Wanting to capitalize on the teen vampire movie craze it stirred last year, Summit Entertainment is planning to re-release “Twilight” in more than 2,000 theaters on Nov. 19, the night before the arrival of the highly anticipated sequel, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”
Summit’s distribution executives have been in conversations with the nation’s theater owners about a one-night-only screening of “Twilight” at 9:00 p.m. or 9:30 p.m. just prior to the 12:01 a.m. showings of “New Moon.” Plans are just now being formalized, according to one person with knowledge of the matter, who said that exhibitors (who naturally have dollar signs in their eyes) are very high on the idea.
“Twilight” will likely wind up playing in many of the same theaters that will have those midnight screenings of “New Moon.”
Released last November, “Twilight,” the first film based on Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling book series, became a runaway hit both in theaters and on DVD. The vampire movie, which stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as chaste lovers, grossed $383.5 million at the worldwide box office and is this year’s top-selling DVD, with about 8 million units sold in the U.S. and Canada alone.
Even though the film is out on DVD, Summit is banking on herds of bloodthirsty teens coming back out for the social experience of sitting in a darkened theater, especially as excitement builds for “New Moon.” For theater owners, the two-for could be a huge windfall.
This would mark the second time Summit has re-released “Twilight” on the big screen. In July, the movie had a one-night-only theatrical release during the annual Comic-Con Convention in San Diego on the night before the studio showed exclusive footage of “New Moon” there.
Twilight the video game will be an interactive experience that will allow players to immerse themselves into a deeper form of storytelling and adventure, gaining a deeper understanding of The Twilight Saga through explorations and discoveries.
The game will be created by super Twilight fan Brandon Gardner, a game software development major. Twilight The Video Game will cover Twilight, New Moon and the unpublished fan favorite, Midnight Sun.
A Twilight graphic novel is in the works, Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive:
For those of you who can’t get enough Edward and Bella, EW can announce — exclusively — that Yen Press will be publishing Twilight in graphic-novel form, publication date still to be determined. Though Korean artist Young Kim is creating the art, Meyer herself is deeply immersed in the project, reviewing every panel.
Take a close look at the biology-class sketch we’ve obtained (that’s an empty dialogue bubble between their heads, if you’re wondering). What’s interesting to me is that it doesn’t look simply like an artist’s rendering of Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson. In fact, the characters seem to be an amalgam of Meyer’s literary imagination and the actors’ actual looks. The description of Edward from biology class: “His dazzling face was friendly; open, a slight smile on his flawless lips. But his eyes were cautious.” And Bella: “I was ivory-skinned …. I had always been slender, but soft somehow, obviously not an athlete…” To me, this graphic-novel Bella seems much closer to me to Meyer’s book than to Stewart’s sultry portrayal. The Edward shown is closer to Pattinson, but not a real duplicate; there’s something very winning in the sketch that I don’t see in Pattinson’s all-too-perfect tousled bronze locks and piercing eyes.
What do you think? If you’d like to see more before weighing in, pick up a copy of EW magazine, which will hit newsstands on Friday, July 17 — it contains finished illustrations of Edward, Bella, and Jacob.
The Twilight DVD will release on Saturday, March 21st. Meaning, I’ll be at the stores 12am Friday night!
SPECIAL FEATURES — DISC ONE
• Five extended scenes with director introductions
• Audio commentary (Catherine Hardwicke, Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart)
• Three music videos (Muse, Paramore, Linkin Park)
SPECIAL FEATURES — DISC TWO
• Five deleted scenes with director introductions
• Seven-part documentary: “The Adventure Begins: The Journey from Page to Screen”
• Comic-Con Phenomenon featurette
• And more!
I’m very happy to announce that Taylor Lautner will be playing Jacob Black in New Moon and that he’s doing so with the enthusiastic support of Summit Entertainment, the producers, and Stephenie Meyer.
The characters in Stephenie’s books go through extraordinary changes of circumstance and also appearance; so it is not surprising that there has been speculation about whether the same actor would portray a character who changes in so many surprising ways throughout the series. But it was my first instinct that Taylor was, is, and should be Jacob, and that the books would be best served by the actor who is emotionally right for the part. I think that fans of Twilight the book and the movie will be surprised by the Jacob Black that Taylor will bring to the screen in New Moon; and I’m looking forward to working with him and the rest of the cast in realizing the film.
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In NEW MOON, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested. Production on NEW MOON is scheduled to begin in the coming months and the studio is planning to release the film towards the end of 2009 or early 2010.
With or without Hardwicke, Summit faces other snags. Two sources tell EW the studio doesn’t want to rehire baby-faced Taylor Lautner as Jacob, though Lautner’s agent has apparently reached out to the imaging company behind The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in an attempt to demonstrate to Summit how a digitally bulked-up Lautner could work. (Summit says it won’t make a decision until a new filmmaker is on board.) There’s also the matter of finding a cast of Native American actors to play Jacob’s werewolf clan — a difficult challenge Hardwicke was also faced with before settling on Lautner, who isn’t completely Native American. And with a slightly increased budget of $50 million — much of which is assumed will go to leads asking for heftier paydays, location shoots in Italy, and ramped-up F/X — Summit will have to scrimp somewhere.
So um… will Team Jacob still remain the same even without baby-face Taylor?
In Twilight you work with Robert Pattinson who plays a character described as “the most beautiful guy in the world.” Do you agree?
I find Rob to be a beautiful man. Objectively speaking (laughs). He has a beautiful soul too.
Is it true Rob is quite shy?
Yeah, a little bit. He’s very unassuming. He’s so tall and imposing, but very sweet. It’s funny to see Rob playing the most beautiful guy on the planet because he is such a down-to-earth person. He’s not pretty, that’s the thing. He’s not delicate looking. He’s very strong looking. Put it this way, he’s not the sort of guy who would go home and stare at a mirror.
Is Rob the kind of guy you would usually like to date?
Rob? Ummmm, I don’t really have a specific guy.
What’s a trait that a guy has to have for you to be interested in him?
I like a guy who looks like they’re thinking about something. Rob is definitely that type of guy. I’m always like, “What are you thinking about?”
Tonner Direct will be releasing official Edward and Bella dolls from the Twilight film, sometime in Spring of 2009.
This is what the official press release had to say about the dolls:
Tonner’s marketing division began to take shape with its HARRY POTTER film series and is now in full swing with the addition of TWILIGHT. Romances are abundant in both storylines and have become much more important elements to this burgeoning, sought after segment of buyers. “TWILIGHT was the perfect project to help launch us further into the teen and adult market,” Robert Tonner, CEO and head designer of the TONNER Company says.
“I am a huge fan of Stephenie Meyer’s work and I intend to read everything she writes,” Tonner explains. “She is unbelievably talented and it’s an honor to be able to work on this project.”
Tonner plans to release other characters from the film in addition to Edward and Bella. “I want to make them all,” Tonner admits. “I’m having such a blast reading the books and getting to know all of the characters. I’m also reviewing movie stills, sculpting and designing. I’m completely immersed in their world,” he says.
The Twilight DVD will release on Saturday, March 21st. Meaning, I’ll be at the stores 12am Friday night!
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