New Moon

[Kim Taehyung]

It's been talked about, it has a screenwriter, and now it's official: Stephenie Meyer's "New Moon" will be coming to a theater near you. Summit Entertainment made the official announcement on Saturday (November 22), during a brief respite from counting the massive box-office receipts that Meyer's first film, "Twilight," is taking in this weekend.
"I don't think any other author has had a more positive experience with the makers of her movie adaptation than I have had with Summit Entertainment," the best-selling author said in a statement. "I'm thrilled to have the chance to work with them again on 'New Moon.' "

The news comes on the heels of the vampire flick selling out theaters nationwide, despite its mixed reviews. The madness began with some impressive advance ticket sales, then the film added to its $7 million midnight-screening take with a staggering $35.7 million on Friday, taking in money at a rate reported to be more than three times that of last week's box-office winner, "Quantum of Solace." To put it in perspective, "Twilight" is now second only to "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in terms of biggest opening-day gross for a non-summer release.

"Twilight" is currently on track to become the highest-grossing film ever made by a female director, the highest-grossing vampire film of all time, and is also threatening several other records heading into Saturday. The film is currently projected to make more than $60 million this weekend, which would put it on track for the $150 million box-office haul that director Catherine Hardwicke has said would automatically green-light sequels.

Hence, the announcement of Robert Pattinson's favorite book being turned into a movie - news that will surely send Taylor Lautner to the gym immediately. Keep your eyes on MTV, Twilighters, as we'll have more news about the box-office take and "New Moon" in the next few days.

Well, there you have it, fellow Twilighters on FFF. "New Moon" will definitely be produced into a movie. Keep an eye on this thread as new developments come in.

 

[Stella]

After seeing how many rabid fangirls showed up to see Twilight the night I went to see it, I knew they just had to get the greenlight for a sequel. I was happy with the outcome of the first, so I'm eagerly anticipating the release of the second ^^

Only thing I'm not looking forward to is the lack of Edward "New Moon" will have. I don't know if I'm going to be able to make it through and hour or so of nothing but Jacob!

 

[Amizon]

Wow, it hasn't even showed anywhere outside the US and they expect that the sequel would be great? They could have at least waited for more reception. But on the other hand, that's brilliant! I read it on Stephenie Meyer's website a few hours ago.

 

[Fusilli]

I would have thought that they would want more feedback from Twilight before starting the second one. Ugh, though. I'm not really getting my hopes up about Twilight, as I don't think it'll be very good. I'm still going to see it though to see what they make of it. As for New Moon, it will be interesting what they do with a story with practically nothing in it apart from the relationship build up. Same could be said for Twilight too, actually. And Eclipse as well as it seems so far, I can only assume that Breaking Dawn will follow the same pattern, but as I haven't read it yet I obviously can't say.