Breaking Dawn stuff: SMeyer doesn't want two films.
Posted by blah | Posted in media:article , movie : Breaking Dawn , Stephenie Meyer | Posted on 12:24
It's a new year, a new decade, and time for more "Twilight" drama! Surprisingly enough, this time it doesn't involve any of the cast members or crew, but instead the big moguls behind the series itself. E! Online's Ted Casablanca reports news from his Deep Twi that Stephenie Meyer and Summit Entertainment still having disputes over whether "Breaking Dawn" should be one film or two, which is what is causing production on the final installment of the film series to be at a standstill.
"Both sides have very different agendas," Ted reports his mole as saying.
Apparently Stephenie doesn't think two movies is the right thing to do "creatively" for the series (and neither do we), while Summit wants to milk its cash cow for all it's worth. Things haven't gotten dirty yet, but the way "Deep Twi" describes it, all the pressure is on Stephenie.
"They keep trying to persuade her it's the right thing to do artistically. They're constantly waiting for her input," the source is reported to have said.
At this time last year, after the success of "Twilight," shooting for "New Moon" was already underway and a director for "Eclipse" was being picked. Now, "New Moon" has already been released and "Eclipse" is in the editing room, but there hasn't even been a director picked out for "Breaking Dawn." "Eclipse" is set to hit theaters in five months, and if some major steps haven't been made in film production by then, Summit and Stephenie are going to have a lot of angry, anxious fans on their hands.
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There have been a myriad of jokes thrown towards The Twilight Saga, but I doubt any will match the response that will surely be lodged when and if Breaking Dawn makes it to the big screen. The LA Times talked with Twilight Saga producer Wyck Godfrey about how on earth they could possibly make the final installment into a movie, and he lodged his ... rather interesting thoughts. (Spoiler alert: Do not continue reading if you aren't familiar with BD's plot.)
As I've already written, it will be really hard to make Breaking Dawn into a movie. It's a big, super-long horndog-fest with a bloody and gruesome birth, a lot of time with the wolves, a huge cast of supporting roles, and perhaps most importantly -- a child who ages in the blink of an eye. Godfrey says: "It's a work in process. The issue [of whether there will be one or two movies] is not going to be resolved until we get the full treatment and see whether it's organic... It's a very long single movie if it does become a single movie." He went on to say that he doesn't think Chris Weitz will return, and that whoever helms the piece will have to be good with both actors and effects, the latter most due to the big challenge: Renesmee.
How do you deal with a kid who comes out of the womb as a well-developed, partly vampiric baby, who in two days is a toddler who can communicate, and who then grows into someone who can speak eloquently and walk around on their own? Godfrey says: "I keep having visions of Benjamin Button in my head. It's certainly going to be visual effects in some capacity along with an actor. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being a full CG creation, but it also may be a human shot on a soundstage that then is used to shrink down. I don't know. We need a director. When we get a director, that director will need to come with a point of view of how they want to tackle it."
To see Taylor Lautner imprint on a little CG baby as they work around Edward and Bella's raunchy sex and his ceasarean-section-by-teeth delivery of Renesmee and an ending without a fight ... This might just be the funniest movie of 2011 or 2012.
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