'Twilight' is getting a second life at Netflix in a whole new way. The streamer has given a straight-to-series order and begun development on an animated series based on 'Midnight Sun,' author Stephenie Meyer's companion novel to her mega-selling 'Twilight' series. The book is a retelling of the events of Twilight from vampire Edward Cullen's point of view; the main series is told from the perspective of Bella Swan.
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00:00Twilight is getting a second life at Netflix in a whole new way.
00:04The streamer has given a straight-to-series order and begun development on an animated
00:08series based on Midnight Sun, author Stephanie Meyer's companion novel to her mega-selling
00:13Twilight series. The book is a retelling of the events of Twilight from vampire Edward
00:18Cullen's point of view. The main series is told from the perspective of Bella Swan.
00:22Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart famously starred in the Twilight films as Edward and Bella.
00:27Lionsgate Television, which began early development on a Twilight TV project last year,
00:32will produce the new series. Lionsgate's film division released the four Twilight movies.
00:37The Midnight Sun series is the latest project in Lionsgate's ongoing efforts to expand and
00:42extend the life of some of its biggest properties and IP. Last year, the studio released a Hunger
00:47Games prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and is planning another feature
00:51based on author Suzanne Collins' next novel in that world titled Sunrise on the Rebate.
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