Okwesine ka-Agasti iza kuthengiswa roman "ezinzulwini zobusuku" umbhali we-Stephanie Meier. Ithetha ngeziganeko ezifanayo kwinoveli "ye-Twilight", kodwa ngoku ayiveli kwimbono kaBella, kodwa ukusuka kwindawo yokujonga intanda yakhe - iVampired Edward. Ukuzukisa lo msitho, ukuzonwabisa ngoku ebusuku uthathe udliwanondlebe no-Catherine Hardwick, othe wakhusela inoveli yokuqala ngo-2008. Indima ephambili kwifilimu yadlalwa nguKristen Stewart kunye noRobert Pattinson.
Kumbuzo, ukuba inowuko yesikrini inoveli entsha, uMlawuli wathi iya kuba yiyo "umbono onzima":
Ngokwenene sasilixesha lonke kwintloko ka-Gohi. Susa ukuqhubekeka kuya kuba mnandi kwaye uchulumancile, kodwa phanga iBatman, kunye neKristen ithatha inxaxheba kwiiprojekthi ezintle. Ngubani owaziyo into enokwenzeka.
Kunzima ukukhumbula ukuthandwa kwe-movie ka-2008:
Yayibuhlungu nje. Abantu batyhutyha nje xa iqela lethu laya kwibala ngexesha leentlanganiso kunye nabalandeli. Baphathwa i-rob kunye ne-kristen, njengeenkwenkwezi zelitye. Abantu baphelelwe ngabantu. Kwakumnandi kakhulu.
Okwangoku, i-Hardick isuswe kwinkonzo ye-quibi intsingiselo yentsomi "Ungaboni nzulu" malunga nomntwana okwishumi elivisayo uqalisa ukuthandabuza ukuba yindoda. Kwisithuba sokuqala kuya kubakho iziqendu ezili-14.