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Chris Weitz Could Direct Two More Twilight Movies

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Written by April Yorke   
Wednesday, 02 December 2009 09:25

© Summit EntertainmentWhen I first saw this news, my only thought was, "Motherfucker." It was more out of disappointment than any real annoyance. One of the difficulties of film criticism is reconciling the seventh art with the fact it's ultimately a money making venture. Poets don't write for the money.

So from a capitalist point of view, I can certainly understand why Summit would flip the bird to the mostly negative reviews of New Moon and make overtures to win back director Chris Weitz, he of the $480-million-worldwide-and-counting gross. Even without capitalism, I see no reason to argue against splitting up Breaking Dawn into two movies. That book is completely bananas, so scribe Melissa Rosenberg should do whatever she has to to make it work.

But what about David Slade, whose Eclipse is set to hit theatres in July? New Moon out-grossed Twilight. Who's to say that Eclipse won't out-gross New Moon? It is, after all, the best book in the series (IMHO, of course). If they give both Breaking Dawns (Breaking Dawn 2: Vampire Boogaloo) to Weitz, how will they reward Slade? Make him sparkle? 

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April Yorke is a (Cult)ure Magazine contributor since Wednesday, 07 January 2009.

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