Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Rachelle Lefevre to Be Replaced!

Summit Entertainment announced early this morning that actress Rachelle Lefevre would not be continuing on to play bad vampire Victoria in the third installment of the Twilight Saga. Instead, actress Bryce Dallas Howard (seen in The Village and Terminator Salvation) will be replacing Rachelle in Eclipse, the third film to be directed by David Slade. Summit announced this:

Summit Entertainment announced today that Bryce Dallas Howard will take over the role of “Victoria” in the studio’s upcoming production of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE. Actress, Rachelle Lefevre, who portrayed the character in TWILIGHT as well as the upcoming release of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, will not continue in the role due to scheduling conflicts with another commitment the actor has made. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE will start filming in Vancouver this coming August.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, the third film in the studio’s TWILIGHT film franchise based on Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster book series, will be directed by David Slade from a screenplay written by Melissa Rosenberg. The film will be released theatrically in North America on Wednesday, June 30, 2010.


“We are incredibly happy that Bryce has agreed to come into the franchise,” said Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Worldwide Production and Acquisitions. “Rachelle brought “Victoria” to great screen life and Bryce will bring a new dimension to the character. The franchise is lucky to have such a talented actress as Bryce coming in to fill the role.”


Howard most recently starred in TERMINATOR SALVATION as Kate Connor and has been seen in SPIDER-MAN 3, LADY IN THE WATER, and THE VILLAGE. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her leading performance as an actress in the HBO film AS YOU LIKE IT.


In THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, Bella 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 and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.


{via Natalie B.}

9 comments:

  1. WTF?! I don't think this is a good idea...

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  2. Of course it isn't. Are they idiots. this almost makes me not want to watch eclipse. Almost. Next thing we know, they will replace jacob or alice or edward. SO MAD!

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  3. The worst mistake Summit Ent. could ever make. Very disappointed!

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  4. nuh-uh no freakin way they can't do this it's not right...rachelle IS victoria she can't be replaced.no no no no no

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  5. Yall it aint like they can jus leave the character out. Somebody has to play the part. She is actually a rlly good actress. Yall jus gunna have to watch the film an then judge fa yallself

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  6. Petition for Rachelle to come back:


    http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/rachelleinecpliseyes

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  7. Umm...Bryce Dallas howard? REALLY? One of the things that i loved about the way Twilight was done was that they usd actors that were basically no-name. The add Dakota Fanning...okay fine. But then to swap out an established character w/a name actress. Sounds a little funny to me.

    Rachelle is Victoria. Bryce is just. not.

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  8. You know what, friggin typical ass Hollywood. Bryce?, ok she's cute and she can act no doubt but that's not what draws the fans who have invested not only in the characters but also have invested in the actors playing the roles. We love the story yes but we also love the continuity and seeing the same actors come back (my god Summit it's 10 f**kin days, scheduling conflict my ass), you don't see this crap in the Harry Potter films and they get along just fine, just a dam shame I'm gonna have to stomach seein someone else play my boo :)

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  9. I really liked Rachelle as Victoria and to see that she is being replaced in the third movie is really disappointing to me. It won't make me not watch the movie of course, but it's just very disappointing. I wish Rachelle would come back to Twilight!

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