I was wondering how long it would take Summit to start leaking info about the fourth Twilight film, Breaking Dawn, now that New Moon is about to hit stores and they’ve released the trailer for Eclipse. MTV and Entertainment Weekly have both confirmed some of the directors that have been approached about directing BD, and wow, I wonder if they’re maybe setting their sights too high? Just a little? Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation), Gus Van Sant (Milk), and Bill Condon (Dreamgirls)? All Academy Award nominated directors with serious industry cred. I have seen the work of all three, and to be brutally honest, my least favorite is Van Sant. I know. I know. Both Peter Facinelli and Robert Pattinson have said he would be their choice to direct Breaking Dawn, but personally, not a big fan of his movies. I think he’s too arthouse to direct Breaking Dawn. I try to imagine his style of filmmaking used with BD, and it makes me cringe.
I hope the studio goes with Coppola — she has a great eye for directing and she’s the daughter of one of my all-time favorite filmmakers. I mean, her dad took a piece of pulp fiction (i.e. The Godfather) and turned it into one of the most respected films ever made. She’s also artsy, but I think she understands mainstream audiences. She’s young and hip, and I think she would get it. Condon has his roots in horror/fantasy films, so he could also be a better fit. I think Rob and Peter just want to work with Van Sant and that’s why he’s their pick, but if he takes the job (which I think is likely), I won’t complain — much.
Anyway, the stories also confirm that screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg’s deadline to have something to the studio is next week. So, I predict we will be hearing an official announcement about Breaking Dawn by the end of April. One movie? Two? I’m predicting two. Director? I predict there will be two directors for those films, and I’ll go ahead and predict Van Sant for the first half of BD and Condon for the second. Should be interesting to see how totally right (or probably completely wrong) I am now that I’ve posted my opinion for the world to see. I think Van Sant will probably accept the job simply because of Kristen and Rob, who have a ton of cred in the industry despite Twilight’s pop culture status. Audiences might poke fun at them, but the heavyweight directors and writers in Hollywood seem to recognize their serious acting potential.
Not to brag, but did you notice I was dead-on in my predictions about when the Eclipse trailer would be released? Wow, I’m better than I thought.
By the way, I got a kick out of reading the comments on the EW article. Guess according to the commenters there I’m way in the minority for loving Breaking Dawn, huh? Awesome! I hate being a conformist and love having my own opinion. It makes me feel all rebellious. And cool. A cool nerd. Go figure.
In other BD news, Kristen Stewart talked to Fearnet.com about the birthing scene.
“Stewart spoke about one truly daunting element she’ll have to deal with whenever the fourth and final Twilight book, Breaking Dawn, begins filming: motherhood. In Stephenie Meyer’s novel, Stewart’s character Bella not only bears a child, she does it in an incredibly gruesome manner. When FEARnet asked if Stewart is ready to wrap her head around playing a young mother, she burst into nervous laughter.
“Oh my god,” she answered. “I don’t know why that sounds so weird. That just blows my mind.” The 19-year-old actress explained. “Actually trying to get my head around it, not that it matters right now, I wonder… the way they have a child in the book is so traditional and classic; she’s so happy. It’s not like I don’t want [kids], you know. I’d love to have a family - but not right now! That boggles my mind.”
FEARnet posed a similar question to Fanning, who plays the lead Volturi enforcer, Jane: Are you ready to portray a baby hunter? But Fanning, ever the professional, could not yet confirm her involvement in Breaking Dawn. “I don’t know if I’m going to be in it,” she demurred. Stewart turned to her. “You’re gonna be in the movie.” Stewart’s mind turned back to Bella’s Breaking Dawn exploits. “It’s insane. It’s crazy. I have to do that soon,” she said. “Oh my god, I have to be pregnant, I have to give birth — I wonder if that’s going to be in the movie…”
Credit: The cool illustration of Bella from Breaking Dawn was done by AliceXZ.
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