Nikki Fink from Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that there is a rumored offer from Summit Entertainment out to Golden Compass writer / director Chris Weitz to direct the Twilight sequels, New Moon and Eclipse:
I don’t have official confirmation yet that this Twilight sequel offer has gone out to Weitz. But my insider says another reason it came down is because Weitz and Summit’s president of production Eric Feig are longtime pals. The source tells me Weitz is “still considering” the offer to helm New Moon and possibly also Eclipse if the sequel and threequel movie adaptations of Stephenie Meyer’s series of vampire books are made back-to-back. [more at source]
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According to one studio exec: “You’d have to have a very high standard for art, hate the movie business, and hate money to walk off this sequel.” So with Weitz, they get the hack they wanted! The movie is doomed, indeed, to not satisfy any “standard for art.”
Mabye it’s a good thing Taylor Lautner will be able to skip out on this dud. (Although the obvious move would be to have Taylor play Jacob pre-werewolf and Steven Strait play Jacob post-werewolf. But, personally, I don’t want either of those stellar actors sullied by Weitz. They should play brothers in a Catherine Hardwicke movie.)
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