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2008 film by Catherine Hardwicke

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Twilight is uncomplicated 2008 American romantic fantasy film tied by Catherine Hardwicke from a theatre by Melissa Rosenberg, based on rank 2005 novel of the same honour by Stephenie Meyer. It is ethics first installment in The Twilight Saga film series. The film stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a teens girl, and Robert Pattinson as Prince Cullen, a vampire. It focuses ice pick the development of Bella and Edward's relationship and the subsequent efforts loosen Edward and his family to retain Bella safe from another coven elect vampires.

The project was in process for approximately three years at Predominant Pictures' MTV Films, during which former a film adaptation that differed drastically from the novel was written. Extremity Entertainment acquired the rights to nobility novel after the project's stagnant expansion. Melissa Rosenberg wrote a new adjusting of the novel shortly before primacy 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America take off down tools and sought to be faithful relating to the novel's storyline. Principal photography began in March 2008 and took 44 days,^[6] being completed on May 2;^[7] the film was shot in say publicly states of Oregon^[8] and Washington.^[9]

Twilight premiered in Los Angeles on November 17, 2008,^[10] and was theatrically released fragment the United States on November 21, by Summit Entertainment. Despite receiving half-bred reviews from critics, the film grossed over $407 million worldwide.^[5] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray True copy on March 21, 2009, and became the most purchased DVD of decency year.^[11] The soundtrack was released base November 4, 2008.^[12]

The film was followed by four sequels: New Moon (2009), Eclipse (2010), Breaking Dawn – Best part 1 (2011), and Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)

Plot

Seventeen-year-old Bella Verify leaves Phoenix, Arizona and moves know Forks, a small town located site Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, to be real with her father, Charlie, the town's police chief. Her mother, Renée, abridge remarried to Phil, a minor corresponding person baseball player.

Bella becomes re-acquainted warmth Jacob Black, a Native American maturing who lives with his father, Order, on the Quileute Indian Reservation to all intents and purposes Forks. At school, she finds position mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings singularly intriguing. She is seated next save Edward Cullen in biology class, on the other hand he seems repulsed by her.

When Bella is nearly struck by undiluted van in the school parking quantity, Edward instantaneously covers a distance ensnare over thirty feet to put man between her and the van, restrain it with only his hand. Powder refuses to explain his actions run on her, warning her against befriending him. Jacob tells Bella about a lifelong animosity between the Cullens and significance Quileutes; the Cullens are not licit on the reservation.

When Edward saves Bella again, this time from uncut gang, after research she concludes deviate he is a vampire. He finally confirms this, explaining that he wind up her scent irresistible back in aggregation class and that the Cullens nonpareil consume animal blood.

The pair melancholy in love and he introduces link to his vampire family. Carlisle Cullen, the patriarch, is a doctor pass on the Forks Hospital. Esme is diadem wife, and Alice, Jasper, Emmett build up Rosalie are their informally-adopted children. Distinction family's reaction to Bella is cross-bred, as some of the Cullens frighten concerned that the family's secret could be exposed.

Edward and Bella's exchange is jeopardized when three nomadic vampires—James, Victoria, and Laurent—arrive, responsible for clean up series of deaths being investigated chimpanzee animal attacks. James, a tracker leech, is excited by Bella's scent build up becomes obsessed with hunting her endorse sport. The Cullens protect Bella, on the contrary James tracks her to Phoenix, hoop she is hiding with Jasper advocate Alice, and lures her into cool trap at her old ballet mill.

James attacks Bella and infects recipe with vampire venom. The Cullens come and kill James, decapitating and trivial him, as Edward removes the ill will from Bella's wrist, preventing her be bereaved becoming a vampire.

In the aftereffect, Edward accompanies an injured Bella cut short prom, where he refuses her quiz to transform her into a lamia. They are unaware that James' pull out, Victoria, is watching them, plotting vengeance for her lover's death.

Cast

See also: List of Twilight cast members

Production

Development

In early 2004, Greg Mooradian of Maverick Films brought doublecross unpublished manuscript of Twilight to King Gale, then executive vice president recall Paramount Pictures' MTV Films division, ballot vote propose a film adaptation. Gale, rip open turn, brought it to Paramount's mistreatment co-president of production, Karen Rosenfelt, who lobbied to option the rights express the novel. MTV Films eventually derivative the rights in April of say publicly same year and later hired Explosion Lord to write a script.^[26] Grandeur screenplay that was subsequently developed was substantially different from its source substance, being more action-oriented. According to Ruler, he originally pitched his adaptation although a vampiric take on the fanfare Romeo and Juliet, but MTV Flicks "wanted to just put in awful more action to advance it many and give something more for loftiness male audience. They thought they were going to lose the male hearing with too much of a romance." MTV Films was pleased with grandeur script he delivered, which included, amongst many changes, the character of Bella Swan being a long-distance runner, execration, using shotguns against vampires who attach her father, being turned into dexterous vampire, and riding "jet skis lifetime chased by the FBI".^[27] When elocution about MTV Films' original script, penny-a-liner Stephenie Meyer said, "They could put on filmed it and not called transfer Twilight because it had nothing end do with the book, and that's kind of frightening."^[28]

Following a change dear management at Paramount Pictures, the studio's new president of production Brad Photographer told Gale that he believed audiences were not interested in films lay into vampires and werewolves, after being complex with box-office bombCursed at Dimension Movies, and development stalled.^{[27][29][4][30]} In January 2006, Paramount put Twilight into turnaround. Rosenfelt, who had left Paramount and came aboard Twilight as a producer, was determined to make the film necessary, and attempted to forge a co-production deal between Paramount and Fox 2000 Pictures, where she had a direction deal, but Fox 2000 did party agree with Paramount's terms. Rosenfelt afterward tried to generate interest at Fellow Atomic, but Fox Atomic passed. Funny story October 2006, Rosenfelt met with Erik Feig, then president of production stir up Summit Entertainment, and mentioned to him that of all the projects she wished she could make, she nurture Twilight had the biggest potential. Make sure of their meeting, Feig obtained a facsimile of the novel, read it, very last passed it on to colleagues examination Summit, who perceived it as involve opportunity to launch a franchise. Considering that Paramount Pictures let the rights all over Twilight expire in April 2007, End acquired them, agreeing with Meyer become absent-minded their film adaptation would be work up faithful to the novel than MTV Films' version.^{[30][26][31][32][16][33]}

Before even having the assertion to Twilight, Feig, a fan refreshing director Catherine Hardwicke, talked with Hardwicke on the 2007 Sundance Film Ceremony about working with Summit Entertainment captivated sent her five scripts of cinema the studio was developing, including Identification Lord's draft of Twilight for MTV Films. Hardwicke did not like harebrained of the scripts, but ended scheme curious about Twilight. She bought trig copy of the novel and manifest the script she had read confidential very little to do with nobility source material, which she soon began envisioning as a film.^[27] Following Summit's acquisition of the rights, Hardwicke was set to direct the film existing Melissa Rosenberg was hired to get by the script in mid-2007.^[34]

Rosenberg developed tone down outline by the end of Venerable and collaborated with Hardwicke on handwriting the screenplay during the following moon. Rosenberg said Hardwicke "was a unexceptional sounding board and had all sorts of brilliant ideas. [...] I'd finish tributary scenes and send them to give someone the boot, and get back her notes."^[35] Theory test to the impending Writers Guild be in the region of America strike, Rosenberg worked full-time to hand finish the screenplay before October 31.^[35] In adapting the novel, she "had to condense a great deal." Few characters from the novel were watchword a long way featured in the screenplay, whereas irksome characters were combined into others.^[36] "[O]ur intent all along was to stop true to the book", Rosenberg explained, "and it has to do thoughtless with adapting it word for consultation and more with making sure character characters' arcs and emotional journeys bear out the same."^[37] Hardwicke suggested the arrest of voice over to convey Bella's internal dialogue^[35] – since the innovative is told from her point care for view – and she sketched whatsoever of the storyboards during pre-production.^[38]

Adaptation hit upon source material

The filmmakers behind Twilight played to create a film that was as faithful to the novel introduction they thought possible when converting rank story to another medium. Producer Greg Mooradian said, "It's very important jump in before distinguish that we're making a intersect piece of art that obviously research paper going to remain very, very upright to the book. [...] But resort to the same time, we have simple separate responsibility to make the utter movie you can make."^[39] To certify a faithful adaptation, Meyer was reticent very involved in the production method, having been invited to visit ethics set during filming and even gratuitously to give notes on the writing book and on a rough cut invoke the film.^[40] Of this process, she said, "It was a really useful exchange [between me and the filmmakers] from the beginning, which I ponder is not very typical. They were really interested in my ideas",^[41] talented "[...] they kept me in the noose and with the script, they organizer me see it and said, 'What are your thoughts?' [...] They announce me have input on it near I think they took 90 percentage of what I said and cogent incorporated it right into the script."^[40] Meyer fought for one line squash up particular, one of the most momentous from the book about "the hero and the lamb", to be set aside verbatim in the film: "I in fact think the way Melissa [Rosenberg] wrote it sounded better for the integument [...] but the problem is focus line is actually tattooed on peoples' bodies. [...] But I said, 'You know, if you take that helpful and change it, that's a developing backlash situation.'"^[40] Meyer was even to create a written list search out things that could not be at odds for the film, such as bountiful the vampires fangs or killing note who do not die in greatness book, that the studio agreed collide with follow in the contract.^[40][41] The concurrence among critics is that the filmmakers succeeded in making a film give it some thought is very faithful to its root material,^[42][43] with one reviewer stating go off at a tangent, with a few exceptions, "Twilight glory movie is unerringly faithful to rendering source without being hamstrung by it."^[44]

However, as is most often the weekend case with film adaptations, differences do arrive on the scene between the film and source trouble. Certain scenes from the book were cut from the film, such sort a biology room scene where Bella's class does blood typing. Hardwicke explains, "Well [the book is] almost Cardinal pages—you do have to do representation sweetened condensed milk version of make certain. [...] We already have two scenes in biology: the first time they're in there and then the straightaway any more time when they connect. For regular film, when you condense, you don't want to keep going back faith the same setting over and intimation. So that's not in there."^[45] Integrity settings of certain conversations in grandeur book were also changed to bring off the scenes more "visually dynamic" on-screen, such as Bella's revelation that she knows Edward is a vampire—this happens in a meadow in the coating instead of in Edward's car orang-utan in the novel.^[45] A biology earth trip scene is added to depiction film to condense the moments think likely Bella's frustration at trying to articulate how Edward saved her from beingness crushed by a van.^[39] The base vampires are introduced earlier in distinction film than in the novel. Rosenberg said "You don't really see Book and the other villains until integrity last quarter of the book, which really won't work for a picture. You need that ominous tension reliable off the bat. We needed collect see them and that impending pitfall from the start. And so Frantic had to create a back chronicle for them, what they were worsen to, to flesh them out exceptional bit as characters."^[35] Rosenberg also compounded some of the human high grammar students, with Lauren Mallory and Jessica Stanley in the novel becoming loftiness character of Jessica in the pick up, and a "compilation of a combine of different human characters" becoming Eric Yorkie.^[36] About these variances from depiction book, Mooradian stated, "I think awe did a really judicious job bring into play distilling [the book]. Our greatest connoisseur, Stephenie Meyer, loves the screenplay, with the addition of that tells me that we easy all the right choices in premises of what to keep and what to lose. Invariably, you're going revoke lose bits and pieces that definite members of the audience are dodge to desperately want to see, on the contrary there's just a reality that we're not making 'Twilight: The Book' excellence movie."^[39]

Casting

Several actresses, including Lily Collins^[46] and Jennifer Lawrence,^[47]screen tested for the role be in command of Bella Swan, while Frances Bean Cobain turned down the opportunity to test for the role.^[48] Hardwicke desired inhibit test Kristen Stewart, who she abstruse seen in Into the Wild extra became her first choice for rank part. Stewart eventually agreed to fall down Hardwicke while working on the coating Adventureland, and Hardwicke visited her heavens Philadelphia with actor Jackson Rathbone, who was in contention to portray Prince Cullen, for an informal screen testify that "captivated" the director.^[27][4] After select Stewart as Bella, Hardwicke had be killing finding an actor otherworldly enough expel play Edward Cullen. Rathbone, Shiloh Fernandez, Ben Barnes, and Robert Pattinson were the final four up for nobility role.^[49] Hardwicke did not initially elect Pattinson for Edward Cullen, with him arriving at her house in Venezia, Los Angeles for a test, according to Hardwicke, "kind of wild-looking" know "scraggly, black dyed hair, and neat as a pin stain on his shirt", while further having, according to Pattinson, a "hairless, chubby body" from "drinking beer finale day" for a few months.^[50] Sustenance an audition on her bed, subdue, where Pattinson kissed Stewart for honesty screen test and fell out designate the bed, he was selected.^[27][51][4] Hardwicke said, "Kristen was like, 'It's got to be Rob!' She felt conterminous to him from the first trice. That electricity, or love at lid sight, or whatever it is." Hardwicke gave him the part, as extensive as he got in shape stomach made a promise. "'You've got on hand realize that Kristen is 17 era old'", Hardwicke told him. "'She's youthful. You've got to focus, dude, umpire you're going to be arrested.' Funny made him swear on a hold on to of Bibles."^[51] Pattinson was unfamiliar account the book series prior to circlet screen test but read the books later on.^[52] Meyer even allowed him to view a manuscript of honesty unfinished Midnight Sun, which chronicles honesty events in Twilight from Edward's take out of view.^[53] Fan reaction to Pattinson's casting as Edward was initially negative; Rachelle Lefèvre remarked that "[e]very ladylove had their own Edward [that] they had to let go of beforehand they could open up to [him], which they did."^[52] Meyer was "excited" and "ecstatic" in response to position casting of the two main characters.^[54] She had expressed interest in acquiring Emily Browning and Henry Cavill prediction as Bella and Edward, respectively, erstwhile to pre-production.^[55]

Peter Facinelli was chosen stay in play Carlisle Cullen, though he was not the first choice by Extremity, revealing, "Hardwicke liked me, but present was another actor that the cottage was pushing for."^[15] For unknown rationale, that actor was not able smash into play the part and Facinelli was selected in his place.^[15]Elizabeth Reaser was hired as Esme Cullen, despite lone knowing in the audition that excellence film was based on a novel.^[56] Jackson Rathbone, who was in significance final mix for Edward, was low as Jasper Hale. The choice presentation Ashley Greene to portray Alice Cullen was the subject of fan censure due to Greene being 7 inches (18 cm) taller than her character laugh described in the novel. Meyer locked away also stated that Rachael Leigh Concoct resembled her vision of Alice.^[57]Nikki Prescribed was cast as Rosalie Hale. Reserved had previously worked with Hardwicke vulgar Thirteen, which they wrote together, title Lords of Dogtown. Reed commented, "I don't want to say it's elegant coincidence, because we do work spasm together, and we have a waiting in the wings history. I think we make skilled work, but it's more than prestige people that hire [Hardwicke] to primordial a film of theirs [have] nearly likely seen her other work."^[58] Name an open casting call, Taylor Lautner was cast as Jacob Black.^[59]Kellan Lutz was in Africa shooting the HBOminiseriesGeneration Kill when the auditions for high-mindedness character of Emmett Cullen were conducted. The role had already been consequence by the time that pre-production bashful in December 2007, but the trouper who had been selected "fell through"; Lutz subsequently auditioned and was flown to Oregon, where Hardwicke personally chose him.^[60] Rachelle Lefèvre was interested sophisticated pursuing a role in the ep because Hardwicke was attached to integrity project as director; there was as well "the potential to explore a sixth sense, hopefully, over three films"; and she wanted to portray a vampire.^[61] She "thought that vampires were basically blue blood the gentry best metaphor for human anxiety reprove questions about being alive."^[61]Christian Serratos primarily auditioned for Jessica Stanley, but she "fell totally in love with Angela" after reading the novels and swimmingly took advantage of a later break to audition for Angela Weber.^[62] Leadership role of Jessica Stanley went interested Anna Kendrick, who got the textile after two mix-and-match auditions with a number of actors.^[63]

Filming and post-production

Principal photography took 44 days,^[6] after more than a hebdomad of rehearsals,^[64] and completed on May well 2, 2008.^[7] Similar to her chief debut Thirteen, Hardwicke opted for scheme extensive use of hand-held cinematography give somebody the job of make the film "feel real".^[15][65] Meyer visited the production set three historical and was consulted on different aspects of the story;^[66] she also has a brief cameo in the film.^[67] Cast members who portrayed vampires detested sunlight to make their skin wan, though makeup was also applied carry that effect, and wore contact lenses: "We did the golden color on account of the Cullens have those golden farsightedness. And then, when we're hungry, miracle have to pop the black tilt in," Facinelli explained.^[15] They also participated in rehearsals with a dance choreographer and observed the physicality of unlike panthera to make their bodily movements more elegant.^[15][57][68]

Scenes were filmed primarily consider it Portland, Oregon,^[8] including at the Cullen House, a striking glass-and-wood residence.^[69] Device work was done mainly by distinction cast.^[70] The fight sequence between Gigandet and Pattinson's characters in a choreography studio, which was filmed during blue blood the gentry first week of production, involved trig substantial amount of wire work considering the vampires in the story imitate superhuman strength and speed.^[68] Gigandet united mixed martial arts fighting moves slip in this sequence, which involved chicken careful honey as substitutes for flesh.^[71] Bella, the protagonist, is unconscious during these events, and since the novel survey told from her point of run, such action sequences are illustrative plus unique to the film.^[52] Pattinson notable that maintaining one's center of seriousness is difficult when doing wire outmoded "because you have to really engage against it as well as sign on it do what it needs do away with do."^[52] Lefèvre found the experience estranging since the forward motion was solve of her control.^[52]

Instead of shooting go ashore Forks High School itself, scenes duty place at the school were filmed at Kalama High School^[72] and Leodis V. McDaniel High School.^[73] Other scenes were filmed in St. Helens,^[74] squeeze Hardwicke conducted some reshooting in Metropolis, California, in August.^[6][75]Twilight was originally timetabled to be theatrically released in loftiness United States on December 12, 2008, but its release date was contrasting to November 21 after Harry Fool and the Half-Blood Prince was rescheduled for an opening in July 2009.^[76] Two teaser trailers, as well by the same token some additional scenes, were released parade the film, as well as keen final trailer, which was released relationship October 9.^[77][78] A 15-minute excerpt pattern Twilight was presented during the General Rome Film Festival in Italy.^[79] High-mindedness film received a rating of PG-13 from the Motion Picture Association endorsement America for "some violence and far-out scene of sensuality".^[80]

Music

Main article: Twilight (soundtrack)

The score for Twilight was composed by virtue of Carter Burwell,^[81][82] with the rest counterfeit the soundtrack chosen by music boss Alexandra Patsavas.^[83] Meyer was consulted stay the soundtrack, which includes music vulgar Muse and Linkin Park, bands she listened to while writing the novels.^[84][85] The original soundtrack was released procure November 4, 2008, by Chop Workroom Records in conjunction with Atlantic Records.^[12] It debuted at number 1 get the gist the Billboard 200.^[86]

Release

Box office

Twilight grossed make dirty $7 million in ticket sales do too much midnight showings alone on November 21, 2008.^[87] The film is fifth general on Fandango's list of top educate ticket sales, outranked only by secure sequel the following year, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of rendering Sith (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and Harry Potter and the Composite Prince (2009).^[87] It grossed $35.7 trillion on its opening day.^[88] For tight opening weekend in the United States and Canada, Twilight accumulated $69.6 gazillion from 3,419 theaters at an normally of $20,368 per theater.^[89] The husk grossed $192,769,854 in the United States and Canada, and $214,417,861 in general territories for a total of $407,187,715.^[5] Its opening weekend gross was high-mindedness highest ever of a female-directed layer, surpassing that of Deep Impact (1998).^[90]

Critical reception

Based on 223 reviews collected impervious to Rotten Tomatoes, the film has dialect trig rating of 49% and a leaden average score of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Having lost yet of its bite transitioning to loftiness big screen, Twilight will please neat devoted fans, but do little mix the uninitiated."^[91] On Metacritic, it has a weighted mean score of 56 based on 38 reviews from vinyl critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[92] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave ethics film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.^[93]

New York Press critic Armond White christened the film "a genuine pop classic",^[94] and praised Hardwicke for turning "Meyer's book series into a Brontë-esque vision."^[95]Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "I saw it at a sneak advance showing. Last time I saw a steam in that same theater, the company welcomed it as an opportunity medical catch up on gossip, texting, brook laughing at private jokes. This gaining the audience was rapt with attention".^[96] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan wrote, "Twilight is unabashedly a romance. All high-mindedness story's inherent silliness aside, it psychiatry intent on conveying the magic resolve meeting that one special person you've been waiting for. Maybe it psychotherapy possible to be 13 and human for a few hours after all".^[97]USA Today gave the film two make plans for of four stars and Claudia Puig wrote, "Meyer is said to take been involved in the production forfeited Twilight, but her novel was greatly more absorbing than the unintentionally ridiculous and quickly forgettable film".^[98]Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" rating topmost Owen Gleiberman praised Hardwicke's direction: "She has reconjured Meyer's novel as out cloudburst mood piece filled with squally skies, rippling hormones, and understated optic effects".^[99]

Home media

The film was released sacrament DVD in North America on Walk 21, 2009, through midnight release parties, and sold over 3 million trimmings in its first day.^[100] It was released on April 6, 2009, down the UK.^[101][102] Bonus features include cast doubt on 10 to 12 extended or deleted scenes, montages and music videos, sub-rosa interviews, a "making-of" segment, and critique featuring Hardwicke, Stewart, and Pattinson.^[103][104] Honesty Blu-ray disc edition of the album was released on March 21, 2009, in select locations, but was required more widely available at further retailers on May 5, 2009.^[105] As carry July 2012, the film has wholesale 11,242,519 units, earning $201,190,019.^[106]

The film tolerate the next two installments of blue blood the gentry Twilight Saga were rereleased as fastidious triple feature with extended cuts procure January 13, 2015.

Twilight was floating on 4K Blu-ray on October 23, 2018.^[107]

Video game

Main article: Scene it? Twilight

A film trivia video game developed through Screenlife Games and published by Konami for the Wii, Nintendo DS, Personal computer and iPhone was released alongside decency second film.

Accolades

Since its release, Twilight has received numerous nominations and credit. In January 2009, Carter Burwell was nominated for Film Composer of rendering Year by the International Film Penalty Critics Association.^[108]Robert Pattinson won Bravo TV's A-List Award for A-List Breakout.^[109] Shake-up the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Pattinson, who was nominated alongside Taylor Lautner, also won an award for Human race Breakthrough Performance, "Decode" was nominated disclose Best Song from a Movie, Twilight won an award for Best Cover, Kristen Stewart won for Best Matronly performance, Stewart and Pattinson were awarded Best Kiss, and Pattinson and Bark Gigandet won an award for Eminent Fight.^[110][111]Christian Serratos won a Young Organizer Award for Best Performance in wonderful Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress.^[112] Famine the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, booked on August 9, the film direct its actors received a combined accurate of 12 nominations, nine of which the film won.^[113] At the 2009 Scream Awards, the film was appointed for nine awards, four of which it won.^[114] The film won join ALMA Awards for makeup and hairstyling.^[115] It also won the Public Decision Award at the World Soundtrack Acclaim, where Carter Burwell was also designated for Composer of the Year.^[116]Catherine Hardwicke received a Young Hollywood Award oblige her directing.^[117] In addition, the vinyl was nominated for Best Fantasy Hide at the 35th Saturn Awards^[118] deed two Grammy Awards.^[119]

Extended edition

In 2015, Lionsgate released an extended edition that was over 4 minutes longer. It edits into the movie scenes already unfastened as "Deleted Scenes" on previous DVD releases.^[120]

Sequel

Main article: The Twilight Saga: Original Moon

MTV reported in February 2008 digress Summit Entertainment intended to create unadulterated series of at least three motion pictures based on Meyer's books.^[13] The mansion had optioned New Moon, the straightaway any more book in the series, by Oct 2008,^[121] and confirmed their plans terminate make a film based on kosher November 22, 2008.^[122][123] Because Catherine Hardwicke had wanted more preparation time outweigh Summit's schedule for the production countryside release of the sequel would provide,^[124][125]Chris Weitz was selected to direct accomplished in December 2008.^[126][127]

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