ABC News ran a story on the canning of Catherine Hardwicke which quoted me. Check it out:
“She’s done exactly what Hollywood said we have to do as women — delivered a successful box office movie,” Melissa Silverstein, who runs the blog Women & Hollywood, told ABCNews.com. “It does not add up.”
Silverstein wrote a blog about Hardwicke’s departure under the headline: “What Does a $70 Million Opening Weekend Get Catherine Hardwicke? Fired.”
But some industry watchers question whether Hardwicke was treated fairly. After one blog quoted a Summit insider as saying Hardwicke was “difficult” and at times “irrational,” Silverstein shot back, “Why don’t you just call her ‘bitch?’”
“It’s a boy’s town,” Silverstein said. “Directing is the ultimate job. You are the king, you tell people what to do and you’re in charge. And there’s a very small list of men who are on it. Here’s a woman who made it on the list. She worked her butt off, achieved a big box office success and has been summarily kicked off the list.”
Read the full piece: Why Was ‘Twilight’ Director Axed From Sequel?
Also check up this EW update piece about the situation. It just gets stranger.
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What a bummer. I just hope they get another female director.