When there are no more Oscars, and there is no more Sundance, there will always be the phenomena behind Twilight. And Dakota Fanning will walk among them.

The latest franchise casting rumor features Fanning at its center, where the soon-to-be 15-year-old is reportedly circling the role of Jane in the forthcoming Twilight sequel New Moon. (NB: No rush casting your fall '09 tentpole, Summit Entertainment!) Jane is "a member of Italy’s Volturi, the most deadly group of bloodsucking killers in author Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling series," notes Marc Malkin, triggering our own impulsive unreadiness to see Dakota Fanning suck much of anything onscreen until she's at least 21. And even then, who ever heard of a black Italian vampire? We'd pass if we were you, girl.