Lionsgate is ready to revive the ‘Twilight’ saga as a TV series

The Twilight series based on the books by Stephenie Meyer is said to be in early development.

If the Twilight TV series is still in its infancy, it doesn’t yet have a platform to distribute in the near future. Lionsgate plans to lead the development of the project before selling the rights to platforms such as Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+, Paramount+ or even Amazon Prime Video. Sinead Daly, who wrote the scripts for Tell Me Lies, The Walking Dead: Beyond, Raised by Wolves, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and Down, among others, also turned to writing.

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Author Stephenie Meyer will reportedly take part in the TV adaptation. Wyck Godfrey (producer of all five films with Temple Hill Entertainment) and former Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Eric Feig, who bought the theatrical rights to the Twilight books during his tenure at Summit Entertainment (more than $3.4 billion). worldwide) following the departure of Paramount Pictures, both are executive producing the television adaptation.

Twilight is the main part of the Lionsgate library.

In 2017, five years after Twilight. our creators are ready to tell them,” referring to the Twilight and The Hunger Games franchises.

The Twilight series announcement comes as Lionsgate is in talks with several bidders for a possible spin-off of its studios and cable network Starz before the end of next September. Lionsgate’s studio business, which includes film and TV production divisions, increased revenue by 25% to nearly $900 million in the third quarter.