Several actors—not to mention hordes of Twilight fans—have just cause to be over the Moon this morning, as Summit Entertainment has, in the wake of much conjecture and a scant few actual confirmations, revealed the complete cast list for New Moon.
And not a moment too soon, as Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and the rest of the Forks gang have already begun filming the sequel in Vancouver.
While some of the new cast additions were widely known—Dakota Fanning and Michael Sheen, to name two—the studio has finally outed the rest of the bloodthirsty, and for the most part, unfamiliar, brood.
Topping the list is Cameron Bright, who has signed on to play Alec, the brother of Fanning's Jane and part of the Volturi coven. Bright's previous screen credits include Juno and X-Men: The Last Stand.
For the rest of the cast's new additions, and to find out why Will Ferrell is drinking urine, Megan Fox is smuggling drugs, and which American Idol alum is returning to reality, keep reading.
Joining Bright in New Moon is Academy Award nominee Graham Greene, who scored his nod in 1991 for his supporting role in Dances With Wolves; he plays Quileute tribal leader Harry Clearwater, an old friend of Bella's father.
As previously announced, Jamie Campbell Bower, who will soon double his franchised following with a role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, plays Volturi member Caius, while Canadian supermodel Noot Sear plays human bait Heidi.
Rounding out the new additions are X-Men's Colossus, aka Daniel Cudmore, who plays the Volturi's Felix; The Chronicles of Riddick's Christopher Heyerdahl, who plays the coven's Marcus; and Into the West's Tinsel Korey, who plays Emily, the fiancé of Sam Uley.
The vampire saga, as if you needed reminding, is out Nov. 20.
Meanwhile, in other notable, non-Twilight-related casting news:
• Will Ferrell is a man-boy gone Wild. The funnyman will guest star in an upcoming episode of Discovery's hit Man vs. Wild as part of a promotional tie-in for his forthcoming Land of the Lost. Per the Hollywood Reporter, in the episode, airing sometime in early June, Ferrell will battle the elements alongside host Bear Grylls, rappelling down ice-bound mountains and glacier ranges in northern Sweden, improvising snow shoes and, yes, drinking their own urine.
• Megan Fox is a borderline babe in The Crossing. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the actress will star in the thriller, following a couple who, en route home from a Mexican vacation, are carjacked and the husband kidnapped. Fox's character is forced to smuggle heroin across the border to save him.
• Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Viggo Mortensen, Marisa Tomei and David Strathairn are among the thesps set to appear in People Speak, a documentary chronicling key moments in U.S. history. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the actors are expected to appear in vignettes of our country's most poignant moments.
• Have Percy. Catherine Keener has joined the cast of Percy Jackson, per the Hollywood Reporter, the big-screen adaptation of the fantasy-adventure books that set Greek gods in modern times. Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan and Uma Thurman also star.
• Watchmen's Patrick Wilson is going to be watched even more. The thesp will join Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton and Jeff Goldblum in Morning Glory, per the Hollywood Reporter, a comedy centering on the goings-on at a national morning show.
• Is there an Emmy in Fantasia's future? The onetime American Idol champ is set to star in her own unscripted reality series on VH1, chronicling the singer's life as both a recording artist and single mother. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the show will premiere in early 2010.
• Jennifer Jason Leigh's garden is growing just fine, thanks to a new recurring role on Weeds. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Leigh will play Mary-Louise Parker's estranged sister in at least two episodes of the series.
• Former Cosby cutie Keshia Knight Pulliam will be starring in her own reality series on Oxygen. The erstwhile Rudy will appear alongside her live-in boyfriend, Atlanta entrepreneur Kaseem Penn, in the show, which will focus on what life's like to be young, rich and single. No air date has yet been set for Keshia and Kaseem.
(Originally published April 16, 2009, at 7:18 a.m. PT)