“New Moon” and “Twilight” star Jackson Rathbone who plays Jasper Hale in the “Twilight Saga” films is set star in a romantic comedy entitled “Girlfriend”. He will play a character who is both trustworthy and potentially dangerous. The writer/director Justin Learner stated, ” ‘Girlfriend’ is the chance to see Jackson front and center as the kind of character where, at any moment, we’re not sure if there’s the potentiality to cause harm or to be a good guy, but in a more gritty, realistic indie film”.

This is director Lerner’s first feature film, and he describes it as a “harsh, modern-day take on the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ fable.” The movie will be a real world story set in Middle America which will bring Rathbone’s character into a very bizarre and unconventional love triangle. The “Girlfriend” project came about when Lerner met one of Rathbone’s “100 Monkeys” bandmates Jerad Anderson at the Sundance Film Festival back in January. He passed the script along to Rathbone who loved it,and decided to produce the film with Lerner. They will start shooting it in Boston in September around Rathbone’s “Twilight Saga : Eclipse” schedule.

Jackson Rathbone is also set to play in M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender”. Lerner also stated that “Girlfriend” will really push him to emotionally difficult places. “Jackson’s going to play a morally complex character,a charming and dangerous lead, jealous and diabolical, where you’re not going to know if you love him or hate him. That kind of complexity will be interesting for him to tackle. It’s going to be a very dark and offbeat performance.”

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