This information was found recently by some of the good people at the TwilightLexicon:
TWILIGHT
Feature Film
Summit Entertainment
SAG
Producers: Mark Morgan, Karen Rosenfelt, Greg Mooradian
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg
Casting Director: Tricia Wood & Deborah Aquila
Casting Associate: Samantha Finkler
Casting Assistant: Lisa Zagoria
Start Date: January 2008
Location: Vancouver
We still do not have any news about auditions, but we will update as soon as we have any information. (In case you have forgotten, neither Stephenie nor myself can "get you a spot in the movie" or "put in a good word for you," so please don't ask). The following descriptions of characters show what the casting people will be looking for:
[ISABELLA (BELLA) SWAN] - Caucasian, 17, a natural and accessible beauty with ivory skin and long brown hair.
[EDWARD CULLEN] - Caucasian, 17, boyish, lanky with un-tidy bronze colored hair and pale luminous skin. He's the most stunning of the Cullen boys. He is inwardly turned, quiet, mysterious and dangerous.
[JACOB BLACK] - Native American, 15, long, glossy black hair and a baby-face. He is an amiable guy who befriends Bella when she first moves to town.
Once again, we will update this page as soon as we have new information. On that note, we will soon be integrating RSS feeds into our site. Check back soon to subscribe to the feed.
***September 26, 2007 Update***
Catherine Hardwicke, director of the forth-coming Twilight movie, recently visited the Forks area with her team. Here are links to two articles about the scouting trip:
Forks Forum and Peninsula Daily News
And while we are posting interesting links, both Twilight (the movie) and Stephenie were recently added to IMDb.com (Internet Movie Database). Here are the links:
Twilight and Stephenie Meyer.
While there is still no new information, it is exciting to see them on IMDb and will be more exciting to check updates in the future.
Gaspard Ulliel - Edward Cullen
Danielle Panabaker - Bella Swan
Steven Straight - Jacob Black
Rachel Leigh Cook - Alice Cullen
Trent Ford - Jasper Hale
Cillian Murphy - James
The rest of the characters I don't care as much...
I've always wanted Gaspard Ulliel to play Edward...even before I was interested in him
So Robert Pattison (of Cedric Diggory fame) was cast as Edward.
I'm pretty pumped, he looks kinda right imo.
And I really love me some Gaspard so we'll see.
Hey, I'm a new fan but totally devoted to this series, lol! I've only read Twilight, I have to wait until after Christmas to read the others since they are going to be gifts *grumble* - oh well. I was hoping Gaspard would be cast as Edward, but I think Robert will do a good job. I had my hopes for Emily Browning for Bella, but oh well So glad I found a forum of other Twilight lovers!
It'll be interesting to see how Robert Pattinson affects an American accent for the movie; I rather liked his native one in the Goblet of Fire.
I wasn't initially very receptive to the idea of Kristen Stewart being cast as Bella, primarily because I'd never heard of her before and because I've had my heart set on Emily Browning as Bella (like so many other people). But after skimming through a few pictures of her, I think she could fit the Bella mold pretty well. After all, Meyer didn't make Bella out to be a supermodel, but just a plain, everyday girl and Stewart can do that. Haven't seen any indication of her acting ability, so crossing my fingers on that front.
I hope they do get someone good for Alice. She's my favorite.
Well Edward's speech isn't really typical. It's pretty unique (according to Bella) so he could probably get away with a lot when he gives it a go.
I really do not like her tbh. I've read she was pretty good in some of the stuff she's done, but the few things I've seen I've never warmed up to her. That and she seems to try so hard in pictures and stuff, being all pouty etc. From my understanding of the books it's as if Bella doesn't even seem to wear makeup.
Although to be truly honest I never liked Bella, even before Edward made an appearance
I love Alice, I was hoping for someone like Natalie Portman, but it seems this movie's headed in a more lesser known actors direction.
I'm excited about Jasper (love him) and Carlisle.
I'm excited for pretty much the whole Cullen family, since they'll be the faces to associate with the characters now. I've always seen Alice as a paler version of Rachel Leigh Cook (yeah, I think like Meyer too in that regard) and I think she'd do really well as Alice. I've not given a whole lot of thought to Carlisle, Esmé, Emmett or Rosalie, but I'm hoping the casting director has at least read the book!
ewww
I can't believe I ever said Gaspard Ulliel...
It's Robert Pattinson all the freaking way now!
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Aug 17th, 2007 07:00 AM
So glad I found a forum of other Twilight lovers! 
