Kristen Stewart “Would Love To” Direct a ‘Twilight’ Reboot
On the heels of making her feature directorial debut with The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart has expressed interest in returning to her roots by helming a Twilight reboot. “I love what all of the directors did with the movies, but they were so themselves and weird and kind of like squirrely and just so […]
On the heels of making her feature directorial debut with The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart has expressed interest in returning to her roots by helming a Twilight reboot.
“I love what all of the directors did with the movies, but they were so themselves and weird and kind of like squirrely and just so present in that time when they didn’t really know what they were yet, like before they blew up,” Stewart told ET at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
“Imagine if we had, like, a huge budget and a bunch of love and support,” Stewart added. “I would love to readapt—yeah, sure, I’ll do the remake. I’m doing it, I’m committed,” she joked.
Based on the bestselling novels by Stephenie Meyer, the Twilight film saga kicked off in 2008 and concluded in 2012, grossing over $3 billion worldwide in the process.
Stewart would join an impressive clique of directors who tackled the franchise: Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), Chris Weitz (New Moon), David Slade (Eclipse), and Bill Condon (Breaking Dawn Parts 1 & 2).
Stewart, of course, starred in all five films as Bella Swan, a teenage girl caught in a love triangle with vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner).
Midnight Sun, an animated series based on Meyer’s Twilight companion novel told from Edward’s perspective, is in the works at Netflix.
