Los Angeles, CA April 22, 2009 – Summit Entertainment
announced today that David Slade has been hired to direct THE TWILIGHT
SAGA: ECLIPSE from a screenplay written by Melissa Rosenberg. THE
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, the third film in the studio’s TWILIGHT film
franchise based on the Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster book series, will
be released theatrically in North America on Wednesday, June 30, 2010.
The announcement was made by Erik Feig, Summit’s President of
Production.
Meyer stated, “I am thrilled that David Slade will be directing
ECLIPSE. He’s a visionary filmmaker who has so much to offer this
franchise. From the beginning, we’ve been blessed with wonderful
directorial talent for the Twilight Saga, and I’m so happy that ECLIPSE
will be carrying on with that tradition.”