"Twilight" is becoming a power to be reckoned with. According to Empire, the success of the film has killed Platinum Dunes' plans to remake the Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 vampire classic, "Near Dark."

“Near Dark is probably not going to happen,” says producer Brad Fuller. “I think that 'Twilight' was the same type of thing we were going for although 'Near Dark' was a much darker, sexier, rated R version of that. But I’m concerned that, conceptually, that 'Near Dark' and 'Twilight' are too similar in terms of a vampire movie. For now, that movie is on hold ... The concept of ‘one person’s a vampire, the other person isn’t and they’re in love,’ with the success of that film, we would not measure up. It’s not the right time to make that.” Read more...