TWILIGHT fans, start to panic about that NEW MOON

by Matt Holmes

No disrespect meant to Chris Weitz, it's not my intention for this to become an attack article but I can't help but feel you blew your epic movie with THE GOLDEN COMPASS (which we wrote and directed) a film that killed New Line Cinema should we not forget and your heavily rumored attachment to the TWILIGHT franchise should have fans worried. Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily who originally broke the solid news that director Catherine Hardwicke had been ditched from the vampire franchise, has come up with the scoop that Chris Weitz (ABOUT A BOY, AMERICAN PIE, THE GOLDEN COMPASS) is the studio favourite to replace her. Summit Entertainment are expected to make him a formal offer and Finke claims there's a connection between Weitz and Summit's head Eric Feig, who are long time pals. Weitz originally dropped out of THE GOLDEN COMPASS a few years back because he was worried that the scope of the production was too big for him and that he was worried about pissing off fans of the novel. He was convinced to return by New Line and then failed on the two accounts he thought he might. TWILIGHT fans be worried.

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.