New Star Taylor Lautner Rises in "New Moon"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Women swooned for Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen in last year's hit movie romance "Twilight," but in its upcoming sequel Taylor Lautner, who almost didn't make it into the film, is the newest hunk for fan's to feast on.

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" rises in theaters on November 20 as one of the most-anticipated movies early in Hollywood's holiday season. Predecessor "Twilight" made $384 million at worldwide box offices in 2008, and its young principal actors, Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, shot to overnight stardom.

But in "New Moon," the second romance about the netherworld adventures of teenager Bella Swan (Stewart) and the love of her life Cullen, it is Lautner who grabs the spotlight.

He portrays American werewolf Jacob Black, Swan's protector when Cullen leaves her to go to Italy. Black's devotion to Swan has earned him -- and that means Lautner, too -- the devotion of millions of young girls obsessed with author Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" books on which the movies are based.

"We have fans all the time that will just burst into tears, it's just moving," he said. "It must mean so much for them to meet us, and it's an amazing feeling to know that you can touch someone in that way."

Prior to "Twilight," the 17-year-old Lautner was best known for his starring role in 2005 children's film "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D." And in 2008's hit vampire film, the Jacob Black role was a small one as Swan's childhood friend. So, Lautner is relatively new to the stardom "New Moon" is bringing, and the teenager seems to be enjoying it.

STARDOM ALMOST FADED

But for a time it appeared the studio behind "Twilight," Summit Entertainment, might not hire him for the sequel.

When Summit left Lautner's name out of a statement announcing the other actors for "New Moon," including Pattinson and Stewart, "Twilight" fans protested stridently, and their Internet-based campaign brought Lautner back from the dead.

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DETAILS REVEALED AS THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON TAKES OVER HABBO HOTEL

Interactive Experience to Include Virtual Items and Chats with Cast Members

Hosted by the Largest Global Virtual World for Teens

LOS ANGELES November 5, 2009 Summit Entertainment and Habbo Hotel, the largest virtual world for teenagers, today revealednew details for the exclusive The Twilight Saga: New Moon-themed activities, rooms, virtual goods and much more planned to kick-off at Habbo Hotel this week to celebrate the highly anticipated release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon on November 20.

Beginning November 6, log in to Habbo Hotel or join for free by going to www.habbo.com and clicking on the ‘Register Now’ button. Habbo Hotel will introduce The Twilight Saga: New Moon-themed virtual items and activities throughout its 31 communities worldwide. Users will have the opportunity to decorate their online rooms with virtual goods based on the film, including a dreamcatcher, a piano, the Volturi crest and a table topped with a birthday cake and gifts.

To show support for all the activities happening in Habbo Hotel, a select actor from The Twilight Saga: New Moon is scheduled to log in, which may be announced or may be a surprise, to check out the festivities and conduct an in-world chat. You never know who may be stopping by Habbo Hotel during the festivities. Will it be your favorite Twilight Saga character? Log in and don’t miss out.

Habbo users have been very vocal in expressing their interest in the Twilight Saga film series, said Teemu Huuhtanen, president, North America, Sulake Inc. Our goal is to provide a fun and easy-to-access online venue for Habbo members around the world to meet up and share their

excitement for the upcoming movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

There are currently Habbo Hotel communities in 31 countries on six continents. To date, more than 148 million Habbo characters have been created and nearly 14 million unique users worldwide visit Habbo each month making it the largest virtual environment for teens anywhere in the world.

Exclusive: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart caught kissing

Twilight co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart appeared to blow the lid on their secret romance after they were seen locking lips outside a screening of the film’s sequel. The pair previously denied the dating reports, insisting they were just “friends”.

But rumours reached a new high after the duo reportedly spent the night together at Hollywood''s Chateau Marmont hotel last week. The stars later attended the screening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon where they were spotted kissing.

"Rob wanted a cigarette so he went outside with Kristen for about 15 minutes,” Contactmusic quoted a source as telling the Us Magazine. “They were hugging, as Rob was smoking his cigarette

, and then he leaned down and kissed her on the lips. He had his arm around her almost the whole time," the source added.

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Countdown begins for New Moon's World Premier

New Moon doesn't hit theaters until Nov. 20, but the red carpet will be rolled out four days prior for its star-studded world premiere.

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and many others are expected at the invite-only event Nov. 16. Just as Summit did with Twilight’s premiere, there will be two screenings happening simultaneously at the Mann Village and Bruin Theatres in the Westwood neighborhood of L.A.

Ashley Greene's Favorite 'New Moon' Scene

The tabloid covers may be dominated by Rob and Kristen, but in the hearts and minds of "Twilight" fans, there is no cover girl as dazzling as so-sweet-she'll-give-you-a-cavity series star Ashley Greene.

With "New Moon" less than a month away (hooray!), and Alice Cullen's screen time substantially increased, we caught up with the actress and occasional MTV News correspondent to get her latest thoughts on stealing expensive cars, playing board games with Kellan Lutz, and the "New Moon" cast's shared love of ... kittens?

MTV: What was your favorite "New Moon" scene to shoot?

Ashley Greene: Of course, the Porsche was incredible, the whole experience of filming [that scene]. Working with Michael Sheen, it was just really funny how he created this whole atmosphere out of the scene and could switch it up. Everything that he did was a little bit inspired, and so the whole Volturi scene with him was really fun to do. [I also love] the whole Cullen scene, when Bella gets a paper cut and Jasper goes crazy — you haven't seen that side of him yet. The performances are great, and the whole dynamic is really great. That was one of my favorite scenes to watch.

MTV: You guys have become such good friends and have so much downtime between takes. What sort of things do you talk about when the cameras aren't rolling?

Greene: Between takes? Gosh, everything. YouTube was a big topic of conversation; we were sharing YouTube videos. Which was kinda funny, because [we'd be filming a] really intense situation, and then they would yell, "Cut!" and we would have 20 minutes and we'd break out "Kittens Inspired by Kittens." It's this little girl reading a kittens book. [Laughs.]

MTV: So Alice and Bella would be giggling between all that drama?

Greene: Yeah, there was a lot of that, just a lot of giggling and laughing. During "New Moon," especially in Italy, me and Kristen were, like, the only girls. So there was a lot of girly giggling going on.

MTV: Do you feel more like Alice now than when you did "Twilight"?

Greene: I feel like I was like the character a little bit anyways. I was really excited to play Alice in the beginning because she is a really positive, bright light — and a very moral vampire. I was saying in the beginning that I felt that I was [as well], and that was relatable. At least, I try to act [positively]; I don't know if we can all the time. [Also] she's really close with her family obviously, and that was there from the get-go, so I felt like the only other thing I could do to get closer would be to become a vampire or see the future. [Laughs.] [But] fashion-wise, yes. Fashion-wise, I have become a lot more like Alice Cullen, because she is probably the most fashionable out of the Cullen clan, and I've recently become obsessed with fashion.

MTV: There's so much "Twilight" merchandise out there. Do you own any?

Greene: I have a couple shirts. I have a couple things from "Twilight" that I want to keep as memorabilia, and so I have a couple shirts. I definitely have the necklace. While filming, Kellan bought the "Twilight" game, and we played. We made Xavier [Samuel] play it, the poor new kid. We were like, "The new kid will play!" and so we had Xavier come over and Peter Facinelli came over. Me and him and those two guys and Kellan played the "Twilight" game. And I won. I'm just saying. No big deal.

MTV: What is the secret to the success of the "Twilight" film franchise?

Greene: If I told you, I'd have to kill you. [Laughs.]

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Watch New Moon Trailer: Kissing Scene Extended Version and Wolf Pack Sizzle Reel

Take a look at the extended scene of 'The Twilight Saga's New Moon' wherein Robert Pattinson's Edward and Kristen Stewart's Bella share a kiss, and at the making of the shape-shifting wolf pack.

Pattinson says I have a "natural chemistry" with Stewart

He may not admit that he is dating Kristen Stewart, but Twilight star Robert Pattinson has said that he has a "natural chemistry" with his co-star. The 23-year-old actor, who is rumoured to be dating his co-star Stewart, says filming passionate scenes with her is easy, Ok! magazine reported online.

 "There's a natural chemistry going on with Kristen," said Pattinson. The British actor was worried that the chemistry would disappear in the film's sequel, New Moon, but things went smoothly.

"Even doing this sequel, it's so easy. I was really worried that I wouldn't know how to do it again, but it's so easy to play off her," he added.

Pattinson is planning to return to his home country once the shooting for the third sequel Eclipse is done.

Director David Slade is filming the final few scenes for the film, due out next year, and will be sending the actors home this weekend.

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Watch New Moon Exclusive Clip Preview

Check out Access Hollywood for an exclusive clip preview from New Moon. The new clip from New Moon will be shown Thursday night on Access Hollywood and live on their site on Friday. The clip is of of Edward Cullen fighting to save Bella from the Volturi vampires.

Visit Access Hollywood now for a 10 second preview of the clip!