'Twilight' sequel to premiere in Knoxville

Event to bring star power to Pinnacle 18 for charity

The dawn of a new "Twilight" will bring star power to Knoxville this November when "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," the sequel to the 2008 breakout film "Twilight," is premiered at Regal Cinemas' Pinnacle 18 at Turkey Creek in advance of its scheduled Nov. 20 release.

Although confirmation of the Knoxville premiere of the movie is set, several key details are yet to be determined, including ticket prices, just which star or stars of the movie will come to town, and even the date of the event.

"I'm hoping to have the details pinned down within 30 to 60 days," said Greg Dunn, chief operating officer of Regal Entertainment Group.

Since 2003, Regal has annually presented a major-film premiere in Knoxville to benefit Variety - The Children's Charity of Eastern Tennessee. In every case, the top-billed stars have come, including Brendan Fraser and Josh Hutcherson for 2008's "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Jessica Alba and Dane Cook for 2007's "Good Luck Chuck," Will Ferrell for 2006's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," Jessica Simpson, Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott for 2005's "Dukes of Hazzard," Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for 2004's "Walking Tall," and Cuba Gooding Jr. for 2003's "Radio."

No matter who ends up in Knoxville for the "Twilight" sequel, Dunn said this premiere is "probably the biggest fundraiser we've had to date."

Dena Pinsker, executive director of Variety, agreed. "I think (it) is just going to be extraordinary. ... All the ('Twilight') stars are fantastic crowd-pleasers," she said.

"Twilight," based on the popular novel series by Stephenie Meyer, is a love story about a teenager and a vampire. The film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and made nearly $400 million worldwide at the box office. Stewart and Pattinson return for the sequel, as does Taylor Lautner, whose secondary character in the original becomes substantially more important in "New Moon."

Pinsker said all three of the Knoxville premieres from 2005-2007 made more than $250,000 each in sponsorships and ticket sales, and last year's "Journey" premiere made more than $300,000. With "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," "We'll be looking for even better numbers," she said.

"This is a huge event for Knoxville."

Pinkser said that, as in the past, some tickets will be sold directly to the public while others will be distributed in "sponsorship packages." Variety aids numerous local and area children's charities.

For more information, call Variety at 865-925-9906.

Entertainment editor Chuck Campbell may be reached at 865-342-6443.

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Taylor Lautner Talks about ‘New Moon'

Access Hollywood got an interview with “Twilight Saga” star Taylor Lautner at the 2009 CFDA Fashion Awards and he excitedly talked about the twilight second sequel " New Moon movie. " Taylor Lautner gave a little bit start filming the third twilight sequel " Eclipse. " Plus, what does a girl have to do to get Taylor’s attention?

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Twilight cutie Ashley Greene hosted an event at Kitson last night benefiting the Donate My Dress Charity in WeHo.

We heart Ash, so natch we had to snatch her first and get some of those nasty little hookup questions off our chest, before going back and celebrating a great cause.

Ash dished the possibility of Robsten and...Jackley?

Filming New Moon seems different from Twilight. Is it too overwhelming now?
It's seriously so much fun still. Not too overwhelming yet, because I'm really enjoying and lucky to be doing what I'm doing. Everyone on the set is friends—we all go out together and have dinners. But yeah, it's crazy because all of a sudden everyone cares what you're wearing, what you're drinking, who you're kissing.

Who you're kissing, huh? Does that mean things are getting frisky up in Vancouver? We hear things about Rob and Kristen.
This is the thing, I look at magazines. I don't know why, but other people's lives intrigue us for some reason. Especially with this movie in particular, all of our chemistry is so great onscreen that people want it to be real offscreen, and even if it isn't, they are still going to say that it is.

Well, we also hear you might be dating your onscreen love, Jackson Rathbone, too. True?
[Grins] Um...Jackson is a sweetheart. But we're...um. No.

Well!

Ashley's publicist then came up and said that J & A "seriously" weren't dating, but we think everything was in that sexy little smirk. Dating was probably the wrong word. Maybe (and hopefully) they are just enjoying their time filming together, like so many others up there are.

Ms. Greene is quite refreshing. It's rare in this town to find a gal who is actually having fun and who is grateful for a job tons would kill for.

Can't wait to hear what happens when Rob, Kristen and Ashley go to Italy in a bit to start filming over there.

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Dakota Fanning Officially Joins 'The Twilight Saga's New Moon'

Words are, Summit Entertainment have officially announced that Dakota Fanning will indeed play Jane in 'Twilight' sequel, 'The Twilight Saga's New Moon'.

Dakota Fanning's involvement in "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" has reportedly been made official. According to Twilighters Anonymous, Summit Entertainment have announced via e-mail to Twilight the Movie subscribers that the 15-year-old has joined the "New Moon" cast ensemble as the Volturi member, Jane.

"Dakota Fanning joins New Moon," so read the headline of the Summit's announcement. It further continued to read, "Acclaimed actress Dakota Fanning has officially joined the cast. And will play fan favorite Jane in The Twilight Saga: New Moon." Whether this report is true or not is yet to be proven as the studio has yet to come up with a public statement of the matter.

Dakota Fanning has been linked to the Jane character for quite sometime now. Soon after rumors surfaced that the "Coraline" star is linked to "New Moon", confirmations were outed that Fanning is indeed in negotiation to star as Jane. She also has come out speaking about the character, saying "The character is what I would be excited about. It's kind of evil, something I've never done before, and it's a vampire. You know, it's really cool, so I really hope it works out."

A sequel to 2008 hit vampire drama "Twilight", "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" will be directed by "The Golden Compass" helmer Chris Weitz using the script penned by "Twilight" screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg. The romantic drama will see the return of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner among others.

Centering on the personal conflict Bella experiences, it will chronicle the time Bella Swan is left devastated by the abrupt departure of Edward Cullen. Finding solace in her friendship with Jacob Black, she soon finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves and her loyalty to the vampires is tested. The Summit Entertainment movie is aimed for November 20 U.S. release.

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