The Twilight Saga became a worldwide success and many films tried to match its success. As SensaCine recalls, among them is another fantastic story adapted from the book of Stephenie Meyer – who not only wrote novels that tell the love story of human Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). Indeed, in 2008, the author also published a sci-fi story that became a film – and the fall that destroyed the entire world, with two sequels planned.
Les Âmes Vagabondes, which hit theaters in 2013, nevertheless featured a wonderful cast, led by Saoirse Ronan and Diane Kruger. Its story takes place in the future, where humanity is almost destroyed by an alien invasion. They are called “spirits” and inhabit the bodies of their human victims, destroying their memories.
Melanie Strider, the main character, is a young woman who is different from the others: captured by the enemy, she still miraculously kept her conscience and decides to rebel, which makes her the target of the tracker, a spirit who wants to convert all the remaining people. Melanie then runs off to find the man she loves, but when she finds out where he is, things get complicated.
As you can see, history wandering spirits Contains similar elements Twilight : Romance, fantasy – in this case science fiction – and young protagonists in love. Why was this movie not successful?
A flop and a discontinued suit
With negative reviews, the not-so-bad feature film grossed just over $63 million worldwide against an original budget of $40 million, technically a box office flop. And while the novel itself has long been on the New York Times bestseller list, the plans Stephenie Meyer They were suffocating.
The author confirmed at the time that he was working on literary sequels and that it was more likely to become a trilogy. The next two novels should be called “The Seeker” and “Soul”. But he never wrote them.
When the film premiered in March 2013, writer-director Andrew Niccol told EW that he wanted to write a script for a sequel. “Show me the book, Stephen. You shouldn’t be here. you have to write“- the film director joked then.
“I don’t know if there will be a trilogy. Depends on whether or not. Let’s see where the story ends“, he replied. It is likely that the film’s poor box office results led to the film’s loss Stephenie Meyer A desire to continue Melanie’s story. Thus, fans will never know the fate of the heroine – both in print and on the big screen.
in 2020, Stephenie Meyer Returning to the subject, he told the Guardian that it was a book he wanted to remember wandering spirits.
“If I had no other book to write, I think I would choose Les Âmes Vagabondes. I feel this is my most important story in many ways. But I really hope my best book is yet to come. Let’s be honest, though. I will remember Twilight.“
Wandering Souls is currently available on VOD.
Watch an interview with Stephenie Meyer about the film below:
Source: Allocine
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