Twilight 'Eclipse' Gains Another Solid Actress
Maybe this will be the Maria to put her on the map
Five years ago I would have guessed Catalina Sandino Moreno would have become a bigger star to this point after her terrific (yet disturbing) performance in Maria Full of Grace, and while she has still managed a few solid roles, her name isn't on the tip of everyone's tongue. Well, she is returning to the role of a Maria as she has been cast in Summit's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as the vampire Maria, a woman who tries to create a newborn army of vampires, recruiting the Confederate soldier Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) to her cause.
Eclipse is the third film in the franchise as The Twilight Saga: New Moon is set to hit theaters on November 20 following last year's hit Twilight.
Sandino Moreno is the second star to join the Eclipse cast in recent days as Jodelle Ferland and Jack Huston were also recently recruited. Ferland's character is yet to be confirmed while Huston will play Royce King II, a human that lived during the Great Depression.
In Eclipse, Bella (Kristen Stewart) once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward (Robert Pattinson) and her friendship with Jacob (Taylor Lautner) — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death.
A new trailer for New Moon will be arriving this Friday while the following 14-second teaser to that trailer was released to whet the Twilighters' appetites. Yes, an actual teaser for a teaser was officially released by the studio. They know exactly what they are doing… and it's working.
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Fast Food Nation, that's where I know her from.
I think the Twilight series will be played out since Catherine Hardwicke left. People are looking at this like the new Harry Potter but I think Chris Weitz is a bad director; just look at the Golden Compass… It totally messed up the Dark Material's story line and the movie did not stay true to the book and flopped.
With Hardwick's departure, the loyalty to the storyline has left and it will just evolve to teenage eye candy…
@Anonymous' Friend:
I don't think Hardwicke leaving Twilight will affect it in any way, financially at least. Her direction was nowhere near as good in "Twilight" as it was in some of her other films. And really, Twilight has always been junk food for the teenage soul. It is more of a masturbatory representation of what girls have been taught is the "perfect" romance. And we all know that anything that can be described as masturbatory never relies on quality. So the rest of the movies can be absolute shit, just so long as they stick to the creepy everlasting love/stalker stuff, and they'll make money. I admit even I'm going to go see "New Moon," even though it is nothing more than junk. But at least I recognize it as such. It's like gorging on chocolate: no substance and probably bad for you, but at the same time very fun.
ok!!!if its such JUNK then why are u wasting money to go and see it???i am a 35 yr old and i like those movies theres nothing wrong with them i just think you want something to complain about lol
@JM: Ya perhaps JM, but do you really think Weitz, the nut who directed the Golden Compass can really reel this story home?