Edward instantaneously covers a distance of over thirty feet, putting himself between Bella and the van, stopping it with only his hand. A few days later, she is nearly struck by a skidding van in the school parking lot. After a week's absence from school, Edward returns and socializes normally with Bella. Bella is seated next to Edward Cullen in biology class on her first day, but he seems repulsed by her. She makes friends at her new high school, but finds the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings particularly intriguing. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to Phil, a minor league baseball player whose career often keeps them on the road.īella becomes re-acquainted with Jacob Black, a Native American teen who lives with his father, Billy, on the Quileute Indian Reservation near Forks. Seventeen-year-old Bella Swan, leaves Phoenix, Arizona and moves to Forks, a small town located on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, to live with her father, Charlie, the town's police chief. Following the film's success, New Moon and Eclipse, the next two novels in the series, were produced as films the following year. The soundtrack was released on November 4, 2008.
It was released on DVD Maand became the most purchased DVD of the year. Twilight was theatrically released on Novemit grossed over US$407 million worldwide, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. Principal photography took 44 days and was completed on the film was primarily shot in Oregon. Melissa Rosenberg wrote a new adaptation of the novel shortly before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and sought to be faithful to the novel's storyline. Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the novel after three years of the project's stagnant development. The project was in development for approximately three years at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation that differed significantly from the novel was written. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan (a teenage girl) and Edward Cullen (a vampire), and the subsequent efforts of Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from a coven of evil vampires. It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. Twilight is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2005 novel of the same name.