TWILIGHT ODDS AND ENDS FOR MONDAY 6/8/09

We have a short and sweet set of odds and ends for you today including: Cam Gigandet’s new role, three TwiTour updates, Taylor Lautner and Victoria Lefevre at the Much Music Video Awards and a possible new role for Robert Pattinson.

Twilight’s Cam Gigandet plays another vampire in Priest

• Cam Gigandet will star opposite Paul Bettany in Priest, a horror western that Scott Stewart is directing for Screen Gems, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Adapted by Cory Goodman from a TokyoPop comic book, Priest is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires and follows a warrior priest (Bettany) who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Gigandet plays a young wasteland sheriff who is part vampire. He partners with Bettany to save the girl he loves, the niece. That latter part has yet to be cast. To read more, click here.

VANCOUVER TWI/TOUR SALUTE TO TWILIGHT LAUNCHED TODAY!’

• We’re super excited to be bringing Twi/Tour 2009 to the wonderful city of VANCOUVER, BC on SEPTEMBER 18-20, 2009 at the gorgeous SHERATON VANCOUVER WALL CENTER! With great guests from the film, special events, contests, musical performances, autographs, photo ops, merchandise, PARTIES, tons of fellow fans, and surprises: we’re bringing it big-time to CANADA! Our first two guests are ASHLEY GREENE (Alice Cullen) and MICHAEL WELCH (Mike Newton) with lots more to come! Grab the very best seats TODAY and get all the up to date details, here.

TWILIGHT CONVENTION PHOENIX BACKSTAGE VIP PASS

• This is the chance for YOU to break through the curtain and spend the weekend of TWI/TOUR 2009: PHOENIX: SALUTE TO TWILIGHT Convention backstage and fully VIP! There are only NINE (9) of these VIP passes! You get to hang with the guests privately and see all the backstage goings on, plus enjoy snacks, finger foods and drinks. All the guests will spend time meeting our backstage VIPs and those that have done this at past conventions have truly had a time to remember forever! This is for the daytime conventions only (August 14-16, 2009) at the gorgeous The Wigman Resort Hotel and our announced guests so far are Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke and Michael Welch. For more information, click here.

TWI/TOUR NEW JERSEY: SPECIAL VIP AUCTIONS TODAY!

• For those coming to the almost sold out TWI/TOUR New Jersey Salute to Twilight (August 28-30, 2009) today we are launching some very cool auctions for exclusive events including VIP BACKSTAGE PASSES (which are awesome and let you hang with the amazing guests we have as well as be treated totally VIP all weekend!), and special Wine and Cheese Parties (limited to NINE attendees each) with KELLAN LUTZ, JACKSON RATHBONE, ASHLEY GREENE, JUSTIN CHON, BILLY BURKE and MICHAEL WELCH! For more information, click here.

Taylor at MMVAs

• Taylor Lautner is set to present at the Much Music Video Awards on June21st. And if the rumor is ture, bad vamp Rachelle Lefevre will also be attending the envent.

Robert Pattinson & James Franco Fight for Jeff Buckley Role

• Because the creative drought in Hollywood isn’t letting up anytime soon, what better time than the present to roll out yet another musician’s biopic? Since we’ve already dispensed with the obligatory Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash flicks and aren’t quite ready for a look into Freddie Mercury’s life, why not settle on the man who gave capable and unfortunate musicians alike a chance to sing their own “Hallelujah”s? Currently competing for the chance to play Jeff Buckley are heart-throbs Robert Pattinson and James Franco. Since auditions and line-readings are things of a former era in the world of casting, the final decision will probably come down to whichever thesp can demonstrate the dreamiest Buckley pout. To read more, click here.

Thanks to Oretha, Em and Hugz!