Twihards, get ready! A Twilight animated series of Midnight Sun is coming to Netflix

I never thought I'd be writing about Twilight again after the hit franchise came to an epic end in 2012 with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. But now there's some exciting news! Remember the author of the books Stephanie Meyer's Midnight Sun novel? The one that's a retelling of Twilight but from Edward Cullen's perspective? Well, we're going to be able to see it come to life onscreen! Though, not in the way that you might think.

According to Deadline, Netflix has given the upcoming show a straight-to-series order in animation form. That's right. The new Twilight series is going to be animated. The production is currently in development and Meyers is on board as one of the executive producers. Joining her in the role is Tell Me Lies writer Sinead Daly who is also going to be penning scripts. No release date or cast members have been confirmed yet.

So as a Twihard, I'm really excited about the franchise coming back to life in some way. Though I'm not sure how to feel about it being an animated series. There's probably a few reasons why the author and studio chose to go this route. The most obvious is the fact that despite Robert Pattinson who played the handsome vampire and Kristen Stewart, who took on the role of Bella, are still acting, Taylor Lautner (Jacob) has been away from sets for a couple of years now. Plus, perhaps the main trio and other actors were not on board to return.

There's a big core group of cast members and characters, and perhaps it was hard to coordinate getting them all back. Plus, they are all more than 10 years older. So it's going to look off as it's supposed to take place during the same time as Twilight. In this case then if you're going to adapt the story, animation is the way to go. Which is why it's the best route.

Though it would have definitely been so fun to have the main cast members reunite onscreen and bring the same magical air surrounding Twilight back once again with a live action. But time from a different perspective. It would have been great! Though I'm sure the animated Midnight Sun adaptation is going to be just as interesting and a fun watch for us avid fans, and I'm actually really looking forward to it! What do you think about this news?

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