Hot on the heels of the news of “Harry Potter” getting the TV treatment, “The Twilight Saga” now adopting the same approach.
THR broke the story, indicating a series version of author Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling book series is in early development at Lionsgate Television.
Sinead Daly (“Tell Me Lies,” “Raised by Wolves,” “The Get Down”) is attached to write the script and is working with the company to determine what the specific take will be.
It’s presently not clear if it will be a straight remake or a different offshoot, and the project is so early in development it does not yet have a network/platform. No timeline is in place as yet and plans are to properly develop the project before shopping around the rights.
Sources say author Meyer is expected to be involved in the television adaptation. Wyck Godfrey and Erik Feig are both attached to executive produce.
The original franchise blossomed the careers of its leads Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and collectively grossed more than $3.4 billion worldwide.
The talk comes as Lionsgate has been negotiating with multiple bidders to spin off its studio business and premium cable network Starz by the end of September.
Source: THR
