Breaking Dawn to shoot in New Orleans?

Twi-hards in Vancouver and environs will be rending their garments if reports are true the next Twilight installment, Breaking Dawn, is going to forsake Vancouver for some swamp in Louisiana.

The blog movieset.com is spreading news that sources in the industry have chosen to shoot in The Big Easy instead of the Raincoast city.



That means the Twilight paparazzi will have to lug their long lenses to New Orleans to catch scintillating sights of the cast, headed by Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.

According to the blog, Louisiana is in the midst of becoming a regular Hollywood Down South. Not only is the TV hit Treme shot there (makes sense: It's about post-Katrina N'awleans), but so is Butter, a flick depicting Butter sculpting competitions in Iowa.

So is The Expendables and Red and .... Whoa! Butter sculpting competitions in Iowa? Hope it's in 3-D.

Anyway, back in mournful Vancouver, currently undergoing Stanley Cup jitters (Thanks, Chicago), the citizenry can only hope the Twilight reports prove to be premature, exaggerated or just plain wrong.

These parts were just meant to be populated by vampires. What self-respecting bloodsucker would take up in New Orleans. It's too hot, humid and homicidal to house our beloved Twi-stars. No vampire has ever been known to settle down in New Orleans.

'Scuse me, gotta take this call....

That was a Ms Rice calling. Seems vampires have taken to her Louisiana hometown for years, if not eons. They even get along well with the news media, with whom they grant the odd interview.

Still, Vancouver will be the lesser if our Twilight pals fly south. No word so far from producers Summit Entertainment on a change of venue, though they do say they expect Breaking Dawn to premiere on Nov. 18, 2011. Vancouver-shot Eclipse will open wide on June 20, but those lucky enough to get an invitation to a special screening will see it early at the Los Angeles Film Festival, running June 17-20.

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