Ngemuva kwempumelelo enkulu yesaga Twilight, iminyango yaseHollywood ibonakala ivuleka kakhulu UCatherine Hardwicke, umqondisi oguqule ingxenye yokuqala yendawo yonke yama-vampire.
Ngenkathi ama-movie we Twilight bavuna abalandeli emhlabeni wonke, U-Hardwicke uzoba nethuba lokuzivumelanisa nenganekwane yakudala ethi Brothers Grimm, Little Red Riding Hood. Ifilimu izoba nesihloko Intombazane Ephethe Ihood Ebomvu futhi izokhiqizwa ngu-Appian Way, umdidiyeli we Leonardo DiCaprio.
Njengoba ishicilelwe ngabakwa-Variety, Izoba nokudlidliza okubuhlungu kanye nobuhle be-gothic, futhi izoncika kunxantathu wothando wentsha ukuxoxa indaba.
UDavid Johnson, umbhali weNtandane eyesabekayo, usevele ukuqinisekisile ukuthatha i-script, kanye nezitudiyo Warner Bros. baye babonisa isithakazelo ekusakazeni ifilimu.