Go Crazy: David Slade Will Direct Third Twilight Film

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 22, 2009

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Just as the phenomenon snuck up on us originally, surprising Neil Miller – a man who usually prides himself on keeping up with every fad aimed at fourteen year old girls – with its fanbase power, an email snuck up on us just a few minutes ago with confirmation that the director behind 30 Days of Night will be helming Eclipse – the third installment in the Twilight series.

That’s right. David Slade will be sitting in the director’s chair after a ton of speculation has whirled around the internet regarding who would be taking his seat. Besides 30 Days of Night – one of the coolest vampire films I’ve seen in a while – Slade was also the mind behind Hard Candy.

So a guy who knows his way around vampires will be taking control of Eclipse. That’s fantastic news for anyone hoping for even a remotely decent look at vamps (and for anyone who wanted to stab themselves during the CGI moments of the first flick). Although, it’s unclear as to why Slade would be taking a job like this. He does have some experience with the unbalanced hormonal world of young girls (which would also continue the trend after having Thirteen director Catherine Hardwicke direct Twilight) and, obviously, vampires. Maybe the blend put him in a good mindset about creating a film where vampires have to fight or team up with werewolves in order to protect the love of one of their own and his completely fragile, unbalanced teenage girlfriend.

What do you think? Solid choice or weird? Were you disappointed that it wasn’t David Spade that would be directing? Me too.


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  • 30 Days of Night is a fantastic vampire movie: But the things that make it awesome will never make it into a Twilight movie: Still: He's probably the best of the directors they've had so far.
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  • Jenny
    I think Summit is finally seeing that this franchise isn't about teenage girls. There is a lot more depth to the Twilight Saga than most realize. It is a rich and vast story, that happens to take place starting in high school. David Slade is a great choice for this saga as it matures.
  • Chille
    Ok I'm skeptical please explain what's so deep about it.
  • Vlad
    You can't polish a piece of crap. Watching the first Twilight film, I could tell that they tried to fix the glaring problems from the book, but they still wound up with a boring, boring film which consisted mostly of the two leads making sexy faces at each other. These director choices for the sequels are interesting, to say in the least. My guess is they chose this guy because of the huge evil vampires vs. good vampires/werewolves "battle" in Eclipse.
  • David G
    You know its bad when they have to pick another director for the next one, while the second is still being filmed! Ha! At least I know not to go into New Moon with high hopes. : D
  • David G
    Plus, if Slade really is at the helm of Eclipse, it wouldn't be bad idea to film the third and fourth installments together. Or at least one right after the other. But then again, maybe this is Summit's new trend for these kinds of movies. To follow the trend, a la Harry Potter!
  • BoB
    Great! Now we all can gets headaches with all the shaky-cam-ness.

    Perfect choice. NOT!
  • 30 Days of Night bored me. No one I saw it with liked it. Hard Candy wasn't all that good either. Directing wise it was fine I guess, but story wise I thought the ending blew. I don't give a shit about Twilight though, so who cares. If they want it to become good, they need to cast Daniel Craig as Edward (or whatever) and have it be directed by Martin Campbell and replace vampires with spies.
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