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Kristen Stewart to shine in “Twilight”

Or perhaps that should be “to glow in the moonlight.” The protagonist is, after all, a human in love with a vampire. For those of you not familiar with the series, Twilight will follow in the footsteps of the Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia franchises in attempting to turn a bestselling young adult fantasy series into a multimillion-dollar cinematic spectacle. Kristen Stewart will star as Bella Swan, one half of the starstruck lovers.

She’s done some growing up since playing Jodie Foster‘s daughter in Panic Room.

I’ve never read the Twilight series, which is a recent phenomenon (the first book came out in 2005), but here’s the premise, according to MTV.com. Teenage girl Bella falls for what she thinks is a normal boy, but finds herself in an abnormal situation: The object of her affections is a vampire. But not just any vampire, according to Stewart:

“He’s so good and he’s so soulful and he’s just not a liar — you can feel pain from him. The cool thing about the story is that it’s a seemingly wonderful fantasy — let’s fall in love with vampires and live forever — but it’s so much harder than that. Imagine living forever. Living one life is hard enough.”

If you were paying attention to TV in the 1990s, you’ve got to be thinking the same thing I am. Is the author of this series paying royalties to Joss Whedon?

But no; in an interview posted on Amazon.com, Stephenie Meyer says she’s never seen an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Hmm. The vampire-with-a-soul bit must be universal. You can catch a clip of Meyer being interviewed here.

There’s already talk about turning the movie into a series, should it be successful, and the casting is certainly aimed at fans of fantasy franchises. Set to co-star is Robert Pattinson, of Cedric Diggory fame. But the script is already causing consternation among purist fans of the series over at the MTV.com movie blog. (I have sympathy. Don’t get me started on Harry Potter adaptations.) In one scene created for the movie, Stewart says,

“He throws me over his back, right before he’s going to tell me that he’s a vampire, and then he runs over the treetops. And we’re going to be in real treetops; we’re not just going to CGI it. We actually get to go up there, and that’s what I’m stoked on.”

So does that mean anything to you? Does this movie have a shot at success? Any fans of the series around here? Let us know what you think.

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