Jackson Rathbone Aim High: Actor and Producer!

We have more information on Jackson Rathbone’s new Internet series called Aim High. It turns out that Jackson is also a producer on the project. See the press release below.

Warner Premiere and Dolphin Entertainment today announced casting for their forthcoming multi-platform teen action series Aim High. Jackson Rathbone, best known for his role as the scarred vampire “Jasper Hale” in the Twilight movie series, stars as teenage government operative “Nick Green.” He is joined by Aimee Teegarden, known to loyal Friday Night Lights fans as “Julie Taylor,” who stars as Nick’s charming love interest “Amanda Miles.”

“We’re thrilled to have Jackson and Aimee on board,” said Producer McG. “They’re incredibly talented, collaborative individuals with undeniable screen presence.”

Aim High also stars Rebecca Mader (Lost) as Nick’s sultry science teacher “Ms. Walker,” Johnny Pemberton (Megadrive) as the well connected best friend “Marcus,” Clancy Brown (Highlander) as Russian mercenary “Boris the Bear,” Jonathan McDaniel (That’s So Raven) as Amanda’s jealous boyfriend and swim team captain “Derek Long,” and Greg Germann (Ally McBeal) as the protective “Vice Principal Ockenhocker.”

About Aim High
Aim High is the story of a young man leading a double life – juggling his studies by day and serving as a government agent by night. This series chronicles the life of Nick Green, a junior who’s just starting a new school year as one of the country’s 64 highly trained teenage operatives.

When he’s not handling international spies, Nick is dreaming of Amanda Miles, the most popular girl in school who’s cool, intelligent and very alluring. Amanda mercilessly flirts with Nick, but before he can enjoy her advances he has to avoid Derek – her overly protective boyfriend who threatens him for even looking at her.

Aim High, a Warner Premiere and Dolphin Entertainment series, comes from Director/ Producer McG (Chuck / Charlie’s Angels), Wonderland Sound and Vision, and production services are being provided by Bandito Brothers. Peter Murrieta, who served as Executive Producer for the mega-hit Wizards of Waverly Place is Executive Producer. Mary Viola, Andy Shapiro, Jackson Rathbone, Bill O’Dowd, Jim Henrie and Philip von Alvensleben also serve as Executive Producers. The series is written and created by Heath Corson (Living with Abandon / Scary Godmother) and Richie Keen (Living with Abandon) who also serve as Executive Producers, directed by Thor Freudenthal (Hotel for Dogs/ Diary of a Wimpy Kid) and produced by Lance Sloane (Yucatan) and McG.

Full Cast for Aim High:

Jackson Rathbone …………………………..Nick Green
Aimee Teegarden……………………………Amanda Miles
Rebecca Mader………………………………Ms. Walker
Johnny Pemberton……………………………Marcus Anderson
Clancy Brown………………………………..Boris
Jonathan McDaniel…………………………..Derek Long
Greg Germann……………………………….Vice Principal Ockenhocker
Matthew Moy………………………………..Scotty Winelin
Natalie Lander……………………………….Marcy
Michele Glavan………………………………Trish
Chris Wylde…..………………………………Terry
Nick Swardson..………………………………Deuce
Deena Freeman………………………………Mrs. Green
Dakota O’Neil……………………………….Natalia Fender
Fred Cross……………………………………Mr. Anderson
Zita Vass……………………………………..Allison Morton
Stephanie McVay…………………………….Ms. Tudball
Kevin Brief……………………………………Security Guard
Curtiss Frisle………………………………….Friend
Massi Furlan….………………………………Joey
Hans Marrero…………………………………Tony
Michael Dibacco………………………………Sal a.k.a. Scottie
Anthony Lewis Vitale…………………………Vince
Omid Zader……………………………………Goombah#1
Ray Corasani….………………………………Goombah#2
Jonathan Avigdori…………………………….Goombah#3

To keep up to date on the latest developments with Aim High, follow Warner Bros. Digital Distribution on Twitter @WBDigitalDist.

Movieweb: Nine Minute Interview With Jackson Rathbone

According to Movieweb:

“Aim High is the story of a young man leading a double life – juggling his studies by day and serving as a government agent by night. This series chronicles the life of Nick Green (Jackson Rathbone), a sophomore who’s just starting a new school year as one of the country’s sixty-four highly trained teenage operatives. When he’s not handling international spies, Nick is dreaming of Amanda Meyers, the most popular girl in school who’s cool, intelligent and very alluring. Amanda mercilessly flirts with Nick, but before he can enjoy her advances he has to avoid Derek, her overly protective boyfriend who threatens him for even looking at her. To make things more complicated, Nick just blew a hit on a Russian mercenary and now he’s out to take revenge on Nick. On top of that Nick also discovers he has an “in” with Amanda but his best friend is planning to post a salacious rumor about her on his blog. All in all, it’s going to be a rough semester.”

So what do you think about this new concept?

Jackson Rathbone Talks Breaking Dawn With Movieweb

Via TA

MTV: Jackson Rathbone Does Web Diary Number 2

Jackson Rathbone signs on to 4 Official Twilight Tour Shows

Creation Entertainment announced on the Official Twilight Tour Twitter that Jackson Rathbone and 100 Monkeys will be joining the Twilight Tour at four stops.

From Creation Ent:  2010 was an amazing year for The Official TWILIGHT Convention Tour and we thank all the wonderful guests and fans that made it all possible! Tens of thousands of fans were able to get together and share the love we all have for the Twilight Saga and we had so much fun we’re hard at work on making 2011 even bigger and better!

With only one more date left in 2010 (Orlando on December 10-12, 2010) we’ve just begun to announce our first celebrities for 2011 and we’re looking forward to some cool surprises in the weeks to come. We are extremely pleased to welcome the very talented actor/musician/producer JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) to the 2011 Tour with four dates as featured below. Along with appearing on stage Jackson will be performing with his amazing band 100 MONKEYS (get ready to raise the roof)!

Here are the first guests set for the below stops on the 2011 Tour, keep an eye out for future announcements as we fill up our guest celebrity and event rosters….

SEATTLE, WA. JANUARY 22-23, 2011
TINSEL KOREY (Emily) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
JULIA JONES (Leah Clearwater) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
TYSON HOUSEMAN (The Wolf Pack’s Quil Ateara) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
BOOBOO STEWART (The Wolf Pack’s Seth Clearwater)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. FEBRUARY 4-6, 2011
TINSEL KOREY (Emily) Appearing Friday and Saturday
BRONSON PELLETIER (The Wolf Pack’s Jared) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) Appearing Saturday
100 MONKEYS Performing in concert Saturday Night

NASHVILLE, TN. MARCH 11-13, 2011
TYSON HOUSEMAN (The Wolf Pack’s Quil Ateara) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
TINSEL KOREY (Emily) Appearing Friday and Saturday
JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) Appearing Saturday
100 MONKEYS Performing in concert Saturday Night

LOS ANGELES, CA. MARCH 4-6, 2011
BRONSON PELLETIER (The Wolf Pack’s Jared) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
TINSEL KOREY (Emily) Appearing Friday and Saturday
JULIA JONES (Leah Clearwater) Appearing Friday and Saturday
JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) Appearing Saturday
100 MONKEYS Performing in concert Saturday Night

ARLINGTON, VA APRIL 15-17, 2011
BRONSON PELLETIER (The Wolf Pack’s Jared) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
TYSON HOUSEMAN (The Wolf Pack’s Quil Ateara) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
JULIA JONES (Leah Clearwater) Appearing Friday and Saturday
JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) Appearing Saturday
100 MONKEYS Performing in concert Saturday Night

CHICAGO, IL. JUNE 25-26, 2011
BRONSON PELLETIER (The Wolf Pack’s Jared) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
JULIA JONES (Leah Clearwater) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
(Lexicon Note: more guests TBA)

Thanks,
Your friends at Creation Entertainment for
The Official TWILIGHT Convention Tour 2010/2011
Check out the full details on the Creation Entertainment site.

Jackson Rathbone to do Web Diary Series for MTV’s Hollywood Crush

We wouldn’t expect too much from behind the set lines of Breaking Dawn, but back at the hotel…maybe.

Jackson Rathbone on KTLA and Coming Up Today on MTV

video via TwiBritneyFan

TY to Jamie who wrote in to remind us:

“100 Monkeys will be on MTV on Thursday on The Seven at 5pm Eastern, 4pm Central(see preview video below). They came and interviewed the band while filming the music video for, “The Fair.” They will also be premiering “The Fair” on their show when the music video is ready so (yes the rumors are true!)

Be sure to catch Jackson on The 10 on Top on Saturday Dec 4th at 11:30am Eastern/10:30am Central, also on MTV for an exclusive interview where he also talks about the band and some of his other up and coming projects!
ALSO keep a look out on MTV.com for some behind the scenes in Baton Rouge footage, and MTV.com will be premiering the music video “Kolpix” later on this week!”

Check out the band here

Jackson Rathbone Zooey Q & A

Jackson Rathbone is in Jackson Rathbone is in Zooey Magazine’s  FLIP issue that is due to be released in December. He chats about his fans, what’s coming up for him, and his own record label. (Photo Credit:Will Taylor (photographer) ZOOEY)

Jackson has a brief Q&A on Hollywood Life

Talk to Jackson Rathbone Tonight on Twitter During Broadcast!

Jackson Rathbone is going to be on Twitter on a special account(since he doesn’t have a regular Twitter) tonight as part of the PR for his appearance on ABC’s No Ordinary Family. according to the ABC website:

‘LIVE CHAT

with Kay Panabaker and guest star Jackson Rathbone

TUE NOV 9 from 8 – 9pm ET (5 – 6pm PT)

Fans of ABC’s extraordinary series No Ordinary Family can participate in a live Twitter chat with Kay Panabaker (“Daphne Powell”) and guest star Jackson Rathbone (“Jasper Hale” from theTwilight movie series) during the live broadcast of the show on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

You can submit questions here and receive real-time responses that will appear on this page during the East Coast broadcast from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET (5:00-6:00 p.m., PT). Fans can log into ABC.com to participate or follow Kay and Jackson on Twitter at @kaypandabaker and@NOF_JacksonR.”

Breaking Dawn Actors Seen Around Baton Rouge

According to the LSU newspaper, it seems like the atmosphere in Baton Rouge is allowing the actors to go out and enjoy the town.  For the first two movies, this was very much what the actors were able to do in Portland and Vancouver; granted, with being asked for some pictures and autographs along the way. Starting with Eclipse, however, they were virtual prisoners in their hotel rooms with constant hounding by the paparazzi. They almost never went out without a full security escort.

“”Breaking Dawn” cast member Jackson Rathbone — has been performing every Tuesday, said Eric LeBlanc, manager at Boudreaux and Thibodeaux’s.

“The crowds have been huge on Tuesdays,” LeBlanc said.

Rathbone and 100 Monkeys were at the Baton Rouge State Fair this past weekend to film a music video, according to J.H. Martin, the State Fair’s CEO and chairman.

“Because Jackson is in the movie, they have been hanging around Baton Rouge,” Martin said. “We did see an increase in people crowding around the stage when they started playing.”

Martin said the band was a pleasure to meet.

“The ladies might think [Jackson’s] the cutest because of his Southern charm,” Martin said. “They were super nice young men.”

While the production team for 100 Monkeys was filming the music video, some of the patrons started to notice, Martin said.

“We did a shot in the back by the bumper cars, and we had to get two security guards to make sure nothing got out of hand,” Martin said. “If somebody spots one, they tell the world about it on Twitter and Facebook.”

See more on the LSU site.