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Newswire || BY Nell Alk || 08 23 2012 1:00 PM

David Koepp Says Kristen Stewart-Rupert Sanders Media Frenzy Was 'Sad For All Involved'

Kristen Stewart Admits to Affair With SWATH Director - Will Scandal Hurt Breaking Dawn at the Box Office?

Don't tell David Koepp that scandal is good for box office.

The screenwriter (Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones: The Return of a Legend) and director of this week's Premium Rush told Movieline that speculation that the media scandal involving Kristen Stewart, her Twilight co-star and reported off-screen beau Robert Pattinson and her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders is somehow good for business is "a cynical response" to the situation. more »

Newswire || BY Nell Alk || 08 22 2012 10:22 PM

David Koepp on SWATH 2: 'I Couldn't' See Sequel Being Made Without Kristen Stewart

David Koepp on SWATH 2: 'I Couldn't' See Sequel Being Made Without Kristen Stewart

David Koepp couldn't envision a Snow White and the Huntsman sequel without Kristen Stewart — which is one reason he says he's no longer involved in the project.

Koepp — who scripted Jurassic Park, the original 2002 Spider-Man movie and co-wrote and directed this weekend's new bike-messenger thriller Premium Rush — told Movieline that he departed the project because he had worked on a script idea "that I really liked" involving Stewart's character. "And their situation, I hear, changed a little, so they weren't interested in pursuing that idea anymore." more »