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‘Twilight’ Director To Publish Stirring Account Of Making Blockbuster She Didn’t Finish
7:25AM STV | If you couldn’t wait for Catherine Hardwicke’s candid expose detailing her rise and fall from Twilight glory, well, we’re sorry. Twilight: Director’s Notebook probably isn’t it. More »
4:04AM STV | Man Chosen to Replace Catherine Hardwicke… on her answering machine. As of Monday, the ousted Twilight director’s outgoing message was still spoken by a man portending the grim news to come: “We’ve been kicked out of the Twilight editorial, so we’re homeless, so please leave your name and number after the tone.” [AP] More »
‘Twilight’ Director Bumped From Sequel; We Size Up the Replacements
1:35AM STV | As hinted at two weeks ago and confirmed Sunday, director Catherine Hardwicke is done with the Twilight franchise, leaving a giant “Help Wanted” sign around the blockbuster’s swoony, more wolfy sequel New Moon barely a year before its studio hopes to rush it into theatres. No problem, though — after a helpful consultation with Defamer HR, producers should be able to lock up a qualified helmer by the end of the business day.
‘Twilight’ Stars to Suck $US24 Million Payday For Sequel
1:40AM STV | Twilight’s record-breaking opening gross was downgraded to a measly $US69.6 million on Monday, which nevertheless failed to deter Summit Entertainment from officially nudging the sequel, New Moon, into the pre-production queue. That was the easy part, though; paying its young stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart a reported $US12 million apiece for the second film (and possibly a third) — and locking in director Catherine Hardwicke for millions more — is where the mess might arise. More »
‘Twilight’ May Look Sexy On-Screen, But The Only Action On-Set Involved ‘Runny Noses’ And ‘Hail Globs’
11:10AM Molly Friedman | As we noted last week, the highly anticipated Twilight franchise appears to be far steamier and sexier than the books’ tween fans may have expected. And a profile on the film in yesterday’s LAT suggests the series’ author Stephenie Meyer may be just as surprised. Described by the article’s author as “chaste,” the Mormon mother of three sounds like the near opposite of director and “troubled-teen expert” Catherine Hardwicke. But as the article reveals, no matter how hot and bothered we felt after watching the teaser trailer, the actual action on set wasn’t putting any of its gorgeous cast members in the mood: Slathered in pale vampire makeup with alternating doses of sun, rain and “hail globs the size of golf balls,” actors huddle in a heated ‘fire tent’ and stuff Kleenex to their cold, runny noses; they exchange rubber boots for Adidas just before the cameras roll.
