'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke in talks with Summit re a young adult movie

'TWILIGHT' DIRECTOR, CATHERINE HARDWICKE, IN TALKS FOR YOUNG ADULT FILM 'IF I STAY' BY GAYLE FORMAN
Feb 23, 2009, 09:06 PM | by Nicole Sperling

Source: http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/02/catherine-hardw.html

Summit Entertainment is trying to make lightning strike twice. The studio behind the Twilight movie series has plans to adapt a buzzy young-adult novel called If I Stay with Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke at the helm, EW has learned exclusively. The studio would not confirm the plan; a Summit insider said the parties are negotiating and a deal is not yet complete.

The book, from author/journalist Gayle Forman (Sisters in Sanity), doesn't hit shelves until April 1 but was scooped up by Summit last month. The project centers on 17-year old musician Mia who, after a violent car accident, finds herself watching her damaged body taken from the wreck. She must decide whether or not she has the will to live.

It's interesting that Hardwicke and Summit would team up again considering how the two parted ways after Twilight became a massive worldwide box office success. This reunion suggests that rumors of discord between the director and her studio may have been greatly exaggerated.

According to Amazon, it is being released April 2nd, not April 1st: http://www.amazon.com/If-I-Stay-Gayle-Forman/dp/0525421033/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&am...

SYNOPSIS:
In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeenyear- old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she fi nds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck.

A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make — and the ultimate choice Mia commands.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gayle Forman is an award-winning author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, The Nation, and The New York Times Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.

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good work! *thumbs up*

Not so much a fan of them as being a waffler although in some cases I'm copying and pasting articles written by others. ;)

fair enough, i could never have the patience with my computer though, it always turns off, if i'm doing an assignment i have to save it basically every 5 minutes! Very frustrating! :)

You can set Word to automatically save every minute too you know.

yeah mine does, but it never seems to save BEFORE it turns off :) like i said very frustrating! :P

Word's a pain in XP. Am always having problems with it.

yeah mines XP.. it constanly freezes or is really slow! Darn technology sometimes! :)

Same here. Have trouble loading it sometimes as well plus it crashes a lot. Have tried to find patches for it on Microsoft's site, but got fed-up trying to figure out where they are. One of these days I'll go back and look again.

good to hear you determined! :)

Hard not to be when the problem's consistently annoying. ;)

yes, good point!

I cant belive shes not going to be the director!

Oh well, wasn't it because nobody liked her? i read somehwhere that it was because she wanted to get quote "lots of cool sh**" for New Moon but for some reason people didn't like that. MEH! i don't really care just as long as chris weitz (sp?) doesn't screw it up and sticks to the book i'm all good :)

Same here

Same here as well! :D

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