Summit Entertainment Moves Up Release Date for TWILIGHT to November 21, 2008

    LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 /EMWNews/ -- TWILIGHT, the first film in Summit

Entertainment's thriller romance franchise, has moved up its North American

release date to Friday, November 21, 2008. The film, which was previously

planned to be released on December 12, 2008, is taking advantage of an

opening in the upcoming fall release calendar. The new release date for

TWILIGHT allows the studio to both bring the film to the written-series'

enormous fan base sooner, and to present the film in more theatres prior to

the holiday movie-going season where traditionally screen time for any

popular film is limited.



    "When Warner Bros. decided to move HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD

PRINCE to the summer of 2009, we saw a unique opportunity to slot in our

film which has been gaining tremendous awareness and momentum over the past

several months," said Rob Friedman, Co-Chairman and CEO of Summit

Entertainment. "We by no means are trying to fill the shoes of the

incredible POTTER franchise for 2008, rather we are just looking to bring

the fans of Stephenie Meyer's incredible book series the film as soon

possible from a programming perspective."



    Starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in the thriller-romance

based on Stephenie Meyer's publishing phenomenon, the film is directed by

Catherine Hardwicke from a script by Melissa Rosenberg (STEP UP). Karen

Rosenfelt (DEVIL WEARS PRADA), Greg Mooradian and Wyck Godfrey will produce

along with Mark Morgan via his Maverick Films banner.



    TWILIGHT tells the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan (Stewart) who moves

to the small town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, and becomes

drawn to Edward Cullen (Pattinson), a pale, mysterious classmate who seems

determined to push her away. But neither can deny the attraction that pulls

them together ... even when Edward confides that he and his family are

vampires. Their unorthodox romance puts her in physical danger when

Edward's nemesis comes to town and sets his sights on Bella.

    About Summit Entertainment LLC



    Summit Entertainment is a worldwide theatrical motion picture

development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio

handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own

internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit

Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own

slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC plans to release

10 to 12 films annually.