OlderFri, 12 December 2008 at 2:17 am
Chris Weitz To Direct ‘New Moon’
The Golden Compass director Chris Weitz is expected to direct New Moon, the sequel to the hugely successful film Twilight.
According to EW, “Weitz is best-known for his work with his brother Paul. The two directed and produced American Pie and then were nominated for an Academy Award for best screenplay for About a Boy, which they also co-directed. Chris’ first solo directing gig, The Golden Compass, didn’t do well stateside but was a hit internationally.”
It was announced earlier this week that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke and the movie studio Summit Entertainment were parting ways.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
This is hilarious! Don’t get me wrong, Catherine Hardwicke is a pretty mediocre director with no true vision…sorta competent, with no major flair or style for storytelling. Just average.
So she gets fired, rightfully, only to be replaced by…..the guy who butchered The Golden Compass! hahahahahaha!!
Nice going, movie execs…you have another stinker on your hands!
he doesnt have much experience… i mean, American Pie, are you kidding?… hope he doesnt turn this movie into that crap…
Hmm…Interesting…..I hope he does a good job. About a Boy and the Golden Compass were both good films and both very different.
I think Catherine Hardwicke did a good job of the first Twilight. I liked that it felt real, raw.
good luck to him. hopefully he’ll be able to get a half way decent product. summit is rushing this movie way to fast.
That certifies it, the movie will butcher the novel yet again. I’m sure it’ll be terrible just like before, but the sales will still skyrocket. Girls will be rushing to the theatres, myself included.
Bad, bad choice there. What were they thinking, did they not SEE The Golden Compass?
God that picture of Chris Weitz is creepy looking. Anyway…I think he’ll do ok. He effed up the Golden Compass which is a damn good book series but since he didn’t actually write the screen play for New Moon maybe it’ll be ok XD
Is anyone else not thoroughly terrified of that picture!!! I hope it goes down soon because I just can’t look at it!
I hated about a boy but liked the Golden Compass. Hope the next movie is good–having read the books i already know it’s going to be painful!
Alright. Awesome. Hope he makes this movie a good one. Good luck to him.
Oh crap. He sucks too! I just remembered! Bugger. Can’t they get better ones?! Sheesh.
oh i’m not sure about this … we’ll see.
oh no no noooo! i want catherine back!
Pffffff…I don’t know what to think about this.I guess we’ll just have to wait and see,but the fact that Robert and Kristen are TICKED off about this change doesn’t really help my optimism.
to bad taylor lautner’s to boy’ish and not a good enough actor to be in ;’new moon’. LOL
Robert and Kristen are probably pi**ed that they will not have a lot of say in New Moon. Catherine Hardwicke changed a lot for these two, so yeah, I’m really glad that Catherine is gone for New Moon.
I hated how much screentime Nikki Reed got.
this make me hopeful. i haven’t heard of chris weitz much but i thought the golden compass was pretty good, in spite of the changes made in the books’ original story. plus the golden compass and new moon are kind of similar in terms of their fantasy elements so maybe this time, new moon’s direction and effects won’t suck so much. PLEASE CHRIS WEITZ, DO BETTER THAN CATHERINE HARDWICK!
People are going crazy over this it seems. Whoever directs it, the movie will be mediocre because that’s the level of the novel as well. Unless, the directors want to change aspects of the novel and make it better but then it wouldn’t be a true adaptation.
The movies are going to bomb regardless. Robert Pattinson can’t be put as the “saviour” of these films. Hell, just because he was in it, I couldn’t enjoy Twilight because the 13 year old girls who were giggling throughout the whole damn film.
I like how people are dissing American Pie. What it was based on, I thought it was a great film. No one left the theatres at the time without constant hysterics. American Pie is just a way different genre than a moody Vampire flick. So I don’t see how the director qualifies as a reason for the movie to fail if he’s not those types of directors that directs only genre. See Martin Scorsese. The Golden Compass was a good film but we are in the digital era. People choose to pass up spending 20-40 dollars to see a movie that doesn’t amazing special effects. And the ones that are willing, are teenagers that on dates to see bloody gore like “Wanted” or “Iron Man”.
This is not gonna be good. From bad to worse. Congrats!
hate this! thought Peter Jackson (Lord of the Ring) would step in after Catherine.. :(((
Maybe the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter directors had other commitments? Or maybe none of the good ones want to work with Summit? Are Summit execs tighwads? Just wondering….
did well internationally? my a$$. a crap film. oh boy please may he not stuff up new moon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKXd9_3rVGg
I am not at all happy about this. About a Boy is one of my favorite movies, but I don’t see that directing style translating to “New Moon”.
New Moon is DEEP and DARK and SAD. I just don’t see Chris doing a good job at all. The Golden Compass SUCKED major a*s.
I’ve not spoken to ONE person yet who thinks this is a good fit.
Summit is making a mistake, and likely destroying the franchise.
I didn’t like Hardwickes direction & agree she needed to go… but there are MUCH better choices out there. As a “Twilight” fan, I am beyond disappointed and have little to no faith that this will be a good sequel.
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