Twilight, the vampire-romance collection that spawned 5 blockbuster films and captured the hearts of brooding youngsters worldwide, is coming to TV.
Lions Gate Entertainment is growing the collection — primarily based on the young-adult books by Stephenie Meyer — for tv, in accordance to an individual acquainted with the matter. But plans are within the very early phases and have not been finalised, stated the particular person, asking not to be recognized as a result of the data is not public.
The Hollywood Reporter first reported on the plans. Shares of Lions Gate jumped greater than 6 % to $11.49 (about Rs. 945) in New York on Wednesday.
News of a possible Twilight collection follows plans by Warner Bros. Discovery to create a TV present primarily based on J.Ok. Rowling’s Harry Potter saga, which was beforehand made into eight films. It underscores the stress studios are dealing with to squeeze as a lot income as potential from intellectual-property rights they personal, particularly in the event that they’ve already generated billions of {dollars} from the franchises.
The 5 Twilight films — the primary of which was launched in 2008 — grossed $3.3 billion (about Rs. 27,127 crore) worldwide, earned stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart a legion of die-hard followers and turned the collection right into a cultural touchstone for a technology of younger moviegoers.
As for Lions Gate, it has struggled to discover a purchaser and has misplaced greater than 30 % of its market worth because the begin of 2022, although it boasts a library of just about 20,000 titles, together with The Hunger Games. It lately obtained a reprieve with the success of John Wick: Chapter 4, the newest instalment within the action-movie collection starring Keanu Reeves.
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