This just in! Variety reports that New Moon will be shooting Volterra, Italy–

Eagle Pictures, which released “Twilight” on Italo screens, announced on Tuesday it has re-upped with Summit Ent. for the sequel, specifying that “New Moon” will shoot in the ancient Tuscan city of Volterra in May for two weeks.

In Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling “New Moon” tome, Volterra is the town where the powerful Volturi vampire coven reside. Dakota Fanning is reportedly in talks to play a teen Volturi vamp, while “Twilight” stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are on board.

For a while it seemed that the Italy shoot may have been only in Rome. Be sure to check out our picture tour of Volterra so you can see why this is such awesome news!

Eagle takes ‘New Moon’ in Italy

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New Moon takes a globe-trotting stop in Volterra, Italy in order to visit the Volturi vampire coven that lives there. But the question remains: where will the movie actually film the Italian segments? New Moon casting information we’ve gathered so far indicates that the filming locations are LA, Vancouver and Rome.

But why Rome? Fellow Twihard Sarah Braasch relates her travels to Volterra with this (imagined?) press release from a “Volturi spokeswoman” and tickles the eyes with a gallery of Volterra locations:

Volturi spokeswoman Heidi explained, “Why go anywhere else? Why recreate Volterra when you can have Volterra? When we heard that Summit was considering shooting in Rome in lieu of Volterra, we knew that we had to do something. We wanted to show them just how beautiful, cool, photogenic, and atmospheric Volterra is. There is no replacement. And, we know that the Twilight fandom will agree.”

Be sure to also check out our gallery of Volterra for a taste of its amazing sights. Read on for the rest of the “Press Release”! [click to continue…]

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Edward visits the Volturi in Volterra, Italy.

With confirmation that filming will occur in Italy, let’s take a picture tour of the real-life sites of Volterra that we may see in the movie.

Check the jump for 16 high-res images of Volterra, Italy!

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