What Happens When the Twilight Runs Out?

As much as we might like to poke fun at Twilight now and again, there's no denying it's a multimedia juggernaut. Besides the books, you can read about the stars in their off-hours in celeb gossip mags, listen to Twilight-inspired bands like The Bella Cullen Project, read Twilght fan fiction, peep fan art, buy all the Twilight tchotchkes your heart could desire over at Hot Topic or Amazon (like this jewelry box!) and, yes, get inked with Twilight-inspired tattoos.

But unless Stephenie Meyer starts cranking out some more books about Bella and Edward, the four Twilight tomes are going to be the end of Bella and Edward on the big screen... right?

Not necessarily, according to Twilight's producers, who were caught on video by the folks over at RadarOnline.com at the 36th Annual Vision Awards this past weekend. RadarOnline's intrepid reporter tracked down Wyck Godfrey and Greg Mooradian at one of the awards parties and asked them about the possibility of a spin-off about the Volturi family.

For those not in the know -- myself included -- the Volturi family is the big daddy coven of vamps, the "de facto royal family" according to the extensive Twilight wiki. The cast list for New Moon's Volturi clan stands out because it includes Michael Sheen, star of Frost/Nixon, The Queen and Tim Burton's highly anticipated remake of Alice in Wonderland, and future Runaway Dakota Fanning.

While Greg Mooradian played coy, he left the door open for spin-offs depending on how well the saga does in theaters and "[where] the audience demands us to go from there."

As Rob at Screenrant points out, Sheen is a very talented actor who is a great candidate to lead a possible spin-off about the Volturis. His presence adds a little bit of legitimacy to the production, although I doubt that he'll bring Frears fans into the Twilight fold.

But without a novel from Meyer to support the spin-off, will there be Twi-hard outcry? What if she just gives it her blessing? At the screening I attended for Twilight, the tweens and teens did express (loudly) their love for Rpatz when he first showed up in the school cafeteria, but they still giggled at some of the more ridiculous moments in the flick.

So will Summit be able to squeeze a few more drops from their cash cow with some spin-offs? And what would fans want to see?

What about... a TV show? Or a video game? Is someone already doing a Twilight LARP out there? If not, they should be. Get on it, people!