Robert Pattinson would like to see Gus Van Sant handed the keys to the “Twilight” franchise for “Breaking Dawn,” the yet-unannounced adaptation of the final book in Stephenie Meyer’s vampire series. Co-star Jamie Campbell Bower favors the talents of Tim Burton for the gig.
“New Moon” director Chris Weitz has also hinted he might plop back into the director’s chair for “Breaking Dawn,” and while all this talk is pure speculation at this point, we do know that the “New Moon” cast remains wildly supportive of Weitz.
“I really, really like Chris,” Pattinson said in an interview provided by “Twilight” studio Summit Entertainment. “He’s very calm and he’s very, very focused. You never feel pressure, but the ball’s always rolling. Nothing ever feels held up. It’s been a real pleasure working with him.”
“Chris is amazing,” Taylor Lautner seconded. “Flawless. He’s so relaxed, and he really cares about our opinions, and he truly cares about this project. He cares about the books, he cares about the series. So I think the fans are going to be very excited and happy with the outcome Chris brings, because I know the whole cast is excited to be working with him.”
FORKS, Washington — Staying true to a pledge made before the surprising acquisition of their independently produced documentary “Twilight in Forks,” the makers of the film traveled to the tiny real-life town that serves as home to the phenomenon this past weekend, unveiling footage for the first time to a few hundred lucky Twilighters.
Director Jason Brown and producer York Baur continued a lengthy relationship with the fanbase on Saturday as they visited the real-life Forks High School for a special screening to help celebrate the town’s annual Bella’s Birthday/ Stephenie Meyer Day festivities. Those in attendance were able to view never-before-seen clips from the first documentary on the “Twilight” phenomenon — a sneak peek that seems even more significant now that “Twilight in Forks” has been snatched up by Summit Entertainment and had its release date pushed back to early 2009.
While in Forks, Brown and Baur shot footage of their weekend, which they’ve given exclusively to MTV News. If you weren’t able to make the trek, check it out to see fans posing with Bella’s truck, dressing up as their favorite Cullens and watching the Mitch Hansen Band in concert.
At the screening, the “Twilight in Forks” team presented Forks High School Vice Principal Kevin Rupprecht with a $1,000 donation to the Forks High School Associated Student Body program. Filmed in the high school and surrounding area, “Twilight in Forks” highlights the town’s unique businesses, tours and local residents. Baur told the crowd that the documentary is aiming to bring “exposure for what we love about the area to the world” and that Summit’s acquisition ensured that the film will be released in every nation where the “New Moon” DVD will debut early next year. “We’re terribly excited about that,” Baur added.
Stay tuned for more on “Twilight in Forks” and “New Moon” in the weeks and months to come, as both films near their DVD debuts simultaneously.
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SANTA MONICA, California — Over the past few weeks, the creators of the first-ever documentary on the “Twilight” phenomenon have been giving fans exclusive looks at the movie, its poster and a teaser trailer. Now they’re back with more footage from “Twilight in Forks” — as well as a big announcement about where you can see their movie on the big screen.
“We’re pleased to announce that we’re doing a sneak peek of our film ‘Twilight in Forks’ in Forks itself at Forks High School on Stephenie Meyer Day — which coincides with Bella’s birthday — in the city of Forks,” producer York Baur exlpained. “Last year, there were over a thousand fans that came to town for Stephenie Meyer Day, and we expect — given that there have already been 16,000 people that came to Forks just in the month of July alone — that there might be a pretty good turnout for Stephenie Meyer Day, and hopefully for our sneak peek.”
The small logging town, whose population hovers around a mere 3,000 people, has become a Disneyland for Twilighters ever since Meyer selected it as the hometown for such characters as Edward Cullen, Bella Swan and Jacob Black. Continuing to embrace its newfound notoriety, the town will host Stephenie Meyer Day 2009 on Saturday and Sunday, and it seems only appropriate that a film about the book series’ relationship with Forks would host its first screening of select footage there on a first-come, first-serve basis Saturday at the very real Forks High.
And to give fans another little taste of what they’ll see this weekend — or next month in their home — Baur and director Jason Brown brought along another teaser trailer to unveil with their announcement.
“This will give you a little taste of some of the actual real people of Forks,” Brown explained. “And what their impression of vampires and werewolves are in and around the town.”
One of the filmmaker’s favorite locals was a gentleman who is helping to keep the region’s logging community alive — and is far from your typical “Twilight” fan. “There’s a fellow that works in a mill there,” Brown explained. “Forks has a big logging community and with Shake Mill, where this fellow works, he has spent some time in the woods as a logger. So, we asked him about vampires and werewolves and we talked about recent Forks High School graduates.”
“You’ll get three categories,” Bauer said of the nature of their film, looking forward to unveiling much of it this weekend for the first time. “You get a sense of the beauty of Forks, you get a sense of some of the fantasy that has pervaded reality, and then of course you get the reality.”
