http://www.filmofilia.com/2008/12/09/chris-weitz-to-direct-twilight-sequel-new-moon/ Upcoming Movies, News, Photos, Trailers, Posters... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:44:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.filmofilia.com/2008/12/09/chris-weitz-to-direct-twilight-sequel-new-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-8546 John Demetry Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:15:14 +0000 http://www.filmofilia.com/?p=6751#comment-8546 According to one studio exec: “You’d have to have a very high standard for art, hate the movie business, and hate *money to walk off this sequel.” So with Weitz, they get the hack they wanted! The movie is doomed, indeed, to not satisfy any "standard for art." Mabye it's a good thing Taylor Lautner will be able to skip out on this dud. (Although the obvious move would be to have Taylor play Jacob pre-werewolf and Steven Strait play Jacob post-werewolf. But, personally, I don't want either of those stellar actors sullied by Weitz. They should play brothers in a Catherine Hardwicke movie.) According to one studio exec: “You’d have to have a very high standard for art, hate the movie business, and hate *money to walk off this sequel.” So with Weitz, they get the hack they wanted! The movie is doomed, indeed, to not satisfy any “standard for art.” Mabye it’s a good thing Taylor Lautner will be able to skip out on this dud. (Although the obvious move would be to have Taylor play Jacob pre-werewolf and Steven Strait play Jacob post-werewolf. But, personally, I don’t want either of those stellar actors sullied by Weitz. They should play brothers in a Catherine Hardwicke movie.)

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