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EXCLUSIVE: I’ve confirmed there’s no director hired yet. And the two productions won’t be back-to-back. 
But that hasn’t stopped Summit Entertainment from newly scheduling its Twilight threequel for release on June 30, 2010, not long after its Twilight sequel New Moon set for November 20th this year now being helmed by Chris Weitz. Summit also officially changed the name of its vampire movie franchise based on Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling series of novels to The Twilight Saga. Here’s how Summit descibes the plot of the threequel Eclipse:
“As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death.”
Regarding The Twilight Saga, my sources tell me that director Catherine Hardwick’s claim in her diary that she didn’t want to helm New Moon isn’t accurate because Summit decided not to hire her for New Moon. And I’ve also learned that Summit only had a deal with Stephenie Meyer for the first book, Twilight. So the start-up film studio had to make individual deals for the other books in Meyer’s series, including the new 4th novel Breaking Dawn — and the author got top-dollar, trust me. To date, Summit’s low-cost blockbuster Twilight has earned $363 million in worldwide grosses — almost evenly divided between domestic and international — since its release on November 21st, 2008.
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Isn’t it a bit too soon to start thinking about a third movie? I mean, they haven’t even started shooting the second film — why not wait to see if it makes money before doing the third (and possible fourth) film? “Twilight”‘s success could be a fluke until this winter.
The success of the first film doesn’t exactly qualify as a viable film franchise — I mean, look what happened with “Fantastic Four” and the underperforming sequel (bad example, I know).
it is so not too early for a third movie. y dont u guys just hire catherine hardwick again? i mean me and my peeps are waiting and cant wait and im so going to see eclipse wen it comes out!!!!!!
Thanx
Trina Castle
You, Matt C, are entitled to your own opinion.
However, all those who are OBSSESSED twilight fans are very impatient and are looking forward to the movie coming out.
If they take it “too slow” it means more pressure on the current actors/actresses.
See, it has already been said that Rob Pattinson doesn’t know whether he will play Edward Cullen in Breaking Dawn. This is due to the fact that he is 23 in reality, Kristen 19 and Lautner 16.
It is said that he will not be able to look “17″ anymore… but then it is debatable whether any other male character will play the role like he does.
Personally, in my point of view, I do not think anyone can play Edward Cullen like Rob does.
P.S Looking Forward to Eclipse
May the luck of the vampires be with them =]
Vanessa.
No way is it too early. Twilight was a huge money maker for them. It brought in an audience demo that they generally can’t manage to attract. And their cast of never aging vampires is aging.
Whoa already?? I’m really excited for that but New Moon comes out in November, and then they’re going for Eclipse in June?? Thats way too early. Hope they make it good because that is not a lot of time to try to make a good and successful movie.
ahhhh OMG!
yay i dont think its too long….
cause they finish filming in what september?
rite soo….they can start in novemeber….or october…
AND have it ready for june!
2 movies next year! i am so happy
i am such a big fan!
Summit can do what it wants, but it seems to me that this formula just hasn’t worked in the past. “Matrix Reloaded” hit big, but “Revolution” fizzled when it opened later that year. The third “Pirates” also opened less than a year after the second and grosses more than $100mil less.
You can attribute this to the general decline of threequels compared to sequels, but less time between movies just does not seem like the best model.
so what about breaking dawn…..i hope it will come out as well b/c it brings everything together. I read somewhere that Robert might work on a play in 2010, wonder if that will mess him up w/a possible breaking dawn movie. He also kept saying in his interviews the 3 movies…..what does anyone out there think about breaking dawn also getting filmed. i hope it does
Can you smell the desperation? Come on… Summit is hurting. They want to get their shit ton of money out of Twilight as fast as they can to keep themselves afloat. They made enough with Twilight to pay for the next two, they want to get them out the door as quickly as possible. It’s really that simple. Get it done and let Stewart and Pattinson move on to new stuff.
No offense but they’re too eager for the money. Eclipse is being released June 10th 2010? Not even a year after?! If they keep this pace they series will be over before it even got to it’s peak
I agree with CW’s comment. It’s not too early at all. They decided on New Moon, right after Twilight come out!!! They know exactly how to make their money, and seeing all the Twihard fans they have, including myself….. every single movie they make for the Twilight Saga will be an extreme success!!!
no it’s not too soon, Matt, Twilight is a profitable franchise and they want to milk out as much money as they can from it.
No way! I can not wait!
I agreed with the other two person that had put their comments. It’s currently to early to make Eclipse when you just barley released New Moon. Some of us fan will think that you are trying to compete by make these movie at the same time. And also releasing it around 6 moth apart. I hope they can take a little bet more time to think about it before starting on Eclipse.
no way is it to early they dont want the charecters to age to much and im sure that they are worried that they might loose some fan base do to growing up in nicer terms so i think that its good that they are getting them all out quickly plus with the econ the way its going maybe that has something to do with it. anyways i just hope that they do something with breaking dawn but i have to say my favorite book was eclipse so im happier then ever that its coming out!!!!
I can’t wait book 2 and three are my favs ….Exactly!! they are aging so the sooner they film, the better right? I just hope it turns out ok.
This is very similar to what they did for The Lord of the Rings. I think its a good idea to get the vampires while they still look the same age.
Dude, once they said they were doing New Moon, they decided to film both New Moon and Eclipse simultaneously. The actors aren’t getting any younger so they need to shoot as fast as possible.
So as soon as New Moon is done, they’ll start filming Eclipse.
They have no choice but to hurry because their cast of never aging vampires is aging.
I’m sure that all the fans of Twilight are anxious for all 4 books to be made into movies….
is elizabeth reaser gonna be in it ?
i just love her acting skilllls
Why are they rushing? They should spend time making it as good as it can be not try to make as much money as fast as possible. It’s not like we’re going to stop wanting to see it if we have to wait a year, in fact that creates even more anticipation. I want it to get dragged out for as long as possible because once we’ve read all the books AND seen all the movies the Twilight obsession will be over and they’d be no more excitement and waiting. Then again, maybe they want to get them all out while the Twilight teens are still teenagers and not like 30 lol.
well they do have to do it before the actors actually start aging
but i think they shouldnt release eclipse so early because it will be to rushed and probaly crap
If you think that robert pattison could make a crap movie you must not have watched the first two. He’s gorgeous, there is no way, even as a minor young part in harry potter, could he not make it shine. You’ll watch the movie’s when they come out. You might even say they suck. But you would have watched them and everyone will benifit from the money you spent on the ticket. I don’t care if the movie itself is not the best the books were fantastic. All books are better then the movies, they can’t make a 5 hour movie no one would watch it. June is perfect, everyone has already read the books and we want to see Rob act them out. For all the staff I hope you kick arse making it I hope it’s fun and I hope you shine…
Is this a surprise? I’m surprised they didn’t greenlight 2 & 3 together immediately. #1 was a huge hit. #2 could consist solely of dancing teddy bears and would still be a huge hit because of #1. And everyone will go to see #3 regardless of what happens in #2 because it’s the final book in the series. Provided they don’t go insane on the primaries’ deals, they’re printing money with this series.
i hope they don’t screw up the next 2 (maybe 3??) movies. I loved how Twilight was done, though I was hoping it could have stuck closer to the book but still a good movie nonetheless. It’s very enthusiastic and confident of them to set a release date for Eclipse already. I think even though most fans would have dread a long wait period, as long as the movie is good and not rushed .. i think the wait would it be way worth it! Not like some 90 minute movie. Yuck!
best of luck to Eclipse!
Fantasic, because they need the actors to stay Young, to portray the vamps…
If true, I hope they are not pushing it. I would rather wait and have a movie that knocks my socks off. It’s my favorite of all the books. I hope they do it justice!!! I know that all the Twilight Saga movies will do well… there are alot of us Twilighter out there just waiting for these movies. We will wait… just make them good!
when i auditioned for this a year and a half ago it was a three movie deal.