Robert Pattinson and Eclipse in Premiere Magazine — France

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The Twi­light Saga Eclipse Teaser

Twi­light fans don’t have to wait: Jacob, Bella and Edward are (already) back. Eclipse, directed by David Slade, comes out on July 7th (Note from FP: This is a French mag­a­zine so this is the French release date).

When New Moon, the sec­ond install­ment in the Twi­light Saga, came out last fall (bring­ing in the mod­est amount of 707 mil­lion dol­lars through­out the world), shoot­ing for the third install­ment had already been com­pleted. Might as well beat the vam­pire while it’s still cold.

Chris Weitz handed the torch over to David Slade, the Direc­tor of 30 Days of Nights and Hard Candy, who we didn’t nec­es­sar­ily see at the helm of the fran­chise. “We met many Direc­tors, explains the Pro­ducer Patrick Wachs­berger. “David Slade had the ideal pro­file, on a spe­cial effects level as well as with his nar­ra­tive tal­ent. We have to remem­ber that he revealed an amaz­ing actress, Ellen Page, in Hard Candy. Eclipse will be a movie that is dif­fer­ent from the pre­vi­ous ones. Bolder.”

The evil Vic­to­ria (now played by Bryce Dal­las Howard) will creat a vam­pire army to get revenge on Edward and Bella, who are back together (and soon to be wed?). “Dur­ing the pro­mo­tion of the first movie, peo­ple had asked me to insist on the fact that guys would love it, remem­bers Pat­tin­son. I always replied: “Guys will never love this. This is a girlie movie!” I don’t know if it’s because it’s was directed by a man, but I feel like the sec­ond install­ment will be more mas­culin. Which the pres­ence of David Slade on the set of the third has only amplified.”

Ladies rest assured: The strik­ing stare of Rob Pattz and Tay­lor Lautner’s six pack will be seen both equally.