Twilight is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2005

novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen
Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film
series. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan
(a teenage girl) and Edward Cullen (a vampire), and the subsequent efforts of
Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from a coven of evil vampires.

The project was in development for approximately three years at Paramount Pictures,
during which time a screen adaptation that differed significantly from the novel
was written. Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the novel after three
years of the project's stagnant development. Melissa Rosenberg wrote a new
adaptation of the novel shortly before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America
strike and sought to be faithful to the novel's storyline. Principal photography
took 44 days[6] and was completed on May 2, 2008;[7] the film was primarily shot in
Oregon.[8]

Twilight was theatrically released on November 21, 2008; it grossed over US$407
million worldwide, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics.[5] It was released
on DVD March 21, 2009 and became the most purchased DVD of the year.[9] The
soundtrack was released on November 4, 2008.[10] Following the film's success, New
Moon and Eclipse, the next two novels in the series, were produced as films the
following year.
Contents

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Adaptation from source material
3.3 Casting
3.4 Filming and post-production
3.5 Music
4 Release
4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical reception
4.3 Home media
4.4 Video game
4.5 Accolades
4.6 Extended Edition
5 Sequel
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Plot

Seventeen-year-old Bella Swan, leaves Phoenix, Arizona and moves to Forks, a small
town located on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, to live with her father,
Charlie, the town's police chief. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to Phil, a minor
league baseball player whose career often keeps them on the road.

Bella becomes re-acquainted with Jacob Black, a Native American teen who lives with
his father, Billy, on the Quileute Indian Reservation near Forks. She makes friends
at her new high school, but finds the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings
particularly intriguing. Bella is seated next to Edward Cullen in biology class on
her first day, but he seems repulsed by her. After a week's absence from school,
Edward returns and socializes normally with Bella. A few days later, she is nearly
struck by a skidding van in the school parking lot. Edward instantaneously covers a
distance of over thirty feet, putting himself between Bella and the van, stopping
it with only his hand. He subsequently refuses to explain his actions to her,
warning her against befriending him. Jacob tells Bella about a long-standing
animosity between the Cullens and the Quileutes, and says the Cullens are not
allowed on the reservation.

Edward appears out of nowhere and saves Bella a second time. After much research,
Bella concludes that Edward has mysterious powers that resemble a vampire's. He
eventually confirms this, but says that he and the other Cullens only consume
animal blood. They fall in love, and Edward introduces Bella to his vampire family.
Carlisle Cullen, the family patriarch, is a doctor at the Forks hospital. Esme is
Carlisle's wife and the family matriarch. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie are
their informally-adopted children. The family's reaction to Bella is mixed,
concerned that the family's secret could be exposed.

Edward and Bella's relationship is jeopardized when three nomadic vampires—James,

Victoria, and Laurent—arrive in the Forks area, and
deaths being investigated as animal attacks. James,
incredible hunting instincts, is excited by Bella's
hunting her for sport. Edward and the other Cullens
her to Phoenix, where she is hiding with Jasper and
are responsible for a series of
a tracker vampire with
scent and becomes obsessed with
protect Bella, but James tracks
Alice.

James lures Bella into a trap at an old ballet studio. He attacks her, infecting
her with vampire venom. Edward arrives and, after a ferocious battle, subdues James
just as other Cullens arrive. Alice, Emmett, and Jasper kill James, decapitating
and burning him, as Edward removes the venom from Bella's wrist, preventing her
becoming a vampire. In the aftermath, she has suffered a broken leg and is
hospitalized. Upon returning to Forks, Edward accompanies Bella to the high school
prom, where he refuses her request to transform her into a vampire. They are
unaware that James' mate, Victoria, is secretly watching them, plotting revenge for
her lover's death.
Cast
See also: List of Twilight cast members

Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a seventeen-year-old girl who moves to the small
town of Forks, Washington from Phoenix, Arizona and falls in love with Edward
Cullen, a vampire. Her life is endangered after James, a sadistic vampire, decides
to hunt her.[11]
Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, a 108-year-old vampire who was changed in
1918 and still appears to be seventeen. He is Bella's love interest and eventually
falls in love with her. He has the ability to read minds, with the exception of
Bella's, along with superhuman speed.[11][12]
Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen, a compassionate 300-plus-year-old vampire
who looks to be in his early 30s. He serves as the town's physician and is the
Cullen family patriarch.[13]
Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen, Carlisle's vampire wife and the matriarch of
the Cullen family.[14]
Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen, Jasper Hale's mate, a vampire who can see the
future based on decisions that people make.[14]
Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen, physically the strongest vampire of the family.
[14]
Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen's mate, a vampire described as the
most beautiful person in the world. She is hostile toward Bella throughout the
film, worried that Edward's relationship with a human puts their clan at risk.[8]
Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale, a Cullen family member who can manipulate
emotions. He is the newest member of the Cullen family, and thus has the most
difficulty maintaining their "vegetarian" diet of feeding only on animal rather
than human blood.[14]
Billy Burke as Charlie Swan, Bella's father and Forks' Chief of Police.[15]
Cam Gigandet as James Witherdale, the leader of a group of nomadic vampires
that intends to kill Bella. He is Victoria's mate and a gifted tracker, due to his
unparalleled senses.[8]
Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria Sutherland, James' mate who assists him in hunting
Bella.[8]
Edi Gathegi as Laurent Da Revin, the most civilized member of James' coven.[16]
Sarah Clarke as Renée Dwyer, Bella's mother who lives in Arizona with her new
husband, Phil.[16]
Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, an old childhood friend of Bella and a member of
the Quileute tribe.[17]
Christian Serratos as Angela Weber, one of Bella's new friends in Forks.[16]
Michael Welch as Mike Newton, one of Bella's new friends who vies for her
attention.[8]
Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley, Bella's first friend in Forks.[11]
Gregory Tyree Boyce as Tyler Crowley, another one of Bella's classmates, also
vying for Bella's attention. He nearly hits Bella with his van.[18]
Justin Chon as Eric Yorkie, another one of Bella's classmates who vies for her
attention.[11]
Solomon Trimble as Sam Uley. Solomon Trimble was credited as "Jacob's friend"
in the film, but was widely recognized as playing the part of Sam.[19][20][21][22]
Krys Hyatt as Embry Call. He was recognized as playing the part of Embry in the
Twilight film, though his role was uncredited.[23]
Gil Birmingham as Billy Black
Matt Bushell as Phil Dwyer
José Zúñiga as Mr. Molina
Ned Bellamy as Waylon Forge
Ayanna Berkshire as Cora
Katie Powers as Waitress
Trish Egan as Ms. Cope

Production
Development

Stephenie Meyer's paranormal romance novel Twilight was optioned by Paramount

Pictures' MTV Films in April 2006, but the screenplay that was subsequently
developed was substantially different from its source material.[4][24] When Summit
Entertainment reinvented itself as a full-service studio in April 2007, it began
development of a film adaptation anew,[25] having picked up the rights from
Paramount (who coincidentally had made an unrelated film with the same title in
1998) in a turnaround.[26] The company perceived the film as an opportunity to
launch a franchise based on the success of Meyer's book and its sequels.[14][27]
Catherine Hardwicke was hired to direct the film and Melissa Rosenberg was hired to
write the script in mid-2007.[28]

Rosenberg developed an outline by the end of August, and collaborated with

Hardwicke on writing the screenplay during the following month. Rosenberg said
Hardwicke "was a great sounding board and had all sorts of brilliant ideas.... I'd
finish off scenes and send them to her, and get back her notes."[29] Due to the
impending Writers Guild of America strike, Rosenberg worked full-time to finish the
screenplay before October 31.[29] In adapting the novel, she "had to condense a
great deal." Some characters from the novel were not featured in the screenplay,
whereas some characters were combined into others.[30] "[O]ur intent all along was
to stay true to the book", Rosenberg explained, "and it has to do less with
adapting it word for word and more with making sure the characters' arcs and
emotional journeys are the same."[31] Hardwicke suggested the use of voice over to
convey Bella's internal dialogue[29] — since the novel is told from her point of
view — and she sketched some of the storyboards during pre-production.[32]
Adaptation from source material

The filmmakers behind Twilight worked to create a film that was as faithful to the
novel as they thought possible when converting the story to another medium.
Producer Greg Mooradian said, "It's very important to distinguish that we're making
a separate piece of art that obviously is going to remain very, very faithful to
the book.... But at the same time, we have a separate responsibility to make the
best movie you can make."[33] To ensure a faithful adaptation, Meyer was kept very
involved in the production process, having been invited to visit the set during
filming and even asked to give notes on the script and on a rough cut of the film.
[34] Of this process, she said, "It was a really pleasant exchange [between me and
the filmmakers] from the beginning, which I think is not very typical. They were
really interested in my ideas",[35] and, "... they kept me in the loop and with the
script, they let me see it and said, 'What are your thoughts?' ... They let me have
input on it and I think they took 90 percent of what I said and just incorporated
it right in to the script."[34] Meyer fought for one line in particular, one of the
most well known from the book about "the lion and the lamb", to be kept verbatim in
the film: "I actually think the way Melissa [Rosenberg] wrote it sounded better for
the movie [...] but the problem is that line is actually tattooed on peoples'
bodies [...] But I said, 'You know, if you take that one and change it, that's a
potential backlash situation.'"[34] Meyer was even invited to create a written list
of things that could not be changed for the film, such as giving the vampires fangs
or killing characters who do not die in the book, that the studio agreed to follow.
[34][35] The consensus among critics is that the filmmakers succeeded in making a
film that is very faithful to its source material,[36][37] with one reviewer
stating that, with a few exceptions, "Twilight the movie is unerringly faithful to
the source without being hamstrung by it."[38]

They could have filmed [the script developed when the project was at Paramount]
and not called it Twilight because it had nothing to do with the book... When
Summit [Entertainment] came into the picture, they were so open to letting us make
rules for them, like "Okay, Bella cannot be a track star. Bella cannot have a gun
or night vision goggles. And, no jet skis...."

–Twilight author Stephenie Meyer[24]

However, as is most often the case with film adaptations, differences do exist
between the film and source material. Certain scenes from the book were cut from
the film, such as a biology room scene where Bella's class does blood typing.
Hardwicke explains, "Well [the book is] almost 500 pages—you do have to do the
sweetened condensed milk version of that.... We already have two scenes in biology:
the first time they're in there and then the second time when they connect. For a
film, when you condense, you don't want to keep going back to the same setting over
and over. So that's not in there."[39] The settings of certain conversations in the
book were also changed to make 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 film instead of in Edward's car as in the novel.[39] A biology field trip
scene is added to the film to condense the moments of Bella's frustration at trying
to explain how Edward saved her from being crushed by a van.[33] The villainous
vampires are introduced earlier in the film than in the novel. Rosenberg said that
"you don't really see James and the other villains until to the last quarter of the
book, which really won't work for a movie. You need that ominous tension right off
the bat. We needed to see them and that impending danger from the start. And so I
had to create back story for them, what they were up to, to flesh them out a bit as
characters."[29] Rosenberg also combined some of the human high school students,
with Lauren Mallory and Jessica Stanley in the novel becoming the character of
Jessica in the film, and a "compilation of a couple of different human characters"
becoming Eric Yorkie.[30] About these variances from the book, Mooradian stated, "I
think we did a really judicious job of distilling [the book]. Our greatest critic,
Stephenie Meyer, loves the screenplay, and that tells me that we made all the right
choices in terms of what to keep and what to lose. Invariably, you're going to lose
bits and pieces that certain members of the audience are going to desperately want
to see, but there's just a reality that we're not making 'Twilight: The Book' the
movie."[33]
Casting

When they told me Rob was probably the one, I looked him up and thought, "Yeah,
he can do a version of Edward. He’s definitely got that vampire thing going on."
And then, when I was on set and I got to watch him go from being Rob to shifting
into being Edward, and he actually looked like the Edward in my head, it was a
really bizarre experience. [...] He really had it nailed.

–Twilight author Stephenie Meyer[24]

Kristen Stewart was on the set of Adventureland when Hardwicke visited her for an
informal screen test that "captivated" the director.[4] Hardwicke had trouble
finding an actor otherworldly enough to play vampire Edward Cullen. Then she got a
call about a guy in London. "I looked at a couple pictures and was like, 'I'm not
sure,'?...He had been fired from his last job, he was unemployed, he was in debt."
Pattinson flew to Los Angeles on his own dime to read with Stewart.[40] Shiloh
Fernandez, Jackson Rathbone, Ben Barnes, and Robert Pattinson were the final four
up for the role of Edward.[41] Meyer had imagined Henry Cavill in the role while
she was writing the book, but he was deemed too old by the time production began.
Hardwicke did not initially choose Robert Pattinson for the role of Edward Cullen,
but after an audition at her home with Stewart, he was selected.[4] Hardwicke said,
"Kristen was like, 'It's got to be Rob!' She felt connected to him from the first
moment. That electricity, or love at first sight, or whatever it is." Hardwicke
gave him the part, but he had to make a promise. "You've got to realize that
Kristen is 17 years old," Hardwicke told him, "She's underage. You've got to focus,
dude, or you're going to be arrested. I made him swear on a stack of Bibles."[40]
Pattinson was unfamiliar with the novel series prior to his screen test but read
the books later on.[42] Meyer allowed him to view a manuscript of the unfinished
Midnight Sun, which chronicles the events in Twilight from Edward's point of view.
[43] Fan reaction to Pattinson's casting as Edward was initially negative; Rachelle
Lefèvre remarked that "[e]very woman had their own Edward [that] they had to let go
of before they could open up to [him], which they did."[42] Meyer was "excited" and
"ecstatic" in response to the casting of the two main characters.[44] She had
expressed interest in having Emily Browning and Henry Cavill cast as Bella and
Edward, respectively, prior to pre-production.[45]

Henry Cavill, Meyer's original choice for Edward, turned down the role of Carlisle.
Peter Facinelli was not originally cast as Carlisle Cullen. "Hardwicke liked me,
but there was another actor that the studio was pushing for," Facinelli said.[13]
For unknown reasons, that actor was not able to play the part and Facinelli was
selected in his place.[13] The choice of Ashley Greene to portray Alice Cullen was
the subject of fan criticism due to Greene being 7 inches (18 cm) taller than her
character as described in the novel. Meyer had also stated that Rachael Leigh Cook
resembled her vision of Alice.[46] Nikki Reed had previously worked with Hardwicke
on Thirteen, which they wrote together, and Lords of Dogtown. Reed commented, "I
don't want to say it's a coincidence, because we do work well together, and we have
a great history. I think we make good work, but it's more that the people that hire
[Hardwicke] to direct a film of theirs [have] most likely seen her other work."[47]

Kellan Lutz was in Africa shooting the HBO miniseries Generation Kill when the
auditions for the character of Emmett Cullen were conducted. The role had already
been cast by the time that production ended in December 2007, but the actor who had
been selected "fell through"; Lutz subsequently auditioned and was flown to Oregon,
where Hardwicke personally chose him.[48] Rachelle Lefèvre was interested in
pursuing a role in the film because Hardwicke was attached to the project as
director; there was also "the potential to explore a character, hopefully, over
three films"; and she wanted to portray a vampire.[49] She "thought that vampires
were basically the best metaphor for human anxiety and questions about being
alive."[49] Christian Serratos initially auditioned for Jessica Stanley, but she
"fell totally in love with Angela" after reading the novels and successfully took
advantage of a later opportunity to audition for Angela Weber.[50] The role of
Jessica Stanley went to Anna Kendrick, who got the part after two mix-and-match
auditions with various actors.[51]
Filming and post-production

On a bed in Catherine Hardwicke's house is where Pattinson kissed Stewart for the
first time for the Twilight screen test. "That bed made Pattinson who he is right
now," says Reed. That's also where Hardwicke auditioned Evan Rachel Wood, when she
had her get into her bed with Nikki Reed for the film Thirteen. When asked about
her lair, Hardwicke says, "MTV came and did an episode in my house filming the bed.
It’s legendary."[40] Principal photography took 44 days,[6] after more than a week
of rehearsals,[52] and completed on May 2, 2008.[7] Similar to her directorial
debut Thirteen, Hardwicke opted for an extensive use of hand-held cinematography to
make the film "feel real".[13][53] Meyer visited the production set three times and
was consulted on different aspects of the story;[54] she also has a brief cameo in
the film.[55] Cast members who portrayed vampires avoided sunlight to make their
skin pale, though makeup was also applied for that effect, and wore contact lenses:
"We did the golden color because the Cullens have those golden eyes. And then, when
we're hungry, we have to pop the black ones in," Facinelli explained.[13] They also
participated in rehearsals with a dance choreographer and observed the physicality
of different panthera to make their bodily movements more elegant.[13][46][56]

Scenes were filmed primarily in Portland, Oregon,[8] including at the Cullen House,
a striking glass-and-wood residence.[57] Stunt work was done mainly by the cast.
[58] The fight sequence between Gigandet and Pattinson's characters in a ballet
studio, which was filmed during the first week of production, involved a
substantial amount of wire work because the vampires in the story have superhuman
strength and speed.[56] Gigandet incorporated mixed martial arts fighting moves in
this sequence, which involved chicken and honey as substitutes for flesh.[59]
Bella, the protagonist, is unconscious during these events, and since the novel is
told from her point of view, such action sequences are illustrative and unique to
the film.[42] Pattinson noted that maintaining one's center of gravity is difficult
when doing wire work "because you have to really fight against it as well as
letting it do what it needs to do."[42] Lefèvre found the experience disorienting
since forward motion was out of her control.[42]

Instead of shooting at Forks High School itself, scenes taking place at the school
were filmed at Kalama High School[60] and Madison High School.[61] Other scenes
were filmed in St. Helens,[62] and Hardwicke conducted some reshooting in Pasadena,
California, in August.[6][63] Twilight was originally scheduled to be theatrically
released in the United States on December 12, 2008, but its release date was
changed to November 21 after Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was rescheduled
for an opening in July 2009.[64] Two teaser trailers, as well as some additional
scenes, were released for the film, as well as a final trailer, which was released
on October 9.[65][66] A 15-minute excerpt of Twilight was presented during the
International Rome Film Festival in Italy.[67] The film received a rating of PG-13
from the Motion Picture Association of America for "some violence and a scene of
sensuality".[68]
Music
Main article: Twilight (soundtrack)

The score for Twilight was composed by Carter Burwell,[69][70] with the rest of the
soundtrack chosen by music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas.[71] Meyer was consulted
on the soundtrack, which includes music by Muse and Linkin Park, bands she listened
to while writing the novels.[72][73] The original soundtrack was released on
November 4, 2008, by Chop Shop Records in conjunction with Atlantic Records.[10] It
debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200.[74]
Release
Box office

Twilight grossed over $7 million in ticket sales from midnight showings alone on
November 21, 2008.[75] The film is fifth overall on Fandango's list of top advance
ticket sales, outranked only by its sequel the following year, Star Wars: Episode
III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince (2009).[75] It grossed $35.7 million on its opening day.[76] For
its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, Twilight accumulated $69.6
million from 3,419 theaters at an average of $20,368 per theater.[77] The film
grossed $192,769,854 in the United States and Canada, and $214,417,861 in
international territories for a total of $407,187,715.[5] Its opening weekend gross
was the highest ever of a female-directed film, surpassing that of Deep Impact
(1998).[78]
Critical reception

Based on 219 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 49% and
a weighted average score of 5.41/10. The website's critical consensus reads:
"Having lost much of its bite transitioning to the big screen, Twilight will please
its devoted fans, but do little for the uninitiated."[79] On Metacritic, it has a
weighted mean score of 56 based on 38 reviews from film critics, indicating "mixed
or average reviews".[80] New York Press critic Armond White called the film "a
genuine pop classic",[81] and praised Hardwicke for turning "Meyer's book series
into a Brontë-esque vision."[82] Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out
of four and wrote, "I saw it at a sneak preview. Last time I saw a movie in that
same theater, the audience welcomed it as an opportunity to catch up on gossip,
texting, and laughing at private jokes. This time the audience was rapt with
attention".[83] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan wrote,
"Twilight is unabashedly a romance. All the story's inherent silliness aside, it is
intent on conveying the magic of meeting that one special person you've been
waiting for. Maybe it is possible to be 13 and female for a few hours after all".
[84] USA Today gave the film two out of four stars and Claudia Puig wrote, "Meyer
is said to have been involved in the production of Twilight, but her novel was
substantially more absorbing than the unintentionally funny and quickly forgettable
film".[85] Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" rating and Owen Gleiberman
praised Hardwicke's direction: "She has reconjured Meyer's novel as a cloudburst
mood piece filled with stormy skies, rippling hormones, and understated visual
effects".[86]
Home media
Wikinews has related news:

"Twilight" DVD sells 3 million copies in first day

The film was released on DVD in North America on March 21, 2009, through midnight
release parties, and sold over 3 million units in its first day.[87] It was
released on April 6, 2009 in the UK.[88][89] Bonus features include about 10 to 12
extended or deleted scenes, montages and music videos, behind-the-scenes
interviews, a "making-of" segment, and commentary featuring Hardwicke, Stewart, and
Pattinson.[90][91] The Blu-ray disc edition of the film was released on March 21,
2009, in select locations, but was made more widely available at further retailers
on May 5, 2009.[92] As of July 2012, the film has sold 11,242,519 units, earning
$201,190,019.[93]

The film and the next two installments of the Twilight Saga was rereleased as a
triple feature with extended cuts on January 13, 2015.

Twilight was released on 4K Blu-Ray on October 23, 2018.[94]

Video game
Main article: Scene it? Twilight

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

Since its release, Twilight has received numerous nominations and awards. In
January 2009, Carter Burwell was nominated for Film Composer of the Year by the
International Film Music Critics Association.[95] Robert Pattinson won Bravo TV's
A-List Award for A-List Breakout.[96] At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Pattinson, who
was nominated alongside Taylor Lautner, also won an award for Male Breakthrough
Performance, "Decode" was nominated for Best Song from a Movie, Twilight won an
award for Best Movie, Kristen Stewart won for Best Female performance, Stewart and
Pattinson were awarded Best Kiss, and Pattinson and Cam Gigandet won an award for
Best Fight.[97] Christian Serratos won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in
a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress.[98] For the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, held
on August 9, the film and its actors received a combined total of 12 nominations,
nine of which the film won.[99] At the 2009 Scream Awards, the film was nominated
for nine awards, four of which it won.[100] The film won two ALMA Awards for makeup
and hairstyling.[101] It also won the Public Choice Award at the World Soundtrack
Awards, where Carter Burwell was also nominated for Composer of the Year.[102]
Catherine Hardwicke received a Young Hollywood Award for her directing.[103] In
addition, the film was nominated for Best Fantasy Film at the 35th Saturn
Awards[104] and two Grammy Awards.[105]
Extended Edition

In 2015, Lionsgate released an Extended edition a bit over 4 minutes longer. It

edits into the movie scenes already released as "Deleted Scenes" on previous DVD
releases.[106]
Sequel
Main article: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

MTV reported in February 2008 that Summit Entertainment intended to create a series
of at least three films based on Meyer's books.[11] The studio had optioned New
Moon, the second book in the series, by October 2008,[107] and confirmed their
plans to make a film based on it November 22, 2008.[108][109] Because Catherine
Hardwicke had wanted more preparation time than Summit's schedule for the
production and release of the sequel would provide,[110][111] Chris Weitz was
selected to direct it in December 2008.[112][113]
See also

Film portal

Apotamkin, Bella's Google hit for the cold ones

Vampire film

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