Twilight cast sinks teeth into HOB Chicago event

(Above) Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Jackson Rathbone, and Peter Facinelli in a scene from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, a 2010 film, the third in a series, that grossed $308 million dollars. (Photo by Kimberley French.)

2-Nov-11 – Stars of a new Twilight Saga film premiering this month will mingle with fans at a nationwide event coming to Chicago next week.

Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, and Elizabeth Reaser are scheduled to attend, according to a recent news release from Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the successful series of vampire-themed movies. The cast is promoting a new two-part Twilight film, Breaking Dawn, with the first part opening on November 18 and the second part opening next year.

Christina Perri, whose music is heard on the soundtrack of the new film, will perform.

Tickets are free and can be reserved starting at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 5. There is a limit of two tickets per person and they are not transferable.

The action-packed films, set in modern day and based on a bestselling series of books by Stephanie Meyer, are about a 17-year-old girl, Bella Swan, who moves to a small town in Washington and falls in love with a vampire.