Kristen Stewart recently told “Entertainment Tonight” that she “would love” to direct a reboot of “Twilight,” the 2008 vampire romance film that launched her career.
“I would love… listen. I like what Catherine [Hardwicke] I made, I love what Chris [Weitz] “I did, I love what all the directors did with the films,” Stewart said. “They were so themselves and weird and a little bit like squirrels, and so present in that time when they didn’t really know what they were yet, like before they exploded.”
Stewart said that ideally she would receive a “huge budget” and “a lot of love and support” from fans for the hypothetical project.
“Yeah, of course I’ll do the remake,” she added. “I’m doing it! I’m committed!”
Stewart starred in the “Twilight” franchise alongside Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. The 2008 original spawned four sequels: 2009’s “New Moon,” 2010’s “Eclipse,” 2011’s “Breaking Dawn – Part 1” and 2012’s “Breaking Dawn – Part 2.” The series grossed more than $3 billion at the worldwide box office.
While Stewart is happy to return to Forks, Washington, Pattinson may not be so quick to buy in. He told GQ in 2022 that he spent much of his time on the set of “Twilight” “furious” because the studio didn’t agree with his vision for the film.
“I wanted to make it as artistic as possible,” Pattinson said at the time. “We had this weird tension where the studio was afraid to do things that were a little too emo and all that. I thought that was the only way to play it. I spent so much time [on set] furious…I can’t believe the way I was acting half the time.
Stewart recently made her directorial debut with “The Chronology of Water.” Starring Imogen Poots, Thora Birch and Jim Belushi, the film follows a woman who copes with her childhood trauma through swimming and writing. The film brought Stewart on Varietyof the 10 directors to watch each year for 2026.
