For unknown reasons, that actor was not able to play the part, and Facinelli was selected in his place. Certain scenes from the book were cut from the film, such as a biology room scene where Bella's class does blood typing.

The successful animated film, Hotel Transylvania, briefly parodied the Twilight Saga, namely the scene in which Edward reveals his vampirism to Bella in the woods near Forks High School.

million on its opening day, [9] Summit Entertainment announced they would begin production on New Moon; they had acquired the rights to the remaining novels earlier that same month. In any case, the influx of female viewers into the theaters indicates the increasing importance of the female demographic in dictating Hollywood's tastes. It was so different that Stephenie Meyer worried that she had made the wrong decision in selling the film rights to her novel. USA Today gave the film two out of four stars and Claudia Puig wrote, "Meyer is said to have been involved in the production of Twilight, but her novel was substantially more absorbing than the unintentionally funny and quickly forgettable film".

After casting Stewart as Bella, Hardwicke had trouble finding an actor otherworldly enough to play Edward Cullen.Instead of shooting at Forks High School itself, scenes taking place at the school were filmed at Kalama High School [70] and Madison High School. Meyer visited the production set three times and was consulted on different aspects of the story; [64] she also has a brief cameo in the film. Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, a 108-year-old vampire who was changed in 1918 and still appears to be seventeen.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) had, once again, Alexandra Patsavas as music supervisor; [99] while The Twilight Saga: New Moon (The Score), was composed by Alexandre Desplat.

Originally scheduled for release in December 2008, Twilight was moved to a worldwide release of November 21, 2008, after Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince moved from a November 2008 release to being released in July 2009. Slade, who previously said he would not be around for them, was seen, along with Stephenie Meyer, on set.