Writer wants Channing Tatum for 'Twilight 3'

Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg has admitted that she wants Channing Tatum to be cast in the third instalment of the vampire franchise.

Speaking to E! News, Rosenberg suggested that the Fighting star would be the ideal choice for the part of Riley, a character who appears in Eclipse.

"There’s a very big battle at the end with Riley, and I think Channing would do that so well," she explained

"And there are some complexities to that character. He really is tragic. He’s a puppet for Victoria [Rachelle Lefevre]. So he has to break your heart a little bit at the end when he realises that she doesn’t want him. Channing could do that beautifully."

Rosenberg also reassured fans that Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) would feature heavily in the upcoming sequel New Moon, despite being absent for a large chunk of the original novel.

"In the book, he’s actually an enormous presence in [Bella’s] mind...so we really played off that and it kept him alive in a slightly different way, but fans will feel it’s true to the book. You can’t have a Twilight without Rob Pattinson."

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