Summit Entertainment officially announced the cast for the upcoming and much anticipated “New Moon” movie.

The original actors for the characters in the first movie will be rejoining the cast: Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, Rob Pattinson as Edward Cullen, Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, Ashley Greene as Alice, Peter Facinelli as Carlisle, Elizabeth Reaser as Esme, Kellan Lutz as Emmett, Nikki Reed as Rosalie, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper, Edi Gathegi as Lauren and Rachelle Lafevre as Victoria.

New actors will be playing the Volturi coven members and are as follows: Charlie Bewley as Demetri, Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius, Daniel Cudmore as Felix, Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus, Dakota Fanning as Jane, Cameron Bright as Alec, and Noot Seer as Heidi. Michael Sheen will play Aro, the Volturi leader.

The werewolve pack also features some new characters and actors, respectively: Graham Greene plays Harry Clearwater, good friend to Charlie and Quileute tribal leader. TInsel Korey will play Emily, Sam Uley’s fiancee.

“New Moon” will be directed by Chris Weitz, who won Academy Awards for “The Golden Compass” and “About a Boy,” and is now filming on location in Vancouver, BC and Tuscany, Italy.

For pictures of the New Moon cast, see the Photos page on this site.

Native Americans are outraged at Summit Entertainment’s plans to cast many non-Native American actors into Quileute roles in the upcoming “New Moon.”

Several Native Americans voiced their chagrin on www.bluecorncomics.com. One woman commented on the plant to cast Vanessa Hudgens as Leah: “Surely, in all of America, there has to be at least one qualified Native American actress!” Another person said that if Stephanie Meyer is at all involved in the casting, that she must be a “conscious rather than unconscious racist.

What do you think? Must a Native American character be played by a Native American actor?