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Twilight Sequel Has a Director

December 11, 2008
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Chris Weitz
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The studio has announced that New Moon will be directed by Chris Weitz, the guy behind The Golden Compass. He also co-directed American Pie with his brother. Pre-production is expected to start as early as Monday.

Thoughts?

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  • *ugh* not looking forward to this, i think they are going to piss fans off by not doing a good job, they will make tons of money the opening weekend, then nothing cuz it will suck so bad no one will want to go see it.

  • Meh. They could stand to not be such cheapskate fuckers. I hate changing directors mid-series. Look how well X-men did NOT turn out. Bad move Summit.

  • Boo on Summit. The allure of the first Twilight movie was that it had, at the risk of sounding completely cliché, an intimate, indie feel, rather than the feel of a film that was unimaginatively directed. The indie feel might also be the result of the film’s tiny budget, so we’ll see what happens when we take a slightly-bigger-budget director and stick him with a poorly financially backed film. That’s on an insanely rushed schedule.
    Yeah. Summit’s gonna fuck this one up. Bigtime.

  • If they’re not careful, they’re going to really piss off fans if they continue to pump out a bunch of crap. And without the fans, Twilight would be nowhere near as successful. If Summit actually put some effort into it and tried to please critics, they could broaden their audience and make a good film as well as a hit.

    But of course, they only care about making money. So let’s a look forward to a terrible movie series.

  • Brilliant move. Have a director who already took a much loved book and ruined it with his movie version and give him another much loved book to ruin.

  • HOLY CRAP. I don’t know if it’s the off-kilter way she’s holding her face here but she looks like a living Picasso.

    And I don’t mean that as a compliment.

  • Ya know… I GET IT. The whole world sucks, the media sucks, and all you want to do is chill with some guys, be super cool, smoke, and listen to music. WE ALL GET IT. But could you please just smile nicely for the camera? That’s all I’m asking. Because THIS is just getting ridiculous.

  • hahaha she is true to her self.. she dosen’y really give a fuck.. im gwaking at her expression right now.. hahaha nice…. the dorector?? god really they will kill the story probbably..

  • Is there ever a moment when this chick DOESN’T look like she just crawled out of bed after partying for 3 days straight?

  • I just saw Twilight last night, loved the book, but did not like the movie. It felt like they rushed through the entire filming and the acting was forced and mediocre, often laughable! It just seemed like they were thinking “oh the fans just want the movie, they’ll come see it whether it sucks or not”. You can tell they didn’t have much money to spend, and the special effects were poor, and they tried to make somebodies out of nobodies (like Harry Potter) and I think they fell short.

    Sorry, long venting… but I still love the books :)

  • a part of me really wishes they had gone another direction…someone who has really perfected dark imagery like del toro or cuaron. this movie could be awesome if it was done the right way, i want it to be have more of a gothic indie feel.

  • Del Toro would have made an awesome director…or even Len Wiseman would have been a better choice. The Golden Compass sucked. Oh wow, this is going to be a HUGE disappointment.