For me, it’s not a happy place to be.ĭM: Is the door completely closed on that? SM: We’re much further along on “Down a Dark Hall” and we’re looking for a director. My role was to keep (things) as close (to the book) as possible.ĭM: Fickle Fish has optioned two ghost stories, Lois Duncan’s “Down a Dark Hall” and Kendare Blake’s “Anna Dressed in Blood.” Which will you do next? SM: It was very intense because you have a mental picture of scenes and characters, based on the book. (“Austenland”) got great reviews, and Sony Classics bought it right away.ĭM: What kind of pressure was there with the two “Breaking Dawn” movies and “The Host”? SM: I had the kind of Sundance experience you read about.

Keri was five months pregnant and the least pregnant woman I’ve ever seen. It’s a comedy first and foremost, so there was a lot of laughter.

SM: There was zero pressure, since this was not my novel. We picked Fickle Fish because we kind of feel like fish out of water.ĭM: How was it being a producer on “Austenland” compared with “Twilight” and “The Host”? We’d be eating grilled cheese sandwiches and try “grilled cheese,” and find that someone else already had it. Stephenie Meyer: (Laughs) Meghan (Hibbett) and I settled on it because we could not find a name that wasn’t already taken.

the expectations of her own, the end of the “Twilight” series, whose five films generated $3.3 billion in worldwide ticket sales, and her shingle’s next two projects.ĭave McNary: What kind of name is Fickle Fish? Meyer spoke with Variety’s Dave McNary about the rigors of producing the work of others vs.

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