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Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke gives EW a first look at her diary from the smash hit in this week’s issue – and talks about why she left a franchise she loved.
She had been negotiating a way to direct the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s monster-selling sequel New Moon, and the talks had reached the breaking point. Summit Entertainment offered her a queenly sum to resume her place at the helm – “more money than I or anyone in my family has ever seen,” says Hardwicke – but told her she’d be working with a tight deadline and a modest budget.
Regretfully, she told the execs they needed to find themselves a new director. “I was devastated,” she says. “I really did feel a strong connection to the people around the world that liked the movie – and to Stephenie and the actors. But I just didn’t think I could make a good movie under those circumstances.”
(Click inside to continue reading about the “Twilight” Director’s Diaries…)
Hardwicke first began discussing Twilight: Director’s Notebook with Meyer’s publisher last summer, and then Twilight went on to gross over $350 million worldwide (so far). “When the movie made enough money, they thought it was worth it,” says Hardwicke. “They said, ‘Now you have three and a half weeks to do it!’ And I was like, Okay, I’m just going to keep writing until they rip this out of my hands!”
New Moon is already deep into pre-production under new director Chris Weitz but Hardwicke notes the irony that her replacement is enjoying a better deal than she’d been promised. “I know the budget they were talking about with me – they’ve already gone way beyond that,” she said. But she’s done nursing her broken heart. “I’m optimistic that it’s going to be great, and I’m sad that it didn’t work out for me to do it,” she said. “But I’ll do something else cool.”
Hardwicke’s diary includes Kathy’s original watercolor of Edward with long hair and brown contacts: “I thought he would look good with long ‘timeless’ hair, so Rob [Pattinson] spent 8 hours in the chair. Nicole Frank, assistant hair stylist, put in extensions. Rob HATED them. The next day Nicole yanked them out and she and MaryAnn and Rob started working on the now-famous Edward hairstyle.” More at EW.com.
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hmmm, sadly i have to admit - after reading the books, i’m positive the film could have been muchhhh better. plus i’m excited to see what chris is going to bring to the next film. switching directors isn’t all that bad, look at harry potter, each film gets better and better!
I really don’t understand what’s so beautiful on this guy…he looks like he stopped a bus with his face! :)
Twilight could have been better. Lets see how Chris does in the director seat, I hope alot better with New Moon.
Twilight was ok i loved it !
i cant wait to see New Moon and how the new directer Chris is going to do.
twilight sucks
I don’t get wy she has to work with a ‘modest budget’ if this movie made so much money!
I think her interpretation of the story was abysmal and the franchise is better off without her.
He looks like he should have played a werewolf rather than a vampire.
I say Twilight was good for what they were dealing with. They had a modest budget, limited resources and yada yada yada. It is sad when a director takes a stand for what they know they can do but people want to limit them and their creativity. However, I am optimistic that Chris will do a good job and hopefully they will stay as true to the book as possible. Obviously Rob Pattinson won’t be seen much in New Moon, or they could put him in it by showing what he is really doing while he is away from Bella. That’s the only way I see them putting him in more scenes.
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maybe a bus should be stopped by your face
okay….i don’t get it….why bother her the more money???
i really don’t understand what change if she earn a lot of money….she’s still the director…and everything…
but i can’t wait to see the new moon too! i hope the new director will make a good work!
I suspect this is a face saving excuse. They gave her a low budget so she had to say no because they didnt want her. I’m glad she’s gone. Rob looks mega hot on the cover. Like a young Wolverine.
well this sh*t rocks. that’s what matter
and go away ~forever, Catherine
If it was more money then she ever needed and she was so saddened about it, why didn’t she put some of her pay towards it? :P
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I was just expressing my opinion, so don’t get all jerky on me just because you feel about him differently!
robert pattinson suck ass hahahah and **** twilight
Oh, Noelle, don’t you realize that no one is allowed to have any kind of negative opinion of Twilight or anything related to it? Don’t you know that Twilight is the artistic pinnacle of our civilization and everything else is just downhill from here? Have’t the billions of “TWILIGTH IZ THE BEST!!!!!!” and “PEOPLE HWO H8 TWILGHT R JES JELLUS!!!” comments been enough to convince you that Meyer’s work is the greatest thing ever?
That said, I remember the days when EW used to have good looking covers. Those days are obviously past.
Twilight was a rushed movie, I hope this next one is much better!!!
“A FRED” or a “JENNIFER”instead of an oscar?
………….VOTE FOR IT, folks!!
#17
well said!:)
and no, I’m still not convinced it is anything other than average…average books and and even worse than average film…but who knows, maybe the next one will be worth watching! :)
Perfect books. I love Twilight movie either and i’m very excited with new moon movie ;)
Hmmm,
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new moon is being rushed waaaaaay more than twilight. don’t get your hopes up. lol
Yes, but New Moon has a better director and a bigger budget. Should help immensely!!!
well the movie blew, the books suck so whatever. I don’t really care that it changed directors. but what kills me is that they wanted to pay her a small fortune to do the task but give her crap money to make it. is I was Catherine I would say yes. on the condition that they give me half that money (maybe less that), put the rest in the budget and make it up to me with a cut of the box office, dvds etc.
but apparently Catherine didn’t love the gig enough to think of that.
why 3 and a half weeks…..
thats barely nothing compared to the time most movies take
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