SELF Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Lucy Dazinger interviewed Melissa Rosenberg, screenwriter for the entire “Twilight” movie series for SELF’s original web series “Five on 5.” The interview with Rosenberg, also known for her work on “Dexter,” “The OC,” Ally McBeal” and “Party of Five,” talked about what it’s like to be a woman in a male-dominated field as well as the decisions behind giving the “Twilight” characters the proper voices for the screen. Below are some quotes from the interview. Lucy: How does it relate, the writing discipline and the physical discipline, how does this relate to you? MR: “It is probably surprising to most people that writing is actually a very…

Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who rose to fame penning the ‘Twilight Saga’ movies, has now signed onto write another adaptation of a young-adult novel, Pamela Sargent’sEarthseed, thehollywoodreporter.com has confirmed. ‘Earthseed’ will launch the film department of Rosenberg’s production company, Tall Girls Prods. Paramount Film Group president Adam Goodman approached Rosenberg, who will also produce the movie, with the idea to adapt Earthseed, and he will oversee the project. She agreed to the adaptation, saying “It really talks about the debate of nature vs. nurture, what is innately human and what can be bred in or out of someone.” The novel is set in the future, and follows people who launch a…

In addition to the news of Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke not directing its second installment, New Moon, it has been reported that Summit Entertainment plans on shooting New Moon and Eclipse, the Twilight saga’s third novel, one after another using the same director, who is unknown as of now. In the “Eclipse Auditions” report posted on Alan Baltes’ Acting Auditions blog, he confirms this information, continuing to say, “Filming begins on New Moon in March 2009, and will continue right through completion of Eclipse.” Even though Hardwicke has confirmed that she will not to take the directing role once again, Twilight‘s screenwriter, Melissa Rosenberg, has been asked to pen the…