:Twilight (2008 film)

Seventeen-year-old Bella Swan leaves Phoenix, Arizona and moves to Forks, a small town located on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, to live with her father, Charlie, the town's police chief. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to Phil, a minor league baseball player.

Bella becomes re-acquainted with Jacob Black, a Native American teen who lives with his father, Billy on the Quileute Indian Reservation near Forks. At school, she finds the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings particularly intriguing. She is seated next to Edward Cullen in biology class, but he seems repulsed by her.

When Bella is nearly struck by a van in the school parking lot, Edward instantaneously covers a distance of over thirty feet to put himself between her and the van, stopping it with only his hand. He refuses to explain his actions to her, warning her against befriending him. Jacob tells Bella about a long-standing animosity between the Cullens and the Quileutes; the Cullens are not allowed on the reservation.

When Edward saves Bella again, this time from a gang, after research she concludes that he is a vampire. He eventually confirms this, explaining that he found her scent irresistible back in biology class and that the Cullens only consume animal blood.

The pair fall in love and he introduces her to his vampire family. Carlisle Cullen, the patriarch, is a doctor at the Forks Hospital. Esme is his wife, and Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie are their informally-adopted children. The family's reaction to Bella is mixed, as some of the Cullens are concerned that the family's secret could be exposed.

Edward and Bella's relationship is jeopardized when three nomadic vampires—James, Victoria, and Laurent—arrive, responsible for a series of deaths being investigated as animal attacks. James, a tracker vampire, is excited by Bella's scent and becomes obsessed with hunting her for sport. The Cullens protect Bella from the trio. Laurent chose to warn the Cullens about James, who in turn attempt to draw James away from Bella, but James manages to track her to Phoenix. She is there hiding with Jasper and Alice, and James tricks her into thinking he kidnapped her mother by luring her into her old ballet studio.

James revealed the kidnapping was a ruse as he attacks Bella, infecting her with vampire venom. The Cullens arrive and kill James, decapitating and burning him, as Edward removes the venom from Bella's wrist, preventing her from becoming a vampire.

In the aftermath, Edward accompanies an injured Bella to prom, where he refuses her request to transform her into a vampire. They are unaware that James' mate, Victoria, is watching them, plotting revenge for her lover's death.

{{See also|List of Twilight cast members}}

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• Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a seventeen-year-old girl who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington from Phoenix, Arizona and falls in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. Her life is endangered after James, a sadistic vampire, decides to hunt her.{{cite news | author=Larry Carroll | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1581186/20080207/story.jhtml | title='Twilight' Gives The Green Light To Anna Kendrick, Justin Chon For Book-Turned-Movie | publisher=MTV | date=February 7, 2008 | access-date=February 18, 2008 | archive-date=February 1, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201013258/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581186/twilight-adds-anna-kendrick-justin-chon-cast.jhtml | url-status=dead }}
• Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, a 108-year-old vampire who was changed in 1918 and still appears to be seventeen. He is Bella's love interest and eventually falls in love with her. He can read minds, except for Bella's, along with superhuman speed.{{cite news | url=http://movies.msn.com/movies/hitlist/04-22-08_2 | title=Set Visit: 'Twilight' Shines on Pattinson | author=Gregory Ellwood | publisher=MSN | date=April 22, 2008 | access-date=April 27, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506094437/http://movies.msn.com/movies/hitlist/04-22-08_2 | archive-date=May 6, 2008 | url-status=dead }}
• Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen, a compassionate 300-plus-year-old vampire who looks to be in his early 30s. He serves as the town's physician and is the Cullen family patriarch.
• Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen, Carlisle's vampire wife and the matriarch of the Cullen family.{{cite news | author=Larry Carroll | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1581728/20080215/story.jhtml | title='Twilight' Film's First Family Revealed: Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser Lead Cullen Clan | publisher=MTV | date=February 19, 2008 | access-date=February 21, 2008 | archive-date=March 25, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325084755/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1581728/20080215/story.jhtml | url-status=dead }}
• Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen, Jasper Hale's mate, a vampire who can see the future based on decisions that people make.
• Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen, physically the strongest vampire of the family.
• Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen's mate, a vampire described as the most beautiful person in the world. She is hostile toward Bella throughout the film, worried that Edward's relationship with a human puts their clan at risk.
• Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale, a Cullen family member who can manipulate emotions. He is the newest member of the Cullen family and thus has the most difficulty maintaining their "vegetarian" diet of feeding only on animal rather than human blood.
• Billy Burke as Charlie Swan, Bella's father and Forks' Chief of Police.{{cite web|first1=Marilyn |last1=Beck |first2=Stacy |last2=Jenel Smith |url=http://www.creators.com/lifestylefeatures/hollywood-exclusive/tyson-beckford-enjoying-men-s-supermodel-success-reno-911-s-lennon-delivers-the-state-of-the-state.html |title=Tyson Beckford Enjoying Men's "Supermodel" Success/"Reno 911's Lennon Delivers the State of the State |work=Creators |date=February 25, 2008 |access-date=February 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425173548/http://www.creators.com/lifestylefeatures/hollywood-exclusive/tyson-beckford-enjoying-men-s-supermodel-success-reno-911-s-lennon-delivers-the-state-of-the-state.html |archive-date=April 25, 2009 }}
• Cam Gigandet as James Witherdale, the vicious member of a trio of nomadic vampires with an intention to kill Bella. He is Victoria's mate and a gifted tracker, due to his unparalleled senses.
• Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria Sutherland, James' mate who assists him and Laurent in causing havoc in the Olympic Peninsula.
• Edi Gathegi as Laurent Da Revin, leader of a trio of vampires wreaking havoc in the Olympic Peninsula and the most civilized of the trio.
• Sarah Clarke as Renée Dwyer, Bella's mother who lives in Arizona with her new husband, Phil.
• Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, an old childhood friend of Bella and a member of the Quileute tribe.{{cite web|url=http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080310/NEWS/803100307|title='Twilight' to film one or two days in LaPush|work=Peninusula Daily News|date=March 9, 2008|access-date=March 10, 2008|archive-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063949/http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080310/NEWS/803100307|url-status=live}}
• Christian Serratos as Angela Weber, one of Bella's new friends in Forks.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/moviedetail/Twilight/3462420 |title=Full Cast & Crew |work=Hollywood |access-date=March 3, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305064900/http://www.hollywood.com/moviedetail/Twilight/3462420 |archive-date=March 5, 2008 }}
• Michael Welch as Mike Newton, one of Bella's new friends who vie for her attention.
• Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley, Bella's first friend in Forks.
• Gregory Tyree Boyce as Tyler Crowley, another one of Bella's classmates, also vying for Bella's attention. He nearly hits Bella with his van.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gregory-tyree-boyce-dead-twilight-actor-was-30-1295098 |title=Gregory Tyree Boyce, 'Twilight' Actor, Dies at 30 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Perez |first=Lexy |date=May 18, 2020 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419125841/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gregory-tyree-boyce-dead-twilight-actor-was-30-1295098 |url-status=live }}
• Justin Chon as Eric Yorkie, another one of Bella's classmates who vies for her attention.
• Solomon Trimble as Sam Uley. Solomon Trimble was credited as "Jacob's friend" in the film, but was widely recognized as playing the part of Sam.{{cite web|url=http://media.www.dailyvanguard.com/media/storage/paper941/news/2008/03/05/News/Role-In.Twilight.Lets.Student.Shine-3252653.shtml |title=Role in Twilight lets student shine |work=Daily Vanguard |date=March 5, 2008 |access-date=March 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307035953/http://media.www.dailyvanguard.com/media/storage/paper941/news/2008/03/05/News/Role-In.Twilight.Lets.Student.Shine-3252653.shtml |archive-date=March 7, 2008 }}{{cite web | author=Larry Carroll | title='Twilight' Premiere: Robert Pattinson Loses His Hearing, Taylor Lautner Gets an Indecent Proposal | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1599586/20081118/story.jhtml?rsspartner=rssMozilla | publisher=MTV | date=November 18, 2008 | access-date=March 28, 2009 | archive-date=April 4, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404131438/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1599586/20081118/story.jhtml?rsspartner=rssMozilla | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | author=Rebecca Murray | title=Twilight: Taylor Lautner and Solomon Trimble Interviews | url=http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/bltwilight-premiere-taylor-lautner.htm | publisher=About.com | access-date=March 28, 2009 | archive-date=February 9, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209165738/http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/bltwilight-premiere-taylor-lautner.htm | url-status=dead }}{{cite web|author=Christina Radish |title=Solomon Trimble Keeps His Possibilities Open |url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/solomon_trimble_keeps_his_possibilities_open_200902021545.html |publisher=Media Blvd |date=February 2, 2009 |access-date=March 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303113953/http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/solomon_trimble_keeps_his_possibilities_open_200902021545.html |archive-date=March 3, 2009 }}
• Krys Hyatt as Embry Call. He was recognized as playing the part of Embry in the Twilight film, though his role was uncredited.{{cite book |title=Twilight: Director's Notebook |last=Hardwicke |first=Catherine |author-link=Catherine Hardwicke |year=2009 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=New York |isbn=978-0-316-07052-2 |page=42 }}
• Gil Birmingham as Billy Black
• Matt Bushell as Phil Dwyer
• José Zúñiga as Mr. Molina
• Ned Bellamy as Waylon Forge
• Ayanna Berkshire as Cora
• Katie Powers as Waitress
• Trish Egan as Ms. Cope

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In early 2004, Greg Mooradian of Maverick Films, looking for young adult novels to adapt to film, received an unpublished manuscript of Twilight and began to read it. After reaching the scene where Bella Swan is saved by Edward Cullen from being hit by a car, Mooradian understood the appeal of the novel and believed he "might have stumbled upon something really viable and special". Mooradian brought the manuscript to David Gale, then executive vice president of Paramount Pictures' MTV Films division, to propose a film adaptation, believing the novel to be "tailor-made" for the MTV brand's teen audience. Gale, in turn, brought it to Paramount's then co-president of production, Karen Rosenfelt, who lobbied to option the rights to the novel. MTV Films eventually acquired the rights in April of the same year and later hired Mark Lord to write a script. The screenplay that was subsequently developed was substantially different from its source material, being more action-oriented. According to Lord, he originally pitched his adaptation as a vampiric take on the play Romeo and Juliet, but MTV Films "wanted to just put in some more action to advance it more and give something more for the male audience. They thought they were going to lose the male audience with too much of a romance." MTV Films was pleased with the script he delivered, which included, among many changes, the character of Bella Swan being a long-distance runner, cursing, using shotguns against vampires who killed her father, being turned into a vampire, and riding "jet skis being chased by the FBI".{{cite web | url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/4rbpSjYpBVM4yvCt3sSbRT?si=7Unl04hPRoCiCl4Y5QQLkw | title=Twilight | E2: We Need More Jet Skis | website=Spotify | access-date=November 29, 2022 | archive-date=November 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129133525/https://open.spotify.com/episode/4rbpSjYpBVM4yvCt3sSbRT?si=7Unl04hPRoCiCl4Y5QQLkw&utm_source=copy-link | url-status=live }} When talking about MTV Films' original script, author Stephenie Meyer said, "They could have filmed it and not called it Twilight because it had nothing to do with the book, and that's kind of frightening."{{cite web | url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/twilight%27s_author_and_director_talk_about_bringing_the_film_to_life_200809171287.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021085543/http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/twilight%27s_author_and_director_talk_about_bringing_the_film_to_life_200809171287.html | archive-date=October 21, 2008 | title=MediaBlvd Magazine, the source for Celebrity Interviews and Entertainment News - Twilight's Author and Director Talk About Bringing the Film to Life }}

Following a change of management at Paramount Pictures, the studio's new president of production, Brad Weston, told Gale that he believed audiences were not interested in films about vampires and werewolves, after being involved with box-office bomb Cursed at Dimension Films, and development stalled.{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/company-town-blog/story/2008-11-06/twilight-countdown-catherine-hardwicke-says-original-script-was-more-like-charlies-angels | title='Twilight' Countdown: Catherine Hardwicke says original script was more like 'Charlie's Angels' | website=Los Angeles Times | date=November 7, 2008 | access-date=November 29, 2022 | archive-date=November 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129013603/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/company-town-blog/story/2008-11-06/twilight-countdown-catherine-hardwicke-says-original-script-was-more-like-charlies-angels | url-status=live }}{{cite magazine | author=Nicole Sperling | url=https://ew.com/article/2008/07/16/twilight-hits-hollywood/ | title='Twilight' hits Hollywood | date=July 10, 2008 | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | publisher=Time Inc | access-date=July 26, 2008 | archive-date=October 24, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024085659/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20211840,00.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/twilight's_author_and_director_talk_about_bringing_the_film_to_life_200809171287.html |title=Twilight's Author and Director Talk About Bringing The Film To Life |author=Christina Radish |date=September 17, 2008 |publisher=MediaBlvd Magazine |access-date=October 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021085543/http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/twilight%27s_author_and_director_talk_about_bringing_the_film_to_life_200809171287.html |archive-date=October 21, 2008 }} In January 2006, Paramount put Twilight into turnaround. Rosenfelt, who had left Paramount and came aboard Twilight as a producer, was determined to make the film and attempted to forge a co-production deal between Paramount and Fox 2000 Pictures, where she had a producing deal, but Fox 2000 did not agree with Paramount's terms. Rosenfelt later tried to generate interest at Fox Atomic, but Fox Atomic passed. In October 2006, Rosenfelt met with Erik Feig, then president of production of Summit Entertainment, and mentioned to him that, of all the projects she wished she could make, she thought Twilight had the biggest potential. After their meeting, Feig obtained a copy of the novel, read it, and passed it on to colleagues at Summit, who perceived it as an opportunity to launch a franchise. When Paramount Pictures let the rights to Twilight expire in April 2007, Summit acquired them, agreeing in contract with Meyer that their film adaptation would be more faithful to the novel than MTV Films' version.{{cite web | url=https://www.thewrap.com/twilight-witch-hunt-over-paramount-1009/ | title=Is the "Twilight" Witch Hunt over at Paramount? | date=January 27, 2009 | access-date=November 29, 2022 | archive-date=November 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129002904/https://www.thewrap.com/twilight-witch-hunt-over-paramount-1009/ | url-status=live }}{{cite news | author=Dave McNary | url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/new-summit-unveils-new-projects-1117964521/ | title=New Summit unveils new projects | work=Variety | publisher=Reed Business Information | date=June 7, 2007 | access-date=February 18, 2008 | archive-date=September 12, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912120417/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964521.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | url-status=live }}{{cite news | author=Steven Zeitchik | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/pattinson-bites-twilight-role-157755/ | title=Pattinson bites into 'Twilight' role | work=The Hollywood Reporter | publisher=Nielsen Business Media | date=December 26, 2007}}{{cite news | author=Carolyn Giardina |author2=Borys Kit | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i76626e51c49f8a0a6b92e0d4c7e5a3ea | title=Stewart enters 'Twilight' zone | work=The Hollywood Reporter | publisher=Nielsen Business Media | date=November 16, 2007 | access-date=February 18, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081123034749/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i76626e51c49f8a0a6b92e0d4c7e5a3ea |archive-date = November 23, 2008}}

Before even having the rights to Twilight, on the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Feig talked with director Catherine Hardwicke, of whom he was a fan, about working with Summit Entertainment and sent her five scripts of films the studio was developing, including Mark Lord's draft of Twilight for MTV Films. Hardwicke did not like any of the scripts, but ended up curious about Twilight. She bought a copy of the novel and realized the script she had read had very little to do with the source material, which she soon began envisioning as a film. Following Summit's acquisition of the rights, Hardwicke was set to direct the film and Melissa Rosenberg was hired to write the script in mid-2007.{{cite news | author=Michael Fleming | url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/hardwicke-to-direct-meyer-s-twilight-2-1117973209/ | title=Hardwicke to direct Meyer's 'Twilight' | work=Variety | publisher=Reed Business Information | date=October 2, 2007 | access-date=February 18, 2008 | archive-date=September 21, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921031453/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973209.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | url-status=live }}

Rosenberg developed an outline by the end of August and collaborated with Hardwicke on writing the screenplay during the following month. Rosenberg said Hardwicke "was a great sounding board and had all sorts of brilliant ideas.{{nbsp}}[...] I'd finish off scenes and send them to her, and get back her notes."{{cite web |url=http://www.premiere.com/Feature/Twilight-Screenwriter-Melissa-Rosenberg |title=Exclusive Interview: 'Twilight' Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg |author=Sona Charaipotra |work=Premiere.com |publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Media |access-date=October 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123093343/http://www.premiere.com/Feature/Twilight-Screenwriter-Melissa-Rosenberg |archive-date=January 23, 2009 }} Due to the impending Writers Guild of America strike, Rosenberg worked full-time to finish the screenplay before October 31. In adapting the novel, she "had to condense a great deal." Some characters from the novel were not featured in the screenplay, whereas some characters were combined into others.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1594849/20080916/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Tuesday: Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg Was Inspired By 'Brokeback Mountain' |author=Larry Carroll |date=September 16, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-date=September 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920024459/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1594849/20080916/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} "[O]ur intent all along was to stay true to the book", Rosenberg explained, "and it has to do less with adapting it word for word and more with making sure the characters' arcs and emotional journeys are the same."{{cite web |url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=7376 |title=Exclusive Interview: Twilight's Melissa Rosenberg |author=Ryan Rotten |date=August 19, 2008 |publisher=ShockTillYouDrop.com |access-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013093114/http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=7376 |archive-date=October 13, 2008 |url-status=dead }} Hardwicke suggested the use of voice over to convey Bella's internal dialogue – since the novel is told from her point of view – and she sketched some of the storyboards during pre-production.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1593892/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Tuesday: Catherine Hardwicke Gets Swept Up By Bella And Edward's 'Obsessive Love' |author=Larry Carroll |date=September 2, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-date=November 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112112933/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1593892/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }}

The filmmakers behind Twilight worked to create a film that was as faithful to the novel as they thought possible when converting the story to another medium. Producer Greg Mooradian said, "It's very important to distinguish that we're making a separate piece of art that obviously is going to remain very, very faithful to the book. [...] But at the same time, we have a separate responsibility to make the best movie you can make."{{cite web | author=Larry Carroll | title='Twilight' Tuesday: How Faithful Will The Movie Be To The Book? We Visit The Set To Find Out | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1589421/story.jhtml | publisher=MTV | date=June 17, 2008 | access-date=December 26, 2008 | archive-date=July 15, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715011402/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1589421/story.jhtml | url-status=dead }} To ensure a faithful adaptation, Meyer was kept very involved in the production process, having been invited to visit the set during filming and even asked to give notes on the script and on a rough cut of the film.{{cite web | author=Rebecca Murray | title=Interview with 'Twilight' Author Stephenie Meyer | url=http://movies.about.com/od/twilight/a/stephenie-meyer.htm | publisher=About.com | date=November 11, 2008 | access-date=December 26, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208142455/http://movies.about.com/od/twilight/a/stephenie-meyer.htm | archive-date=February 8, 2009 | url-status=dead }} Of this process, she said, "It was a really pleasant exchange [between me and the filmmakers] from the beginning, which I think is not very typical. They were really interested in my ideas",{{cite web | author=Larry Carroll | title='Twilight' Author Stephenie Meyer Recalls Robert Pattinson Spat, Seeing Movie The First Time | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1599282/20081113/story.jhtml | publisher=MTV | date=November 14, 2008 | access-date=December 27, 2008 | archive-date=January 13, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113024304/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1599282/20081113/story.jhtml | url-status=dead }} and "[...]{{nbsp}}they kept me in the loop and with the script, they let me see it and said, 'What are your thoughts?' [...] They let me have input on it and I think they took 90 percent of what I said and just incorporated it right into the script." Meyer fought for one line in particular, one of the most well-known from the book about "the lion and the lamb", to be kept verbatim in the film: "I actually think the way Melissa [Rosenberg] wrote it sounded better for the movie [...] but the problem is that line is actually tattooed on peoples' bodies. [...] But I said, 'You know, if you take that one and change it, that's a potential backlash situation.{{' "}} Meyer was even invited to create a written list of things that could not be changed for the film, such as giving the vampires fangs or killing characters who do not die in the book, that the studio agreed to follow in the contract. The consensus among critics is that the filmmakers succeeded in making a film that is very faithful to its source material,{{cite news | author=Manohla Dargis | title=The Love That Dare Not Bare Its Fangs | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/movies/21twil.html | work=The New York Times | date=November 21, 2008 | access-date=December 26, 2008 | archive-date=April 25, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425152016/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/movies/21twil.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news | author=Richard Corliss | title=Twilight Review: Swooningly True to the Book | url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1860716,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121174552/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1860716,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 21, 2008 | publisher=Time | date=November 20, 2008 | access-date=December 29, 2008}} with one reviewer stating that, with a few exceptions, "Twilight the movie is unerringly faithful to the source without being hamstrung by it."{{cite news | author=Ty Burr | title=Undying love | url=https://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=11203 | publisher=The Boston Globe | date=November 21, 2008 | access-date=December 26, 2008 | archive-date=June 21, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621065313/http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=11203 | url-status=live }}

However, as is most often the case with film adaptations, differences do exist between the film and source material. Certain scenes from the book were cut from the film, such as a biology room scene where Bella's class does blood typing. Hardwicke explains, "Well [the book is] almost 500 pages—you do have to do the sweetened condensed milk version of that. [...] We already have two scenes in biology: the first time they're in there and then the second time when they connect. For a film, when you condense, you don't want to keep going back to the same setting over and over. So that's not in there."{{cite news | title='Twilight' Countdown: Catherine Hardwicke talks about the meadow and making Robert Pattinson 'dazzle' | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2008/11/twilight-coun-2.html | work=Los Angeles Times | date=November 4, 2008 | access-date=December 16, 2008 | archive-date=February 17, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217220548/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2008/11/twilight-coun-2.html | url-status=live }} The settings of certain conversations in the book were also changed to make the scenes more "visually dynamic" on-screen, such as Bella's revelation that she knows Edward is a vampire—this happens in a meadow in the film instead of in Edward's car as in the novel. A biology field trip scene is added to the film to condense the moments of Bella's frustration at trying to explain how Edward saved her from being crushed by a van. The villainous vampires are introduced earlier in the film than in the novel. Rosenberg said "You don't really see James and the other villains until the last quarter of the book, which really won't work for a movie. You need that ominous tension right off the bat. We needed to see them and that impending danger from the start. And so I had to create a back story for them, what they were up to, to flesh them out a bit as characters." Rosenberg also combined some of the human high school students, with Lauren Mallory and Jessica Stanley in the novel becoming the character of Jessica in the film, and a "compilation of a couple of different human characters" becoming Eric Yorkie. About these variances from the book, Mooradian stated, "I think we did a really judicious job of distilling [the book]. Our greatest critic, Stephenie Meyer, loves the screenplay, and that tells me that we made all the right choices in terms of what to keep and what to lose. Invariably, you're going to lose bits and pieces that certain members of the audience are going to desperately want to see, but there's just a reality that we're not making 'Twilight: The Book' the movie."

{{quote box|width=30%|quote=When they told me Rob was probably the one, I looked him up and thought, "Yeah, he can do a version of Edward. He's definitely got that vampire thing going on." And then, when I was on set and I got to watch him go from being Rob to shifting into being Edward, and he actually looked like the Edward in my head, it was a really bizarre experience.{{nbsp}}[...] He really had it nailed.|source=–Twilight author Stephenie Meyer

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Several actresses, including Lily Collins{{cite web | url=https://www.eonline.com/amp/news/410047/the-lily-collins-kristen-stewart-connection-she-auditioned-for-twilight-s-bella | title=Lily Collins: I Tried Out for Twilight - E! Online | date=April 19, 2013 | access-date=December 12, 2022 | archive-date=December 12, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212024032/https://www.eonline.com/amp/news/410047/the-lily-collins-kristen-stewart-connection-she-auditioned-for-twilight-s-bella | url-status=live }} and Jennifer Lawrence,{{cite web | url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/jennifer-lawrence-once-auditioned-for-twilight/ | title=Jennifer Lawrence Recalls Auditioning for 'Twilight' | date=March 2018 | access-date=December 12, 2022 | archive-date=December 12, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212024053/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/jennifer-lawrence-once-auditioned-for-twilight/ | url-status=live }} screen tested for the role of Bella Swan, while Frances Bean Cobain turned down the opportunity to audition for the role.{{cite web |last1=Soghomonian |first1=Talia |title=Courtney Love claims that Frances Bean Cobain was offered lead role in 'Twilight' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/courtney-love-claims-that-frances-bean-cobain-was-881157 |website=NME |date=June 2013 |access-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105155107/https://www.nme.com/news/film/courtney-love-claims-that-frances-bean-cobain-was-881157 |url-status=live }} Hardwicke desired to test Kristen Stewart, who she had seen in Into the Wild and became her first choice for the part. Stewart eventually agreed to met Hardwicke while working on Adventureland and Hardwicke visited her in Philadelphia with actor Jackson Rathbone, who was in contention to portray Edward Cullen, for an informal screen test that "captivated" the director. After casting Stewart as Bella, Hardwicke had trouble finding an actor otherworldly enough to play Edward Cullen. Rathbone, Shiloh Fernandez, Ben Barnes, and Robert Pattinson were the final four up for the role.{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebnews/view/13285/Ben-Jackson-Shiloh-all-auditioned-for-R-Pattz-s-Edward-Cullen-role-/|title=Ben, Jackson & Shiloh all auditioned for Robert Pattinson's Edward Cullen role|date=August 20, 2009|publisher=OK!|access-date=April 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623152408/http://www.ok.co.uk/celebnews/view/13285/Ben-Jackson-Shiloh-all-auditioned-for-R-Pattz-s-Edward-Cullen-role-/|archive-date=June 23, 2011|url-status=dead}} Hardwicke did not initially choose Pattinson for Edward Cullen, with him arriving at her house in Venice, Los Angeles for a test, according to Hardwicke, "kind of wild-looking" with "scraggly, black dyed hair, and a stain on his shirt", while also having, according to Pattinson, a "hairless, chubby body" from "drinking beer all day" for a few months.{{cite web | url=https://www.insider.com/twilight-director-robert-pattinson-read-negative-comments-casting-backlash-2022-4 | title='Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke says she told Robert Pattinson not to focus on the negative reactions to his casting as Edward Cullen | website=Insider.com | access-date=December 12, 2022 | archive-date=August 29, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829061410/https://www.insider.com/twilight-director-robert-pattinson-read-negative-comments-casting-backlash-2022-4 | url-status=live }} After an audition, however, where Pattinson kissed Stewart on Hardwicke's bed and fell out of it, he was selected.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2011/02/27/not-your-grandma-s-red-riding-hood.html|title=Not Your Grandma's 'Red Riding Hood'|last=Setoodeh|first=Ramin|date=February 27, 2011|publisher=Newsweek|access-date=March 7, 2011|archive-date=March 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307074348/http://www.newsweek.com/2011/02/27/not-your-grandma-s-red-riding-hood.html|url-status=live}} Hardwicke said, "Kristen was like, 'It's got to be Rob!' She felt connected to him from the first moment. That electricity, or love at first sight, or whatever it is." Hardwicke gave him the part, as long as he got in shape and made a promise. {{"'}}You've got to realize that Kristen is 17 years old{{'"}}, Hardwicke told him. {{"'}}She's underage. You've got to focus, dude, or you're going to be arrested.' I made him swear on a stack of Bibles." Pattinson was unfamiliar with the book series prior to his screen test but read the books later on.{{cite web |url=http://www.premiere.com/features/4677/twilights-robert-pattinson-and-rachelle-lefevre.html |title='Twilight's Robert Pattinson and Rachelle Lefevre |author=Pamela Chelin |work=Premiere.com |publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Media |access-date=October 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014004453/http://www.premiere.com/features/4677/twilights-robert-pattinson-and-rachelle-lefevre.html |archive-date=October 14, 2008 }} Meyer even allowed him to view a manuscript of the unfinished Midnight Sun, which chronicles the events in Twilight from Edward's point of view.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1585516/20080414/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Set Visit Confirms Edward And Bella's Chemistry, Offers A 'Midnight Sun' Preview |author=Larry Carroll |date=April 15, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 29, 2008 |archive-date=March 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306223458/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1585516/20080414/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} Fan reaction to Pattinson's casting as Edward was initially negative; Rachelle Lefevre remarked that "[e]very woman had their own Edward [that] they had to let go of before they could open up to [him], which they did." Meyer was "excited" and "ecstatic" in response to the casting of the two main characters.{{cite web |url=http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html |title=Twilight the Movie |author=Stephenie Meyer |date=February 10, 2008 |publisher=StephenieMeyer.com |access-date=October 30, 2008 |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624041600/http://stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html |url-status=live }} She had expressed interest in having Emily Browning and Henry Cavill cast as Bella and Edward, respectively, prior to pre-production.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1610299/story.jhtml|title=Emily Browning Addresses Her 'Twilight' Notoriety|author=Larry Carroll|date=April 29, 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=September 9, 2009|archive-date=October 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028133044/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1610299/story.jhtml|url-status=dead}}

Peter Facinelli was chosen to play Carlisle Cullen, though he was not the first choice by Summit, revealing, "Hardwicke liked me, but there was another actor that the studio was pushing for." For unknown reasons, that actor was not able to play the part and Facinelli was selected in his place. Elizabeth Reaser was hired as Esme Cullen, despite only knowing in the audition that the film was based on a novel.{{cite web | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/11/twilights-elizabeth-reaser | title=Q&A: Twilight's Elizabeth Reaser | website=Vanity Fair | date=November 4, 2008 | access-date=December 12, 2022 | archive-date=July 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706193359/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/11/twilights-elizabeth-reaser | url-status=live }} Jackson Rathbone, who was in the final mix for Edward, was cast as Jasper Hale. The choice of Ashley Greene to portray Alice Cullen was the subject of fan criticism due to Greene being {{convert|7|in|cm}} taller than her character as described in the novel. Meyer stated previously that Rachael Leigh Cook resembled her vision of Alice.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1583644/20080318/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Star Ashley Greene Responds To Books' Fans Who Think She And Her Hair Aren't Short Enough |author=Larry Carroll |date=March 19, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=January 11, 2009 |archive-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217074654/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1583644/20080318/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} Nikki Reed was cast as Rosalie Hale. Reed had previously worked with Hardwicke on Thirteen, which they wrote together, and Lords of Dogtown. Reed commented, "I don't want to say it's a coincidence, because we do work well together, and we have a great history. I think we make good work, but it's more than the people that hire [Hardwicke] to direct a film of theirs [have] most likely seen her other work."{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591283/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Tuesday: Nikki Reed Hopes To Make Us Understand What's Beneath Rosalie's Beautiful, Hard Exterior |author=Larry Carroll |date=July 22, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 28, 2008 |archive-date=September 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912094302/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591283/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} After an open casting call, Taylor Lautner was cast as Jacob Black.{{cite web | url=https://stepheniemeyer.com/2008/12/twilight-movie-updates-from-2008/ | title=Twilight Movie Updates from 2008 | date=December 13, 2008 | access-date=December 12, 2022 | archive-date=December 12, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212035427/https://stepheniemeyer.com/2008/12/twilight-movie-updates-from-2008/ | url-status=live }} Kellan Lutz was in Africa shooting the miniseries Generation Kill when the auditions for the character of Emmett Cullen were conducted. The role had already been cast by the time that pre-production ended in December 2007, but the actor who had been selected "fell through"; Lutz subsequently auditioned and was flown to Oregon, where Hardwicke personally chose him.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1595420/20080923/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Tuesday: Kellan Lutz Recalls How He Almost Wasn't Cast As Belligerent 'Goofball' Emmett |author=Larry Carroll |date=September 23, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 28, 2008 |archive-date=September 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926025429/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1595420/20080923/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} Rachelle Lefevre was interested in pursuing a role in the film because Hardwicke was attached to the project as director; there was also "the potential to explore a character, hopefully, over three films"; and she wanted to portray a vampire.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1582432/20080227/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Star Rachelle Lefevre Addresses 'OMG!' Fans, Blog Haters From Book-Turned-Movie's Set |author=Larry Carroll |date=February 28, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 28, 2008 |archive-date=December 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211012638/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1582432/20080227/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} She "thought that vampires were basically the best metaphor for human anxiety and questions about being alive." Christian Serratos initially auditioned for Jessica Stanley, but she "fell totally in love with Angela" after reading the novels and successfully took advantage of a later opportunity to audition for Angela Weber.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1596941/20081014/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Tuesday: Christian Serratos Says Playing Angela Was A Day At The Beach |author=Larry Carroll |date=October 14, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 28, 2008 |archive-date=October 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017112949/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1596941/20081014/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} The role of Jessica Stanley went to Anna Kendrick, who got the part after two mix-and-match auditions with various actors.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1597526/20081021/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Tuesday: Anna Kendrick Says It Was 'Easy To Get Googly Eyed' At Robert Pattinson |author=Larry Carroll |date=October 21, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 28, 2008 |archive-date=October 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024115625/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1597526/20081021/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }}

Principal photography took 44 days,{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/08/29/twilight-re-sho/ |title='Twilight' reshoots: Why is Catherine Hardwicke filming again? |author=Nicole Sperling |date=October 29, 2009 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher= |access-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-date=October 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019173635/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/08/twilight-re-sho.html |url-status=live }} after more than a week of rehearsals,{{cite web |url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/kellan_lutz_and_his_high_profile_projects_200808081250.html |title=Kellan Lutz And His High Profile Projects |author=Christina Radish |date=August 8, 2008 |publisher=MediaBlvd Magazine |access-date=October 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915012946/http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/kellan_lutz_and_his_high_profile_projects_200808081250.html |archive-date=September 15, 2008 }} and completed on May 2, 2008. Similar to her directorial debut Thirteen, Hardwicke opted for an extensive use of hand-held cinematography to make the film "feel real".{{cite web |url=http://www.premiere.com/Feature/Exclusive-Interview-Peter-Facinelli-on-Twilight |title=Exclusive Interview: Peter Facinelli on 'Twilight' |author=Sona Charaipotra |work=Premiere.com |publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Media |access-date=August 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325085507/http://www.premiere.com/Feature/Exclusive-Interview-Peter-Facinelli-on-Twilight |archive-date=March 25, 2010 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-ca-twilight11-2008may11,0,5524758.story |title='Twilight' taps teen-vampire romance |author=Mike Russell |date=May 11, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 25, 2008 |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113225655/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-ca-twilight11-2008may11,0,5524758.story |url-status=live }} Meyer visited the production set three times and was consulted on different aspects of the story;{{cite web |url=http://www.premiere.com/features/4673/the-twilight-phenomenon-the-director-and-author-at-comic-con-2008-page2.html |title=The 'Twilight' Phenomenon: The Director and Author at Comic-Con 2008 |author=Pamela Chelin |date=July 2008 |work=Premiere.com |publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Media |access-date=October 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025092121/http://www.premiere.com/features/4673/the-twilight-phenomenon-the-director-and-author-at-comic-con-2008-page2.html |archive-date=October 25, 2008 }} she also has a brief cameo in the film.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1584977/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Author Stephenie Meyer's Cameo: More Details Emerge From Book-Turned-Movie's Set |author=Larry Carroll |date=April 8, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 27, 2008 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216021851/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1584977/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} Cast members who portrayed vampires avoided sunlight to make their skin pale, though makeup was also applied for that effect, and wore contact lenses: "We did the golden color because the Cullens have those golden eyes. And then, when we're hungry, we have to pop the black ones in," Facinelli explained. They also participated in rehearsals with a dance choreographer and observed the physicality of different panthera to make their bodily movements more elegant.

Scenes were filmed primarily in Portland, Oregon,{{cite news | author=Larry Carroll | url=https://www.mtv.com/news/xrkikg/twilight-finds-its-latest-victims-nikki-reed-rachelle-lefevre-added-to-cast | title='Twilight' Finds Its Latest Victims: Nikki Reed, Rachelle Lefevre Added To Cast | publisher=MTV | date=February 14, 2008 | access-date=February 21, 2008 | archive-date=December 11, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211174302/https://www.mtv.com/news/xrkikg/twilight-finds-its-latest-victims-nikki-reed-rachelle-lefevre-added-to-cast | url-status=dead }} including at the Cullen House, a striking glass-and-wood residence.{{cite web |url=http://twilightgirlportland.com/the-original-cullen-house/ |title=Twilight Filming Location Cullen House |date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=October 8, 2021 |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020080512/http://twilightgirlportland.com/the-original-cullen-house/ |url-status=live }} Stunt work was done mainly by the cast.{{cite web |url=http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5257&Itemid=99 |title=It's TWILIGHT at Comic-Con! |author=Erin Cadwallader |date=July 24, 2008 |publisher=IESB.net |access-date=October 29, 2008 |archive-date=June 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620185348/http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5257&Itemid=99 |url-status=live }} The fight sequence between Gigandet and Pattinson's characters in a ballet studio, which was filmed during the first week of production, involved a substantial amount of wire work because the vampires in the story have superhuman strength and speed.{{cite web |url=http://www.premiere.com/features/4674/twilights-bad-boy-vampire-cam-gigandet.html |title='Twilight's Bad Boy Vampire: Cam Gigandet |author=Pamela Chelin |work=Premiere.com |publisher=Hachette Filippachi Media |access-date=October 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004041755/http://www.premiere.com/features/4674/twilights-bad-boy-vampire-cam-gigandet.html |archive-date=October 4, 2008 }} Gigandet incorporated mixed martial arts fighting moves in this sequence, which involved chicken and honey as substitutes for flesh.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591709/20080729/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Tuesday: 10 Things Comic-Con Taught Us About 'Twilight' |author=Larry Carroll |date=July 29, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 29, 2008 |archive-date=September 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919213537/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591709/20080729/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} Bella, the protagonist, is unconscious during these events, and since the novel is told from her point of view, such action sequences are illustrative and unique to the film. Pattinson noted that maintaining one's center of gravity is difficult when doing wire work "because you have to really fight against it as well as letting it do what it needs to do." Lefèvre found the experience disorienting since the forward motion was out of her control.

Instead of shooting at Forks High School itself, scenes taking place at the school were filmed at Kalama High School{{cite news | author=Paige Dickerson | url=http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080310/NEWS/803100307 | title='Twilight' to film one or two days in LaPush | publisher=Peninsula Daily News | date=March 9, 2008 | access-date=March 10, 2008 | archive-date=July 15, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063949/http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080310/NEWS/803100307 | url-status=live }} and Leodis V. McDaniel High School.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/04/15/entertainment/e113257D92.DTL |title=Teen vampire-love story 'Twilight' being filmed in Oregon |author=Sarah Skidmore |date=April 15, 2008 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=October 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216085844/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2008%2F04%2F15%2Fentertainment%2Fe113257D92.DTL |archive-date=December 16, 2008 }} Other scenes were filmed in St. Helens,{{cite news | author=Darryl Swan | url=http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=120716424131387500 | title='Twilight' descends on St. Helens | publisher=South Country Spotlight | date=April 2, 2008 | access-date=May 3, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505050441/http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=120716424131387500 | archive-date=May 5, 2008 | url-status=dead }} and Hardwicke conducted some reshooting in Pasadena, California, in August.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1593481/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Cast Heads Back To The Set To Shoot New Scenes |author=Sabrina Rojas Weiss |date=August 25, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-date=September 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913005418/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1593481/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} Twilight was originally scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on December 12, 2008, but its release date was changed to November 21 after Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was rescheduled for an opening in July 2009.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/features/twilight-moves-into-potter-s-place-1117990652/ |title='Twilight' moves into 'Potter's' place |author=Anne Thompson |date=August 15, 2008 |work=Variety |publisher=Reed Business Information |access-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-date=December 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204161251/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990652.html |url-status=live }} Two teaser trailers, as well as some additional scenes, were released for the film, as well as a final trailer, which was released on October 9.{{cite news |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/918/918278p1.html |title=Twilight Trailer Tonight |author=Brian Linder |date=October 9, 2008 |publisher=IGN Entertainment |access-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012174002/http://movies.ign.com/articles/918/918278p1.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1596753/20081009/story.jhtml |title=Final 'Twilight' Trailer, Shot By Shot: Romance, Violence ... And Prom! |author=Larry Carroll |date=October 9, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-date=October 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013031724/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1596753/20081009/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} A 15-minute excerpt of Twilight was presented during the International Rome Film Festival in Italy.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1596185/story.jhtml |title='Twilight' Sneak Peek To Premiere At International Rome Film Festival |author=Larry Carroll |date=October 2, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 24, 2008 |archive-date=October 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004233216/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1596185/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} The film received a rating of PG-13 from the Motion Picture Association of America for "some violence and a scene of sensuality".{{cite web |url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=7689 |title=MPAA Rating for Twilight |date=September 10, 2008 |publisher=ShockTillYouDrop.com |access-date=November 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216085847/http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=7689 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

After the film's finalization, Hardwicke published the Twilight: Director's Notebook on March 17, 2009.{{Cite news |title=Children's Chapter Books - Best Sellers - Books - April 5, 2009 - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2009/04/05/chapter-books/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128002450/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2009/04/05/chapter-books/ |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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The score for Twilight was composed by Carter Burwell,{{cite news | url=http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=1565 | author=Mikael Carlsson | title="Twilight" Assigned to Carter Burwell | date=June 10, 2008 | publisher=Film Music Magazine | access-date=September 22, 2008 | archive-date=December 6, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206184612/http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=1565 | url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Carter Burwell |title=Projects - Twilight |url=http://www.carterburwell.com/projects/Twilight.html |work=carterburwell.com/ CarterBurwell.com |access-date=November 3, 2008 |archive-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216175517/http://www.carterburwell.com/projects/Twilight.html |url-status=dead }} with the rest of the soundtrack chosen by music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas.{{cite news| url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/19/are-pop-punks-paramore-a-good-fit-for-twilight/| author=James Montgomery| title=Are Pop-Punks Paramore A Good Fit For 'Twilight'?| date=September 19, 2008| publisher=MTV| access-date=September 22, 2008| archive-date=September 22, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922211103/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/19/are-pop-punks-paramore-a-good-fit-for-twilight/| url-status=dead}} Meyer was consulted on the soundtrack, which includes music by Muse and Linkin Park, bands she listened to while writing the novels.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/08/08/twilight-author-stephenie-meyer-on-her-musical-muses-upcoming-movie-and-mermaid-dreams/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811222345/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/08/08/twilight-author-stephenie-meyer-on-her-musical-muses-upcoming-movie-and-mermaid-dreams/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 11, 2008 |title="Twilight" Author Stephenie Meyer on Her Musical Muses, Upcoming Movie and Mermaid Dreams |author=Erica Futterman |date=August 8, 2008 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media |access-date=November 1, 2008}}{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1596357/20081006/index.jhtml |title='Twilight' Soundtrack To Include Muse, Linkin Park And, Of Course, Robert Pattinson |author=James Montgomery |date=October 6, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=November 1, 2008 |archive-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207212657/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1596357/20081006/index.jhtml |url-status=dead }} The original soundtrack was released on November 4, 2008, by Chop Shop Records in conjunction with Atlantic Records. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200.{{cite news | author=Katie Hasty | title='Twilight' Bumps AC/DC From Atop Billboard 200 | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266281/twilight-bumps-acdc-from-atop-billboard-200 | publisher=Billboard | date=November 12, 2008 | access-date=August 10, 2010 | archive-date=May 25, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525161104/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266281/twilight-bumps-acdc-from-atop-billboard-200 | url-status=live }}

Twilight grossed over $7 million in ticket sales from midnight showings alone on November 21, 2008.{{cite news | author=Pamela McClintock | title='Twilight' shining bright at box office | url=https://variety.com/2008/film/news/twilight-shining-bright-at-box-office-1117996294/ | work=Variety | publisher=Reed Business Information | date=November 21, 2008 | access-date=November 22, 2008 | archive-date=December 16, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216085033/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996294.html?categoryid=10&cs=1 | url-status=live }} The film is fifth overall on Fandango's list of top advance ticket sales, outranked only by its sequel the following year, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009). It grossed $35.7 million on its opening day.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p.htm |title=Opening Day Records at the Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=November 24, 2008 |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720184916/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p.htm |url-status=live }} For its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, Twilight accumulated $69.6 million from 3,419 theaters at an average of $20,368 per theater.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=twilight08.htm |title=Twilight (2008) Weekend Box Office Results |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=November 21, 2009 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808131252/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=twilight08.htm |url-status=live }} The film grossed $192,769,854 in the United States and Canada, and $214,417,861 in international territories for a total of $407,187,715. Its opening weekend gross was the highest ever of a female-directed film, surpassing that of Deep Impact (1998).{{cite web|title='Twilight' Tuesday Finale: Director Catherine Hardwicke Raves About Film's Success — 'Unbelievable!'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1600145/20081124/story.jhtml|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 10, 2010|author=Larry Carroll|date=November 24, 2008|archive-date=August 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807064244/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1600145/20081124/story.jhtml|url-status=dead}}

Based on 223 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 48% and a weighted average score of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Having lost much of its bite transitioning to the big screen, Twilight will please its devoted fans, but do little for the uninitiated."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/twilight/ |title=Twilight (2008) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=April 8, 2025 |archive-date=November 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106215543/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/twilight/ |url-status=live }} On Metacritic, it has a weighted mean score of 56 based on 38 reviews from film critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/twilight |title=Twilight Reviews |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215102338/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/twilight |url-status=live }} Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/c1gs55/twilight-takes-a-big-bite-out-of-the-box-office-with-record-breaking-opening-weekend|title='Twilight' Takes A Big Bite Out Of The Box Office With Record-Breaking Opening Weekend|first=Larry|last=Carroll|work=MTV.com|date=November 23, 2008|access-date=December 29, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229204420/https://www.mtv.com/news/c1gs55/twilight-takes-a-big-bite-out-of-the-box-office-with-record-breaking-opening-weekend|url-status=dead}}

New York Press critic Armond White called the film "a genuine pop classic",White, Armond (November 21, 2008). [http://www.nypress.com/article-18961-twilight-bronte-never-dies.html "Twilight: Bronte Never Dies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219230809/http://www.nypress.com/article-18961-twilight-bronte-never-dies.html |date=December 19, 2008 }}, New York Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-10. and praised Hardwicke for turning "Meyer's book series into a Brontë-esque vision."White, Armond (January 7, 2008). [http://www.nypress.com/article-19237-better-than-list-2008.html "Better-Than List 2008"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218114318/http://nypress.com/article-19237-better-than-list-2008.html |date=February 18, 2009 }}, New York Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-10. Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "I saw it at a sneak preview. Last time I saw a movie in that same theater, the audience welcomed it as an opportunity to catch up on gossip, texting, and laughing at private jokes. This time the audience was rapt with attention".Ebert, Roger (November 19, 2008). [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081119/REVIEWS/811199997/1023 "Twilight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722195715/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20081119%2FREVIEWS%2F811199997%2F1023 |date=July 22, 2012 }}, Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan wrote, "Twilight is unabashedly a romance. All the story's inherent silliness aside, it is intent on conveying the magic of meeting that one special person you've been waiting for. Maybe it is possible to be 13 and female for a few hours after all".Turan, Kenneth (November 21, 2008). [http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-twilight21-2008nov21,0,2377824.story "Twilight"], Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220110140/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-twilight21-2008nov21,0,2377824.story |date=February 20, 2009 }} USA Today gave the film two out of four stars and Claudia Puig wrote, "Meyer is said to have been involved in the production of Twilight, but her novel was substantially more absorbing than the unintentionally funny and quickly forgettable film".Puig, Claudia (November 20, 2008). [https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-11-19-twilight_N.htm?csp=IMDBreviews "Twilight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025091533/https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-11-19-twilight_N.htm?csp=IMDBreviews |date=October 25, 2011 }}, USA Today. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" rating and Owen Gleiberman praised Hardwicke's direction: "She has reconjured Meyer's novel as a cloudburst mood piece filled with stormy skies, rippling hormones, and understated visual effects".Gleiberman, Owen (November 20, 2008). [https://ew.com/article/2008/11/25/twilight-8/ "Twilight"], Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.

Stewart's performance as Bella received mixed reviews. Claudia Puig of USA Today called her acting "wooden" and her facial expressions throughout the film "blank",{{Cite web |last=Puig |first=Claudia |author-link=Claudia Puig |date=November 20, 2008 |title='Twilight' barely gets the blood flowing |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-11-19-twilight_N.htm?csp=IMDBreviews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025091533/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-11-19-twilight_N.htm?csp=IMDBreviews |archive-date=October 25, 2011 |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=USA Today}} while Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly praised her, calling her "the ideal casting choice" and thought she portrayed "Bella's detachment, as well as her need to bust through it" well.{{Cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=November 25, 2008 |title=Twilight |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/11/25/twilight-8/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322071043/http://ew.com/article/2008/11/25/twilight-8/ |archive-date=March 22, 2017 |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}} Roger Ebert called Pattinson "well-chosen" for Edward,{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=November 19, 2008 |title=Don't say you'll die for me unless you really mean it movie review (2008) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/twilight-2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208123237/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/twilight-2008 |archive-date=December 8, 2024 |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=Roger Ebert |language=en-US}} while Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called him "capable and exotically beautiful".{{Cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |author-link=Manohla Dargis |date=November 20, 2008 |title=The Love That Dare Not Bare Its Fangs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/movies/21twil.html?ref=movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008060258/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/movies/21twil.html?ref=movies |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |access-date=March 18, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Both he and Taylor Lautner, who plays Jacob, were nominated for Best Male Breakthrough Performance at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards; the award ultimately went to Pattinson.{{Cite web |date=June 2009 |title=2009 MTV Movie Awards Winners |url=https://www.filmofilia.com/2009/06/01/2009-mtv-movie-awards-winners/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110724082421/http://www.filmofilia.com/2009/06/01/2009-mtv-movie-awards-winners/ |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=FilmoFilia}}

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The film was released on DVD in North America on March 21, 2009, through midnight release parties, and sold over 3 million units in its first day.{{cite press release |title=Summit Home Entertainment's Saturday Release of Twilight Unleashes With Over 3 Million Units Sold |url=http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-22-2009/0004992497&EDATE= |publisher=Summit Entertainment |date=March 22, 2009 |access-date=March 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326032320/http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F03-22-2009%2F0004992497&EDATE= |archive-date=March 26, 2009 }} It was released on April 6, 2009, in the UK.{{cite news | title=Twilight DVD Date, Art | url=http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=9110 | publisher=Shock Till You Drop | date=January 7, 2009 | access-date=January 7, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116021430/http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=9110 | archive-date=January 16, 2009 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001O0DM2S |title=Twilight - 2 Disc Special Edition |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=October 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107000549/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001O0DM2S |url-status=live }} Bonus features include about 10 to 12 extended or deleted scenes, montages and music videos, behind-the-scenes interviews, a "making-of" segment, and commentary featuring Hardwicke, Stewart, and Pattinson.{{cite news | author=Larry Carroll | title='Twilight' Director Catherine Hardwicke Reveals DVD Details | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1601060/story.jhtml | publisher=MTV | date=December 11, 2008 | access-date=January 7, 2009 | archive-date=January 16, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116073812/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1601060/story.jhtml | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | author=Larry Carroll | title='Twilight' Director Catherine Hardwicke Talks About Edward And Bella's Chemistry, Potential Sequels | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1599140/20081111/story.jhtml | publisher=MTV | date=November 12, 2008 | access-date=January 7, 2009 | archive-date=December 19, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219005322/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1599140/20081111/story.jhtml | url-status=dead }} The Blu-ray disc edition of the film was released on March 21, 2009, in select locations, but was made more widely available at further retailers on May 5, 2009.{{cite news| title=Twilight Blu-ray Mystery Solved| url=http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Twilight_Blu-ray_Mystery_Solved/4213| author=HD Room| publisher=The HD Room| date=February 2, 2009| access-date=February 2, 2009| archive-date=February 8, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208195137/http://thehdroom.com/news/Twilight_Blu-ray_Mystery_Solved/4213| url-status=live}} As of July 2012, the film has sold 11,242,519 units, earning $201,190,019.{{cite web |title=Twilight - DVD Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/TWLIT-DVD.php |work=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services |access-date=July 15, 2012 |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902210613/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Twilight-(2008) |url-status=live }}

The film and the next two installments of the Twilight Saga were rereleased as a triple feature with extended cuts on January 13, 2015.

Twilight was released on 4K Blu-ray on October 23, 2018.{{Citation|title=Twilight 4K Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Twilight-4K-Blu-ray/213246/|access-date=October 12, 2019|archive-date=October 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012164244/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Twilight-4K-Blu-ray/213246/|url-status=live}}

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A film trivia video game developed by Screenlife Games and published by Konami for the Wii, Nintendo DS, PC and iPhone was released alongside the second film.

Since its release, Twilight has received numerous nominations and awards. In January 2009, Carter Burwell was nominated for Film Composer of the Year by the International Film Music Critics Association.{{cite web|url=http://filmmusiccritics.org/2009/02/ifmca-announces-its-2008-winners-for-scoring-excellence/|title=IFMCA announces its 2008 winners for scoring excellence|date=February 19, 2009|publisher=International Film Music Critics Association|access-date=April 24, 2009|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202014213/http://filmmusiccritics.org/2009/02/ifmca-announces-its-2008-winners-for-scoring-excellence/|url-status=live}} Robert Pattinson won Bravo TV's A-List Award for A-List Breakout.{{cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/bravo-a-list-awards/2009-nominees |title=A-List Award Nominess |publisher=Bravo |access-date=April 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421105810/http://www.bravotv.com/bravo-a-list-awards/2009-nominees |archive-date=April 21, 2009 }} At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Pattinson, who was nominated alongside Taylor Lautner, also won an award for Male Breakthrough Performance, "Decode" was nominated for Best Song from a Movie, Twilight won an award for Best Movie, Kristen Stewart won for Best Female performance, Stewart and Pattinson were awarded Best Kiss, and Pattinson and Cam Gigandet won an award for Best Fight.{{cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1610518/20090504/story.jhtml |title= 'Twilight,' 'Slumdog Millionaire' Lead MTV Movie Awards Nominees |first= Eric |last= Ditzian |work= MTV |date= May 4, 2009 |access-date= November 26, 2023 |archive-date= August 4, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090804043626/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1610518/20090504/story.jhtml |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.filmofilia.com/2009/06/01/2009-mtv-movie-awards-winners/ |title=2009 MTV Movie Awards Winners |publisher=FilmoFilia |access-date=August 9, 2010 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082421/http://www.filmofilia.com/2009/06/01/2009-mtv-movie-awards-winners/ |url-status=dead }} Christian Serratos won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms30.html |title=30th Annual Young Artist Awards |work=Young Artist Awards |publisher=Young Artist Foundation |access-date=April 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719205923/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms30.html |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }} For the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, held on August 9, the film and its actors received a combined total of 12 nominations, nine of which the film won.{{cite web |author=Right Celebrity |url=http://www.rightcelebrity.com/?p=6396 |title=2009 Teen Choice Awards Nominations, Winners! |publisher=Right Celebrity |access-date=August 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412165222/http://www.rightcelebrity.com/?p=6396 |archive-date=April 12, 2013 }} At the 2009 Scream Awards, the film was nominated for nine awards, four of which it won.{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/awards/a/scream-2009.htm |title=SCREAM 2009 Awards Nominees and Winners - Star Trek, True Blood Earn SCREAM Awards Nominations |publisher=Movies.about.com |date=August 5, 2010 |access-date=August 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905084207/http://movies.about.com/od/awards/a/scream-2009.htm |archive-date=September 5, 2009 }} The film won two ALMA Awards for makeup and hairstyling.{{cite web|url=http://www.awards-night.com/2009-alma-awards-winners/879/|title=2009 ALMA Awards Winners|publisher=Awards-Night.com|access-date=February 3, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707195623/http://www.awards-night.com/2009-alma-awards-winners/879/|archive-date=July 7, 2011}} It also won the Public Choice Award at the World Soundtrack Awards, where Carter Burwell was also nominated for Composer of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000756/2009|title=World Soundtrack Awards for 2009|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=February 3, 2011|archive-date=January 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102085119/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000756/2009|url-status=live}} Catherine Hardwicke received a Young Hollywood Award for her directing.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000717/2009|title=Young Hollywood Awards for 2009|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=February 3, 2011|archive-date=January 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107033919/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000717/2009|url-status=live}} In addition, the film was nominated for Best Fantasy Film at the 35th Saturn Awards{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2009|title=Saturn Awards for 2009|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=February 3, 2011|archive-date=July 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730050326/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2009|url-status=live}} and two Grammy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/grammy-2010-twilight-slumdog-millionaire-up-581/|title=Grammys 2010: Twilight, Slumdog Millionaire, Up|publisher=Alt Film Guide|access-date=February 3, 2011|archive-date=February 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221081745/http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/grammy-2010-twilight-slumdog-millionaire-up-581/|url-status=live}}

In 2015, Lionsgate released an extended edition that was over 4 minutes longer. It edits into the movie scenes already released as "Deleted Scenes" on previous DVD releases.{{Cite web|url=https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=722737|title=Twilight (Comparison: Theatrical Version - Extended Edition) - Movie-Censorship.com|first=Gerald|last=Wurm|website=www.movie-censorship.com|access-date=July 4, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809160951/https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=722737|url-status=live}}

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MTV reported in February 2008 that Summit Entertainment intended to create a series of at least three films based on Meyer's books. The studio had optioned New Moon, the second book in the series, by October 2008,{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/summits-twilight-a-franchise-bite-120277/ |title=Summit's 'Twilight' a franchise with bite |author=Steven Zeitchik |date=October 2, 2008 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |access-date=October 27, 2008 }} and confirmed their plans to make a film based on it November 22, 2008.{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2008/11/twilight-sequel.html|title='Twilight' sequel 'New Moon' gets the greenlight from Summit|author=Denise Martin|date=November 22, 2008|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 24, 2008|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220165545/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2008/11/twilight-sequel.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1130001163.html |title=Summit announces 'Twilight' sequel |author=Dave McNary |date=November 22, 2008 |work=Variety |publisher=Reed Business Information |access-date=November 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20081218102456/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1130001163.html |archive-date=December 18, 2008 }} Because Catherine Hardwicke had wanted more preparation time than Summit's schedule for the production and release of the sequel would provide,{{cite web|author=Josh Horowitz|title='Twilight' Director Catherine Hardwicke Will Not Direct 'New Moon'|publisher=MTV|date=December 7, 2008|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/12/07/twilight-director-catherine-hardwicke-will-not-direct-new-moon/|access-date=March 28, 2009|archive-date=March 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320022111/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/12/07/twilight-director-catherine-hardwicke-will-not-direct-new-moon/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|author=Anne Thompson|title=No Hardwicke for 'Twilight' sequel|work=Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=December 7, 2008|url=https://www.variety.com/VR1117997013.html|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=December 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212121408/http://www.variety.com/VR1117997013.html|url-status=live}} Chris Weitz was selected to direct it in December 2008.{{cite web|author=Larry Carroll|title=BREAKING: Chris Weitz Named 'New Moon' Director, While Taylor Lautner Comes Up Short|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks|date=December 13, 2008|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/12/13/breaking-chris-weitz-named-new-moon-director-while-taylor-lautner-comes-up-short/|access-date=March 28, 2009|archive-date=March 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309012205/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/12/13/breaking-chris-weitz-named-new-moon-director-while-taylor-lautner-comes-up-short/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Who Is 'New Moon' Director Chris Weitz?|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1601352/20081215/story.jhtml|publisher=MTV|access-date=August 10, 2010|author=Larry Carroll|date=December 15, 2008|archive-date=August 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810211352/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1601352/20081215/story.jhtml|url-status=dead}}

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