Brace yourself for Eclipse being different! It IS rated PG-13. Do you trust Pattinson’s declaration that “different” is a good thing?

Quoting MTV:

…”Twilight” enthusiasts who haven’t braced themselves for a different experience should consider themselves warned: Leading man Robert Pattinson revealed to MTV News that the threequel absolutely takes a more serious tone.

“I’ve seen a very early cut,” Pattinson said at the . “It’s good. It’s different. It’s really different, like, it’s kind of serious.”

Pattinson clarified that in the case of “Eclipse,” the words “different” and “serious” are good things, especially when it comes to the action sequences. “All the kinds of fight scenes that are in ‘New Moon,’ they’re, like, real fights now [in 'Eclipse'],” he said. “They’re not, like, fantasy things. It’s like a horror film!”

The horror label should come as no surprise considering that “30 Days of Night” director David Slade is responsible for “Eclipse.” And not to mention the fact that Peter Facinelli previously revealed that fans will see the “true vampire-ness” of his Carlisle Cullen and the rest of his fanged family, including the “dark, dangerous side” of Alice (Ashley Greene), as well as “a darker side” of Jasper (Jackson Rathbone). Another big tipoff to the film’s pitch can be found in the “Eclipse” footage we’ve already seen, like the action-packed teaser that premiered during the 2010 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday.

Having earned a PG-13 rating for “intense sequences of action and violence,” there’s no question that “Eclipse” will differ from previous “Twilight Saga” installments. The only question is, do you trust Pattinson’s declaration that “different” is a good thing?

Thank you Mr Slade! We can’t wait to see Eclipse either!

Dear fans of The Twilight Saga,

I want to congratulate you for reaching over 6 million fans on The Twilight Saga Facebook page.

It’s hard to fathom that it was just over one year ago that I started constructing this third and epic adventure which takes place in the town of Forks.

I want to share a story about one of our days of shooting with you.

It was a Friday night and the rain was relentless. We were at La Push to shoot the tribe’s histories, a great speech by Billy Black. We had Taylor and Kristen and the whole wolf pack around a campfire as the heavens let loose on us.

Gil Birmingham was in fine form as the rain hammered down on us all, we adjusted our lights so that the rain vanished into the black of night.

We constructed a tent over the scene to keep everyone dry as we worked, every 15 minutes or so we would have to tip it to stop the collecting rain from splitting the fabric.

For some reason still unknown, around 3am, the wolf pack stood exactly in the way of several gallons of rainwater as it was being cleared. Being the wolf pack, they just laughed it off as they stood there soaked to the bone.

We worked through the mud and the rain all night, until we had the scene perfected.

As we left, dawn was now cracking and in the dim light I passed a small army of fans who had braved the weather for the entire night, still standing there, holding drenched flowers and waiting to get a glimpse of our actors.

So, to those of you who stood behind our security, who waited in line at theatres overnight, to those of you who just love these stories, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is a love letter to you.

Each day I felt the weight of your favourite scenes, your favourite lines, your dreams and your imagination.

It has been an unforgettable journey, and now as I finalise the last prints to ready the film for your local theaters, I cannot wait for you to see it.

Sincerest Regards,

DAVID SLADE

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We all are really hoping Davis Slade will do a respectable job on Eclipse and so far it looks like we will get our wish. Twilight Examiner has found an audio interview he did recently. You can listen to it in it’s entirety here or read Amanda Bell’s transcripts of portions of that interview below:

In an audio interview with Earth’s Mightiest, Slade revealed that he found the idea of helming a romantic actor-cetric picture to be quite a challenge – and one which would elevate his capacity as a director: “It was just that I’d done two very intense films, one was outright horror film one was a thriller, and there was a really an intense acting film, a very very intense drama. And you know there were a lot of films around that I could’ve done and some amazing ones that fell through and there was lots of others, and you know . . . but no one was offering me something different. I just . . . from going from a one-person drama in a house to an expansive film set in Alaska . . . It was a big challenge. To me, it was here’s a chance to reinvent and learn a lot more . . . And I think I have a skill-set to address that and the studio obviously thought so . . . The interesting thing was at no point did they go ‘Well, we’re really scared you’re going to make it too scary.’ No, this was never discussed, it was just ‘Well, let’s talk about it.’ . . . So, from my point of view, it was very different than anything anyone else was offering me.”

David Slade also revealed that one of his focal points in making the picture was to explore the whys and hows of certain mythological elements to the picture: “There was a certain amount of mythology that I found personally very interesting that I could bring a kind of sense of awareness I think that kind of hadn’t been addressed before. How do these things work when it comes to vampires? Why do they sparkle? What is it about them that does that and how does it works? Those kinds of things were really interesting to me. Those things were explored a little. There aren’t as many sparkly shots, but I think you get a sense of the physics of the whole thing . . . On the one hand, you have this intensely naturalistic romantic drama . . . so when it comes to these kind of fantastic elements, to me, it was important that they didn’t raise above the level of magic realism. You had to accept them as natural.”

David Slade tweeted this message and showed us an exclusive and gorgeous Alice print from Eclipse!!!

The eyes, the lips – I like

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Dear Mr Slade, “months in a dark room” will seem like heaven if Eclipse is not what we, the fans, would like it to be… Just saying

5 minutes later, another Tweet:

They like it, they really like it!

W.L. Swarts left this review of the Twilight Saga: Eclipse on epinions. Seems to be a genuine review by someone who is a self-proclaimed non-fan.  They felt Bryce did a good job stepping in for Lafevre, that Ashley Greene steals the scenes she is in and that you actually understand her power.  Jackson’s performance sells his part and Carlisle nails his! (Sounds like more Cullens!)

If this is all true, we will be thanking David Slade next month!

Series’ become tougher and tougher for non-fans the longer the series persists. Those who are not embedded in a phenomenon tend to be looking for something that builds on the prior installments while still giving viewers something that feels new, if not entirely familiar. So, for example, with “Twilight” the pressure on filmmakers was to please fans and get an audience who had not read any of the books intrigued in the story and characters. With “New Moon” the pressure was to retain the audience and not simply repeat the teen melodrama aspects and allow the audience to feel like the story was actually going somewhere. They largely succeeded. With “Eclipse,” the third installment in the “Twilight Saga,” the stakes are raised, especially for those who are not already glued to the series.

Read the rest here. Yes there are spoilers, if you haven’t read Eclipse.

Stephenie Meyer Leaving Vancouver May 1

Who knows exactly what went on in Vancouver. I wasn’t there. Malicious Mandy was and here are the items she believes, from talking to people etc., were some of the scenes that were worked on in some way or other:

Scenes:

-Tent Scene (Bella crawls into Jacob’s sleeping bag, banter between Jake & Edward)
-Pick Me (Jacob’s heart felt plee with Bella)
-Kiss & Punch (Jacob & Bella)
-Various Close up’s (Yes wig issues worked out for Bella, these shots are likely the lighting/colouring adjustments also)
-Some love triangle discussion (jealousy of Edward, persistence of Jacob, confusion of Bella, mostly at tent scene but some in Bella’s room of Edward/Bella)

I have heard there needed to be MORE Jacob/Bella in the film and deeper emotion with the two of them in scenes.

For more of Mandy’s thoughts on the whole thing, go to her blog here.

And, yes, Stephenie Meyer was there.

Here is what the Lexicon had to say about the flurry of rumors surrounding the reshoots, or pickup shots, or whatever you want to call what went on in Vancouver last week.

Breath, basically.

Over the last week and especially this weekend, rumors have sprung up regarding the reshoots (known as pick up shots) in Vancouver. We’ve seen every kind of speculation. It ranged from “the entire film’s in chaos, they are redoing everything” to “Rob and David were at each others throats over the filming, and Rob walked out after an argument causing a massive delay” and just about every other manipulation of those two items that you can think of.

No doubt in reaction to the myriad of rumors, David Slade (who has previously been notoriously silent on such matters) has commented on his Twitter. This is a very unusual reaction from David Slade who in the midst of other rumor intensive times merely Tweeted out pictures of flowers, fish, and weathered crew members; seemingly immune to it all.

Here is what David Slade had to say, even though it’s an old adage that you can’t be sure of tone of voice on the Internet,we think it’s pretty clear here.

“So strange, I go away for three weeks and return to all these upsetting completely fabricated rumours. Who makes this stuff up as news.

REAL NEWS: last 3 weeks have gone fantastic, pick up shoot felt more like a reunion. Rob, Kristen,Taylor the crew & I gave 110%”

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Two newly-released Eclipse photos from Summit. This shot of the newborns looks like it is from the 2nd trailer, but it lets you get a better look at them. The bedroom shot looks a lot like one of the accidentally released photos from a while back.

According to Gossip Cop, ALL IS WELL with Eclipse:

Over the last few hours, whispers of unrest have emanated from the Vancouver set where Eclipse is filming pick-ups.

Robert Pattinson arrived in the Pacific Northwest a couple of days ago to participate. When he wasn’t in front of the cameras immediately after stepping off the plane, many outlets freaked.

Some even suggested a rift between Pattinson and director David Slade, and that the actor was refusing to be cooperative.

This simply is not the case.

As we speak, Pattinson is on the set filming, a source on the scene confirms to Gossip Cop.

“There are absolutely no problems,” a rep for Summit tells Gossip Cop, adding, “Today is the first day of shooting for Robert Pattinson.”

The pick-ups are underway, as scheduled, and speculation about problems should be curbed in favor of facts.

We all love Eclipse and only want the best for the movie so we are understandably share the concern when things in Vancouver look confusing. Thankfully, Summit is hearing our concerns and assuaging them.

Just thought you’d enjoy this light-hearted look at possible new endeavors for Eclipse director, David Slade.  Brought to you by Josh Wigler of MTV and inspired, I’m sure, by the vampires walking out of the water in the new trailer.

The new trailer for “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” debuted today, cementing the fact that director David Slade is a wonderful, wonderful man. By all accounts, it appears that Slade has brought his signature flair for the supernatural and the horrific to “Eclipse,” turning a franchise that’s mostly aimed at a younger female audience into something that any action and horror geek could get excited by.

Not that I’m particularly surprised, really. Slade is a talented filmmaker with such expertise over the horror genre that I’m pretty sure he could make any harmless property into something gloriously gory. In fact, here are five seemingly innocent franchises that Slade would have little trouble taking down a dark and dangerous path.

Barbie
Barbie and Ken have everything they could ever ask for — great friends, a beautiful pink car, a lovely dream house — until Barbie’s sister Skipper is rendered comatose by a mysterious incident. Upon further investigation, Barbie learns that a shadowy sect of underground dwellers is responsible for her sister’s condition, leading our heroine and Ken down a proverbial rabbit hole filled with crime, conspiracy and random acts of violence.

Care Bears
The economy is collapsing, crime is on the rise and nobody in the world seems to care — except for Max, a ten year-old boy in desperate need of some hope. When he’s visited in the night by a mysterious creature calling himself Secret Bear, Max learns that the land of Care-A-Lot has been commandeered by the nefarious Dark Heart. Max assembles his elementary school pals to liberate the bears and restore care to the world, but unbeknownst to him, Secret Bear has some dark secrets of his own…

See the rest here