Director Chris Weitz of About a Boy and The Golden Compass fame has been named as the director of New Moon, the sequel to vampire hit Twilight. This announcement followed last week’s news that Catherine Hardwicke would not be returning for the next instalment in the supernatural film franchise.
Weitz said that he is honoured to have been entrusted with shepherding New Moon from the page to the screen and will put every effort into realising a beautiful film. He also points out that the job of filming Stephenie Meyer’s novel was “not a task to be taken lightly”. The extraordinary world that Stephenie has created has millions of fans and it will be my duty to protect on their behalf the characters, themes and story they love.
Basically, Twilight tells of the romance between a young girl and a dashing vampire, has been a huge success at the US box office. Summit Entertainment, who is the producer of the movie hope to have its sequel ready for either late 2009 or early 2010.
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