MONTEPULCIANO UPDATE: NEW PICTURES, ‘NEW MOON’ PRESS RELEASE
It’s time for another Montepulciano update, and this one includes some great new pictures of the clock tower at midday, a newly installed gutter, another great picture of the reported Volturi thrones, a picture of a statue, presumed to be some sort of saint taken, today in the city hall, and a New Moon press release.


View more pictures here.
And as promised, courtesy of La Gazetta di Forks, we have an official (translated) press release from the Italian distributor of New Moon, Eagle Pictures:
In a few days to complete the film, the cast will arrive in Italy to turn Montepulciano into two chapters in the book New Moon, second episode of the Twilight saga, which is set in Volterra.Tomorrow [today, ndr.] Pattinson is flying from Cannes to Rome, then will drive to Montepulciano. Filming in Italy will begin May 26th and end on May 29th. Below is the cast list:
Kristen Stewart - Bella
Robert Pattinson - Edward
Ashley Greene - Alice
Daniel Cudmore - FELIX - Volturi
Charlie Bewley - DEMETRI - Volturi
Dakota Fanning - JANE - Volturi
Chris Weitz - DirectorOn May 30th, there will be a gathering in Montepulciano of all the Italian Twilighters, of which more than 5,000 girls are expected. Many are from abroad, some coming as far as Japan. There is no longer a vacant hotel within a 20km.
(Thanks the RaVen)
I love the new pictures and I think the clock tower looks amazing. I’ll admit though, that statue scares the life out of me. On a happier note, it’s very exciting to see the press release for the Italian portion of New Moon, because now we know who to expect on site. I wish I were in Montepulciano right now - I’d love to attend the Twilight gathering!
What do you think of these new pictures and the press release? Are any of you near Italy or do any of you plan to commute to Montepulciano for the Twilight gathering?





















Ahhh! The clock tower loks good. and the gutter is also perfect. there doing a great job =]
cant wait till new moon =D
is it just me or is Michael Sheen’s name not on that list?
SO excited!!! I just told my mom we are flying to Italy tomorrow and we are going to live outside the set
Remember, ….Jane, Demetri, and Felix are the only members of the Volturi that will need to be filmed “outside” in Italy… the rest filmed the interior of the castle in Vancouver. What I don’t understand … why do they have the throne if they’re not filming the ancients? That’s MY question. Filming is weird…. I don’t want to know anymore! It’s taking away the MOVIE MAGIC for me!!!
Ugh, I’m lying… I want to see it now!
The more and more I see of Montepulciano the more excited I am getting, I already said all this excitement giving me” whiplash”, but now I just need to peee…OMG I am looking forward to New Moon, no question about that ,BUT this part at Volterra and The Volturi I am busting to see, it is going to fantastic. The Town just looks amazing. I am not surprised that there are no vacancies within a 20km radius.
i just realized..who’s the gianna???
EVERYTHING LOOKS SIMPLY AMAZING, im so excited for EVERYTHING!!!
Wow!! Those pictures are so cool!! Thanks for sharing them… I love the Clock Tower!!! The Throne is quite freaky!!!