Lee Pace to Play Edward's BFF in Breaking Dawn!

Are you all familiar with Lee Pace?

Well, Twi-hards, it's time to learn and possibly fall in love because we're hearing Lee is thisclose to being cast as the newest vampire in the next installment of The Twilight Saga.

So what role would cutie Lee play?

Pace, perhaps best known from the before-its-time show Pushing Daisies, is up for the role of Garrett, a friend of Edward's (that would be Robert Pattinson, just in case you forgot).

The character is described in the script as a tall, nomadic vampire with sandy hair that he keeps tied back with a leather thong. Garrett is also penned as being down-to-earth, laid-back, rugged and having a lightness and element of humor about him.

"Lee is the top person in the running to play Garrett in Breaking Dawn," a source tells E!.

As we all know, Bill Condon is directing both Breaking Dawn films, and according to our insider, is "hoping to take it in a more artsy direction."

Just as long as it's not a musical, eh?

Production on Dawn is slated to begin this Fall, though no exact date has been announced. This up-in-the-air start could be affecting Kristen Stewart, but we'll get to that tomorrow.

Lee Pace's manager and publicist have not returned E! request for comment, while Summit says no one has been cast yet for the role of Garrett.

Most recently L.P. could be seen in A Single Man and When in Rome.

So do you all approve of the possible new vamp on the block? You know the studio trolls the blogs to read your thoughts, so time to speak up—or type it out—before the offer goes out!

Twilight: Hidden meanings revealed!

Edward Cullen
While trying to choose a name for 
the dashing ‘veggie' vampire, author Stephenie Meyer was looking for something traditional and romantic.

Edward was a perfect choice as it belongs to two great literary romantic heroes, Mr Rochester in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Mr Ferrars in Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility.

Isabella Swan
After Stephenie had finished writing about Bella's journey, she felt she loved her much like a daughter.

So when the time came to name her lead character, what could have been more fitting than the name she'd saved for 
a daughter of her own, Isabella?

The Volturi
‘Volturi' is the Latin word for vulture, a predatory bird that feeds on decaying flesh. The name is a perfect match for the sinister and high-powered Volturi Coven who, unlike the Cullens, feed on human blood, 
as well as overseeing the vampire world from their base in Volterra, Italy.

The Cullen Coven
Made up of Carlisle and Esme Cullen and their five adopted children, the Cullen Coven bear a spooky resemblance to Stephenie's own family.

Brought up in Arizona with five siblings, Stephenie has admitted that she was taunted and called ‘ghost' by schoolmates because of her pale skin.

Perhaps the tight-knit, pale and yet strikingly beautiful Cullen family were Stephenie's way of answering back to those kids, and Bella, the 
pale girl from Arizona, 
a reflection of herself.

Why werewolves imprint
When a werewolf imprints on their soulmate, the two are eternally connected through love and a desire to protect each other.

Stephenie has explained that her inspiration for this concept came from the behaviour of ducklings. A new-born duckling very quickly develops a powerful instinctive bond towards the first moving object it sees, which in most cases is their mother.

Edward's sparkle
Stephenie was inspired to write 
Twilight after dreaming of a man who was ‘fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire'.

This was an unusual idea as in previous tales, vampires were destroyed by sunlight, not illuminated by it! Stephenie decided that sparkling skin could be used as a means for the vampires to lure in human prey.

As well as this she has explained that sparkling vampire skin cells are ‘hard and reflective like crystal' and therefore unbreakable and protective.

Screenwriter discusses Twilight birth scene

With the latest Twilight film, Eclipse, having already hit theatres, fans are anxiously waiting and wondering how filmmakers will handle some of the scenarios in the final book.

Fans are particularly curious about how they will deal with Bella's childbirth scene in Breaking Dawn. The birth is extremely complicated, nearly killing Bella, and the book is quite graphic in its details.

Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg told PopSugar she's keen to show the birth on screen but perhaps with some of the gorier details such as Edward biting through the placenta left out.

"I don't think we need to see that," she said.

Kristen Stewart has herself expressed her curiosity over the scene, telling MTV News she has not seen the script but wonders how they will handle it.

Rosenberg wrote the first three films in the series and said she has enjoyed writting the part of Bella as she evolves.

"I think seeing Bella as a vampire and her adjusting to her powers and embracing them, those are all really fun scenes to write."

She also told PopSugar she is "relieved" the final book has been broken into two films as it was going to be a challenge to condense such a large book into one movie.

Rosenberg also said author Stephanie Meyer is heavily involved in the process and often weighs in on the script writing process.

'Eclipse' Gets Widest Domestic Release In Hollywood History

Opening in 4,416 theaters, the latest 'Twilight' film breaks record held by 'Iron Man 2.' Fans of "The Twilight Saga" are used to watching dreamy vampire Edward Cullen face down routinely shirtless werewolf Jacob Black over the heart of the beautiful Bella Swan — but it seems that Edward and Jacob have put aside their differences to team up against a new, unexpected opponent: Tony Stark.

Deadline Hollywood reports that "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" has already earned its first record without even officially landing in theaters. According to the report, "Eclipse" is currently slated to open in 4,416 theaters across North America, making it the single widest domestic release in Hollywood history. That same record was most recently held by Marvel Studios and Paramount's "Iron Man 2," which initially unspooled in 4,380 locations. Before that, "The Dark Knight" held the record in 2008 with 4,366 theaters.

There is currently no official count of how many locations plan to launch "Eclipse" with midnight showings on Wednesday (June 30).

Having already sunk its fangs into one record, the David Slade-directed "Eclipse" is well poised to cement its status in Hollywood history as it launches into theaters this week. In November, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" enjoyed a massive $140 million opening weekend, more than doubling the initial numbers for the first "Twilight" film. With the summer season in full session, there's no telling how much damage "Eclipse" could do at the box office.

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