Summit Sees Green, Orders More Twilight

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 22, 2008

Twilight

Summit Entertainment has officially green-lit the Twilight sequel New Moon, which will be based on the second book on the extremely popular series from author Stephenie Meyer. The announcement comes as no surprise, as Twilight is currently on pace for a $70 million dollar opening weekend. The film has received a mixed reception from critics, but fans appear to be in favor of a sequel. In an exit poll conducted by MovieTickets.com, 94% of moviegoers polled after seeing Twilight said that they would like to see a sequel. Personally, despite the fact that I gave the film a beating of sorts with my review, I would like to see them get a shot at the second and third books — apparently that is where all the action is.

Have a look at the full press release from Summit Entertainment below.

Summit Entertainment Announces TWILIGHT Sequel – NEW MOON

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 — Summit Entertainment announced today that the studio is officially moving forward with the production of NEW MOON, the second installment of its filmed franchise TWILIGHT, the action-packed, modern day vampire love story. The movie will be based on the second novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series titled, “New Moon.” The first movie in the TWILIGHT franchise, the self-titled TWILIGHT, arrived in theaters this weekend to sold-out showings.

Stephenie Meyer stated, “I don’t think any other author has had a more positive experience with the makers of her movie adaptation than I have had with Summit Entertainment. I’m thrilled to have the chance to work with them again on NEW MOON.”

Starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, TWILIGHT tells the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, and becomes drawn to Edward Cullen, a pale, mysterious classmate who seems determined to push her away. But neither can deny the attraction that pulls them together … even when Edward confides that he and his family are vampires. Their unorthodox romance puts her in physical danger when Edward’s nemesis comes to town and sets his sights on Bella.

About Summit Entertainment, LLC

Summit Entertainment, LLC is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC plans to release 10 to 12 films annually.


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  • I'm all for a sequel, only if they do it better than this one. Very disappointed in this one. if felt like those movies you see on the Sci-Fi channel and very rushed.
    Alice was smokin btw, so, so hot!
  • Meepzy
    I'm all for a sequel as well, but hopefully this time the film gets a bigger budget, part of the problem it was so bad was the small budget it got in the first place.
  • I honestly don't buy the small budget agruement. The horrible wire work comes to mind instantly. It was an uneeded expense and made those scenes laughable. I can't believe Catherine chose to keep the tree climbing scene. There are plenty of good movies out there with small budgets and managed to tell a good story. I was entertained by Twilight, but I think there were poor decisions made in its execution.
  • The end of New Moon is what I'm excited to see on screen we get to meet some very interesting vampires and I hope they don't rush that scene like they did the ballet studio set up.
  • Twilight was ok, and Cole's review was dead on. The pursuit leading to the final conflict was rushed and probably wouldn't make much sense to someone who hasn't read the book. As far, as the sequel ... how will non-readers deal with the temporary disappearance of a major character?
  • kkll
    aggreeeed! they just need to slow down in this one. i loved the movie but everything was way too rushed and the scenes were so short.
  • I think it'll depend on how they handle the story. Non-readers might end up prefering Jacob because he'll be the main focus for the majority of the movie. There is a huge opportunity to improve on the franchise and I hope they take advantage by slowing down. Also, I'm thankful we'll have no fiber optic vampire skin....lol...oh man, the giggles abounded.
  • I think it'll depend on how they handle the story. Non-readers might end up preferring Jacob because he'll be the main focus for the majority of the movie. There is a huge opportunity to improve on the franchise and I hope they take advantage by slowing down. Also, I'm thankful we'll have no fiber optic vampire skin....lol...oh man, the giggles abounded.
  • exactly talk about blowing such a big scene in the movie ... he just looked sweaty
  • carmen
    i think the movie was great but i do believe they could've added more details of the book. Then again i found the movie good because i never really expected it to be as good and detailed as the book. so if you were expecting the movie to be exactly like the book you are seriously going to be dissapointed. plus you can kind of tell they really didn't have a good budget to begin with. Let's just hpoe they do justice to New Moon.
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