As everybody who’s interested already knows, Oscar-nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno has joined the cast of the second sequel to Twilight, due in theaters June 30th, a scant 7 months after New Moon in November. (Thanks to ZiZo Abul Hawa for letting us know overnight and bambi for the reminder today. I’ve been digging my way out of a deadline avalanche since Wednesday, and finally have time to post some things.)
I’m one of half a dozen people around here who didn’t think Twilight was worthless. But since I can’t be arsed to slog through the novels, ScreenCrave fills me in on what to expect from Eclipse:
Moreno has been cast in the role of Maria. She’s a vampire who’s responsible for turning Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) into a bloodsucker, back when he was a Confederate soldier in the 1800’s. He was a victim of her plan to create a legion of powerful vampires. There seems to be a theme going on with the third film that focuses on everybody’s vampire origins. A similar story has been given for the recently cast Jack Huston, who’s character Royce King II will be responsible for the turning of Nikki Reed’s character Rosalie.
Vampire origins, always cool. The best segments of True Blood this season (for me) have been the historical flashbacks. I’m getting a little weary of seeing everybody eat strange stews and wake up with grass-stained knee-burns from the backyard Bon Temps honky-tonk bonk romps.
