Summit Entertainment has released a high resolution version of the Twilight movie poster, and a new official plot synopsis for the upcoming adaptation:
TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a vampire and a human. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands - and he hasn’t aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he’s immortal. But he doesn’t have fangs, and he doesn’t drink human blood; Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward and Bella do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), the Cullens’ mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for her?
ABOUT TWILIGHT: Based on the current #1 New York Times bestselling series (30 weeks and counting) with over 5.5 million books in print by Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT is a cultural phenomenon, with a dedicated fanbase that eagerly awaits this movie. There are over 100 fan sites devoted to Twilight, and it has been chosen as the New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon.com’s “Best Book of the Decade … So Far,” Teen People’s “Hot List” pick, the American Library Association’s “Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults” and “Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers,” and has been translated into 20 languages. Critically acclaimed director Catherine Hardwicke brings to life this modern, visual and visceral Romeo & Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair - between vampire and mortal.
Produced by MARK MORGAN, GREG MOORADIAN and WYCK GODFREY
Based on the best-selling novel “Twilight” by STEPHENIE MEYER
Screenplay by MELISSA ROSENBERG (STEP UP, Fox’s THE O.C., Showtime’s DEXTER)
Directed by CATHERINE HARDWICKE (THIRTEEN, LORDS OF DOGTOWN)
Starring
KRISTEN STEWART (PANIC ROOM)
ROBERT PATTINSON (HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE)
BILLY BURKE (UNTRACEABLE)
PETER FACINELLI (THE SCORPION KING)
and
ELIZABETH REASER (THE FAMILY STONE)
NIKKI REED (THIRTEEN)
ASHLEY GREENE (SHARK)
JACKSON RATHBONE (HURT)
CAM GIGANDET (NEVER BACK DOWN)
KELLEN LUTZ
ANNA KENDRICK
TAYLOR LAUTNER
May 11th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Is this a remake of the t.v. series BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER??? A girl falls in love with (*cough* Angel *cough* Spike) a vampire?
May 11th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
@ The Biomind
I’d say that’s really the only similarity. Bella likes vampires, she doesn’t hunt them.
I like the high resolution version of the poster better because you can really see the color of the Edward’s eyes in it. I wondered for a while how they were going to go about the eye color changes, but it seems they have it spot on with the contacts they’ve chosen (in the others photos, not necessarily in this poster).
May 11th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I liked this movie when it was called The Lost Boys.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
The author says she never saw the shows Angel or Buffy but I guess they were written around the same time??
Hmmm.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
OMG OMG OMG
May 11th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
So this is like Jungle Fever, but with vampires?
May 11th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
@Mikey M
IF you read the books you would realize they are nothing alike??? HMMM.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
after reading twilight, its hardly action packed. its like 99% mushy teen romance and 1% somewhat action which im not surprised. but im sure in the film, theylll heighten that action by 10x folds.
my homegirl saw the trailer and the first thing that came from her mouth was, “OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!”
May 11th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
your homegirl?
….
May 11th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Peter,
Please for the love of god, stop posting about this movie. There is going to be lots of promo for this, but again, its targeted at middle school young teenage girls. Sure, its sold a lot of books, but you are a grown ass man and need some limits. Do not sell out. We have seen the trailer and it is clearly garbage.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
andddddddddddd…
Renee didn’t send Bella to Forks. Bella sent herself. I hope that whoever wrote that synopsis realizes this?
May 11th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
@dan
yah my homegirl. if youre insulting or confused then heres your answer. i guess came from an era where they used this ghetto slang for ghetto people like myself. mental note for future readers for the word, “homegirl”:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=homegirl
May 11th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
@ Aubrey
It’s very likely that they’ve changed a lot from the books. I mean, James wasn’t even an enemy of the Cullens in the novels - he just randomly showed and decided he wanted to kill Bella ’cause he could. But like all books-turned-movies, things have to be changed either to make the audience respond or time restraints, whatever.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
@analrapist
No. Its a good thing.
Lots of posts about Twilight=lots of Twilight fans come to the site=ton of target demo traffic=Peter gets an advertising contract with the lead up to the release of the movie and we dont have to deal with that fucking emoticon ad that screams HELLO through your speakers every time you mouse over it.
Mutual benefit.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
“When you can live forever, what do you live for?”
It’s either a toss up between vagina or a double-double (animal style).
May 11th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Peter, the Twilight fans are loving all the media coverage…please continue to keep us updated on any news, no matter how small.
May 11th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
“When you can live forever, what do you live for?â€
Emo tweens certainly don’t come to mind.
May 11th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
If I could live forever, I would live for marzipan.
Delicious, delicious marzipan.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Hahaha, I agree with Estrus. A bit of an emo tag line.
@ StoticRomance
My thoughts exactly.
Either that or pudding…
“Is there ever a bad time for pudding?” The answer is an obvious no.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
@ jebus
good one dude
May 12th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I’ve been reading so much about this crap on here, and seeing all the comments from teenage girls, lonely housewives, and gay dads– it piqued my curiosity. I picked it up at Barnes and Noble (right next to a goth display advertising for people to show up for the midnight release of ‘breaking dawn’ in their “finest vampire attire”) and read a bit of the first two pages.
It seems really awful, I used to read books like that when I was fourteen, it doesn’t really appeal to me now. However, I have it on order from the library (I ain’t payin for that shit) and when it comes in I’m gonna read it, thinking that somewhere in the middle of the book there’s some pants crapping revelation that makes all this fan-girl-mom-gaydading make sense.
May 12th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Curiousity got the better of me, so I read Twilight over the
weekend. I do see and understand the teen draw. The story is
definitely a romance with all the angst that goes with it. It’s a fun
and easy ready and engaging enough that I didn’t put it down
often.
I still don’t think the trailer is very good and I can already
tell they’ve taken liberties with the story, of course they always
do. Honestly, I’m not sure how well this will translate to film.
Considering the story is told in the first person the
liberties they might take will keep the film from looking as if
it is following Bella around a la reality TV.
June 28th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
I can understand you having your own opinions, but to be perfectly frank, it is not very mature to insult others like myself who happen to enjoy the books, and are very excited about seeing this. I must say it’s a more positive use of energy then drugs or alcohol. At least it gets them reading and from sitting in front of the television or computer, and gets their minds working.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:17 pm
If you don’t like it, fine, but don’t insult it and degrade the people who do like. Act like an adult.
July 15th, 2008 at 8:10 am
You guys need to stop dissing the Twilight book and movie, the book is wonderful, they casted it perfectly and the movie wont be as good as the book but it will still be great. The book doesnt resembel any of that gay Buffy the vampire slayer junk, this story is very unique!!!!!
July 15th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I don’t understand. Hardly anyone has posted regarding the movie poster. Isn’t that what this particular post is about?
I like the look of the poster. Definately the best thing I’ve seen of the Twilight Movie media released. I like the softness of it, as well as how not-evil Rob actually looks. Anyone else have an opinion of this poster (and by poster, I do mean this poster seen at the top of the page, not of the trailer, the books, the idea, etc.). I’d like to see what everyone thinks of it.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:31 pm
@Niki
Yea. I like it a lot. Definitely better than the other Cullen family shots or the EW cover (which looked grotesque in my opinion).
Here, Edward looks protective and supernatural and Bella looks like she’s in character. That being said, I think it could’ve been a little bit warmer if Rob would’ve made eye contact with Bella or even the camera.