Catherine Hardwicke to direct 'Maximum Ride'?
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Catherine Hardwicke is in talks to direct Columbia's big-screen version of James Patterson’s best-selling novel series “Maximum Ride."
The story focuses on six kids who underwent genetic modification to be 98 percent human and 2 percent bird. After escaping from the laboratories they’re held at, the children are pursued by a gang of werewolves sent to track them down.
Don Payne, screenwriter of “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” and “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” is writing the script.
Columbia is eyeing an entire franchise if this film succeeds. No word on how many films the studio is planning at this stage.
Hardwicke last directed Summit's "Twilight," but she won't return for the sequel, "New Moon." Her credits also include "Thirteen" and "Lords of Dogtown."
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Reader Comments (11)
Catherine Hardwicke can't ruin maximum ride like she ruined twilight. i am outraged by the fact that she could be directing the maximum ride movie. Someone FIRE HER!
i've read all of the maximum ride books. i can't wait for the movie. And chrissy i don't care who directs as long as its a great movie and i get to see it.
-madds out!!!!!
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she cant direct maximum ride!!!
she will stuff it up like she stuffed up twilight!!!
she cant direct to save her life
TIM BURTON should direct the twilight saga movies.
CHECK OUT YOUTUBE. TYPE IN TWILIGHT MOVIE FAULTS ID YOU DONT BELEIVE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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NOOO!!! OH MY GOSH NOO!! SHE CAN'T DIRECT MAXIMUM RIDE!!....She made Twilight SUCK, big time!! If she is directing it....I am SOOOOO NOT watching it!!
Madds, if Harwicke does get her hands on the series she will in fact ruin it
Please Don't Let Her Direct It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Think That Saoirse Ronan Should Be Max
And That Elle Fanning (Dakota Fanning's Little Sis) Should Play Angel!!!!
-From Lilly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this would pretty much slap James Patterson in the face if she directed this!!
she destroyed Twilight now she is going to kill my favorite series
i hate this woman with an intensity
No! Wel, maybe if it wasn't as gloomy and there isn't music throughout the entire freaking thing, but NO! some unknown director should do it. Or maybe the guy who did New Moon. And possibly maybe but most likley everyone will disagree (I'm just brainstorming, people!) M. Night. But probly not.........
P.S. madds, you couldn't have read all of them, because the series isn't even finished.
If Hardwicke directs Maximum Ride, I think it will take something away from the movie. Everyone that likes Twilight (oh gosh not me) would come to see it because of the directer. Lots of people LOVE (including me) the books. Wouldn't that take something away from it instead of add to it?
PS I absolutly HATED :P;;;; the way Catherine ruined Twilight. I have to say, I like the books a little ( and I do mean little) but she took something away from them to.
if she gets hired she had better not ruin it cus if she dos im going to write her a hate letter...
BUT STILL, SHE CANT DIRECT MAXIMUM RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shes going to make fang all mushy and cuddly like edwerd, UGH! fang is not mushy, hes very quiet,
ALLS HE DOSE IS NOD, calm, and strong AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
shes going to put two kisses in the first movie/book and make the first kiss longer than one second
I HOPE BEFORE SHE DIRECTS IT SHE READS ALL SIX BOOKS...THE LAST ONE AT THE END IS PRETTY
MUCH THE ONLY DROMATIC PART. just to let you know i did not like the twilight novels cus it eas written by a woman and it got messed up some more by a woman, women are so dromatic . ugh
shes probly gong to take a lot of the fighting away and make it alot more dramatic. that why i liked those books becouse it has a lot of fighting in it
...okay im done }:(
If she directs the movie I am going to make sure I NEVER see it I mean come on she'll crush the movie.I just wish someone could stop her.I LOVE MAXIMUM RIDE and she WILL ruin it