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Italian town hopes to lure Twilight sequel New Moon

Posted by Team Boxwish on 07 January 2009 at 01.20PM

Still taking a massive chunk out of the UK box office, the phenomenon that is Twilight continues. And such is the incredible pulling power of the Stephenie Meyer saga based on the love affair between human Bella (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) that a location is lobbying for inclusion in its (already) much-hyped sequel New Moon. The hotspot desperate to get its fangs into the film is the Italian town of Volterra which should already have a pretty good chance of securing some screen time. Why? Because it is already featured in the novel.

Without giving too much away to those that haven’t read the book (get it here), the Tuscan sunspot is a critical location in New Moon with particular landmarks such as the breathtaking Palazzo dei Priori named. An interview with Stephenie Meyer is even published on the Volterra tourism website.

With such strong ties you might assume that this would make the site an indisputable shoe-in for the film, but with Forks, Washington – the home of the Twilight tale replaced for the movie with Portland, Oregon, the tourism bods from the town are just being cautious. And if it does work – prepare to head to Italy for your 2010 summer holiday!

[via Twilighters Anonymous]

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Comments (2)

Amazing, would be great if it was set in Volterra, but like the town in Twilight and the Volvo (which they changed) they will probably just do what is easiest or coolest to make the movie. Shame, Volterra looks nice.

Posted by BettyBoop_1 on 07 January 2009 at 05.28PM
I didn't mind too much about the Volvo change. It was shiny, silver and Volvo and most importantly was driven by Edward!

Posted by _Bella_ on 08 January 2009 at 01.20PM