Twilight series' future looks bright as New Moon rises

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Robert Pattinson and director Chris Weitz attend the "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" press conference at Shinagawa Intercity Hall on November 3, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.  Photograph by: Koichi Kamoshida, Getty Images

By Bob Thompson, Canwest News Service

LOS ANGELES - There aren't many sure things in the Hollywood movie business, except maybe death and facelifts. Now add this to the list: count on New Moon to score big at the box office.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon previewed here over the past few days, and most in attendance agreed afterward that the Twilight franchise's future continues to look bright.

In fact, New Moon's expected to surpass the $384-million US that Twilight scooped up at theatres worldwide last year.

Opening on Nov. 20, the Chris Weitz-directed New Moon continues the otherworldly romantic adventures of teen Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) who has immersed herself in the macabre after falling for vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson).

In this second of four anticipated movie versions of the Stephenie Meyer's novels, Bella tries to deal with emotional turmoil when her Edward disappears even as she begins to connect with her childhood friend, Jacob.

Both of those men in her life turn out to be separate guides into the dangerous sects of the territorial werewolves and the dastardly ancient Italian vampire coven known as the Volturi. Both transforming monsters are ancestral enemies and both might jeopardize the affair between Edward and Bella.

At a swanky hotel Friday, the cast gathered to discuss New Moon and the pop-culture sensation surrounding the Twilight craze.

That's thanks to author Meyer, whose series - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn - has sold more than 70 million copies in more than 35 languages worldwide, winning multiple literary awards in the process.

But Weitz said New Moon had to stand on its own as a film rendition of the book and separately in tone and structure from Catherine Harwicke's introductory movie, Twilight. "What I really didn't want was 'sequel-itis,' " said the 39-year-old.

Still, the director admitted he didn't want to offend young fans, "So it made sense to be unashamed of the emotionality of the piece" as Bella (Stewart) and Edward (Pattinson) break up then reunite after a series of traumatic events.

"I had a really good time on this movie," said Stewart, 19. "It was intense.

"Just because of the nature of the story it goes in a completely different direction. We undermine the first. We establish a very ideological kind of love (in Twilight) and basically tell our main character, our main protagonist, that she was wrong (in New Moon).

"What I really love about New Moon is that you see this girl build herself back up and by the time she makes this sort of rash decision to spend eternity with a vampire, she's in a position where you actually believe her," added the actress.

Pattinson noted the New Moon book and film tends to be more mature than Twilight. "And I think the movie shows a lot of heart," he said.

Both Pattinson and Stewart agreed that Weitz brought a more complicated perspective.

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