Obviously there's been a lot of varying opinions on the Twilight movie.  Some people are obsessed while other just feel lukewarm about the film. But, since it did so well, the sequel has been confirmed and the director, Catherine Hardwicke, says it could be ready by as soon as the end of 2009.  I'm curious as to how they are going to keep the main vampire characters from aging if it takes them over a year to film and release a movie per book.

Catherine says,

"I want to do ['New Moon'] better than we did 'Twilight,' and do it
really cool. I definitely don't want to do it as something just tossed
off, like a 'Saw II' or something like that. We want to be sure that
it's really going to be great and that everyone's on the same page.
"I would say that the film could be finished by the end of
2009, if not the beginning of 2010; cameras could be rolling in about
five months."

As for new actors coming on to play some of the characters that are introduced in the next book, Catherine tells MTV that Stephenie Meyers is again planning on choosing under the radar actors for the roles.

"Stephenie [Meyer] actually has a few people in her head right now that
she's mentioned could be cool. But before I say who, we have to see
their schedule and if they're interested in doing it. ... [One is] a
very cool, unknown person." 

If you disliked Twilight, will you be giving the movie series a second chance with New Moon?

Read on for a lot of information on how the werewolves and the Volturi will be portrayed.

Catherine on the werewolves developing storyline:

"I was doing a lot of research on wolves before [filming
'Twilight'], and we had a scene with the wolves in it," she explained.
"So we're already thinking a little bit about [Jacob's transformation
into a wolf]. Then there's the stunts, and there's Italy. It's all
cooking in the brain."

We
are putting him on a medieval torture thing and stretching him [Taylor Lautner],"
Hardwicke laughed. "No, he's only 16, so he is still growing. His dad
is tall, and he's working out, so you never know. ... [Creating the
love triangle] will definitely be the challenge. That would be a thing
to work on too. How do you deepen that chemistry and make it go to the
next level?

"The wolves will be tricky, because they are supposed to be
these giant wolves," she continued. "Is it going to be CGI, real wolves
or a combination? There are five standard industry ways of doing it.
Which will be most effective. When you read the book, you see how
quickly they transform, and you see the shredding clothes and the
popping collars, so that's a challenge. How does that read on film? How
does that translate to film? What you normally do is you do tests. You
figure out some things that are working better, and things that are not
working better. You try them out, hopefully, on real people."

And Catherine on the Volturi:

"Well, I definitely do not think they should look like those old dudes,
like in an old 'Star Trek' episode where they are just wearing robes
from some Universal [movie prop] closet. We're working on that."