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I for one am willing to temporarily buy Chris Weitz's statement of devotion and sincerity regarding his direction of New Moon, the sequel to Twilight. I happen to feel Weitz (The Golden Compass, About A Boy) is a weak choice, feeling as I do that he's a sensitive, well-intentioned but fatally middlebrow journeyman. I've also said before that given the chaste female sensibility of the Twilight novels that a woman director would have been a more natural fit. (Like The Hurt Locker 's Kathryn Bigelow.)
I also think that Weitz's statement-to-the-fans is politically correct b.s., but one may as well as accept that he's got the gig. I just can't put aside knowing that Weitz and Summit's president of production Eric Feig are longtime pallies. I can just see them playing poker together, smoking cigars together, watching ESPN together, going to Lakers games together, lending each other waders for fly-fishing, going to Scores together when they're in Manhattan, etc.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 14, 2008 at 4:25 PM
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p.Vice
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Bigelow? I'm thinking Catherine Breillat is the only sensible choice.
Posted by p.Vice
at December 14, 2008 4:57 PM
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K. Bowen
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Mira Nair.
Chris Weitz? Hoo boy. I thought Twilight showed that the series had potential. Oh well.
Posted by K. Bowen
at December 14, 2008 5:05 PM
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mpneeb
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I like that Catherine Breillat idea. Especially for the 4th one.
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All silliness aside, this is going to go down as one of the biggest examples of "clueless execs" since... they gave Indiana Jones a kid and space aliens.
I know it's sexist, but 'Twilight' is so strongly gyno-centric that men won't and can't get it. Which, as a guy, is fine. I've got Batman and Ironman and hundreds more to entertain me, but I feel sorry for the other 50% of the audience that is bound to be turned off.
Posted by mpneeb
at December 14, 2008 6:40 PM
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Calraigh Bracken
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On what planet would Bigelow be a good choice? She's excellent at doing in-your-face action pieces with brains and I loved Strange Days but what about her previous form means she'd be perfect for this job?
Honestly, what?
Posted by Calraigh Bracken
at December 14, 2008 7:39 PM
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Lev Lewis
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Weitz wrote the same sort of letter for The Golden Compass and look how that turned out.
Not that I particularly care about the Twilight series but why would Summit think it smart to hire a guy who just one year ago made a film of a fantasy series that was really bad and made 70 million domestic on a budget of 180?
Posted by Lev Lewis
at December 14, 2008 9:48 PM
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BurmaShave
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We forget his best work was co-directed with his brother, who has now gone on to better (if not great) and more interesting films. My bet is Chris fucks this up too and then that's it.
Posted by BurmaShave
at December 14, 2008 10:48 PM
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AndrewOwens
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Bigelow is a terrible choice who has never handled a romance or a PG13 film. She also has her own unique and acclaimed take on vampires so it would be a shame if she did someone else's - like if Scorsese had gone from Goodfellas to a more sedate Godfather type interpretation of gangsters. (Bad analogy but you get what I mean)
About a Boy was fantastic and Golden Compass was well intentioned but suffered studio interference; I see Weitz as being a Curtis Hanson type safe pair of hands when it comes to adaptations.
Posted by AndrewOwens
at December 15, 2008 4:47 AM
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actionman
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K-19: The Widowmaker (still one of the worst titles ever) was a PG-13 Bigelow film.
But yeah, she's wrong for Twilight. Near Dark was not Twilight.
Posted by actionman
at December 15, 2008 7:11 AM
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tmurry
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Heh, Catherine Breillat. If the studio gets cold feet hiring another woman director, they can pass over her and go with David Cronenberg.
Posted by tmurry
at December 15, 2008 9:50 AM
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About a Boy was fantastic and Golden Compass was well intentioned but suffered studio interference; I see Weitz as being a Curtis Hanson type safe pair of hands when it comes to adaptations.
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