A greater than century-old story is getting a refresh with a brand-new adaptation that’s taking a web page from the Twilight books. The Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson-led Twilight films had been world sensations, with the variation of Stephanie Meyer’s younger grownup vampire love saga incomes greater than $3.36 billion over 5 films.
In line with Deadline, there’s loads of hype for this “daring modern reimainging” adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s 1909 novel The Phantom of the Opera, written and directed by French filmmaker Alexandre Castagnetti, who guarantees Twilight-vibes. As manufacturing begins, it is already pre-sold to most of Europe, Canada, South and Central America, and Asia. A U.S. distributor hasn’t been confirmed as of writing.
The film facilities round 18-year-old ballerina Anastasia, a brand new dancer at Paris’ Opéra Garnier, which is haunted by the mysterious phantom of the opera. After assembly the phantom one evening, Anastasia finds her life altering. The prima ballerina meant for the lead position within the ballet’s manufacturing of Orpheus suffers an accident, resulting in Anastasia taking over the lead position.
Deva Cassel, who not too long ago starred in Netflix’s The Leopard, stars as Anastasia, with Julien De Saint-Jean (2024’s acclaimed The Depend of Monte Cristo), and Romain Duris (The Three Musketeers) starring alongside her. Ballet performers Guillaume Diop and Dorothée Gilbert are additionally set to star.
The Phantom of the Opera is at the moment set for a September 23, 2026, launch date in France.
What This Means For The 2026 Film Schedule
In line with the director of Worldwide Distribution at Paris-based SND, Ramay Nahas, “the announcement of the undertaking has sparked world pleasure” and will make The Phantom of the Opera a standout entry on the 2026 new launch calendar. That declare is backed up by the variety of international locations exterior of France which have already lined as much as distribute the film, even when the U.S. is at the moment absent from that record.
This speaks to the rising consciousness of must-see worldwide films. From Parasite successful Greatest Image on the Oscars to films like Godzilla Minus One‘s spectacular field workplace haul, non-Hollywood films have gotten extra dependable hits.
If The Phantom of the Opera can hit with the fandom that made the Twilight films successful, there’s positively an opportunity it might develop into one other worldwide success story.
Our Take On New Phantom Of The Opera Adaptation
Essentially the most well-known adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera stays Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway musical, however there are a variety of notable film diversifications. There’s Joel Schumacher’s 2004 direct adaptation of Webber’s musical, Brian De Palma’s personal spin on the story in 1974’s Phantom of the Paradise, and the silent film basic The Phantom of the Opera from 1925.
Watch 2004’s The Phantom of the Opera and De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise by way of digital on-demand; 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera is streaming without cost on Tubi, and The Roku Channel, in addition to a part of the AMC Plus and MGM Plus libraries.
Nonetheless, as Castagnetti famous to Deadline, that is the first-ever French language adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera, which admittedly stunned me contemplating the novel’s French roots. It’s undoubtedly cool, although, {that a} French filmmaker is lastly getting the prospect to inform this story.
Though I wasn’t precisely the target market for Twilight films, I am intrigued how that angle will come into play for The Phantom of the Opera.
Supply: Deadline