The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" may not be the end of Bella, Edward and Jacob's on-screen journey, according to the head of the franchise's new Hollywood home.
The chief executive of Lions Gate Entertainment, which on Friday acquired "Twilight" film studio Summit Entertainment for $412.5 million, said he believes the film franchise will continue to have value to his company,even after the Nov. 16 release of the fifth movie completes the adaptation of author Stephenie Meyer's four books.
"I'm anticipating 'Breaking Dawn Part 2' being $700 million-plus in worldwide box office," said Jon Feltheimer, predicting the next film would slightly outdo the $697 million global take of "Breaking Dawn Part 1."
Asked whether the franchise would continue in some form for Lions Gate, he added, "It's hard for me to imagine a movie that does $700 million-plus doesn't have ongoing value. It's an amazing franchise that they have done a great job of maintaining with absolutely no deterioration. So the simple answer is 'Boy I hope so.'"
One person close to the acquisition deal but not authorized to speak publicly suggested that because Lions Gate, unlike Summit, has a television production unit, it could adapt "Twilight" for the small screen.
Asked whether there was a possibility of bringing "Twilight" to television, Feltheimer answered, "I would certainly hope so."
I thought Summit Entertainement was a bad company and I must agree I was happy Lionsgate bought it. I was tired of the leaks, the tv spots that showed the entire movie before it was even released, the (sometimes) bad promotion, the way they blamed the leaks on us, poor fans. But now Lionsgates sees Twilight like a way of making a lot of money. If they want money, they should do it with their original star-movie, The Hunger Games. Twilight is over, it's how Stephenie wants it. The movies are finished after Breaking Dawn part 2 because Stephenie decided that 4 books to tell the love story of Bella and Edward is more than enough. But it would surprise me that Stephenie agrees on this one, knowing she cares about what fans want. I heard on Twitter so many people saying "I'm a fan but I never ever want to watch a Twilight TV show" Well, let me say this; haters won't watch it, fans won't watch it and the normal people won't watch it because they probably are tired of all the Twilight speaking, after all those years.
So, after Sumsh*t, we now have Lionsh*t.
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