Like It Or Not, We Knew This Was Inevitable!! The TWILIGHT Movie Sequel Is Now On The Way...

Merrick here...
Word around my son's middle school is that the kids found the TWILIGHT movie pretty disappointing. But, given the film's audacious opening ($70.5-something mil), I suppose the following was a foregone conclusion:

Los Angeles, CA November 22, 2008 – Summit Entertainment announced today that the studio is officially moving forward with the production of NEW MOON, the second installment of its filmed franchise TWILIGHT, the action-packed, modern day vampire love story. The movie will be based on the second novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series titled, New Moon. The first movie in the TWILIGHT franchise, the self-titled TWILIGHT, arrived in theaters this weekend to sold-out showings.

...per a press release from Summit Entertainment. Uh... (shrugs)