Tough Times in Twilight Town

My niece is a big fan of the Twilight movies.  I don't really get it, but they make a lot of money, so I've seen them, mostly out of curiosity.  This is what I think: Bella and Edward are a colossally boring couple -- far as I can tell, they have nothing in common,  mostly they just stare at each other, all infatuated and then Bella falls asleep and Edward stares at her until she wakes up.  Quite a pair.


But there's trouble in Twilight town: Summit Entertainment decided to turn the four Twilight books into five movies,  and because of that the lead actors (Taylor Lautner, Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson) all re-negotiated their contracts to get more money.  This upset a couple of the non-lead characters - specifically Ashely Greene and Kellan Lutz, who play Alice and Emmett Cullen.  They want more money too, a whole lot more, and Summit isn't so interested in negotiating with them.  Summit is known to play hard ball, they dumped Rachelle Lefevre after the first film when she attempted to up her salary and get some scheduling concessions.  


Now, the Emmett Cullen character doesn't bring much to the party (okay, I've read the books too.  My niece, remember?) but Alice is a bright light in the cast, with a useful ability to see the future.  So I think it would be risky to ask fans to accept a new Alice.  But then, it's possible that Twilight lovers won't notice; they seem mostly interested in Bella, Edward and Jacob.  And those three are in for the long haul.