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Catherine Hardwicke to Direct If I Stay

Source:Summit Entertainment
March 19, 2009


Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has signed on to helm Summit Entertainment's If I Stay, based on Gayle Forman's novel of the same name which will be published spring of 2009 by Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group.

Erik Feig, Summit's President of Production, stated, "When we were thinking of the perfect director to capture the emotion, grace, and passion of this beautiful book, one filmmaker became the clear and only choice: Catherine Hardwicke. Summit and Catherine have had enormous success working together on 'Twilight' and we cannot wait to bring 'If I Stay' to vivid life together as well."

If I Stay is the story of the gifted classical musician Mia and her boyfriend, Adam, an up and coming indie-rock star. Torn between two paths in life, her art or her relationship, Mia is forced to make an even starker choice between life and death when she is caught in a fatal car accident with her family one snowy morning in Oregon.

COMMENTS (16)

Posted by:
Mitchell
March 20, 2009
Sounds too much like August Rush for me.
Posted by:
Fredrix
March 20, 2009
I agree!!! it's august rush!!..but without August
Posted by:
jeez
March 20, 2009
sounds bland and cliche.
Posted by:
CapChaos
March 20, 2009
Any average director could have made Twilight a success because all the teen girls would go see it anyway.

Be amazed if Hardwicke can do anything in a different genre and pull it off?
Posted by:
Simmons
March 20, 2009
Bad writer gets hired to direct a bad movie. I guess it works just fine.
Posted by:
amitiel
March 20, 2009
Yeah...Hardwicke has never really proved herself as a director. "Thirteen" was all about the script and cast. There's no indication she brings anything special to this project either.
Posted by:
CapChaos
March 20, 2009
amitiel, i don't remember large numbers going to see thirteen. Critics opinion was divided too.
Posted by:
essay
March 20, 2009
Interesting. I guess the rift between Hardwicke and Summit that caused her not to be selected to direct "New Moon" has been resolved.
Posted by:
Candice
March 20, 2009
Ok I guess no one has seen Lords of Dogtown and I thought that she did an amazing job with that film. NOT just anyone could directed Twilight, even though there was a lot of bad, I don't think anyone could of done it better then Catherine, even with the budget that she had. Lay off of her she gave twilight that indie feel and made it likeable.
Posted by:
Jess
March 21, 2009
AHHH!!!Twilight should have NEVER have had an "indie" feel...its a freaking FICTION/FANTASY movie!!!SHE RUINED IT!!! I'm not sorry!!! She made Twilight a FREAKIN MUSIC VIDEO!!CUTT OUT IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE BOOK, AND THEN MADE THE AWFUL DECISION TO GIVE IT A REAL LIFE FEEL!!HELLO!!!It wasn't supposed to be reality Kat, it wasn't a documentary about Bella...which is what she did to the movie...THANK GOD FOR THE NEW DIRECTOR...now she can ruin this film...haha! Not all the blame should be put on her though...Kirsten Stewart was also to blame...she sucks...she's reeeaaalllyyy bad at acting...

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