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Summit Ent. replaces editor on Eclipse

EW’s Hollywood Insider has breaking news regarding Eclipse this afternoon. Summit Entertainment has replaced the editor on Eclipse and replaced him with the editor who previously worked on Twilight.

Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the uber-successful Twilight series, confirmed this morning that it has replaced Eclipse editor Art Jones with Nancy Richardson, the editor of Catherine Hardwicke’s original Twilight film. The studio is not placing blame on Jones, who previously worked with Eclipse director David Slade on his horror film 30 Days of Night as well as Slade’s Ellen Page-starrer Hard Candy. They do believe, however, that Slade’s material – which they call “very good” – needed a stronger edit. The studio has more confidence in Richardson, who they say understands the emotion of the characters and is an ace at balancing action with the other elements of the film.

What are your thoughts on this?

Source: Hollywood Insider

Breaking Dawn Update: It’s Meyer vs. Summit!

Though there is still no set director for Breaking Dawn because no one can decide on whether on having one movie or two, it seems there that mastermind Stephenie Meyer and Summit have different agendas on what they feel should be done.

“Stephenie is calling the shots,” our mole tells us, “and she still can’t decide whether or not [making two movies] is the right thing to do creatively.”

Deep Twi insists that everything—including splitting Breaking Dawn into two films—is run by Meyer (after all she penned the friggin’ thing).

“Both sides have very different agendas,” ‘fesses our insider.

See, here’s the breakdown…

Stephenie doesn’t need the money, so what does she care? It’s double the work to split this film up.

Adds our source:

“Meyer isn’t in it for the fame. She hates doing press, and she doesn’t want to be recognized for anything other than her work, so what’s her incentive to drag [the book] out?”

Of course, we’re assured she does want to please the fans, but isn’t four films enough?

How many films do you think Breaking Dawn should be?

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Taylor Lautner eyes life after ‘Twilight’

After Taylor Lautner’s recent breakout on Hollywood, there is no doubt he will be in many upcoming movies in the near future. E Online is reporting that the seventeen year old heartthrob has been in Summit Ent’s “Cancun”, a joint venture with Tailor Made Ent.

Also, if you didn’t already know Lautner is already cast in Paramount’s Max Steel, which is rumored to be another franchise potential.

E Online also reports that Lautner is the top choice to play the Matthew Modine role in the eighties coming-of-age flick “Vision Quest,” which also starred Linda Fiorentino. That movie is actually best-remembered for the Madonna theme song, “Crazy For You.”

Source: Examiner

Is ‘Twilight’ Director Catherine Hardwicke Leaving Summit?

The director of the first Twilight movie; Catherine Hardwicke is said to be departing from Summit Ent. due to be gearing up another teen drama “If I Stay”. However, there are no hard feelings for this move since first movie brought the studio $385 million in worldwide box-office receipts.

Citing sources close to the director, the Times indicated that the likely move has nothing to do with any soured relationship between Hardwicke and Summit. Rather, it’s a matter of a scheduling conflict, as the director would need to focus exclusively on “Red Riding Hood,” a film she signed on to in August, for the next several months.

Scripted by “Orphan” writer David Johnson, the film is said to be a gothic retelling of the classic “Red Riding Hood” tale, complete with werewolves and a teenage love triangle. Sound anything like “New Moon”? A revised script is expected to be delivered in January and, surely based on its similarity to elements of the “Twilight” franchise, is a priority for Warner Brothers.

With now two more Twilight films and much talk about upcoming directors, there is no doubt there will be a shortage. Hardwicke did an amazing job bringing the first movie to the screen and will not be forgotten from the Twilight Saga. Now all we can do is move on and hope the future directors will do the same.

5 Directors Who Could Tackle ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’

The Twilight Saga is almost complete as Eclipse has wrapped up filming and more news is starting to come out on Breaking Dawn. We all know by now that New Moon made extreme box office records all over world within it’s opening weekend, but now the question becomes…Who’s going to take the role of Directing Breaking Dawn. MovieFone has announced that there are 5 possible directors to take upon the task of directing this what is now a two part series.

Summit Ent. will have no shortage for choosing from one of these five possible directors Tim Burton, Catherine Hardwicke, Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, and Len Wiseman.

Catherine Hardwicke: She brought the first movie to life and set the stage for other directors, so it might seem fitting and nice that she tie it all together in the end and reunite with the original cast as the curtain closes. However, her lack of experience in special effects — and the general sense that the first ‘Twilight’ film didn’t meet expectations — makes her a long shot.

Tim Burton: Burton has a known fondness for Gothic love tales (see: ‘Corpse Bride,’ ‘Beetlejuice’ and ‘Sweeney Todd’), and his imagination expands far beyond most minds. Even ‘Twilight’ cast members Jamie Campbell Bower and Ashley Greene are crossing their fingers in the hopes that he’ll sign onto the project. Maybe they’re hoping he’ll bring along his male muse, Johnny Depp.

Peter Jackson: Best known for bringing ‘The Lord of the Rings’ novels to life on the big screen, he is a master behind the lens. His ability to turn a simple conversation between characters into a highly detailed scene could take ‘Breaking Dawn’ to the next level. Jackson’s background in the fantasy genre would be a perfect fit for the Bella transformation plot of the final novel. Just imagine the power of ‘Twilight’ and ‘LOTR’

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FX receives the rights to Twilight

The network recently reported that they acquired the rights to all four movies of the Twilight Saga, Including the pre-production fourth movie of Breaking Dawn. Reports include that FX did the deal with Summit Ent.

FX stated they will start running Twilight in the beginning in late 2011. The newest edition to the Twilight Saga, New Moon which had an outstanding 140+ million domestically will be available in late 2012.

The third series to the ever so famous saga, Eclipse which is set to premiere in June will premiere in 2013. According to reports FX could end up paying close to 100 million for the four movies but they feel it’s well worth it. What do you think?!