Summit Entertainment has set Catherine Hardwicke to direct "
Twilight," an adaptation of the novel that hatched Stephenie Meyer's bestselling young adult fantasy series.
Melissa Rosenberg ("Step Up") will write the script. Maverick Films' Mark Morgan will produce with Greg Mooradian.
"
Twilight" tells the story of 17-year-old Bella, who moves to a small town to live with her father, and is drawn to a pale mysterious classmate who comes from a family of vampires.