The Eclipse Movie and Twilight Book Series: March 2010

March 22, 2010

David Slade tweets about Eclipse Spoof

Twilight Saga: Eclipse director David Slade commented on Eclipse Spoof "I approve of this Twilight ECLIPSE spoof."

Ashley Greene on 'Twilight: Eclipse' and Bullying Taylor Lautner

Ashley Greene is considered one of the sweetest stars of Twilight, both onscreen and off. But as she told FEARnet this week in Austin, you might see a tougher side of Alice Cullen emerge in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

On a break from shooting the psychological thriller The Apparition and in town to promote her SXSW festival film Skateland, Greene revealed that she had watched scenes from the June 30 Twilight sequel Eclipse just days ago in a post-production session with director David Slade. And while she couldn't reveal specifics, she did describe her fight scenes as "down and dirty" and discussed her adversarial onscreen relationship with co-star Taylor Lautner. Check out what she had to say after the jump.

In comparison to both Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, fans don't really know much about what to expect in the film adaptation of the third novel – in that there were so many sneak peeks and trailers for the first two films, but not a whole lot for Eclipse.

Keep 'em wanting more!

Have you been given the chance to see any part of Eclipse yet?

I just did ADR a couple of days ago, actually, so I got to see some of the film. I was with [director] David Slade, and when I was doing ADR, I of course asked if I could see the whole scene played out so I could see something! It looks so good. I'm so excited.

You got to tear off a vampire's head in Twilight and face off with the Volturi in New Moon. What can you tell us about the things you get to do in Eclipse, which we know from the book will have more of a fighting element?

The thing I'll say about Twilight is, one, it's given me this Hollywood crash course and I've been able to work with three great directors. And also, my character is an incredible character to break out with because she's perky and happy and sweet, and she's this best friend character that everybody loves, so it's an amazing first character to have. Throughout the series you've gotten to see her go from really sweet to kind of sassy, and now in the third one we get to showcase this massive fight sequence that I'm a part of, so we got to get our action star fix. You get to see Alice get kind of down and dirty and see a really intense side of her that maybe you haven't seen before.

In New Moon your scenes with Taylor seemed to have more of a snap, perhaps because you'd gotten to know each other better after Twilight and could riff of each other more, and also because your characters would love to rip each other's head off in their scenes together. Do we get to see more of that banter and repartee with Taylor in Eclipse?

Those scenes are really fun to film! You know, they always say that the nicest people can play the meanest characters. I remember someone saying in an interview that Rachel McAdams was the sweetest girl, and she played this awful, mean character in Mean Girls. I think it's the same thing with Taylor. He's so sweet, I can look at him and be mean to him onscreen or have a fight with him and know that he's not going to take it personally, so we definitely got to play off each other a little bit.

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March 17, 2010

Eclipse Costume Details

Costume designer Tish Monaghan from Twilight Saga:New Moon is the same designer who clothes for the cast of the third movie of Twilight saga, "Eclipse." MTV covers the bits and pieces of fashion of Eclipse costumes from the movie trailer

IS THAT AN ENGAGEMENT RING?

YES! "This is an engagement ring on Bella's finger!" Tish confirmed. "This is something that was made for her by the props department." In other words: she doesn't have a whole lotta info to share on it. So, until we are able to investigate further, we should point out that the ring (at least what we can see of it from our extreme zoom-in) looks like he could be quite similar to the domed oval one authorized by author Stephenie Meyer after the "Eclipse" book came out, which is for sale by Infinite Jewelry Co. Check out a 2009 article from the Salt Lake Tribune for more information on the story behind that ring.

If you're wondering what Kristen and Robert Pattinson are wearing in the above pic, Tish says Kristen is in a cashmere sweater from J Crew and J Brand Jeans. Rob is "probably wearing" a Banana Republic shirt.

Banana Republic shirt.

IS IT JUST US OR IS EDWARD WAY MORE CASUALLY DRESSED THAN HE WAS IN "NEW MOON"?

"Rob only wore the suit in the last film because of a continuity theme," the costume designer explained. "He wore it for Bella's party, and then he never changed. In 'Eclipse,' he is back at school, and dressing generally, more casual and more relaxed."

As seen above from the gray tee shirt (most like from Banana Republic or GAP), the major color palate for Edward and his family, however, has not been changed: "The whole 'cool' color theme is being continued with 'Eclipse' for the Cullen Clan."

HOW ABOUT JACOB? DO HIS SHIRTS FINALLY FIT HIM CORRECTLY?

Back when we interviewed Tish about the threads from "New Moon," she said there was a distinct reason Taylor Lauther always looked to be almost busting out of his shirts with his biceps — “We tailored his t-shirts so they showed off his muscles,” she said at the time.

So now that Jacob "understands his body," his tops (above he's in a GAP shirt and Levi jeans) must be a size up right? Nope! Because "only two weeks has passed in time between 'New Moon' and 'Eclipse'" — when Bella went to Italy it was the middle of May, now it's June — "He wore the same tee shirts," Tish said.

In the photo above, Kristen is wearing Adriano Goldschmied jeans and what Tish believes to be a Billabong hoodie.

HOLY TANK TOP! IS THAT REALLY BELLA SHOWING SOME SKIN?

When Bella ventures to Florida to visit her mom, Renee (Sarah Clarke) and her husband, it was important for the costume designer to be able to designate warm weather. "We really wanted to show that it was a different climate, so that was the reason [we put Kristen is a tank top]," Tish reported. "Script called for bathing suits, but we opted for more of a coverup, for both her and her on screen mom."

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