Click here for an update on this bogus announcement. Summit Entertainment has now officially tapped Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (Guillermo del Toro produced The Orphanage) to direct The Twilight Saga's Eclipse, the third adaptation in the Twilight vampire series created by writer Stephenie Meyer. You can read all about the deal beyond the break.
Summit, which had no comment Wednesday, is expected to make the official announcement soon. The minimajor recently gave "Eclipse" a release date of June 30, 2010.
Bayona's a protege of Guillermo Del Toro. He directed the Spanish-language horror-thriller "The Orphanage," which was exec produced by Del Toro, and is attached to helm the Universal thriller "Hater," with Del Toro and Mark Johnson producing.
Summit's opted for a different director on each "Twilight" pic. Chris Weitz replaced "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke on "New Moon." Production's due to start shortly on "New Moon" with the key thesps -- Robert Pattinson as Edward, Kristen Stewart as Bella and Taylor Lautner as Jacob -- reprising their roles.
"New Moon" is set to open Nov. 20. Melissa Rosenberg, who penned the "Twilight" and "New Moon" scripts, is working on "Eclipse," in which Bella is forced to choose between Edward and Jacob. The four books in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series have sold more than 17 million copies worldwide.
This is great news. I'm not a fan of this series and I was hoping Juan would direct "Hater" instead, but Juan is a genius with atmosphere ("The Orphanage" proved that), and he's very talented. This third Twilight flick is lucky to have him onboard.
I have a better idea. How about they dont make anymore of these that would be the best thing. That jack-off from Harry Potter is such a knob!! Every time I see him somewhere he has the Derek Zoolander face. It's true look up any photos of him since he made Twilight and he has that I have to poop/ate a lemon look. What a fucking derilict
i disagree, all the directors, Cathrine and Chris now Juan are awesome and will make this one awesome franchise and yes, Irish Mic i don't like Rob that much either but as long as Kirsten stewart is on board, I'm game
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