All it takes is a gleaming silver Volvo and a sky that seems ready to rain at any moment to feel like you’re back in Forks. Nearly twenty years after the first Twilight, Netflix brings the Cullen’s town back to the screen with the animated series Midnight Sun. For Twilight fans, curiosity is through the roof.
Two Seasons Ahead of the Debut
Confirmation came from Kevin Beggs, president of Lionsgate Television. The project, announced by Netflix in 2024, is an adult animated series adapted from Stephenie Meyer’s novel. The author will participate in the development as an executive producer, while the screenplay has been entrusted to Sinead Daly. It remains to be seen where the first season will end and where the second will begin.
What Midnight Sun Is About
When Bella Swan moves to Forks to live with her father, Edward Cullen has already spent decades living among humans. He has learned to blend in with them and to keep his thirst in check. One day at school, Bella sits beside him during biology class and, for the first time in years, Edward fears he might give in. He tries to stay away, but when a van nearly smashes into her in the school parking lot, he saves her in front of their classmates. Bella wants to know how he did it. Edward, who can read the thoughts of anyone except his own, must guess how much she already understands.
In the 2020 novel, Stephenie Meyer retells the story of the first Twilight from Edward’s point of view. She follows him even when Bella is away, weaving through memories of his life as a vampire and conversations with the Cullens, who fear for the family’s secret. The situation escalates when James, a vampire who loves to hunt his prey, tracks Bella. Up to that moment Edward had wondered whether the safest thing for her was to leave her alone. Now he must figure out how to protect her from someone who wants to kill her.
Who Will Voice Bella and Edward?
On the big screen, the faces were Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. For the series, the voices of the lead roles have yet to be announced. Early casting news concerns Jacob and Billy Black, two roles for which the production would have sought Native American actors. As for the release, Netflix has not yet announced a date nor released a trailer. The most optimistic estimates point to the end of 2027, with 2028 as another possibility.
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