The animated series based on Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” novel “Midnight Sun” has given a straight-to-series order at Netflix, Variety has learned.
The project was first reported to be in early development back in April 2023 at studio Lionsgate Television. Michael Burns, vice chairman of Lionsgate, confirmed in March 2024 that it would be an animated series. Netflix is now developing the project.
“Midnight Sun” was originally released in 2020. It serves as a retelling of the first “Twilight” book from the perspective of Edward Cullen rather than Bella Swan.
Sinead Daly will serve as writer and executive producer on the series. Daly’s past credits include “Tell Me Lies” at Hulu, “The Walking Dead: World Beyond” at AMC, “Raised by Wolves” at Max, and “The Get Down” at Netflix.
Meyer serves as an executive producer on the series along with Meghan Hibbett for Fickle Fish Films. Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen executive produce for Temple Hill Entertainment, with Temple Hill having produced the “Twilight” films. Erik Feig and Samie Kim Falvey executive produce for Picturestart, with Emily Wissink of Picturestart overseeing the show for the company. Lionsgate TV will produce.
There were originally four novels in the immensely popular “Twilight” series — “Twilight,” “New Moon,” “Eclipse,” and “Breaking Dawn” — published between 2005 and 2008. Meyers also released the book “Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined” in 2015, which gender-swapped the two main characters, Bella and Edward. Meyers then released “Midnight Sun” in 2020.
The film franchise, collectively known as “The Twilight Saga,” was comprised of five films and was released between 2008 and 2012. The five films grossed over $3 billion at the global box office in total and made stars of main cast members like Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner.
