Kristen Stewart rose to great fame with her role as Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has since taken on many other roles along with switching to behind the camera with her new endeavors as a filmmaker. Twilight might as well be ancient history to her at this point, though Stewart still has a place for Bella in her heart, as she would be happy to return to the franchise, this time as a director.
While she has directing experience with music videos and shorts, Stewart’s first feature film is the psychological drama The Chronology of Water. As for what’s next, Stewart named a potential remake of Twilight as an ideal project. Per Entertainment Tonight, Stewart was asked which of her previous projects she’d most like to remake while on the red carpet at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Creative Awards, and she chose Twilight.
“Look, I love what Catherine [Hardwicke] did, I love what Chris [Weitz] did, I love what all of the directors did with the movies, but they were so themselves and weird and kind of like, squirrelly, and just so present in that time when they didn’t really know what they were yet, like before they blew up,” Stewart explained. “Imagine if we had a huge budget and a bunch of love and support.”
She added, “I don’t know. I would love to readapt. Yeah, sure! I’ll do the remake. I’m doing it! I’m committed.”
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The Twilight movies were based on the original novels by Stephenie Meyer. Co-starring alongside Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, Stewart played Bella in a series of five films released between 2008 and 2012. It was reported in 2023 that a new TV series adaptation was in the works at Lionsgate, though with no fruitful updates since, it’s unclear if the project is still in the works, leaving the future of the franchise unclear.
Twilight is currently streaming on HBO Max.
