“Twilight” movie has woman power behind it
Director Catherine Hardwicke on the set of “Twilight.” (Associated Press photo)
With all of the fuss and furor surrounding the movie version of “Twilight,” one noteworthy aspect of the film adaptation is the woman power behind it.
The four-book “Twilight” series is a huge hit among women, from tween and teen girls who have made Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward in the movie, a heartthrob to the grown women who have started sites like www.twilightmoms.com.
Stephenie Meyer wrote the enormously popular book series in between taking care of her three sons, sacrificing sleep to pen the books. “Twilight,” the first book in the series, was her debut novel.
Appropriately, Summit Entertainment tapped a female screenwriter to adapt “Twilight”: Melissa Rosenberg, who penned the previous Summit film “Step Up” and is a writer on the TV series “Dexter.”
The studio also hired a female director for “Twilight”: Catherine Hardwicke, who broke through with “Thirteen” and also has directed “Lords of Dogtown” and “The Nativity Story.”
“Twilight” is on its way to marking the biggest opening gross in history for a female director, Variety is reporting. The movie made a whopping $35.7 million on Friday.
That impressive one-day take prompted Summit to announce today that it will be making a movie version of Meyer’s second book in the saga, “New Moon.”
In addition, Summit has hired Rosenberg to write scripts for “New Moon” and the third book, “Eclipse,” The Hollywood Reporter reported last week. The fourth book, “Breaking Dawn,” doesn’t have a writer attached at this time.
“Twilight” also could make a bona fide star out of Kristen Stewart, who plays Meyer’s heroine Bella Swan. Stewart, 18, became known to most people way back in 2002’s “Panic Room,” playing the daughter of Jodie Foster’s character. She also has been featured in “Catch That Kid,” “Zathura” and “In the Land of Women.” Her turn in 2007’s “Into the Wild” prompted Hardwicke to cast her.
-BAM
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omg I luv the twilight books and I cannot wait to see the movie.