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Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter responsible for the Twilight, New Moon, and the upcoming The Twilight Saga: Eclipse film adaptations, talked about the currently-in-the-works project Breaking Dawn — to be split into two parts, both directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls).
For the movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s fourth and final installment of the phenomenally popular Twilight Saga franchise, Robert Pattinson will return as the vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as the human Bella (who undergoes a radical transformation about halfway into the book); and Taylor Lautner as the werewolf Jacob, who becomes deeply "attached" to Edward and Bella’s child, Renesmee.
"I believe it is filmable, and I believe there is a great story to be told in that," Rosenberg is quoted as saying at scifiwire.com. "It was a very bold move, what Stephenie did and where she took her characters. … I think it lost some of the audience who wanted to continue the other things, the fantasies and the desire. Now she’s got it all, and what do you do with it? So it’s a very different kind of movie, I think, and a different kind of story. I think there’s definitely material enough for two movies in these books, but there’s also, for the first time, a little breathing room. There’s room to explore a little bit and to expand. I’m excited about that."
Rosenberg has been the Twilight Saga’s steady screenwriter. Directors have come and gone — Catherine Hardwicke, Chris Weitz, David Slade — but Rosenberg has stayed on despite the fact that the Twilight movies haven’t reaped all that much critical praise. In addition, a number of fans have complained that her first two screenplays failed to capture the spirit of Meyer’s novels.
Directed by David Slade, Eclipse opens on June 30. Also in the cast are Bryce Dallas Howard, Kellan Lutz, Xavier Samuel, Dakota Fanning, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Billy Burke, Daniel Cudmore, Anna Kendrick, and Jodelle Ferland.
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I LOVED ALL THE BOOKS..I AGREE, EDWARD IN TWILIGHT SHOULD HAVE HAD SCENES AS IN DRIVING WHEN THEY GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER..SCENES NOT IN THE BOOK WEREN’T NEEDED…IN ECLIPSE..THE MAKEUP WAS AT TIMES, GREAT, AND THEN NEXT SCENE HE WOULD LOOK LIKE A CLOWN WITH RED LIPSTICK..MAKEUP PEOPLE NEED TO GO BACK TO WHO THEY WERE IN
TWILIGHT….! CAN’T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE.
How ever was it, I loved the movie , excited to watch the next.It was AWESOME!
I agree Maddy. Rob’s Edward is too depressed. He needs to find a center before the last one. The background is scary. I loathe Summit’s makeup team.
I believe new moon had a better adaptation to the books but twilight didn’t have the life and romance the book included twilight exaggerated some of my favorite scenes into an intense dramatic part of the movie instead of how romantic and quiet it was in the books.new moon was way better though. One thing that still bothers me though is that Edward isn’t as playful and happy as I pictured him while reading the books.other than that I give the movies two thumbs up and I am SUPER excited for eclipse!!!!!!!! :)