‘Twilight’ movie news: It has a director
I know a lot of you are big fans of Stephenie Meyer’s book “Twilight” and its sequels, about the teenage girl who falls in love, as so many of us have, with a vampire. (I liked the first book quite a bit, though some of the swoony-teenage-girly parts weren’t my cup of tea, and I haven’t read the others yet.) You may be interested to know that a director has officially signed on for the movie adaptation: Catherine Hardwicke.
Hardwicke is actually a really good choice. Her first film, “Thirteen,” was all about teen-girl angst and frustration. Her second was “Lords of Dogtown,” also about teenagers and also presented realistically and honestly. Her most recent was “The Nativity Story,” which was kind of a bust. But it did have a teenage girl as its protagonist!
The “Twilight” screenplay adaptation will be by Melissa Rosenberg. Apart from her contribution to the silly “Step Up” last year, she has some good sci-fi/fantasy cred, as well as experience with teen romance. Her IMDB entry lists episodes of “The Outer Limits,” “Birds of Prey,” “Dark Skies,” AND “The O.C.” and “Party of Five.” Oh, and Showtime’s current serial-killer series “Dexter.” Sounds like a good fit to me.
No idea yet when the movie is supposed to start filming, but it’s presumably set to be released next year.
(P.S. Apparently this news has been available to people who visit Stephenie Meyer’s website for more than a month, but Variety just got around to reporting it last night. I confess I visit Variety.com more often than I visit StephenieMeyer.com. This should be corrected.)
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 am
You really should check out Stephenie’s website. And read the other books. They’re pretty good (and this coming from another grown-up).
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:16 pm
I’ll even loan you my autographed copies.
October 4th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
crazily enough I just finished all 3 of the books within the last week. I was browsing her website, and found that she listed “ericdsnider.com” as one of her favorite sites, for movie reviews of course. Just thought you should know!
October 4th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
I don’t doubt that. She’s been an EDS fan for years.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:24 am
It’s good to know that adults are reading these books as well!
Heh, while there are a quite a few of “swoony-teenage-girly parts”, it is never the less a great book and series.
And with the book being so good, I must say that I have been worried about the film. Everyone has their own views on how characters should look, but I like most of the cast so far.
Oh! And you mentioned that the director is the director of Dexter? Well, that is just amazing because I very much love that series! That gives me a little bit of comfort with the movie.
August 6th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
SPOILERS! DO NOT LOOK AT THIS IF YOU DIDN’T READ THE FIRST 3 BOOKS
I liked the most parts of the books. I was slightly annoyed when Edward came back during New Moon. I really liked the fighting chapters in Eclipse. I wish that she could add more to Alice’s and Jasper’s story. I didn’t read breaking dawn yet because it only came out last weekend. I have to agree with everyone who is worried about the movie only because what she described was not a human so it may be hard for them to portray a Vampire when it’s only an normal looking kid. On the other hand the director was involved with the devil wares prada and I did like that movie. I suppose only time will tell.
October 9th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
i think this book is very good but every one that i know is reading it and thats what i dont like about it