Catherine Hardwicke, the director of Twilight who is currently busy directing an updated Red Riding Hood tale that co-stars Billy Burke, is going to be mentoring a young filmmaker named Renuka Jeyapalan. Renuka is the winner of the 2010 Kodak New Vision Mentorship, and a mentorship with Catherine is part of her prize.
According to the Women in Film and Television in Toronto (WIFT-T):
“As part of the program, …Renuka will also receive an all-access industry pass to the TIFF festival and a post-TIFF creative mentorship with director Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen).
“The Kodak New Vision Mentorship allows WIFT-T to continue to develop Canadian female directors and to play a role in their ongoing success,” says Sadia Zaman, Executive Director of WIFT-T. “We look forward to Renuka’s first feature and want to thank Kodak, Catherine Hardwicke and Laurie May for their invaluable contribution to the industry.”
See the full article on WIFT-T
I disagree. I think that while working in some seriously important aspects of Twilight, CH left out one of the most intriguing scenes to me: The scene in biology class with the feeling of electricity between Edward and Bella. In the last two movies I know some scenes were left out, but I was overall happy with the entire franchise, but that’s jmo!
@Rogue I so agree….why do they change so much????? I know it’s about money but imagine how much more money the movies would bring in if they were 3 hours long and encompassed more of the stories….
I liked CH’s style and the feeling of the first movie, but the other two follow the book much more closely. I think the problems with the first movie were caused by the screen writer leaving out a lot of the important stuff and making up things that were not in the book.
You cannot expect everything in the book to show up in the movie. Otherwise why would you read the book? I mean I am a book-to-movie snob, but some of you people are ridiculous. You’d really *and think before you respond* go to watch a 3 hour movie?!?!?! Come on I loved Avatar, but I would not go to the movies to see it again and again and again! I do have a life outside of movies. Here’s hoping one day my writing will be even close to half of the beloved-ness that the Twilight series has gained for Stephenie, but at the same time I realize that a screenwriter is not gonna see my novels the smae way I will. I think if Steph was happy with the script and no one knows Twilight better than her, than it’s good enough for me.
Rogue Leader, I agree with you. Edwards real character has been lost in New Moon and Eclipse. Eclipse is my fave book out of the four and I was so looking forward to certain scenes that were in the book….but they were totally left out of the film. In Eclipse, Edward comes across totally different than he does int he book. I was very disapointed with film version of Eclipse. I now dont know wether to bother looking forward to the Breaking Dawn films…just incase Im as disapointed again!
Its very true that only a female could really appreciate book Edwards appeal. I have never in my life been captivated by a character in a book, the way I have with Edward. If I hadnt read the books and only watched the movies, I dont think I would think the movies were that great. Without reading the books, the movies dont make as much sense.
Im glad Stephanie is playiing a bigger part in overseeing the filming of the Breaking Dawn films.
I’m glad she’s taking time and effort to teach others what she knows and loves.
personally, i wouldn’t have seen catherine hardwicke as the grand prize to supply for a contest like this. nothing i’ve seen of her or her work has been worthwhile. especially book-to-movie adaptation…