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'Twilight' Director Dropped
Posted on Mon Dec 8, 2008 10:37 AM PDT
Even though Twilight has earned rave reviews from fans, not mention nearly $140 million at the box office, director Catherine Hardwicke will not be directing the sequel New Moon.
According to DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com, the reason for change is Hardwicke's schedule.
"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 Summit production president Erik Feig.
Even though they're trying to spin this as a simple "scheduling conflict," sources from Summit Entertainment reportedly said that Hardwicke, "was "difficult" and "irrational" during the making of Twilight.
So far, no new director has been announced.
Do you think Catherine Hardwicke should have been given the job to direct the New Moon sequel?
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Comments
I have to admit I am glad she won't be back to direct the next movie. I am a huge fan of the book series and although she was given a small budget to do the Twilight film I was totally disappointed in the movie. I have seen these actors in other movies so I know for the most part they can all act...but the acting, special effects and story was done poorly. I think that is a direct result of bad direction. Hopefully the new director will breath life into the movies so that people who haven't read the books will understand the huge appeal of these stories by Stephanie Meyer.
I agree 100%
I don't know her behind the scene. So all I saw was her enthusiasm, intelligence, approachability, recognition of fans and her understanding of keeping Twilight true to the book as much as possible. I can also see why Summit and Catherine had to part ways. The movie lacked in areas that maybe a new director can fix.
I wonder if they will make changes to the cast as well.
STEVEN SPIELBERG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
she don't do a good job with twilight, she don't do it well, im sorry
a bad direction! bad music, bad special effects, bad sound, nooo!! im really happy that she is not gonna be new moon's director!! thank' god!!