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Summit Entertainment today announced the official release date for Bill Condon's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn." The studio will release the sequel in theaters Nov. 18, 2011. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner will all be back. The film marks the last installment in the vampire series.
Bill Condon, who will direct Summit's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," is reaching out to "Twilight" fans to say hello and promise he will try his best to make this final chapter a great one. Of course, we'll see how well he did when the film opens, but for now, he's just trying to be friends with the fans.
In the open letter you can entirely read below, he really doesn't say all too much about the film. Condon's directing credits inclue "Dreamgirls," "Kinsey" and "Gods and Monsters," and he wrote "Chicago." He's definitely an interesting choice. Look for "Breaking Dawn" in theaters next year. Happy reading!
Lots of rumors about possible "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" today, but the fact is, no one knows what is really going on or what is true or false. That said, it would not surprise me if Summit Entertainment wanted to reshoot some scenes from the film. After all, the two predecessors were messy enough.
Anyway, Lainey Gossip today posted an entry saying Chris Weitz and Catherine Hardwicke may come on board to reshoot some fight scenes. That is hard to believe, considering the whole mess that erupted a while ago in terms of Hardwicke and Summit. And Weitz? Why would that make sense?
Also, why would they not have Slade do it? Is he fired? Can he not handle fight scenes (I believe he can)? Is he pissed at Summit, or is Summit not satisfied with him? Anyway, these are questions to consider, but I doubt there' any truth to the Weitz and Hardwicke thing.
With "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" hitting theaters June 30, 2010, Summit Entertainment is obviously already working on "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," the fourth installment that may end up being split into two films. EW has learned exclusively that Summit has been approaching top directors for the job, including Sofia Coppola, Gus Van Sant and Bill Condon. Come again?
Actually, it will come earlier, but Summit Entertainment today used Twitter to let fans know that the trailer for "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" will be attached to Robert Pattinson's new film "Remember Me."
"Remember Me" will open in theaters March 12, so you can see it on the big screen then. However, Summit also announced folks will be able to see the trailer early that week. Where? That is still a mystery for now.
David Slade's "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" will open June 30, 2010, and Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner all return. Bryce Dallas Howard, Xavier Samuel and Catalina Sandino Moreno also star.
In "Eclipse," Bella is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her big decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf.
Oh, and about "Remember Me," it shows Pattinson as a rebellious young man who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family.
Taylor Lautner, who plays werewolf Jacob in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," is heading to "Cancun," as the actor is set to star in an action flick based on a spec by Eric Champnella and Grant Thompson.
Summit Entertainment is backing the project, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and the story follows a college kid who has to rescue a chick and her friends from drug dealers during a vacation in Cancun.
It seems the movie will be completely centered around and structured for Lautner specifically, which is a good way for Summit to make a whole lot of money (I bet every single Jacob fan will go anc check it out.)
Summit Entertainment today announced that David Slade's "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" will open in theaters and IMAX June 30, 2010. Now you can see your "Twilight" sweeties on the super big screen!
Richie Fay, Summit Entertainment's president of Domestic Theatrical Distribution, said moviegoers will have a "whole new way to experience this next installment of the series" with the IMAX experience.
"The IMAX release puts us on the event film calendar for 2010, and we're very excited to work with IMAX to bring a new kind of film to the IMAX theatre network," he said.
Summit Entertainment has officially boarded the big-screen adaptation of Top Cow's comicbook "Alibi," which Mandeville has picked up the rights to earlier this year. The studio has also found a writer.
John Hlavin will take a stab at the screenplay. He just recently signed to write "Underworld 4" for Screen Gems. His credits include "The Shield" and "Trust Me," and he's also working on Warner's "Gunslinger."
As far as "Alibi" goes, the story follows a socialite whose status serves as a solid alibi for his twin brother, a government assassin. "Alibi" was created by Matt Hawkins, Michael Renegar and Joshua Hale Fialkov.
Oscar-nominated "Brokeback Mountain" star Jake Gyllenhaal is almost set to star in Duncan Jones' new sci-fi thriller "Source Code," which Summit Entertainment will bring to theaters.
Variety says the film will focus on a soldier who wakes up in the body of a commuter and relives a train bombing until he figures out who's behind the attack. Sounds a bit like "Deja Vu" to me.
Justin Lin has boarded Summit's upcoming remake of "Highlander," which Neal H. Moritz will produce. Lin most recently directed the successful "Fast & Furious" reboot, which bagged $155 million domestically.
The new "Highlander" will be an updated version of Russell Mulcahy's 1986 action flick, which starred Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart and Christopher Lambert. Summit plans to launch a new franchise.
Franck Tabouring