David Crow Oct 7, 2018
Director Catherine Hardwicke and the cast reflect on Twilight changing the industry for the better at Nycc anniversary panel.
It was both a remarkably unique and familiar story a decade ago: a film largely considered by its studio to be a “niche” risk, in this case for the teenage girl demographic, suddenly opened bigger than anyone expected. Flush with success, the trendsetting film, Twilight, spawned an immediate slew of sequels and an industry playing copycat catchup. Yet it wasn’t all sunshine and good feelings; the most painful fallout is that a hit movie viewed only marginally above an indie production by its studio also quickly loses its female director. Despite Catherine Hardwicke being an award-winning director, who also enjoyed major cache for directing Thirteen, she was quickly removed from the Twilight franchise and all of the subsequent four sequels were directed by men.
The irony of...
Director Catherine Hardwicke and the cast reflect on Twilight changing the industry for the better at Nycc anniversary panel.
It was both a remarkably unique and familiar story a decade ago: a film largely considered by its studio to be a “niche” risk, in this case for the teenage girl demographic, suddenly opened bigger than anyone expected. Flush with success, the trendsetting film, Twilight, spawned an immediate slew of sequels and an industry playing copycat catchup. Yet it wasn’t all sunshine and good feelings; the most painful fallout is that a hit movie viewed only marginally above an indie production by its studio also quickly loses its female director. Despite Catherine Hardwicke being an award-winning director, who also enjoyed major cache for directing Thirteen, she was quickly removed from the Twilight franchise and all of the subsequent four sequels were directed by men.
The irony of...
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