Twilight Stars Kellan Lutz and Cam Gigandet are reuniting for a new film as the pair join the cast of Dawn of the Desert.
As reported by Deadlinethe duo have signed up for Marty Murray’s crime thriller, which follows a “newly appointed small-town sheriff (Lutz) and his sinister deputy (Gigadet).”
While investigating the murder of a mysterious woman, the pair become “entangled in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel,” leaving themselves in danger as they try to put the pieces together.
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Chad Law and Johnny Walters wrote the screenplay, with the production having received a temporary agreement from SAG-AFTRA to allow filming during the ongoing Hollywood strikes.
Lutz and Gigandet appeared together in the first Twilight film, with the pair playing Emmett Cullen and villainous James Witherdale respectively, but the series could have been very different if a famous star had secured a part.
“I auditioned for Twilight [and] they immediately rejected me,” Jennifer Lawrence revealed. “I didn’t even get a call back. But my life would be completely different. I have Hunger Games I think, a year later.”
Lutz and Gigandet are not alone Twilight stars to secure new roles, with Alice Cullen actress Ashley Greene recently joining the cast for horror films, It feeds.
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The film follows a young girl who insists that a malevolent entity is feeding her, with Green playing a clairvoyant therapist who must face her own demons to save the girl before they completely catch her.
It feeds will be part of a 10-film series from Productivity Media Inc (PMI) and Black Fawn Films, with Black Fawn president Cody Calahan saying the partnership will create a “unique brand of genre films.”
There is currently no release date for Dawn of the Desert.
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