The teenage star of vampire movie Twilight, Taylor Lautner, will reprise his role in its sequel.

It was rumoured the 16-year-old would be replaced as Jacob Black by another actor for the second movie New Moon.

But the movie’s director, Chris Weitz, says: “My first instinct that Taylor was, is, and should be Jacob.”

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, who appeared in the first Twilight movie, will also appear in New Moon.