Makes sense to me. David did a great job with the action in Eclipse !

The script for “Wolverine 2″ has been in place for a few months now, and Hugh Jackman recently cleared his schedule to begin the process of beefing up to bring the clawed Canadian mutant back to the big screen. One thing that’s still missing, however, is a director.While “X-Men” director Bryan Singer had been rumored as a top contender to get behind the camera for “Wolverine 2,” Vulture is reporting that “Twilight: Eclipse” and “30 Days of Night” director David Slade is the current favorite for the role. “Red” director Robert Schwentke is also under consideration to helm the film, and both filmmaker will meet with Jackman next week.

The report cites anonymous “well-placed sources” in the studio, claiming both filmmakers have been approved by 20th Century Fox, and are only awaiting Jackman’s decision.

Screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie’s script for the film is based on Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s story arc that saw Logan traveling to Japan, falling in love, and brawling with samurai.

“['Wolverine 2'] will be very different from the last ‘Wolverine’ movie, and that’s what I like about it,” Jackman told MTV News last year. “I didn’t want it to feel like the same thing. … It’s a whole new environment and the storyline is unbelievable. I wish I could announce to you some of the people involved.”

Filming for “Wolverine 2″ is expected to begin in January 2011.

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Okay, okay, Kristen and Robert and Taylor weren’t in town, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t up for saying hello to the other guys in Forks, Washington. Watch as we talk giant pillows, trombones, and ‘wolfification’ with the likes of director David Slade, vampires Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, and Xavier Samuel, as well as werewolves Alex Meraz and, um, Booboo Stewart. Top bloke, that Booboo.

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When you put your heart and soul into something as intense as the duration of a film production, you become completely lost in it. You focus on doing your very best to get it right each day and you work on this for so long that you assume an ownership of it.

When shooting The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, I always felt an awareness of how many people this film would reach and as a result, knew that this film did not just belong to myself, the producers and the studio, but more so, to all of you, the fans of The Twilight Saga.

At the end of the day, after all the hard work is done, all that’s left is the film itself, and your overwhelmingly positive and supportive responses have made me feel like we must have done something right. As a filmmaker, this is a rare and strange feeling of connection with an audience of which I will never forget and I thank you all for it.

DAVID SLADE
JULY 2010

Quoting David Slade from the interview:

“I got to see it [Short Life of Bree Tanner] about half way through pre-production…One of the things in the ‘Bree Tanner’ story is that one of the hangouts is very close to water and so we specifically went after locations that were near water.”…they take the dregs of society. They take, not the dregs, but the people that won’t be missed. They take the prostitutes, they take drug addicts, they take people on the street, so that we cast people to look like that. It was fun to do that. We didn’t actually skew the entire film to fit ['Short Second Life']. I maintain that little book will [still] make a great film.”

Would you be interested in seeing the Short Second Live of Bree Tanner on the big screen?

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Rob answers fan question in this Moviefone video. He talks about fighting with Bryce Howard, the different directors, Edward’s emotional spectrum, childhood obsessions, and more.

David Slade talks about he handles rehearsals, and mentions taking a slightly different direction with Bryce Howard as Victoria.

David Slade, Melissa Rosenberg & Wyck Godfrey go into the background of the movies in this press interview. Very Interesting! Wyck came up with Edward’s “Does he own a shirt?” line, which is so great to Team Edward fans. Also they talk about a few scenes they plan to put on the Eclipse DVD!  Right at the end of the interview, Rosenberg make some comments on future Twilight Saga movies. Go read it and see what you think she is saying.
Here are a few portions that I thought were particularly interesting from the interview:
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Q: David, what were the specific changes you wanted to make, going into the film?

David: With Edward, I really wanted to make sure this character was dangerous. In the last movie, he had played a different character arc, but in this movie, I wanted to bring out the carnivore in him. That had to come throughout the film, and he hadn’t really done that so much. That was the main thing. I tried to look at every scene, with that in mind. Underlying everything is danger. That was the intention.

Q: Do you have any special features or extras planned for the DVD?

Wyck: There’s the nude scene we shot that wasn’t in the book. No. I don’t know. With any film, you go through the process of editing it down to its fighting weight and, ultimately, you’re going to have some scenes that didn’t end up in the movie.

David: There were a number of scenes which just felt excessive, in terms of beating the same story, but some of them were really nice.

David: What happens is that the film has its own momentum from the script. When you start going, by the time you hit the third act, you’re just blasting along, and that scene just came to a stop. But, it’s a beautiful scene that’s beautifully performed, and it’ll be a nice little bonus for fans of the book.

Wyck: I think there’s going to be a lot of classic behind-the-scenes stuff, where you’re going to get to see how we did most of the action and stunts in the movie, and a lot of the CG process. That stuff will flesh out the experience for audiences that do like to go behind the camera and see how it’s all done.

Melissa: It’s interesting, when I did the first Twilight movie, I actually wrote it before it was cast. I was writing in a vacuum, and it actually had a lot of humor in it. And then, we realized, as we got it on actors, that it just wasn’t appropriate. But, now the actors are more comfortable with it and I think the story lends itself to that. Wyck actually came up with the best line in the movie, “Does he own a shirt?” There’s a confidence level in the storytelling now.

And this:

Q: With the wealth of backstory and appetite for more Twilight, would you see doing movies on Alice or any of the other characters, with Stephenie’s approval?

Melissa: I think she’s going to do that. I would look at anything she wrote. If this series is going to expand, it will be by her doing.

Q: Will it always be book first?

Melissa: I would think it would be. I haven’t even thought of it, but I would think it would have to be book first.

Mr Slade reminds us all on his twitter account that the Eclipse premiere is THIS WEEK!!! (as if we don’t know!!!)

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A newly released interview with Eclipse director David Slade about the new film!!!!!!!!!!!!

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A scary and dangerous Edward??? I. CAN’T. WAIT. *shivers running down my spine*