My article about why Summit must make Breaking Dawn, the insane final book in the ‘Twilight saga,’ into a movie is the most viewed article in CHUD history. By a lot. And it’s the most commented-upon article in CHUD history, again by a lot. But nowhere in the article or in the comments did anyone come up with a Breaking Dawn director quite as perfect as who Summit is now talking with:
Bill Condon.
For some Condon’s just an Oscar guy (literally – he put together last year’s Oscars) after movies like Kinsey and Dreamgirls, but Condon’s a genre guy. He’s a fan of genre films, and he’s worked in the trenches himself – Condon directed Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh and he wrote Strange Invaders (that’s one that never gets brought up in 80s nostalgia talks – probably because like Invaders from Mars it’s the product of 50s nostalgia).
And he’s a good director. That’s really the most important thing here. I doubt the script will be all that good, but Condon can bring something to the proceedings, and since he’s a guy who gets human beings as well as genre, he might be able to do something interesting with that first film, where Bella will get knocked up and get a vampire fang C-section.
Of course even with Spielberg at the helm Breaking Dawn will be a piece of shit, but at least it could be an interesting piece of shit.
This is all great for Condon too, by the way. Anything that gives such a talented director some work and leverage in future negotiations is alright by me.
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Just outta curiosity: how many hits DID that article get? Just went and checked out the comments section: over 500 comments. Yeesh.
So, the hit count for the article was…? Can you tell us?
"Breaking Dawn will be a piece of shit, but at least it could be an interesting piece of shit."—Whether it's interesting or not, why give it a chance if it's going to be a piece of shit? Regardless of who directs this thing, it's not going to change my mind and make me want to watch the film, much less make me want to watch the previous installments to catch up. I think pretty much everyone is on board with this franchise that's going to GET on board. Just as this series is critic-proof, I'm guessing it's new viewer-proof as well. Also, by "interesting", do you mean genuinely interesting or just interesting for this series? From what I've seen of the first 2 films from having them each play for a couple of months at the theater I work at, there doesn't seem to be a single thing going on at any given time that could be described to non-fans as "interesting".
Uh…He seems like the perfect choice to fill the Generic Director #435 slot on Generic Franchise #546.
At least a talented director isn't going to waste on the franchise, I suppose.
And yes, I've seen all his work and I know Moriarty loves the taste of his cock, but his work is pretty fucking average.
Didn't he also write Strange Behavior, the excellent Ozploitation slasher?
I'm glad Van Sant, who was rumored to be on Summit's short list, didn't end up doing this. I may have been, gulp, compelled to watch …
You are right, because you wrote that article, this movie is getting made… Give me a break. This movie would get made if you never existed. I mean really… It's like saying, "after Fellowship and Two Towers, here is why Return MUST be made". So retarded.
Hey Only You – learn how to read you autistic fucking nitwit. Devin never, ever said the movie is being made because of his article.
Goddamn some of you make me ashamed to be a CHUD fan.
@#7: Be a fan of the site. The comments are just a game of Russian Roulette with bullets swapped out with social disorders.
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