Summit Begins Search for NEW MOON Director
directing the next installment in the newly minted TWILIGHT film franchise.
Summit’s targeted end of 2009 or early 2010 release of the film, NEW MOON,
does not work with Ms. Hardwicke’s required prep time to bring her vision of
the film to the big screen. Thus as has been done before with many successful
film franchises, the studio will employ a new director for NEW MOON.
“I am sorry that due to timing I will not have the opportunity to direct
NEW MOON,” said Hardwicke. “Directing TWILIGHT has been one of the great
experiences of my life, and I am grateful to the fans for their passionate
support of the film. I wish everyone at Summit the best with the sequel — it
is a great story.”
“Catherine did an incredible job in helping us to launch the TWILIGHT
franchise and we thank her for all of her efforts and we very much hope to
work with her on future Summit projects,” said
of Production. “We as a studio have a mandate to bring the next installment
in the franchise to the big screen in a timely fashion so that fans can get
more of Edward, Bella and all of the characters that
created. We are able to pursue an aggressive time frame as we have the luxury
of only adapting the novels into screenplays as opposed to having to create a
storyline from scratch.”
SOURCE Summit Entertainment (www.summit-ent.com)