Breaking Dawn is making serious bank with over 500 million DVDs sold since the release. BD is doing better than Eclipse in every area, including downloads and “on demand” style rentals. All this success must be very tempting to the studio. With only one more movie left, do they really want to retire their cash cow to pasture?

During Lionsgate’s recent fiscal call, Lionsgate Motion Picture co-chairman Rob Friedman said the studio would not be opposed to producing a follow-up to Breaking Dawn — Part 2, provided the “Twilight” franchise’s author, Meyer, was willing to pen another book.{Home Media Magazine}

Another Twilight book? Aren’t they aware of the Midnight Sun debacle? Meyer was so brokenhearted that the transcript was leaked that she refused to finish the book and stepped away from writing any and all things Twilight.  The idea that she would pen another book is highly unlikely.

However, it seems studio reps truly want the franchise to be as immortal as the vampires it’s based on. Summit/Lionsgate exec & co-founder, Rob Friedman, has publicly stated that if Meyer wrote another Twilight book they will make into another film. Combine this with another statement made shortly after the merger that hinted at a Twilight television show and Summit/Lionsgate is laying on the hints with all the grace of back alley brawl. 

Meyer is busy with her post-Twilight projects and is none-too-pleased about this. Josh Dickey, a report for Variety tweeted;

As long as we’re on topic: Stephenie Meyer was deeply annoyed that LG brass said they’d do more TWILIGHT pics. She has no such intention.

Twilight Lexicon theorizes:

It is also worth pointing out that though Lionsgate and Summit merged, we believe that there is still a large degree of newness as to what is the status of the films each organization has in its arsenal. They don’t fully know all the players and what their likely intentions are. With all the PR and questions from every corner, that’s probably what lead to what is looking more and more like a case of overly enthusiastic open mouth insert foot on Lionsgate’s part from speaking off the cuff.

With each Twilight venture raking in hundreds of millions the pressure to continue that kind of success has to be ever present and unpleasant, but it’s not really Meyer’s obligation. However, LG execs aren’t the only ones seeking to retain some of that Twilight magic after those final credits roll.

Forks, WA has a few Twilight projects on the horizon that they hope will keep the fan tourist market going strong.

Twilight Weddings will use props scene in films to make your special day a little more memorable

Thirty people can have weddings performed — or vows renewed — on three days in August, leading up to Aug. 13, the date Bella Swan married her vampire swain, Edward Cullen, in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1,” which was released in November.

“The wedding will look just like the wedding from the movie,” Colandrea said.

Couples will be surrounded by wisteria, and ceremonies will use an arch that is a copy of the one used in a parody of the movie on The Hillywood Show at www.thehillywoodshow, an Internet site known for its spoofs of the “Twilight Saga.”

The ceremonies — up to 10 each day — will be performed by Colandrea’s husband, Nino, who is a non­denominational minister.

No site has been confirmed yet, though “we’re negotiating with a few people to get an outdoor site for the weddings,” Colandrea said.

Nevertheless, reservations are being taken now through June 13.

The fees are $1,595 on Saturday, Aug. 11, $1,795 on Sunday, Aug. 12, and $1,995 on Monday, Aug. 13.

The Twilight weddings would be performed after the June 7 effective date of a new state law legalizing gay marriage — though the date could be delayed if opponents are successful in taking the issue to the voters.

If gay marriage is legal by August, “we’re open to everybody,” Colandrea said.

For more information about the weddings, visit www.twilightweddingsinforks.com 

Where might they get these props? From the Twilight Museum, of course!

A first step in gathering a collection for the museum is underway. Colandrea said an unnamed donor has supplied the funds to bring an arch used as a main prop in the filming of “Twilight,” the first film in Summit Entertainment’s five-film Twilight Saga series. The arch is being brought from Oregon and will be placed in storage for now.

Plans for the three-day 2012 Stephenie Meyer Day event are already scheduled she said, and will include a Twilight-themed film festival this year. Its main event will be a nighttime reenactment of the wedding of Twilight lead characters Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, featuring costumed characters.

The extensive collection of Twilight film props owned by collector John Henson will also be on display, she said. Henson plans to sell the prop collection following the release in November of the final scheduled Twilight film, Breaking Dawn Part 2, she said. Colandrea said her committee has first dibs on buying the collection, which she said could be a key part of a Twilight museum.

She said the target audience for attracting Twilight visitors to the West End is women 30-plus years of age. This demographic has expendable income and will spend more on gifts, accommodation and dining than teenage fans, Colandrea said. However, “they expect more of an experience” than teenagers. That’s where opening a Twilight museum would give them a reason to spend more time in Forks. “They need a reason to come to Forks.” The key to continuing to draw the Twilight visitors is publicity and social networking, she said.

See more on the Forks Forum.

Rob talks “Bel Ami” & “Breaking Dawn”

 "If a 'Twilight' audience would come watch 'Bel Ami,' it's a movie that I wouldn't have thought that audience would go to, so I think that in some way, it's kind of doing a service to someone. I felt like I learned a lot from it." {MTV}

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