Los Angeles - "Twilight" is coming back
from the dead with a live concert that will tour the world.
Movie studio Lionsgate on Thursday announced that the
vampire book and movie romance that had millions of hearts
swooning is being adapted for an international live to film
event.
The "Twilight in Concert" tour will feature a full orchestra
performing the original movie score timed to a screening of the
first of the five "Twilight" films.
The "Twilight" movie franchise, based on the best-selling
novels by Stephenie Meyer, tells the story of American teenager
Bella Swan who falls in love with mysterious Edward Cullen, who
is a vampire.
The five movies, released between 2008-2012, took some $3.3
billion at the global box office and launched the careers of
actors Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
Meyer's four novels have sold more than 120 million copies
worldwide.
Lionsgate said in a statement that it hoped the concert tour
would "continue to expand the world of 'Twilight' and introduce
it to legions of new fans around the world."
The tour will begin in Brazil in August and be followed by
stops in Australia and Britain.
Concerts based on movies and television shows have become a
popular way of extending entertainment franchises, with
television series "Game of Thrones" and movie "The Hunger
Games," "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter" all finding large global
audiences.