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'Twilight' Fans Long Wait Just Got Shorter!
"Twilight" fanatics have Harry Potter to thank for being able to see Edward and Bella on the big screen three weeks earlier and without any other major competition. Summit Entertainment has moved the highly anticipated adaptation of Stephenie Meyers's first book in the vampire saga up from the film's original release date of December 12th to November 21st.
Once Warner Brothers decided to bump "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince" to July 2009 explaining that it, "Perfectly fills the gap for a major tent pole release for mid-summer" (whatever that means!) the folks at Summit Entertainment immediately jumped at the chance to snatch the date for themselves.
"We are by no means trying to fill the shoes of the incredible Potter franchise for 2008, rather we are just looking to bring the fans of Stephenie Meyer's incredible book series the film as soon as possible from a programming perspective," Summit CEO Rob Friedman explained.
This also helps "Twilight" move out of the path of some box office heavy hitters that were slated for December 12th. Six other films were set to open that date including Will Smith's "Seven Pounds" and Keanu Reeves' remake of the disaster flick, "The Day The Earth Stood Still."
Of course all of this is good news for me because after following all the pop culture hubbub on "Twilight" and interviewing Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward, at Comic-Con last month I've become a "Twilight' convert myself. I'm 3/4 of the way through the first book and looking forward to the next three. Personally, I had no idea how I was going to be able to wait patiently until December!
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