Coming up necks for Twilight bloodsucker Jackson Rathbone: A potentially recurring role on ABC’s No Ordinary Family.The 25-year-old actor—whose two summer films, Eclipse and The Last Airbender, collectively grossed nearly $1 billion worldwide—will play Trent Stafford, a high school classmate of Kay Panabaker telepathic Daphne. Trent was recently the victim of a home invasion robbery, and I’m guessing Daphne will join forces with her superhero parents to help catch the perp.

Rathbone last appeared on the small screen in 2009, when he guest-starred as a serial killer with multiple personalities on Criminal Minds.

N.O.F. premieres on Tuesday, Sept. 28.

This might be the only thing to get me to watch this show!

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Isn’t it nice to know that the Cullen brood supports each other both onscreen and off? When MTV sat down with Nikki Reed to chat about her upcoming film, “Last Day of Summer,” she was quick to talk about how excited she was about all of her costars’ current projects as well.

When asked which of her fellow “Twilight Saga” stars’ work she was most looking forward to, she answered, “I guess all of them… I don’t know! We all root for each other,” before delving into each of their current film projects, surprising herself with her ability to remember everyone’s movie names and costars.

She started off talking about her onscreen enemy and off-screen bff Taylor Lautner, who is currently filming “Abduction.” “I love Taylor so much and I’m so proud of him and what he’s doing,” Nikki said, and then referenced “Abduction” by saying, “He’s making a great movie in Pittsburgh right now.”

It’s hard to mention one “Twilight” hottie without mentioning the other, so Nikki then talked about Robert Pattinson’s upcoming project before breezing over Kristen Stewart’s equally awesome “On The Road.”

“I’m excited for Rob’s movie, ‘Water for Elephants.’ I think he’s going to be phenomenal in that and Kristen is doing something amazing,” Nikki said.

Then came her onscreen mother, Elizabeth Reaser, who apparently just finished filming a movie called “Homework.” Nikki was just as excited about Elizabeth’s involvement as she was with her friend’s costars: Emma Roberts and Kristen Stewart’s ex, Michael Angarano. Nikki referred to him as “a really good friend of mine” and ignored his other connection to the “Twilight” cast.

“By the way,” Nikki added, “Jackson [Rathbone] and I are on the phone every other day because we’re trying to find a movie to do together. I’m sorry I forgot to mention Jackson, and he’s touring right now and his band [100 Monkeys] is just like sky-rocketing. It’s amazing.”

Nikki said she would be more than willing to direct one of 100 Monkeys’ music videos. “Would I ever? Oh my god!” she replied excitedly when MTV suggested it to her. “Yeah, of course. I would be honored! I don’t even want to take the position of saying ‘would I ever.’ If he would ever let me, yeah. I love them.”

We finally got a chance to catch up with Jackson Rathbone, a hunk who flies way under the radar in our opinion.

The Twilight star has had a crazy summer promoting Eclipse and The Last Airbender, all while touring with his band The 100 Monkeys (Jackson even busted out his harmonica on the Teen Choice Awards carpet to play us a little tune, heart him).

But that doesn’t mean he’s dreading getting back to work on Breaking Dawn, thanks to Kristen Stewart:

“I can’t wait, it’s always a reunion” Jackson told us about gearing up for back-to-back filming of the next two movies, even though he said he had “no clue” when production starts except sometime this fall.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing Bella’s transformation, that’s one of the things that has been building up for a while,” Rathbone dished, all cute all scruffy.

“I’m excited to see how Kristen Stewart really works with that. That’s going to be fun, she’s an incredible actress and, I know this is a pun, but she’s chomping at the bit in order to play that transition.”

And we know fans are chomping at the bit for that feathers-flying Robsten sex scene.

“I think it’s going to have to be PG-13, I don’t know how they’re going to keep it PG. [Screenwriter] Melissa Rosenberg herself has told us there is going to be sex in this movie. I can’t wait. It’s in the books and I mean they’re married, they gotta consummate that relationship,” J.R. laughed.

Now that the release date for the final Breaking Dawn films are set, Jax told us he’s more sad than excited to be free of his vampire duties.

“It’s one of the sad aspects of Breaking Dawn being the last two chapters of the film series, it was always a family reunion we all go out we all have fun. It’s sad to see it go. [Twilight] has done so much for me in terms of broadening my audience and my art form. Hell I always wanted to play a vampire, it’s cool. It’s been really fun.”

No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you an actor actually was just grateful for what he’s been given. Hope we’re not the only ones having some serious Team Jasper love here.

“Honestly, I would do like Twilight Saga: Origins, Jasper’s back story. I’ll sign up! I’d get to play an angry civil war vampire again.”

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Based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender centres on the journey of 12-year-old boy Aang as he masters the four elements – earth, wind, fire and water – to defeat the evil fire nation. Joining him on the hero’s journey is Sokka and Katara, two members of the Water Tribe played by Twilight’s Jackson Rathbone and Nicola Peltz. DS sat down with the pair to discuss their characters, dodge Rathbone’s attempts to bend water and hear a bad joke about ‘the twist’. Click ‘play’ below to watch the interview.

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The critics in the U.S. … I just don’t think they really like M. Night Shyamalan anymore,’ ‘Twilight’ actor says.

“The critics in the U.S. … I just don’t think they really like M. Night Shyamalan anymore,” Rathbone told MTV News while on the blue carpet for the 2010 Teen Choice Awards. “I don’t know why. It’s sad because he’s such an amazing director and an amazing person.”

The film, written and directed by Shyamalan, is a live-action remake of the popular Nickelodeon animated TV series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and the first installment in a proposed trilogy. It received mixed reviews from critics, many who said the film emphasized style over substance. Nonetheless, Rathbone stands by the film’s box-office performance, adding that Shyamalan’s popularity is stronger than ever in foreign markets.

“It was interesting, the reception with ‘The Last Airbender,’ because they did extremely well with the U.S. domestic box office and even better than expected overseas,” he said. “Overseas, internationally, they still love him and think his work is genius.”

In the end, Rathbone believes it’s just a matter of taste. “It’s just one of those things,” he said. “Art is subjective.”

Shyamalan’s mettle will next be tested with September’s stuck-in-an-elevator horror-thriller “Devil,” a story he conceptualized, while Rathbone will begin work on the two-part “Breaking Dawn” film this fall.

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TWILIGHT star Jackson Rathbone has revealed how big-screen spills and thrills are in his blood.

The Hollywood hunk stars as soulful vampire Jasper Hale in the smash hit series of Twilight adventures.

Now he’s about to be seen as one of the superheroes of the big budget family fantasy, The Last Airbender.

And Jackson, 25, reveals how all this action is practically second nature to him because he’s related to movie legend Basil Rathbone.

Best known for his Sherlock Holmes films, Rathbone, who died in 1967, was also famed as the greatest swordsman ever to grace the silver screen.

One of his most memorable big screen sword fights, of course, was with Errol Flynn in The Adventures Of Robin Hood. Naturally, Jackson is delighted to have this connection with one of the greats of the golden age of cinema.

He said: “I have a close bloodline to Basil Rathbone, who is my grandfather’s third cousin several times removed. I don’t like to talk about how many times removed.

“He taught Errol Flynn how to use a sword and he is one of the greatest swordsmen in Hollywood history.”

Jackson jokes that he has a bit of catching up to do before he can cut a dash like his famous ancestor. In The Last Airbender, the young actor’s weapon of choice is a weird-looking boomerang.

He said: “Hopefully, if we get to make the next two films in the series then you’ll get to see me become a swordsman. Then I’d really follow in Basil Rathbone’s footsteps.”

Jackson is a young star in great demand, starring alongside Robert Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart in Eclipse, the latest story in the Twilight saga. The fourth edition, Breaking Dawn, is on the way.

But he stresses the importance of keeping himself grounded. He said: “I’ve just been extremely lucky in my career to be able to constantly work with people I respect and admire.”

In Eclipse, Jackson got more screen time as we discovered his character Jasper was a Confederate soldier who became a vampire during the American Civil War.

But he says it was only during the shooting of The Last Airbender on location in a fairly remote part of the world that he realised the global impact of the Twilight movies.

He said: “We filmed some of the movie in Greenland and all the local people knew us. We were in this small town called Ilulissat and it was incredible.”

When he was in Greenland, Jackson – who has a rock band called 100 Monkeys – was also persuaded to show off his musical talent.

He said: “I got hooked up with a gig at the local pub and I played a set by myself on guitar.”

Jackson was joined on stage by the acclaimed producer Frank Marshall, whose hits include the Indiana Jones films.

“Frank sang Stormy Monday, I played slide guitar with the house band and we got ourselves some fans,” he added.

Jackson was born in Singapore but grew up in Texas and came very close to having a tartan showbiz connection.

After graduating from college in Michigan, he had planned to cross the Atlantic and to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

But that notion was dumped when he was signed up to appear as a regular reporter on TV show Disney 411, interviewing rising stars. He also got acting roles in hit shows like The OC, before Twilight sent his career into orbit.

Acting and music have been his passions since he was a young teenager.

He says: “When I was about 13 or 14, I got into community theatre in Texas. I just noticed all the pretty girls were actresses and I wanted to be where they were.”

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Enjoy this pictures taken at the 100 Monkeys show in Phoenix, AZ on July 21, 2010

Last but not least a picture of our friend Cassie Vega and Jackson. Thanks Cassie for sharing your pictures!

Here is a great Video of Jackson Rathbone. Enjoy!

Pre-Order the upcoming release, Live & Kicking: Part I, by 100 Monkeys and get a limited* autographed CD Booklet with purchase!

From of the City of Angels comes 100 Monkeys, a band described by SPIN.com as “funk rock” and by RollingStone.com as “tribal sounds with vocals recalling Jim Morrison’s baritone croon.” Beyond Race Magazine says they are “sing-along-worthy, sometimes bluesy” and MTV.com describes them as a mix of “Iggy Pop with the Raconteurs.” 100 Monkeys, however, jest that their music is purely “onomatopoetic, but for the sake of simplicity, we’ll call it funky rock-n-roll.”

This quintet of multi-instrumentalists comprises of multi-faceted artists, actors and producers such as: Jackson Rathbone (who appears in such movies as The Last Airbender, and the Twilight Saga), Ben Graupner (Trapped in the 5150, Devolved), Jerad Anderson (Wayne/Lauren Film Company), Lawrence Abrams (of Ike & Tina Turner, U.S.O., and the Artists Consortium), and Ben Johnson (of the Stevedores and music producer of Spencer Bell’s “Brain”).

100 Monkeys are known to switch instruments and vocalists nearly every other song during their raucous, theatrical live-sets, an idea patented as the “Monkey Switcheroo.” Swinging about the stage with an enthusiasm that seems to have been lost since the advent of digital recordings, the 100 Monkeys bring back that analog rock-n-roll of the 60’s, with the humor and cynicism of modern times.

When asked to describe their lyrics, the band attributes “drinking, the devil, death, and women who cheat and steal.” To further the eclectic eccentricity, the band consistently improvises a song per live-set, whereupon they ask an idea or “song title” from the audience and proceed to jam out a tune replete with verses and lyrics…another original idea from an original rock band.

100 Monkeys’ completely independent discography includes 3 EP’s: Monster de Lux (all improvised recordings),Singles (”Ugly Girl,” “Smoke,” “Wasteland Too”), and The Creative Control: Live Sessions. Their first studio album, Grape, was released in 2009. An untitled follow-up album set for January 2011!

Off the yet-to-be-titled sophomore album, 100 Monkeys released their first single, “KolPix,” with a B-side set, “Future Radio” which will be released July 7, 2010 in building up to the release of their upcoming live album, Alive and Kicking: Part I to be released on July 20th, 2010!

*Offer valid only with purchase of Live & Kicking: Part I. This special offer is valid for both domestic and international orders. Preordered CDs shipping with promotional material are limited to (5) per customer. Booklets will be available while supplies last, newburycomics.com will post information when autographed booklets are sold out.

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