{"id":13073,"date":"2020-05-04T17:17:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T00:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=13073"},"modified":"2020-05-04T17:17:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T00:17:45","slug":"the-best-twitter-reactions-to-the-twilight-midnight-sun-book-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/best-twitter-reactions-to-the-twilight-midnight-sun-book-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Twitter Reactions to the Twilight \u2018Midnight Sun\u2019 Book Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s been 15 years since<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the original\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Twilight\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">book\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">first\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sunk its teeth into the hearts of teen (and, ahem, twentysomething) girls\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and guys\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">everywhere<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today the series author,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Stephenie<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Meyer, announced that the long-awaited prequel, titled\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Midnight Sun<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, will arrive\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">August 4\u00a0of this year.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is a big deal for a few reasons. One:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<em>Twilight<\/em> books and movies were a massive commercial success, selling millions of copies and raking in over $2 billion across all five movies. Two: this prequel has been rumored since part of the manuscript leaked online back in 2008. Three: 2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">020 has been a rough year for everyone, and we could all use an indulgent escape\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">into the captivating love story of Edward and Bella.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stephanie Meyer Releasing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidnightSun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MidnightSun<\/a> in 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OKVAmZhRIn\">pic.twitter.com\/OKVAmZhRIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M (@WildfireKristen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WildfireKristen\/status\/1257302302135705607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">627-page\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">book\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will focus on Edward\u2019s life and tell the story of meeting Bella from his perspective.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Naturally, the Twittersphere lit up at today&#8217;s announcement and fans did not miss\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the opportunity to post their\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reactions to th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0news.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me for the next three months waiting for the Midnight Sun release <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidnightSun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MidnightSun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Twilight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Twilight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5xlCH7XHyk\">pic.twitter.com\/5xlCH7XHyk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Milka V\u00e4in\u00e4m\u00f6 ??\u200d?? (@milkamilka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/milkamilka\/status\/1257301037926367235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reminders to stay calm amidst the excitement were prevalent.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This gif has never been more accurate.. GUYS WE&#39;RE GETTING MIDNIGHT SUN. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Twilight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Twilight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidnightSun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MidnightSun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U2nyH3CxE3\">pic.twitter.com\/U2nyH3CxE3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nikki (@BNC_FF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNC_FF\/status\/1257295819331579904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Some\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">took to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">TikTok<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0for a twerk-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">happy dance set to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0the series\u2019 elegant score<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TWILIGHT NATION RISE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidnightSun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MidnightSun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l7oiD9WJEg\">pic.twitter.com\/l7oiD9WJEg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M (@WildfireKristen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WildfireKristen\/status\/1257298351244091398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The announcement reignited\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the great debate of the 2010s.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me on Monday when Stephenie Meyer drops <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidnightSun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MidnightSun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1MeXP7yUG0\">pic.twitter.com\/1MeXP7yUG0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; I\u2019m Batman? (@whereitrains) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whereitrains\/status\/1255713062322966528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">One user pointed out the pandemic of it all (I think she meant \u201cironic\u201d but either way\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0kind of works).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Edward Cullen literally died in a pandemic, and now he returns while we are in the middle of one. That&#39;s iconic. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidnightSun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MidnightSun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; allison (@reyeverdeen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reyeverdeen\/status\/1257304739143811076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Others\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">speculated on R. Patz&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reaction that he might have to play Edward Cullen again<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Robert Pattinson right now after hearing they\u2019re making another Twilight book <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidnightSun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MidnightSun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rgXE6MIHoB\">pic.twitter.com\/rgXE6MIHoB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; StepKickKing (@StepKickKing2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StepKickKing2\/status\/1257330931779674113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">robert pattinson when he\u2019s asked to do another twilight movie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidnightSun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MidnightSun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w3zqW1t513\">pic.twitter.com\/w3zqW1t513<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; paul rudd (@philsadelphia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philsadelphia\/status\/1257313102703419401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Especially after\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/why-robert-pattinson-was-cast-in-the-batman-app\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Robert Pattinson is set to play Batman<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Robert pattison must be so mad lol dude about to become batman and here comes stepahanie meyer with another twilight book <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MidnightSun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MidnightSun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kj32fzz4YP\">pic.twitter.com\/kj32fzz4YP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; blank space (@eliangel90) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eliangel90\/status\/1257307015610642443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Love it or hate it, there\u2019s no denying that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Twilight\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">saga\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was a cultural phenomenon that\u00a0spawned a new generation of the vampire obsessed. It flipped the script on these blood-thirsty beings by portraying them as animal-eating\u00a0heroes instead of the typical human-killing\u00a0villains.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It also paved the way for other super popular YA book\/movie series\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">like\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Hunger Games<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Divergent\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Maze Runner<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.S.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">there\u2019s also a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/hunger-games-prequel-movie\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hunger Games\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">prequel book\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">and movie\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">in the works<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">).\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Will there be a\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Midnight Sun\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">movie<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0following the book<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s release<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My money\u2019s on yes. But we\u2019ll keep you posted when we hear anything official.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been 15 years since\u00a0the original\u00a0Twilight\u00a0book\u00a0first\u00a0sunk its teeth into the hearts of teen (and, ahem, twentysomething) girls\u00a0and guys\u00a0everywhere.\u00a0Today the series author,\u00a0Stephenie\u00a0Meyer, announced that the long-awaited prequel, titled\u00a0Midnight Sun, will arrive\u00a0on\u00a0August 4\u00a0of this year.\u00a0\u00a0 This is a big deal for a few reasons. One:\u00a0the\u00a0Twilight books and movies were a massive commercial success, selling millions of copies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[37,46],"class_list":["post-13073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news","tag-newspage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13090,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073\/revisions\/13090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}