Shortly after the announcement of the Harry Potter series, another major fantasy franchise from the past two decades followed suit: The Twilight saga is to be completely retold as a series. After that, however, things became suspiciously quiet about the remake. Only now there is an update. And that might surprise some fans.
As per a Deadline report, Lionsgate is still interested in continuing the story of Bella, Edward and Jacob to prepare it for a new generation. The studio has already released the films starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in cinemas. Now the focus is on a series implementation.
Twilight is being completely remade: the popular fantasy series is coming to television as an animated series
However, the Twilight series does not appear in live-action form. Based on the latest information we are dealing with an animated series. This is unexpected. But Deadline writes that this decision was made a long time ago. Lionsgate conceived the Twilight series as an animated series from the start.
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The animation form offers many possibilities for the reboot of the fantasy series. The biggest advantage may be that the Twilight series can more easily emerge from the shadow of the original, whose pop culture footprint is massive. As an animated series, Twilight opens up completely new possibilities creative possibilities.
In recent years, films like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish have shown that there is a lot happening in the animation field is in motion. Not to mention the Netflix high-flyer Arcane. The League of Legends series amazed people with its distinctive animation style.
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To date, there is no specific release schedule for the Twilight series. Last but not least, there are no known creative talents involved in the project yet. So here we are, one year after the first reports still at the very beginning. One thing is certain: Lionsgate is sticking to its plans for the Twilight future.
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