"The Twilight Saga: New Moon": Read The Screenplay By Melissa Rosenberg
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Let’s dive into "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" — aka "The One Where Edward Goes Full Emo and Jacob Hits the Gym."
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The story.
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is the second installment in the film series, directed by Chris Weitz and released in 2009. Based on Stephenie Meyer’s second novel, it continues the supernatural teen romance but ups the angst and introduces a new contender in the love triangle.
After a near-fatal paper cut incident at her birthday party (yes, really), Edward Cullen decides Bella is too fragile for vampire life and abruptly leaves Forks with the rest of the Cullen family. Bella spirals into depression and isolation — until her friendship with Jacob Black deepens. Turns out, Jacob isn’t just a loyal mechanic with perfect hair — he’s a werewolf, sworn enemy of vampires and protector of the Quileute tribe.
Bella, still fixated on Edward, starts deliberately risking her life just to "see" ghostly visions of him. Eventually, she cliff-dives (naturally), which leads Edward to believe she’s dead. Being the drama king he is, Edward heads to Italy to provoke the Volturi, a powerful vampire council, into ending his life.
Bella rushes to stop him, the love triangle gets official, and we meet Aro, Jane, and the rest of the Volturi — introducing a more dangerous, political vampire world to the franchise.
Production Notes.
- "Twilight" director, Catherine Hardwicke, didn’t return to direct due to the rushed timeline, and Chris Weitz (best known for About a Boy and The Golden Compass) took over.
- The tone was darker, more polished, and more mythologically expansive.
- Taylor Lautner, nearly recast due to physical changes required for Jacob, bulked up to keep the role — a transformation that became a major talking point during promotion.
The legacy of "New Moon."
- "New Moon" shattered box office records at the time, earning $142 million in its opening weekend in the U.S. alone.
- It amplified the Team Edward vs. Team Jacob debate to fever pitch.
- It was also the film that began to more deeply explore the Volturi, werewolf lore, and the implications of immortality and destiny — setting the stage for the escalating fantasy drama to come.
More emotional, more supernatural, and way more shirtless — "New Moon" leaned into the love triangle melodrama and cemented "Twilight's" pop culture domination.
Take a look at "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" logline.
After Edward leaves because of an incident involving Bella, Jacob Black becomes her best friend. But what Bella doesn't realize is that Jacob also has a secret that will change their lives suddenly. Lionsgate
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" Screenplay Details.
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| Type | ... |
ORIGINAL
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| Version | ... | 2nd DraftRevised |
| Date | ... | 12.21.2008 |
| Pages | ... | 118 |
| Genres | ... | AdventureDramaFantasy |
| Screenplay | ... | Melissa Rosenberg |
| IMDb ID | ... | 1259571 |
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