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Twilight is a
romantic-
fantasy film. It is the first film in
The Twilight Saga film series, directed by
Catherine Hardwicke and based on the
novel of the same name by
Stephenie Meyer. It focuses on the development of a personal relationship between human teenager
Bella Swan (
Kristen Stewart) and
vampire Edward Cullen (
Robert Pattinson), and the subsequent efforts of Cullen and his family to keep Swan safe from a separate group of hostile vampires.
The project was in development for approximately three years at
Paramount Pictures, during which time a
screen adaptation which differed significantly from the novel was written.
Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the novel after three years of the project's
stagnant development.
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. Principal photography took 44 days,
and completed on May 2, 2008.
The film was primarily shot in
Washington and
Oregon in early 2008.
