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Hardwicke's Twilight departure explained?
Filmstalker —
... the Twilight franchise after just one film for a number of reasons, none of them include a falling out with the studio. They may all revolve around time scales, budgets and casting issues. It seems that she genuinely thought there was just not enough time or budget to get the job done right. According to those usual inside sources through Hollywood Insider , it seems she might have had a good few other reasons not to take on ...
New details on 'New Moon'
Movies - Spoilers —
... Source: EW.com
Potential 'New Moon' Release Date Thrown Out
Aceshowbiz.com - Entertainment News —
... " is now leaning towards end of 2009 debut. Entertainment Weekly (EW) breaks the news that Summit Entertainment have tentatively slated the " ...
New Twilight sequel details arrive
Total Film News —
... show that he could handle an effects-driven movie, which will be needed for Moon s werewolf-heavy plot. And, right now, all the film has is a first draft screenplay. There is that first script, Summit production president Erik Feig told the magazine. All the finesse that turns a screenplay into a movie hasn t happened yet. So then: a rushed schedule, a first draft script and an FX-heavy story in which the hero vanishes for long stretches. Yeah, this one should be easy [Source: Entertainment Weekly ]
Is Summit Intentionally Torpedoing the 'Twilight' Sequel?
RopeofSilicon.com —
Entertainment Weekly has a new report on the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon, which includes a tentative release date of Nov. 20, 2009 and word that the director replacing Catherine Hardwicke needs to be in "Vancouver by Dec. 15 to begin 12 weeks of preproduction before a mid-March start date." What the hell are they trying to do?
I am starting to think Hardwicke had a much larger role in her departure than I originally speculated. No director in their right mind would agree to such terms and if Summit actually wanted to make anything ...
New Moon Coming November 2009
TheMovingPicture.net - Movie News - Movie Trailers - Movie Reviews - TV - DVD - Rumors - Casting News —
... According to Entertainment Weekly, Summit Entertainment has tentatively slated November 20, 2009 as the release date for New Moon, the sequel to the blockbuster Twilight. EW says preproduction will start on Monday and continue for12 weeks before a mid-March start date. ...
New Moon Coming November 2009
TheMovingPicture.net —
... According to Entertainment Weekly, Summit Entertainment has tentatively slated November 20, 2009 as the release date for New Moon, the sequel to the blockbuster Twilight. EW says preproduction will start on Monday and continue for 12 weeks before a mid-March start date. ...
Summit Fast-Tracking 'Twilight' Sequel 'New Moon' For A November 2009 Release; Studio Wants To Can Poor Kid
:: The Playlist :: —
... Show us the money! Despite insisting they're not rushing their "Twilight" franchise, Summit Entertainment is fast-tracking their sequel "New Moon" and have just announced its tentative release for November 20, 2009, basically one year after the release of the original movie. ...
Taylor Lautner May Not Return to 'New Moon'
Aceshowbiz.com - Entertainment News —
... . Entertainment Weekly (EW) reported that the actor who takes the role of Jacob Black in "Twilight" may not return to the sequel because Summit Entertainment won't rehire him. On the possibility of Lautner not coming back to play Black, EW hinted that the reason of Summit unwillingness to bring Lautner back was because the studio consider the teenage actor to be too "young-looking and slight of frame to play the maturing werewolf". Still, the studio have yet to give out statement regarding the speculation. EW has also reported that Summit are about to hire rumored ...
Newsbites: Twilight! Noah! X-Men! Reboots!
FilmChat —
... book in the series -- but there has been speculation for some time that Summit may want to shoot that sequel in conjunction with the third installment, Eclipse. There is also speculation that a new actor may be hired to replace Taylor Lautner, who played the latent werewolf Jacob in the first film. Pre-production is slated to begin in Vancouver next week, and if all goes according to plan, New Moon will be in theatres by November 20 -- less than a year from now. -- Entertainment Weekly ( ...
'Twilight' Exclusive: Taylor Lautner Talks About His Campaign To Stay On 'New Moon'
MTV Movies —
... In all the chaos of the past few weeks, Lautner added, plenty of things have been exaggerated by the media. Entertainment Weekly reported this week that his agent is talking to the effects people behind "The Curios Case of Benjamin Button" about demonstrating how effectively Lautner could be transformed digitally. "Nothing [along those lines] has happened, and I don't know if it will," he told us. "I think there's a lot of things that have gotten blown up that haven't really occurred. That hasn't happened. I've just been working out for awhile, and I'm ...
'Twilight' Geek Might Be Able To Keep His 'New Moon' Job Afterall
:: The Playlist :: —
... Remember how "Twilight" tweens were in hysterical, red-faced tizzy because actor Taylor Lautner was apparently too "baby-faced" to play the role of the big, bad werewolf Jacob in the sequel "New Moon" now being directed by safe, paint-by-numbers ...
