It’s a bittersweet year for Warner Bros. as this summer will see the end of the Harry Potter franchise. There are simply no more books to make movies out of. Come next fall and Summit Entertainment will be facing a similar issue with their incredibly successful Twilight franchise as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 hits theaters to end the series.
The only difference between the situations these two film franchises are facing is that there actually is another Twilight book, albeit an unfinished one. That’s not stopping Summit from bringing back Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) and the rest of the cast for more films, based off of Stephanie Meyers’ Midnight Sun.
Summit Entertainment announced today, April 1st, that they’ve finalized negotiations for the principal cast, who will return for a hefty $20 million each for two more Twilight movies. David Slade (Eclipse), who’s recently had his name associated with Twentieth Century Fox’s Daredevil reboot, will return to direct both. Melissa Rosenberg has written all of the series screenplays to date and will return to pen Midnight Sun. Like Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun will be split into two parts and they will be shot together.
For those unfamiliar with the story behind Midnight Sun, it was meant to be a retelling of Twilight with a neat twist of it being from the perspective of Edward Cullen as opposed to Bella Swan. Unfortunately for fans and for Meyer, the 12-chapter draft was leaked online and this demotivated the author from continuing. The 12 chapters were later released to fans for free and Meyer said she would one day return to finish it after not hearing about it for two years. Perhaps that time has come, or perhaps Summit just paid her a chunk of Twilight Eclipse’s record-breaking midnight opening box office haul.
There’s been a lot of talk as to what’s next after Breaking Dawn for the studio, even to the point of potential spin-off rumors that could explore the stories of secondary characters. It only makes sense that they first mine every existing piece of Twilight lore before creating original scripts.
[Click to See The First 'Midnight Sun' Poster]
Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) didn’t get much screentime in Twilight but we can expect him to be written in for a lot more for Edward’s version of the story.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 hits theaters November 18, 2011 and Part 2 releases November 16, 2012.
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Source: Summit
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I would like to be a cast member
I don’t think Edward is as good looking as hes made out to be. We are all in love with the Idea of living forever and never growing old or Aging As Bella put it. I myself am in love with the idea of Forever. So much so that Id Beg to be bitten WHO wouldn’t want to live forever. Truly a beautiful romantic notion. I am ready for the next thing that comes along and captivates us the way Twilight did. Would love to See a series about Witches that could leave us SpellBound
Witches? Wasn’t that done? It was call Charmed.
Im confused is this real??
Me Too like what?
I want her to make more movies twight is my life
If TWILIGHT was really your life, you’d know how to spell it. SHNAP.
Thanks my dream came true I finally get to see what happens to Jacob and renesmee’s future!!! I love the twilight series I just doo!!! I thank you Stepehnie Meyers for making this possible!!! Thank you soo much and ill be waiting for the movie Midnight Sun in theatres!! <3
-I LOVE TWILIGHT SERIES
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I read the 12 chapters and they are Edwards point of view from the first book. So sadly, we won’t see that. For now………
It’s not real, if you click on the Midnight Sun Poster, it reads “April Fools” and it has been two years since this has been posted. If it was real, they would have already begun making the movie. It’s sad but it has got to end somewhere.
When is the booj relese date?
Hey! I want to give comments to all the comments!
TAaron Garmon , Don’t we all?
Melissa, The Edward in the books is extremely and impossibly handsome. It would be impossible to find a perfect actor. Would you REALLY want to live forever? Think of all you would leave behind.
DEE, There are tons of movies about witches!
Holly and Claire, No, I do not think Stephanie Meyer is making a book about witches.
kelsie, We would all love more movies. Twilight rocks!
lavinka, Don’t be rude. She didn’t mean to!
saria@yahoo.com, Midnight sun is just Twilight, but Edward narrates it. It is unfinished, though, so I do not think they will make a movie.
lavinka, I agree.
Thanks!
let’s just say…
Jane, I am not sure…
Is this real
Guys, take a look at when this was “announced” April 1st. April fools day. There are no other movies.
Please release Midnight Sun I’m dying to read it!!!