Twilight & Knowing

Posted on Friday August 8, 2008, 15:05 by Olly Richards

We apologise in advance for any possible screams, but there's likely to be a strong reaction when Twilight unveils footage at Movie-Con. When scenes of the adaptation of the first in Stephenie Meyer's vampire romance series were shown at Comic-Con the squeals could be heard as far as Bora Bora. The film, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, follows a teenage girl (Kristen Stewart) who moves to a new town and becomes drawn to a hunky 17-year-old (Robert Pattinson)...who is actually a 108-year-old vampire. The books are already enormously popular, so see for yourself how it translates to film. Empire cannot be held responsible for any deafness resulting from fan fervour.

Also added to the schedule is Knowing, Alex Proyas' first film since 2005's I, Robot. It stars Nicolas Cage as a professor who digs up a time capsule at his son's school and finds that it contains a lot of predictions that have come true. Believing that the contents foreshadows the end of the world, he begins a race to prevent the apocalypse. Rose Byrne also stars.