The Twilight Saga: New MoonProduction Notes1999.CHRISTIAN SERRATOS (Angela) began her professional career as a Ford model. She quickly foundsuccess as an actress playing Heather Perez in Disney's successful “Cow Belles”, as well as guest spots on“7th Heaven”, Nickelodeon's “Zoey101” and Disney's “Hannah Montana.” Christian's interests extendbeyond the modeling and acting world. Having a strong passion for dance, Christian has studied multipledance styles including ballet, hip-hop, jazz, and tap. In addition, Christian is a strong supporter of animalrights, and is the new face of PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” campaign.JUSTIN CHON (Eric) can be seen in the widely popular inter-net short film, Turbo atwww.TurboTheFilm.com. He was recently seen in a costarring role in Wayne Kramer’s feature CrossingOver, alongside Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd. The busy actor also completed astarring role in the comedy Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story, opposite Seann William Scott andRandy Quaid. He also starred in the comedy-horror film Hack, with Danica McKeller and WilliamForsythe. Chon was a series regular on the hit Nickelodeon series “Just Jordan”, playing the titlecharacter’s best friend. Chon also played Peter Wu in the Disney telefilm “Wendy Wu: HomecomingWarrior”.Chon’s parents emigrated from Korea, where his father was a well-known television and film actor andhis mother an accomplished pianist. Born and raised in Southern California, Chon grew up on the beachwhile surfing, skateboarding, playing tennis and hitting the golf course. This multi-talented actor alsoplays the guitar, piano, violin and saxophone. A student of his craft, Chon is always enrolled in an actingclass and has studied with some of the top acting coaches in the business.Chon resides in Los Angeles.26
The Twilight Saga: New MoonProduction NotesThe FilmmakersCHRIS WEITZ (Director) most recently adapted, and directed, the Oscar-winning epic fantasy adventureThe Golden Compass starring Oscar® winner Nicole Kidman (The Hours), newcomer Dakota BlueRichards, Sam Elliott (We Were Soldiers), Eva Green (Casino Royale) and Daniel Craig (Casino Royale).Based on Philip Pullman’s best-selling and award-winning first novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy,The Golden Compass was released by New Line Cinema and has grossed over $350 million worldwide.Weitz previously co-directed, with his brother, Paul, the award-winning hit film About a Boy, adaptingthe screenplay from the Nick Hornby novel. The screenplay received an Academy Award nomination forBest Adapted Screenplay, as well as similar nominations from BAFTA, Writers Guild, Chicago Film Criticsand Humanitas; the film was named one of AFI's Movies of the Year and was nominated for the GoldenGlobe award for Best Comedy, winning Best Studio Comedy Feature at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.Weitz's first directorial collaboration with Paul was on American Pie, the phenomenally successful firstinstallment of the PIE franchise, which was followed by American Pie 2 and the final installment,American Wedding, both of which he also executive produced.Prior to their screenwriting work on About a Boy, the brothers collaborated on several screenplays,including Antz and Madeline (adapting the popular children's book).In 1999, Weitz and his brother formed Depth of Field, their Los Angeles-based production companythrough which he and Paul produced the critically acclaimed film, In Good Company, directed by Paul;the comedy American Dreamz, starring Hugh Grant and Dennis Quaid, also directed by Paul; and the hitromantic comedy, Nick & Norah’s Playlist, starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Depth of Field'sdiverse slate of upcoming projects include: Tom Ford’s drama A Single Man, starring Julianne Moore andColin Firth; The Game, based on Neil Strauss' dating tome which Dan Weiss will adapt; and the featureadaptation of Michael Moorcock's fantasy epic The Elric Saga.Weitz also made his acting debut in the Sundance Film Festival hit Chuck & Buck.MELISSA ROSENBERG (Screenwriter) is proving to be one of <strong>Hollywood</strong>’s most versatile and sought-afterwriters, seamlessly transitioning from television to the silver screen.Rosenberg wrote the screenplay for the vampire romance phenomenon Twilight. Directed by CatherineHardwicke, and based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer, Twilight tells the story of a highschool girl named Bella (Kristen Stewart) who finds her soul mate in the stunning vampire Edward(Robert Pattinson). The film, released by Summit Entertainment, opened on November 21, 2008 to arecord $70m. The film has grossed over $383m worldwide.Rosenberg also scripted the highly-anticipated sequel, New Moon, which will open on November 20,2009, as well as the third film, Eclipse, set to open on June 30, 2010.With her extensive background in teen-related drama, Rosenberg seemed a natural fit for theadaptation of Twilight, a task she was given only six weeks to complete. She was more than happy tosign on. “You get to be inventive with these pieces,” Rosenberg said. “I can live the high schoolexperience I never had, because on film, anything can happen.”27