Netflix develops animated Twilight retelling based on Stephenie Meyer novelNetflix is getting into the Twilight business, with the streamer handing a straight-to-series order to an animated project based on Stephenie Meyer’s 2020 novel Midnight Sun.
The book, which is a companion to Meyer’s Twilight fantasy book series, is currently in development at the streamer, with Lionsgate Television producing and Sinead Daly (Tell Me Lies, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Raised by Wolves) attached to write and executive produce.
The green light comes six months after Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns said the studio would begin shopping the animated project.
Midnight Sun is a retelling of the Twilight story from the perspective of Edward Cullen, one of the main characters of the original stories, played by Robert Pattinson in the film series.
Other executive producers on the animated series include Meyer and Meghan Hibbett for Fickle Fish Films, Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen for Temple Hill Entertainment and Erik Feig and Samie Kim Falvey for Picturestart.