Taylor wins the battle for Jacob's Role in New Moon!

Its finally official, Taylor Lautner will get to keep his job. Taylor will continue to play Jacob in New Moon, the next installment of the Twilight Series. He lobbied real hard and had to fight off several other actors that were trying to win the role. Lets hope he has been eating his wheaties and hitting the gym. He has alot of bulking up to do otherwise they may deduct CGI costs from his paycheck.

The news has been Confirmed by Stephenie Meyer herself in the following blog entry. Team Jacob-Taylor can finally sleep in peace!

January 7, 2009

Good news about New Moon from director Chris Weitz:

I’m very happy to announce that Taylor Lautner will be playing Jacob Black in New Moon and that he’s doing so with the enthusiastic support of Summit Entertainment, the producers, and Stephenie Meyer.

The characters in Stephenie’s books go through extraordinary changes of circumstance and also appearance; so it is not surprising that there has been speculation about whether the same actor would portray a character who changes in so many surprising ways throughout the series. But it was my first instinct that Taylor was, is, and should be Jacob, and that the books would be best served by the actor who is emotionally right for the part. I think that fans of Twilight the book and the movie will be surprised by the Jacob Black that Taylor will bring to the screen in New Moon; and I’m looking forward to working with him and the rest of the cast in realizing the film.

very best

Chris Weitz

I’d just like to add that I was very much a part of this decision. My first priority was always what was best for New Moon—what was going to give us the best possible movie. I’m truly thrilled that Taylor was the one who proved to the director, to Summit, and to me that he is the best possible Jacob we could have. And I’m very much looking forward to seeing what he’s going to bring to Jacob’s character this year.

- Steph

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/