Netflix Officially Doubles Down on ‘Twilight’ With Huge Series Order
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How you liking the rain, girl? Better get used to it, girl. Yes, the most iconic line of dialogue in cinematic history may well be returning to our screens once again, loca. For this is the television series of a killer. Now hold on tight, spider-monkey. 20 years after The Twilight Saga first debuted on our screens and set our little hearts all aflutter with its sparkly, brooding vampires, its horrendously overcast weather, its fiery werewolves, and one of Britain's acting greats giggling like a school girl, it is returning to us at last, and at a most opportune time, too.
Netflix has officially ordered two seasons of Midnight Sun, its upcoming adult animated adaptation of Meyer's 2020 novel, which retells the events of the original Twilight from Edward Cullen's perspective. The expanded commitment was revealed during Lionsgate's latest quarterly earnings call, marking a significant development for the project, which was originally announced in September 2024.
For those unaware, Midnight Sun is one of the biggest what-ifs in publishing — that is, until it wasn't.
Meyer's Midnight Sun was published in 2020, 15 years after the original novel, following a lengthy delay caused by an unfinished manuscript leaking online in 2008. Understandably, the author felt despondent following that breach of privacy and. as a result, put it on the back burner.
The story follows the events of Twilight but from the perspective of the century-old teenager, Edward Cullen, as he encounters a human for whom he just can't quite resist. Except it's not quite as exciting as that, because you have never seen self-loathing like you have with this man. The original movie's enormous success spawned four sequels, including New Moon, Eclipse, and the two-part Breaking Dawn finale, which concluded the theatrical franchise in 2012. Casting has yet to be announced for Midnight Sun.
Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes What Is Your Biggest Horror Nightmare? Elm Street · Chucky · Scream · The Conjuring
Four horror franchises. Four completely different ways of scaring you. One waits until you fall asleep. One makes sure nobody believes you. One is already in your group of friends. And one is in the house with your family. Answer eight quick questions about how you actually watch horror, and find out which nightmare was built for you.
😴Elm Street(Freddy Krueger)
🧸Chucky(Child's Play)
📞Scream(Ghostface)
🕯️The Conjuring(The Warren Files)
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Which horror scene makes you cover your eyes? Four classic images. One of them is worse than the others for you.
02
You are home alone and you hear a noise. First thought? Everybody has one. It arrives before you have decided anything.
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Which horror movie rule would you break first? Everybody thinks they would survive. Almost nobody actually does.
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Something genuinely frightening happens. What do you do? Not in a film. In your actual living room, tonight.
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How do you actually watch a horror film? Be honest about this one. Nobody is checking.
06
Somebody offers you serious money. Which do you still refuse? The amount does not matter. There is one on this list you are not doing.
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Which feeling stays with you a week after the film? Good horror does not stop when the credits do.
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Something wakes you at 3am. What is the worst possibility? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides your nightmare.
The Lights Just Went Out Your Nightmare Is…
Four franchises, four completely different ways of getting underneath your skin. This is the one built out of your particular fear, why it works so well on you, and what it would leave behind.
Elm Street
Your nightmare does not wait outside the door. It waits for you to close your eyes, which you are going to have to do eventually, because nobody has ever won that particular argument.
- Freddy is horror's cruellest idea: a threat that lives in the one place you cannot guard, cannot lock, and cannot avoid forever.
- You are the one who is fine during the film and wide awake at two in the morning. Your own head is where this does its damage.
- These films understood exhaustion as a horror engine. The kids on Elm Street do not lose because they are weak. They lose because they are tired.
- You can lock every door in the house. You still have to sleep.
Chucky
Your nightmare is not really the doll. It is the face of the person you tell, and the way they decide, very kindly, that you have imagined all of it.
- Chucky works precisely because he is absurd. That is the trap: the more accurately you describe him, the less anybody is going to believe you.
- You are the one shouting at the screen because the characters are not listening. You know that feeling from real life too.
- The franchise is at its best when the adults in the room are the real obstacle, and you have met those adults.
- By the time somebody finally believes you, you will have handled most of it on your own.
Scream
Your nightmare has your number, knows your name, and has almost certainly been inside your house before. The worst part is that you already know them.
- Scream is the only one of these where the killer takes the mask off and turns out to be somebody who was at the party.
- You are the person who calls the twist out loud before it lands. You watch people the same way you watch films.
- The franchise made the rules of horror part of the plot, which means the survivors are the ones paying attention. You would be paying attention.
- Everybody is a suspect, including the person who just offered to walk you home.
The Conjuring
Your nightmare is not really about you. It is about the people asleep down the hall, and the feeling that whatever is here is not interested in leaving.
- The Conjuring films are domestic horror. The house, the family, the perfectly ordinary room that quietly stops feeling ordinary.
- Your instinct is to get everybody into one room. Your fear is protective rather than personal, which is rarer than it sounds.
- This is the one franchise where belief is the weapon. The people who come through it are the ones who are not alone and refuse to be.
- Whatever is here did not come for you. It came for the household, and you are the one standing in the hallway.
Who Starred in 'Twilight'?
The original Twilight saga featured, among many others, Robert Pattinson (The Batman) as Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart (Spencer) as Bella Swan, Taylor Lautner (Abduction) as Jacob Black, Billy Burke (Revolution) as Charlie Swan, Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) as Victoria, Michael Sheen (Good Omens) as Aro, Dakota Fanning (The Equalizer 3) as Jane, and Jamie Campbell Bower (Stranger Things) as Caius.
Both seasons of Midnight Sun are being developed for Netflix, with an official release date yet to be announced. Stay tuned to Collider for all the latest news and updates on the biggest and best movies and shows heading to your favorite streaming platforms soon.
- Release Date
- November 21, 2008
- Runtime
- 122 minutes
- Director
- Catherine Hardwicke
- Writers
- Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer
- Producers
- Mark Morgan, Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian
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Bella Swan
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Edward Cullen
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.
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