Once you go Twilight, you never go back. A number of the series’ stars are trying to defy that typecast by branching out and pursuing other projects. There’s Kristen Stewart who stars in The Yellow Handkerchief and The Runaways, Robert Pattinson’s Remember Me is set to hit theaters on March 16th, and, most impressive of all, Anna Kendrick is prepping for the Academy Awards. These three and their co-stars are building careers thanks to Twilight’s jump-start. Director Catherine Hardwicke is another case. She isn’t just the director of Twilight; she’s the woman behind Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown too!

As reported by Pajiba, Hardwicke is considering distancing herself from the vampire craze using Paramount’s Dot War. It’s an action adventure film expected to be a cross between War Games and Real Genius. The focus of Laura Harrington’s script is a videogame programmer who receives government training to take down terrorists via virtual technology. The screenplay has been collecting dust for quite some time so Paramount is seeking someone to do a rewrite. If the final product is up to Hardwicke’s standards, she’ll likely board the project.

Hardwicke recently dropped the film If I Stay to take on The Girl With the Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried. Both that and Dot War will have to take a backseat to Hardwicke’s Hamlet which will reunite her with Lords of Dogtown star Emilie Hirsch. Hirsch recently said they’re hoping to get that project up and running sometime in the fall. Clearly it’s time to start saying that Hardwicke was the director of Twilight and is moving onto a promising list of new projects.