Following “Harry Potter’s” release postponement to the summer of 2009, another film adaptation of a best-selling novel will take the date that “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” previously held. According to Summit Entertainment, “Twilight,” the studio’s adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 eponymous novel, will debut on the big screens on November 21.

“When Warner Bros. decided to move “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to the summer of 2009, we saw a unique opportunity to slot in our film which has been gaining tremendous awareness and momentum over the past several months,” said Rob Friedman, co-chairman and chief executive of Summit Entertainment, as quoted by Newsday.

Furthermore, Rob Friedman said that “Twilight” was not at all going all-out to overtake or replace the delayed sequel of the “Harry Potter” franchise, but that the studio decided to bring Stephenie Meyer’s fans the much-waited-for movie as fast as possible.

The upcoming production, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, portrays a 17-year-old girl, Isabella Swan, impersonated by Kristen Stewart, moving to a small town so as to live with her father. She subsequently falls in love with an enigmatic classmate, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), who proves to be a 108-year-old vampire. In spite of his immortal nature, he can’t resist her, and their love story brings them nothing but curses and bad luck.

The last book in the “Twilight” series, “Breaking Dawn,” was released previously this month and was accompanied by a Harry Potter-like success.

At first, the movie had been scheduled to race against 20^th Century Fox’s remake of 1951’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” However, a new release date brings different opponents. “Twilight” will face competition from the animated feature “Bolt,” which also had its released date changed from November 26 to November 21.