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‘New Moon’ Rumors Abound!

by Carissa Smith

8 December 2008

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Rumors are swirling that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke may not be back for the sequel film New Moon.

In my opinion, this is potentially a good thing. The only previous work of Hardwicke’s I’ve seen is The Nativity Story, and, well, that film managed to make the miraculous, world-changing birth of Jesus look boring–so I’m certainly open to a change of directors here.

Who should replace her? Patricia Rozema. Rozema has already proved she has the courage to depart creatively from written source material, and that’s a quality that’s going to be needed for any adaptation of New Moon. So what if the fangirls riot? They’ll thank her later.

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Carissa Smith (author) said:

P.S. The rumors were confirmed overnight. No more Hardwicke.

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/hardwicke-fired-from-twilight-franchise/

- 9 December 2008 at 8:34 am

Mink said:

Patricia Rozema – yes!!
I just watched her Kit Kittredge movie – it was delightful, and astonishingly G-rated, as well as packed with real actors. I think Rozema could turn the Twilight thing into something less…blah.

- 9 December 2008 at 9:53 am

Carissa Smith (author) said:

The latest rumor: Golden Compass director Chris Weitz will take over from Hardwicke. Please, make it not be true! Take the director of the first film in a failed franchise and put him in charge of the second movie of a relatively successful franchise (with a rather different nice market)? Not smart. New Moon desperately needs smart talent if it’s going to have any hope of being good.

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/source-twilight-sequel-offer-out-to-director-chris-weitz/

- 9 December 2008 at 8:08 pm

The Dane said: