It appears that Lions Gate isn’t going to be done bleeding the Twitards of all their money after the final movie, Breaking Dawn Part 2 hits theaters later this year on November 16.
F$&%.
Lions Gate CEO Jon Feltheimer had this to say to the Los Angeles Times:
“It’s hard for me to imagine a movie that does $700 million-plus doesn’t have ongoing value. It’s an amazing franchise that they have done a great job of maintaining with absolutely no deterioration. So the simple answer is ‘Boy I hope so.'”
One person close to the acquisition deal but not authorized to speak publicly suggested that because Lions Gate, unlike Summit, has a television production unit, it could adapt “Twilight” for the small screen.
Double f%&$.
Of course, financially this makes sense to Lions Gate to continue on with a franchise that pulls in hundreds-of-millions of dollars – but it doesn’t disappoint me any less as I was hoping to see this awful franchise just die off after the last movie. Why not keep shoveling film making garbage adapted from literary garbage down the throats of those who want it if it means truck loads of money for the studios (the “fresh rating” of the Twilight films in order on Rotten Tomatoes are 49%, 49%, 28% and 25% respectively)? And of course, what other female role model is going to be available to young girls than one who wants to just kill herself if she can’t be with the glittery vampire she loves if this franchise comes to an end? Remember girls, you are nothing if you don’t have a man who loves you, impregnates you with a mutant baby, and gives you a c-section with his teeth.
In any case, The Hunger Games hits theaters on March 23, is directed by Gary Ross, and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth.