‘Twilight’ Series In Early Development At Lionsgate TV
deadline.comTwilight is getting the TV treatment. A TV series based on the best-selling books by Stephanie Meyer is in early development at Lionsgate Television, Deadline confirms.
Meyer is expected to be involved. There is no writer attached to the project yet, nor has Lionsgate sought out a potential buyer.
Twilight is a major component of Lionsgate’s IP. The films, which ended in 2012 with Breaking Dawn: Part 2, grossed more than $3.4B globally and launched the careers of its stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner.
The Twilight films recently moved from Netflix and now stream on NBCUniversal’s Peacock. Lionsgate also owns The Hunger Games franchise, which it is continuing to expand this year with the release of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in November.
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