and Director Terrence Malick.

Maybe, instead of after-hours guitar jams, they’re going to start a New Moon fight club with Taylor and Alex–that I would love to see!

UPDATE: I’ve tracked down the original detective on this as yellowgumdrop from IMDB. Good work!

Photo of Alex Meraz by Mihio Manus

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We’re convinced that the guy seen today in red on the set of New Moon is actor Oliver James. What do you guys think? The two pics on the left are from today, the four on the right are of Oliver James. Oliver James has previously been in What a Girl Wants and Raise Your Voice. His hair, eyebrows, nose and dimpled chin are very similar. I think he looks more like Oliver James than Bronson Pelletier, which is who I originally thought it might be.

UPDATE: We now believe this to be Bronson Pelletier with some certainty despite the similarity in appearance to Oliver James.

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The New York Post has an article up about five choices they believe would be great in the role of Alec opposite Dakota Fanning in New Moon. The choices?–

Tom Felton, Best Known For Playing: Draco Malfoy in all the Harry Potter films

Skandar Keynes, Best Known For Playing: Edmund Pevensie in “Chronicles of Narnia” series

Freddie Highmore, Best Known For Playing: Charlie Bucket in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

Gaspard Ulliel, Best Known For Playing: Young Hannibal Lecter in “Hannibal Rising”

Alex Pettyfer, Best Known For Playing: Alex Rider in “Stormbreaker” — although that’s a bit of a stretch since no one here saw that film in America.

Which one of these is your favorite choice? Vote in the poll below! Do you have a better choice? List it in the comments if so!

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