The host by stephenie meyer5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Starring an up-and-coming Saoirse Ronan and screen veteran Diane Kruger, the adaptation seemed set for blockbuster success. Related: Twilight: Why Emmett’s Eggs Aren’t A Cullen Plot HoleĪfter this massive and unanticipated success, expectations were understandably sky-high for the 2013 movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s YA sci-fi novel The Host. Despite this, Twilight was a blockbuster hit and soon spawned a string of sequels, each of which earned hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. ![]() Even after these plans were scrapped, original Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke claimed she only got the job because the studio producing the movie had low expectations for the franchise’s potential. ![]() Twilight could've been altered by Paramount, as it was unsure whether audiences would want a movie faithful to Meyers’ novel. ![]()
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