Summit gave a press release yesterday at night, saying that Catherine will not be the director of New Moon.
Los Angeles, CA, December 7, 2008 – Summit Entertainment and director Catherine Hardwicke jointly announced today that the filmmaker will not be directing the next installment in the newly minted TWILIGHT film franchise. Summit’s targeted end of 2009 or early 2010 release of the film, NEW MOON, does not work with Ms. Hardwicke’s required prep time to bring her vision of the film to the big screen. Thus as has been done before with many successful film franchises, the studio will employ a new director for NEW MOON.
“I am sorry that due to timing I will not have the opportunity to direct NEW MOON,†said Hardwicke. “Directing TWILIGHT has been one of the great experiences of my life, and I am grateful to the fans for their passionate support of the film. I wish everyone at Summit the best with the sequel– it is a great story.”
“Catherine did an incredible job in helping us to launch the TWILIGHT franchise and we thank her for all of her efforts and we very much hope to work with her on future Summit projects,†said Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production. “We as a studio have a mandate to bring the next installment in the franchise to the big screen in a timely fashion so that fans can get more of Edward, Bella and all of the characters that Stephenie Meyer has created. We are able to pursue an aggressive time frame as we have the luxury of only adapting the novels into screenplays as opposed to having to create a storyline from scratch.â€
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Im actually NOT sorry. I love Cathrines enthusiasm and Im so glad they had a woman direct Bellas story. But I did have a few problems with the film. For instance, Edward and Bellas relationship blossomed in corny scene sequencesn while over dubbed with alt-rock instead of actual words. We went from thirsty glares in biology to BAM, their in love….huh? I think Mellisa Rosenburg should be replaced as well. I think New Moon should have a more experienced director and someone who can provide a meatier script. I will always be greatful for Cathrines vision of Forks and it’s gloomy atmosphere. Thats were she shined, but the story wasnt told right in my opinion. The meadow scene….what was that? The only saving grace for me was Rob and Kristen and the rest of the cast. Thats were Cathrine shined, chosing the right actor for the character, not an aready established actor! She stuck to the books and listend to Stephanie! I pray Summit finds a director thats a fan of the books or we twi-hards will eat them alive! I will support the next director, stay positive. If Harry Potter can use several directors and create such meaty scripts for a mere two hour movie why not Twilight? 