Eclipse director!

Summit Entertainment announced today that David Slade has been hired to direct THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE from a screenplay written by Melissa Rosenberg. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, the third film in the studio’s TWILIGHT film franchise based on the Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster book series, will be released theatrically in North America on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. The announcement was made by Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production.

Meyer stated, “I am thrilled that David Slade will be directing ECLIPSE. He’s a visionary filmmaker who has so much to offer this franchise. From the beginning, we’ve been blessed with wonderful directorial talent for the Twilight Saga, and I’m so happy that ECLIPSE will be carrying on with that tradition.”

Feig said, “Stephenie Meyer’s ECLIPSE is a muscular, rich, vivid book and we at Summit looked long and hard for a director who could do it justice. We believe we have found that talent in David Slade, a director who has been able to create complex, visually arresting worlds. We cannot wait to see the ECLIPSE he brings to life and brings to the fans eagerly awaiting its arrival in summer of 2010.”

Oooo this sounds exciting! I was talking to a few fellow 'twilight nuts' about the possibility of him directing eclipse a week or so ago and we couldn't decide whether it will be a good thing or not. So far he has directed only 3 films... and I have heard of 2 of them and even watched one (30 Days of Night) Which was quite good, and Im pretty sure that all the action parts in Eclipse should be quite good but we should all still have our fingers cross though!

And I just want to thank Missme for making me aware of the 'gangster' poses that David likes to pull:

Even hes scared!