Good news, 'Twilight' fans: Santa's coming early this year
We at Hero Complex were as bummed as anyone to hear that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was being moved all the way back to July 2009.
But this has resulted in something of an early Christmas gift for "Twilight" fans: "Twilight" will now premiere Nov. 21, instead of Dec. 12.
According to a press release from Summit Entertainment, the move takes advantage of the new opening in the fall release calendar:
"When Warner Bros. decided to move 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to the summer of 2009, we saw a unique opportunity to slot in our film, which has been gaining tremendous awareness and momentum over the past several months," said co-chair and CEO of Summit Robert G. Friedman. "We by no means are trying to fill the shoes of the incredible 'Potter' franchise for 2008, rather we are just looking to bring the fans of Stephenie Meyer's incredible book series the film as soon as possible from a programming perspective."
Happy Friday!
-- Denise Martin
Photo credit: Summit Entertainment
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omggg... i hope... prey (even though im not religious) and wish that this is true... is this true? can i come out from under the couch? REALLY?!?! EEEEPPPP!!!
Posted by: sophie_x | August 16, 2008 at 04:36 PM
please please please tell me that this means that the UK opening date for Twilight will be moved up into 2008 itself instead of jan 09. I cant wait for this movie.
But if they are seriously considering filming New Moon and Eclipse, thery're gona have to haul ass cos the actors are gonna be gettin older all the time.
Posted by: Nemo | August 17, 2008 at 12:26 PM
There's been a lot of questions about release dates beyond the U.S. Here's the info i could find today:
South Korea 12 December 2008
USA 12 December 2008
Italy 19 December 2008
Argentina 25 December 2008
Netherlands 8 January 2009
New Zealand 8 January 2009
Philippines 8 January 2009
Australia 9 January 2009
Germany 22 January 2009
Switzerland 22 January 2009 (German speaking region)
Finland 13 February 2009
Norway 13 February 2009
Sweden 6 March 2009
Venezuela 20 March 2009
Posted by: Geoff Boucher | August 17, 2008 at 01:05 PM
iv been serching the net and from what iv read from newspaper articles and stuff is that the movie is opening 3 weeks earler in the US and for all you here in AUSTRALIA!! its opening on the 11 december!!! It will be the best christmas ever!!
Posted by: Rhiannon | August 19, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Its hardly great new. This movie makes me sad. There is no comparison to the book. A few words that were barely mentioned in the book are expanded into 20 minute scenes. That alone slaughters the movie for me and don't even get me started on the blindness of the casting office. *Sigh* Bring on harry potter before that trash. I'm sticking with the books, no offense to Hollywood.
Posted by: Caitlin | September 07, 2008 at 02:04 AM
omg OMG OMG OMG i loveeeeeeeeeeeee twilighttttttttttttttttttttttt all the BOOKSSSS im in love wit EDWARD CULLEN OMG! IM SOOO HAPPY 4 THE MOVIE I CANT WAIT.. I CANNOT!!!!!!
Posted by: Aisha | September 26, 2008 at 04:06 PM
I personal am boycotting the movie. Nothing is right. The list i could make would take forever, but I told my friends I would disown them if the saw teh movie. Robert Pattinson is the worst Edward EVER. To alltheose people out there who like him. I am sorry but he is WRONG!! To allt heose people who don't like him, who do you think would make a good Edward?
I love twilight and am 1 of the 3 of us who brought it to arcadia florida. So It pains me to see it being destroyed.
Love
Ashley
Posted by: ashley | November 07, 2008 at 07:43 AM