Twilight fans will soon be able to relive their Team Edward vs. Team Jacob days in the theater, as the hit franchise is set to be re-released in time for hoa-hoa-hoa season (autumn).
Lionsgate announced Thursday that the entire Twilight movie franchise will be re-entering the movie theaters in October.
Starting October 29, select movie theaters across the U.S., through Fathom Entertainment, will be showing each film in the franchise for five consecutive days.
Each screening will also be accompanied by interviews with the author of the book series of the same name, Stephenie Meyer, and the film’s producers as they discuss “new behind-the-scenes stories and untold moments” from filming the hit Kristen Stewart-led franchise.
Fans of the franchise have come to refer to autumn as “hoa-hoa-hoa” season due to the films’ setting in the rainy town of Forks, Washington, which provided sweeping shots of fog-shrouded pine trees and grey skies.
The “hoa hoa hoa” term stems from the refrain in the song “Eyes on Fire” by the band Blue Foundation, included in the first film’s soundtrack.
Each day will feature a different movie on the big screen, with Twilight being shown on October 29, The Twilight Saga: New Moon on October 30, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on October 31, Breaking Dawn: Part 1 on November 1, and Breaking Dawn: Part 2 on November 2.
Information regarding where to purchase tickets can be found at fathomentertainment.com.
Twilight, the first film of the franchise, adapted from Meyer’s best-selling vampire-fantasy romance novels, was released in November 2008 and starred Stewart and Robert Pattinson in their breakout roles as star-crossed lovers Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. Its release was considered a box office success, grossing $470 million globally.
In June 2009, the second movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, debuted. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse followed in 2010, with Breaking Dawn: Part 1 and Breaking Dawn: Part 2 releasing in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
The five-film franchise, known as the Twilight Saga, became a cultural phenomenon and raked in a total of $3 billion worldwide.
The news of the films returning to theaters comes one year after it was confirmed that Netflix was developing an animated series based on Meyer’s Midnight Sun, a companion novel to her first Twilight book. Published in 2020, the book retells the events in Twilight from the perspective of Edward.
Meyer will serve as an executive producer on the show. A release date has yet to be announced.
Reflecting on the franchise’s success last October, Anna Kendrick, who starred as Bella’s friend Jessica Stanley, told Business Insider: “The fans of those books are so invested that even if you came into the franchise really late and you had one line, but you were playing a vampire or a werewolf, they’re obsessed with you. They’re picking apart every detail of your costume and your gestures and whatever.”
Ray Nutt, chief executive officer, Fathom Entertainment, said in a statement on the screenings: “Twilight fans are some of the most passionate anywhere, making this iconic movie franchise the epitome of a modern-day classic which Fathom Entertainment is thrilled to help bring back to the big screen in this special cinematic engagement.
“With our partners at Lionsgate, we celebrate 20 years since Stephenie Meyer’s first Twilight book was published and encourage fans to relish The Twilight Saga.”
Warner Music Group is also planning to rerelease the Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse movie soundtracks on 31 October, while the first-ever national tour, Twilight in Concert, will play in 60 cities across the US from September 12 to November 30.
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