Twilight's Victoria obscured by Bryce Dallas Howard

Bella Swan better look out: The face of evil will look different next year.

It will still be ringed by long, red locks, but otherwise...different.

Bryce Dallas Howard, most recently Christian Bale's misused mate in Terminator rescue, will be replacing Rachelle Lefevre as the Bella-hating Victoria in next year's threequel, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Lefevre's exit from the franchise has been attributed to scheduling conflicts. (For the record, she's not moving on because of a real-life relationship with Kristen Stewart that mirrors the one onscreen, or due to an emotional love triangle... We mean it! That's how rumors get started!) Regardless, it makes her the first major cast member to leave midsaga.

The 30-year-old Canadian beauty will bare her fangs for the last time in New Moon, which starts biting into the winter box office Nov. 20.

"We are incredibly happy that Bryce has agreed to come into the franchise," Erik Feig, president of Worldwide Production and Acquisitions for Summit Entertainment, said in a statement Tuesday.

"Rachelle brought ‘Victoria' to great screen life and Bryce will bring a new dimension to the character. The franchise is lucky to have such a talented actress as Bryce coming in to fill the role."

So it will be Howard who seduces newborn vampire Riley, to be played by fellow Twilight newcomer Xavier Samuel in Eclipse, due in theaters June 30, 2010. Cameras start rolling in Vancouver next month.

"I can’t stay to Get weighty!" : Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart is burning to get her baby strike on—as her Twilight heroine Bella, of course!
through today's New Moon panel dialogue at Comic-Con, K.Stew was asked which facet of the future films she was most looking forward to. "Uh, I can't wait to get pregnant," she said, giggling.
In on the joke, costar Robert Pattinson added, "I can't wait to perform the Caesarean!" The screeching 6,000-person crowd, of course, caught the reference to the gruesome birth that takes place in Breaking Dawn—which is still three movies away!
But the panel wasn't all about vampire spawn. Costar/werewolf Taylor Lautner, director Chris Weitz and Ashley Greene joined the fun, too, as lots of New Moon footage hit the screen. And R.Pattz admitted to being a "pussy."