1 December 2008 8:06 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke is already making big plans for a sequel to the hit film - even though she's yet to be handed the job.
The filmmaker scored the biggest debut ever for a female director when the vampire love story shot to number one in the U.S. late last month - and talks of a follow-up movie are already underway.
Hardwicke has been in talks with Hollywood bosses and is excited about the prospect of shooting New Moon, the second installment in author Stephenie Meyer's cult books.
She tells MTV, "Well, right now we're trying to figure out if the studio people, and me, and everyone's on the same page.
"I want to do (New Moon) better than we did Twilight, and do it really cool. I definitely don't want to do it as something just tossed off, like a Saw II or something like that. We want to be sure that it's really going to be great and that everyone's on the same page.
"I would say that the film could be finished by the end of 2009, if not the beginning of 2010; cameras could be rolling in about five months. We spent about a year and three months getting (Twilight) ready, between writing the script and casting. We could probably do things a little bit faster this time, but who knows? It depends."
But Hardwicke confesses she's yet to sign on the dotted line - so her efforts may be in vain.
She jokes, "Where's my crystal ball? I need a crystal ball, I need a fortune teller. I hope (I make New Moon), but you just have to see if everything can work out. I don't know."
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