Netflix Commits to Two Seasons of Animated Midnight Sun

Netflix has committed to two seasons of an animated adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun, Lionsgate Television chairman Kevin Beggs said during the studio’s second-quarter 2027 earnings call. The series will retell the story of Twilight from vampire Edward Cullen’s perspective, rather than Bella Swan’s.

Beggs described the project as an adult animation order and said Meyer and her team are closely involved with Lionsgate and Netflix. He said Lionsgate has high expectations for the series and views it as a continuation and expansion of the Twilight universe. The order gives the project two seasons without waiting for the first season’s performance, though Netflix has not announced a release date.

Midnight Sun, published in 2020, revisits the events of the original Twilight novel through Edward’s point of view. The animated series adapts that companion book, which explores the same romance and events narrated in the first novel. Sinead Daly is attached as writer and executive producer; reports also describe her as the showrunner. Meyer is an executive producer, alongside Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Erik Feig and Meghan Hibbett. Lionsgate Television is producing the project.