Twilight Release Date Changed To Thanksgiving Weekend

Twilight fans rejoice! It appears that the movie originally slated for release on December 12th will actually find itself in theaters on November 21st. With the recent dissapearance of the latest installment in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, from that very weekend, co-chairman and CEO Rob Friedman of Summit felt that Twilight would easily fill the Thanksgiving weekend gap that Harry Potter had now left.

In an article by Variety, Friedman stated that “Their move created an opportunity to bring the movie to fans three weeks earlier. [...They] have continued to show their enthusiasm, from Comic-Con to the giant BREAKING DAWN book sales. We felt we had to take that opportunity.”

The film follows the story of a forbidden romance between Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and the immortal vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). This new age Romeo and Juliet has captivated a wide audience spanning many age groups since the release of it’s first book and has continued to do so up until the end of the series just last month.

Twilight, based on the first book in the four part series written by Stephenie Meyer’s, was adapted into script by Melissa Rosenberg and is directed by Catherine Hardwicke.