The Movie Filter by Jeff Roedel – So, what is the next ‘Twilight’?

Now that Breaking Dawn Part 1 has amassed nearly $140 million in its opening weekend–the second highest opening in the series’ history and the biggest opening ever for a Baton Rouge-filmed movie–we can sit back as armchair producers and forecast what property has the potential to become the next Twilight-level phenomenon. It’s a tricky prediction as these runaway successes seem to hinge on a delicate balance of romance, action and fantasy elements, and the requisite dash of over-the-top cheesiness, but here are my odds for filling the soon-to-be-sizeable Twilight gap at the box office and in the hearts of Twi-hards everywhere: Read more…