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UPDATE: Summit’s Feig Apologizes To Me Tonight
I can confirm that Summit Entertainment is telling Hollywood privately that Juan Antonio Bayona will direct Eclipse. I’m not saying he’s been offered the job or hired, which in Hollywood involves deal memos, signed contracts, and the like. Just that the studio execs Wednesday night passed the word he’s their guy. It’s a very out-of-the-box choice for the 3rd movie in the “Twilight Saga” series of Stephenie Meyer vampire novels being hurried to the big screen by the start-up studio.
Known as a horror wunderkjind and Guillermo Del Toro protege, the age 33 Bayona screened his Spanish language Gothic mystery El Orfanato (The Orphanage) to a 10-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. Eclipse is his English language debut. Chris Weitz has already replaced Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke on the sequel New Moon due in November. Eclipse is set for release June 30, 2010, and features battles between werewolves and vampires. Now the question is whether the Twilight fans will say ”Olé”.
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Me, shut it? I don’t think so.
The fact is you can’t turn shit into gold. Perhaps Jesus could do it, but he’s not a filmmaker as far as I know.
So, we’re left with a talented Spanish director, who obviously want to break through in Hollywood just like his pal Guillermo del Toro. So, he decides to accept the offer to direct the third installment in the Twilight saga. A franchise that’s artistically completely worthless, but financially very successful. Well, I guess you’ve got to start somewhere.
Um…er…who will be scripting ECLIPSE and NEW MOON? That’s as important a question as who directs them, no? God knows they’ll have their work cut out for them.
“Weitz is to Columbus as Bayona is to Cuaron. The pattern is quite clear”.
If they can’t get Curaon (for obvious reasons-the Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkabhan was really different a big shot in the arm) then getting Bayona is a great choice..he did a really good creepy movie..Bayona is young enough too, and will probably work well with the young actors on set. Can’t wait to see what his vision is going to be like. Congrats to him!
Those Spainards got talent! I’m glad Summit is going international on their director on this one.