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Catherine Hardwicke Adapting Gayle Forman's If I Stay
February 24, 2009
Source: Entertainment Weekly
by Alex Billington
Apparently Summit Entertainment and Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke have resolved any major issues that originally arose during the shooting of Twilight, because Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Hardwicke has signed on to direct an adaption of Gayle Forman's forthcoming young adult novel "If I Stay" for Summit. The book is about a 17-year-old girl name Mia who gets in a car accident and in the blink of an eye finds herself watching her damaged body being pulled from the wreckage. She must decide whether or not she has the will to live. No screenwriter is officially attached to adapt yet either.
Before directing Twilight last year, Hardwicke previously directed Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown, and The Nativity Story, a diverse line-up of films. While she didn't exactly do well enough with Twilight to continue working on that series, she will still most likely be remembered as the director who brought Stephenie Meyer's vision to life. Hence why I'm sure she seems like a good fit, in theory, for "If I Stay". Unfortunately, I already get the feeling that this is going to be one of those annoying "young adult" movies that is catered to a very specific demographic - one which I am not a part of. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. Thoughts?
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Reader Feedback - 4 Comments »
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I think the plot sounds really interesting but I'm not sure about Catherine as the director. I definitely think this sounds like it has potential to not be like another "young adult" movie but who they pick as the screenwriter will tell more about the direction it will go.
Janet on Feb 24, 2009
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With a movie based on a synopsis like this one, it will ride a razor edge between so depressing, I'll come out of the movie questioning my own will to live–and not feeling any pathos at all for the central character.
Hand Knotted Rugs on Feb 24, 2009
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Wow, sounds like a really good idea. However there is a lot of ways this can go bad like how you said, too teen like. Even too depressing like the comment above, but you are forgetting that this is teen director of Thirteen so I have confidence in it.
Ryan on Feb 24, 2009
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I read this book recently, and it is absolutely amazing. You see, I read the author's note sections too, and Gayle Forman wants this book to be not a book of a genre, but one that is so good that teens want to hand it over to their parents and have them read it too–it's not a strictly teen novel. It has a lot about family, dynamic characters (even those who died) and if Cahterine Hardwicke and the screenwriter nail it just right, it should be a movie everyone can go to (except for small children). I don't think it was utterly depressing; it was very sad, the situation, but kind of bittersweet–there was lots of hope at the end, and the characters, oh every single one of them just made the book feel that much better. I hope they get this right.
Alison on Oct 14, 2009