Kristen Stewart Wants to Direct Twilight Remake

Kristen Stewart, the actress who rose to fame as Bella Swan in the Twilight film series, expressed enthusiasm for directing a big-budget remake of the vampire romance during a recent interview at the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Creative Impact Awards.

Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Stewart reflected on the franchise that launched her career and praised the original directors for their unique visions. "I love what Catherine Hardwicke did, I love what Chris Weitz did, I love what all of the directors did with the movies," she said. "They were so themselves and weird and kind of like, squirrelly, and just so present in that time when they didn't really know what they were yet, like before they blew up."

The five-film Twilight saga, adapted from Stephenie Meyer's bestselling novels, ran from 2008 to 2012 and grossed more than $3 billion worldwide. Hardwicke helmed the debut Twilight, followed by Weitz's New Moon in 2009, David Slade's Eclipse in 2010, and Bill Condon's two-part Breaking Dawn in 2011 and 2012. Stewart starred opposite Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen and Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, alongside a supporting cast that included Anna Kendrick,...