There has been a lot of buzz about Dakota Fanning getting a role in the Twilight sequel New Moon; so why wasn’t it posted on here? Because it’s only talks, she isn’t actually confirmed for the role yet. But looking at the shortage of news around recently we’re going to talk about it anyway. Also it’s certain that she is in talks to be in the movie seeing she has confirmed that talks are under way in interviews. If she were to be cast she would be play the role of the vampire Jane.

Is this a good career move for Dakota? I don’t think so, in fact I think it’s a bad one. Financially Twilight was a major success but does that make it into a successful movie franchise? No it does not; in fact there has been a lot of criticism on the movie. New Moon getting a different director might help but it’s no guarantee that it will be a success. A lot of people were disappointed by Twilight and that might hurt New Moon, not to mention they seem to be rushing production on it which can never be a good thing.

Of course it might turn out to be a major success but Dakota Fanning is also somewhat of a bigger name. Adding names to movies is often a sign of weakness; if Twilight did so well because of the original cast they wouldn’t have to add big names. Unless they truly believe that Dakota is the right person for that role.

Now to a different casting rumor which involves three people; Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox and Miley Cyrus are rumored to be in talks to star in a movie based on the novel The Stepsister Scheme. A project which Disney is said to be setting up. To describe it very quickly it’s about what happens with Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella after the happily ever after. Most people like to describe it as Charlie’s Angels in a fairy tale.

Now the first major problem with that rumor is the source; it seems to have originated from UK Tabloid The Sun. Which doesn’t mean it’s not true but it could also mean that someone on their editorial staff was just bored and made something up. Though that’s not even the biggest problem with the project.

The fact that it is said to be a Disney project and Lindsay Lohan is involved makes it hard to believe. Lindsay’s career isn’t going anywhere right now in all reality; he has one movie coming out which has one major problem. There isn’t anyone who actually wants to distribute it in the US.

Megan Fox and Miley Cyrus are both still on the rise and Lindsay simply isn’t. It would be odd for any movie studio to cast two big names and combine those with a name which isn’t the best in Hollywood right now. That the studio in question is Disney makes it even less likely. In all reality Lindsay ruined her chances of working with Disney anytime soon on the set of Herbie: Fully Loaded.

If Disney were to make this movie the names of Megan and Miley actually would somewhat make sense. Miley obviously because she’s Disney’s big money maker and Megan because she seems to be doing rather well lately. Though the difference between Miley and Megan as actors is a bit big; both reputation as age wise.

So as to the two casting rumors discussed: Dakota Fanning in New Moon will probably happen. Miley Cyrus, Megan Fox and Lindsay Lohan together in the same movie? Not anytime soon.

Jailbait: a girl under the age of consent with whom sexual intercourse is unlawful and constitutes statutory rape.

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Dakota and Elle Fanning won’t be starring in the My Sister’s Keeper after all; after Dakota was asked if she would consider shaving off her hair she and her sister withdrew from the movie right away. Their parts are now set to be played by Sofia Vassilieva and Abigail Breslin, Sofia of course playing the older and Abigail playing the younger sister who sues for emancipation.

The sole reason why she was created was to be a genetic match for her sick older sister. Cameron Diaz plays their mother and Alec Baldwin will play the lawyer representing the little girl. John Cusack will also be part of the cast. The movie still sounds good with a cast that’s getting rather impressive, even though it doesn’t seem to be the normal big studio (New Line) kind of movie.

As I understand it, it really wasn’t a demand that Dakota would shave of her hair but it was still enough for both Fanning sisters to pull out of the movie. Of course I don’t know the details but it seems to me that it’s something that can be talked about. It seems a bit harsh to pull out of a movie just because of a request. I doubt Vassilieva would be very willing to have her head shaved but we’ll have to see about that.

Would be a pity to see all of Sofia’s hair go but it would show that she’s prepared to go the extra mile for a movie. To be perfectly honest, I see the replacement as an improvement to the cast. Not that the Fanning sisters are bad I just have higher regard for the acting talents of Breslin and Vassilieva. Though I still have to see if they work as sisters, for the Fannings it wouldn’t have been hard to play sisters convincingly. The shooting schedule is set to stay as it was.

Last month Hollywood Reporter put out a list called Showbiz Kids Top 25, it’s a bit slow regarding news right now so lets take a look at the list. Hollywood Reporter is a serious publication so there is some merit to their opinions. Hollywood Reporter pretty much made a list of people active in Hollywood seventeen and under who they think have the biggest chance of making it big in Hollywood in the long run. The focus of this site is the female generation in Hollywood so I’m just going to highlight those in the list.

1. Miley Cyrus
2. Abigail Breslin
3. Dakota Fanning
4. Emma Watson
5. Emma Roberts
6. Cole and Dylan Sprouse
7. Freddie Highmore
8. Kristen Stewart
9. The Jonas Brothers
10. AnnaSophia Robb
11. Josh Hutcherson
12. Madison Pettis
13. Noah Gray-Cabey
14. Mark Indelicato
15. Angus T. Jones
16. Josh Flitter
17. Kyle Massey
18. Miranda Cosgrove
19. Jamie Lynn Spears
20. Spencer Breslin
21. Keke Palmer
22. Alex Etel
23. Nat and Alex Wolff
24. Selena Gomez
25. Liam Aiken

In general there aren’t any real shockers in that list though I didn’t know some of the names. I can’t know everyone in Hollywood after all, it shows that the list was made before all of the Jamie Lynn pregnancy stuff, I doubt they would have put her on the list if it had be known before that. The top five is pretty much a shoe in on the list so there’s just not a lot I can say about this list, Hollywood Reporter did their homework. Not that I doubted them in that regard, they serve as a valuable news source to this site.

In a lot of cases with child actors people and the media call them overnight successes, that they did one thing and it made them successful right away. Even though that’s true in some cases like Natalie Portman who became a recognised actress overnight with the movie Léon it’s not true for a lot of other child actors.

It can be funny sometimes if you look at filmographies and it turns out that you’ve seen them in movies before without even realising it. I’m not counting tiny guest spots on TV shows right now; if I did that I could be going on forever seeing that’s pretty much how every actor gets started.

The first time I really had that was when I was looking at the filmography of Jena Malone. Granted, she’s not really a superstar but she still gets a fair amount of movies done. At some point I did check out her filmography because I didn’t really know her, turns out I have a on DVD with the woman; Contact in this case which she made when she was twelve years old. Her role in that movie is better known for a difficult special effect (It’s extensively mentioned in the extras; Jena is running towards a mirror but you can’t see the camera. In 1997 that was a lot more difficult than it would be these days.). She plays the younger version of Jodie Foster in the movie.

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