Regardless of who may, the ‘Twilight’ saga deserves to be classified as one of the great cinematographic phenomena – let’s not say literary – of what we have in the 21st century. Without going any further, the five adaptations of Stephenie Meyer’s novels managed to raise almost $3.35 billion worldwide, far exceeding its estimated initial investment of just 401 million.
The era of the premature remake
It is not surprising that, in this era marked by premature remakes and reboots – and according to The Hollywood Reporter’s sources -, the people of Lionsgate Television are already working on a new version of the vampire adventures of Bella, Edward and company destined for the small screen, which would be supervised by Meyer herself and which still does not have an associated platform or network.
In front of the writers room would be sinead daly, whose works include cathodic titles such as ‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’, ‘Raised by Wolves’, ‘The Get Down’ or ‘Dirk Gently: Holistic Research Agency’. However, it seems that Daly is still in full search of an adequate approximation to the original materialeither by re-adapting the novels or creating new stories set in their universe.
By opting for the first alternative, Lionsgate would align with the strategy that Max has adopted to exploit the ‘Harry Potter’ IP in a series that will revisit the events narrated in the books of JK Rowling in ten seasons. It is clear that these are regular times for creativity, but fantastic times for the coffers of the big studios.
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