Twilight: Director’s Notebook
Feb 4th, 2009 | By Krystal | Category: Book News, Featured Articles, Merchandise, Movie News
Update: Seth has updated Stephenie’s site with a link for you to pre-order the book!
Catherine Hardwicke is releasing a new book about life on the Twilight set, set to release March 17! Here is the press release from Little, Brown and Company:
February 4, 2009 (New York, NY) – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group, will release Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight: Director’s Notebook as a one-day laydown on March 17, 2009, it was announced today by Megan Tingley, the division’s Senior Vice President and Publisher. This intimate look at the making of Summit Entertainment’s film follows visionary director Hardwicke through the creative process. Designed to replicate the director’s own personal notebook that she kept on set, readers will discover the inside secrets on casting, location scouting and wardrobe to storyboard sketches, behind-the-scenes photographs, personal notes about Catherine’s favorite scenes and much more. This one-of-a-kind experience for all Twilight fans will be released in hardcover for $17.99 with an announced first printing of 500,000 copies.
“With this book, I tried to show fans and future directors some of the process that the crew and I went through filming Twilight,” said Hardwicke. “My challenge was to translate Stephenie’s powerful book and make you feel what she makes you feel when you read her works.”
The movie version of Twilight has grossed over $340 million worldwide since its release on November 21, 2008. The movie debuted at #1 at the box office with $70 million, making it the highest debut for a female director. Twilight: Director’s Notebook is being released just in time for the March 21st multi-million copy release of Twilight on DVD.
In three years, Stephenie Meyer has become a worldwide publishing phenomenon. The Twilight Saga’s translation rights have been sold in 39 countries and over 42 million copies have been sold worldwide. The last book in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn, sold 1.3 million copies in its first day on-sale, breaking publisher records.
Catherine Hardwicke trained as an architect at the University of Texas , and started in film as a production designer. She designed over 20 films, including Tombstone, Tank Girl, Three Kings, and Vanilla Sky. Hardwicke’s debut as a feature film co-writer and director was the Sundance award winning Thirteen. Made for under $2 million dollars, it garnered an Academy Award-nomination for Holly Hunter. She has since directed Lords of Dogtown, The Nativity Story, and most recently, Twilight.
COOL!Must-have!
They’ll have to make several copies..! It’s gonna sell out in a minute..!;D I’m gonna buy it as fast as it comes to norway.. <3 😀
heehey..! we posted at the same time..! (:
gotta get it
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! SO EXCITED! IT COMES OUT @ DAYS BEFORE MY B-DAY!
COOL!
I’m going to get it. I’m a twilight freak. I must have everything twilight
I worked on Twilight in Arizona.
cool lewis i wish io had the same chance as u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
=O
I’m…in…need…of it
That looks awesome – gonna try and get one!
Suppose we can’t get it in the UK though – its hard enough to get a keyring lol!
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I’ll buy it when it comes to Norway.