David Slade Talks ‘Eclipse’, how he got the job of directing Eclipse and ‘Hard Candy’ (video)

David Slade told at Sundance, Kristen Stewart stressed during Twilight Eclipse shoot: 'There were tears'

When David Slade appeared on the pop-culture dais in the wake of his breakout Sundance smash, Hard Candy, featuring a plucky would-be victim in Ellen Page, the last thing you'd expect to learn about the man was his deep conviction in the concept of romantic love.

A story that hung on the threat of sexual assault involving a minor, Hard Candy seemed like such a testament to the baser elements of the human animal that its director assumed the shape of a next-gen Neil Labute — a creator capable of balancing absolute contempt for the human species with an arid sense of humour.

It's a dicey endeavour, but one Slade pulled off with a dramatically elegant sleight of hand.

Slade reached into the same bag of tricks when he called the shots on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which hits DVD and Blu-ray on Saturday.

The story of a young woman named Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) who falls madly in love with a vampire stud named Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), only to be hounded by a lovesick werewolf named Jacob (Taylor Lautner), the whole Twilight Saga deals with a young woman at risk.

In this case, Stewart is at risk of losing her mortal soul. In Hard Candy, Page was at risk of losing a similar chunk of self, as well as — we suspected — her life.

"Hard Candy was definitely a different beast in some ways, because it was a contained, two-person drama, with Ellen Page raging away in a brilliant performance," says Slade.

"Eclipse was a lot broader . . . but it's still a character-based drama. That's what I really enjoyed about it," he says. "I think it's also a much more adult film than (the previous two), because the characters are becoming more mature. There's loads of fun stuff to play with, and because we treated it as a drama, the transformation (of character) takes place."

The substance was always bloody and meaty, but Slade says the pragmatics of the whole ordeal were anything but easy. He feels exhausted just thinking about the experience.

"It was a 50-day shoot, with many 16-hour days," he says.

To make things even more challenging, the cast was losing itself in its own Twilight cosmos. All actors have to surrender to their roles and inhabit their characters to some degree for the duration of production, so Slade was pleased his cast was taking the whole project seriously and sincerely.

Everyone was committed, he says.

"Kristen, in particular, was very tough on herself."

Slade says because Stewart didn't pull from her own life and her own person to play Bella Swan, she found it personally demanding to find Bella's truth.

"She would say, 'I don't know who Bella is to me.' In a lot of ways, I think she felt Bella was the antithesis to her, which presented a lot of challenges for Kristen. . . . She would beat herself up about it, because she wants to be there. She never wants to leave a scene undone.

"There were tears," says Slade.

"But you move on and you keep going. . . . Even in rehearsals with Rob (Pattinson), there was a similar spiralling that would happen."

Actors are people. They get insecure, and any human being facing the weight of expectation surrounding Twilight would have to buckle, if only a little. To offset as much of the thespian obsessing as possible, Slade says he's learned the value of preparation.

He says he rehearses his actors as much as possible, so they're comfortable with the material and their characters, and he gets to focus on the minutiae of performance without the intrusive presence of a camera.

"You're always looking to get the emotional truth from the performance," he says. And with Twilight, that emotional truth is nothing less than the blood-red heart of romantic love — which pounds away in Slade's heart, even though, at 41, he's supposed to be a member of a more cynical generation.

"I do believe in romantic love. How could you not, if you're lucky enough to find it? It seems like we live in a much more sarcastic . . . cynical culture, and I don't like to use the c-word. There's the idea out there maybe that (romantic love) isn't cool. But true love is a wonderful thing."

Slade says romantic love is the gooey hook on the Twilight narrative, but after reading Stephenie Myers' books, he also feels they address a lot more issues than mere vampires and teen romance.

"It's a love story that's dealing with the problems of the last century," he says. "And I got the best book. We had the epic battle, the action . . . the whole thing."

Slade says he's leaving at a high point in the story, and that's one of the other big lessons he's learned along the way: Preparation will save your bacon, but timing is what makes it tasty.

He'd love to share what he's doing next, Slade says, but he can't. At the very least, we can rest assured it will be interesting, well-prepared and approached with an open heart and a vampire-proof carotid.


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Director David Slade Tries To Explain Why 'Eclipse' Is Best 'Twilight' Movie So Far

"I think it had the best story," he said. "And the most action."


That's all well and good, David, but we think you had a little something to do with it, too.


"You know, I did my best," he said with a chuckle. "The director of the film is always the harshest critic of the film. What you do is spend two years or a-year-and-a-half or whatever it is intensely, emotionally working on something. You watch it a thousand times. What you're doing is assembling it together, and then there's a bunch of cracks, and you're closing the gaps in those cracks. And then, what happens in the end, you go, and you start noticing those cracks again. It's the same with any film."


Yes, David clearly is his own worst critic, but he did admit the film had a lot going for it.


"I certainly do believe we had one of the best stories," he said. "'Eclipse' is the fans' favorite book, behind 'Twilight,' the first book. There's so much in terms of backstory and understanding characters. It has a very clear progression to Bella's transformation; not physically but emotionally. That's something that is important. That, along with the fact that we had so many fun backstory moments. We had a Western. We had a 16th century historical piece. We had a '30s period piece, as well as the rest of it."

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Eclipse DVD Extra Features: Sneak Peek With David Slade (video)

'Eclipse' DVD Countdown: Edward And Jacob Are The No. 5 Reason

As you all know, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" DVD is coming out this Friday at midnight finally, and we couldn't be more excited. To help get us hyped for all those extra hours we get to spend with Bella, Edward and Jacob—now in the privacy of our own homes—we've decided to post a different reason we're excited for the release every day this week. We're kicking it off with the reason we love "Eclipse" the most of all the "Twilight Saga" flicks: more Edward and Jacob.

If "Twilight" was all about introducing us to our love for Edward Cullen, and "New Moon"'s main purpose was to make us question whether we should instead be falling for Jacob Black, then "Eclipse" is here to let us know that, unlike Bella, we can have them both. And Summit Entertainment is making it easy for us by having "Edward Fast-Forward" and "Jacob Fast-Forward" features on the DVD that allow us to—you guessed it—fast-forward to our favorite Edward and Jacob scenes.

Our favorite Edward scene is definitely the sleepover. How could it not be? We could watch that make out session and the leg hitch on repeat for hours. I mean, Bella's face is kind of covered, so it makes it easier to pretend that we're the girl Edward is macking on. That meadow scene is a close second though, made all the more special by the fact that it's the first scene we were teased with so long ago.

Fortunately for all you Jacob lovers out there, Edward isn't the only one getting some quality Bella time. How could we forget that first kiss in La Push (and the intense confrontation afterward), or their last kiss up on the mountain? That's plenty to swoon over by itself. Yet, in proper werewolf fashion, Jacob is shirtless for a majority of this film, often with his fellow wolves half-naked surrounding him, which gets us swooning even more. We definitely have a soft spot for pretty boys.

I think most "Twilight" fans would agree, though, that one of the best scenes in "Eclipse" includes both Edward and Jacob, so it should make it to all of our jump-to lists. I'm of course referring to "the tent scene," also known as "the hottest night on the coldest mountain ever." That's a sexually tense moment I'm sure we're all grateful we'll have on DVD.

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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Two-Disc Special Edition to be released on Dec. 4, 2010

The Two-Disc Special Edition of Twilight Saga: Eclipse is now available for Pre-order in Amazon for a price of $21.49.

Eclipse movie soundtrack “Heavy In Your Arms”- Florence + The Machine Music Video

Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be out in DVD/Blu-Ray on December 4.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which hits shelves December 4, 2010 packed with special features, commentaries, and more on DVD and Blu-ray.

In fact, the list of extra material was so tantalizing that it momentarily distracted from reading the Stephenie Meyer-endorsed The Hunger Games, and we started thinking… what do we really want to see in the Eclipse bonus features?

The Gore We Were Promised, Kinda

Eclipse director David Slade, who made all sorts of delicious red stuff spill in the snow in his other vampire flick 30 Days of Night, kept things pretty PG-13 for the Twilight crowd. But back in June, he told us that at least one of his vampire battle decapitation shots was too hot for the MPAA's sensibilities. ("We had this one part in the battle where Emmett just tears someone's face off," he said. "The face kind of breaks off into pieces of crystal that shatter.")

Will we get to see extended, unused footage of Emmett ripping some vampire faces off on Blu-ray, even if they shatter bloodlessly like pieces of marble? Let's hope.

 What Rosalie Did to Those Horrible Old-Timey Men

In Eclipse, stiff old Rosalie (Nikki Reed) finally got to loosen up a bit, telling her origin story in flashback: After being raped by a gang of men and left for dead, she returns newly vampirized like a bride from hell to wreak bloody revenge on her attackers. In other words, it's Rosalie's I Spit On Your Grave moment -- and we'd like nothing more than to see a deleted scene of her tearing that cad Jack Huston limb from limb.

Victoria and Riley's Vampire Love Nest

There were no indications that they'd shot such a scene for the film, but this being our fantasy list of Eclipse bonus material, we wish we could get a peek at Victoria's hidden love nest as described in the spin-off novella The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. (Read our book review here.) This is where Riley has his sexy rendezvous with Victoria and where he gets his orders to lead the newborns to the fight in the clearing, unaware that he's just a pawn in Victoria's game, and it's also where more than one unfortunate young bloodsucker meets their end.

(While we're at it, we'd LOVE to see more of Jodelle Ferland as Bree, the confused newborn given a second chance by Carlisle who meets her fate at the hands of the Volturi. Bree's first kill, her adventures with her ill-fated mate, Diego, even her last-act psychic exchange with Edward Cullen -- they're all fascinatingly drawn events in Meyer's supplemental novel that would be nice to see included in the comprehensive filmed version of Eclipse that, alas, only exists in our minds.)

Taylor Lautner in That Infamous Spandex Wolf Suit

Our fingers are crossed the hardest for a glimpse of Taylor Lautner in the gray spandex suit he wore on set to help co-star Kristen Stewart visualize Jacob in wolf form. Slade described the scene: "He came in and he put out his fist, and she kind of nuzzled his fist and stroked his hair." Somewhere in the Six-Part Making-of Documentary included on both the DVD and Blu-ray editions, there's got to be at least one shot. Forget those silly jean cut-offs. The fans demand Taylor in spandex!

Last But Not Least, We Want To See KStew and RPattz Confirming Their Love on the Record

Hey, don't judge. Who among us won't be listening hard to the Kristen Stewart-Robert Pattinson Eclipse commentary track for clues and dead giveaways or some public acknowledgement of their alleged off-screen relationship? Expect the same kind of awkward, random banter from these two that we got on the first Twilight release, in which they shared a commentary track with director Catherine Hardwicke -- especially when it comes to the fan-favorite "leg hitch" make-out scene, the tent scene, and KStew's hot and heavy lip-smacking scenes with both of her leading men.

For now, we'll have to wait and see if any of our Eclipse Blu-ray wishes come true… check out the announced list of extra features below and mark your shopping calendars for December 4, 2010...

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE DVD/Blu-Ray hits shelves December 4, 2010! Not only will you be able to own the movie nationwide that day, but you can also get every available special feature (including audio commentaries w/ Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Stephenie Meyer) in one place when you buy the 2-Disc National DVD or the Blu-ray/DVD Combo!?

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE

2-Disc Special Edition DVD

- Audio Commentary w/ Rob Pattinson & Kristen Stewart

- Audio Commentary w/ Stephenie Meyer & Wyck Godfrey

- Eight Deleted & Extended Scenes- Six-Part Making of Documentary (90 minutes)

- Photo Gallery

- Jump To… Edward

- Jump To… Jacob

- Music Videos (Metric, Muse)

Special Edition Blu-Ray/DVD Combo

- Audio Commentary w/ Rob Pattinson & Kristen Stewart (both DVD & Blu-Ray sides)

- Audio Commentary w/ Stephenie Meyer & Wyck Godfrey (both DVD & Blu-Ray sides)

- Eight Deleted & Extended Scenes (Blu-Ray side only)

- Six-Part Making of Documentary (standard and PIP mode, both on Blu-Ray side only)

- Photo Gallery  (Blu-Ray side only)

- Jump To… Edward (Blu-Ray side only)

- Jump To… Jacob (Blu-Ray side only)

- Jump To… The Love Triangle (Blu-Ray side only)

- Jump To… The Cullens (Blu-Ray side only)

- Jump To… The Wolfpack (Blu-Ray side only)

- Jump To… The Humans (Blu-Ray side only)

- Jump To… Victoria's Army (Blu-Ray side only)

- Jump To… Action Sequences (Blu-Ray side only)

- Music Videos  (Blu-Ray side only)

Single Disc DVD

None

Standard Blu-Ray

None

Also, here is release information for two companion DVDs released on the same day as THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE!

MUSIC VIDEOS AND PERFORMANCES FROM THE TWILIGHT SAGA SOUNDTRACKS, VOLUME 1

Synopsis

This unprecedented release features a collection of music videos and live performances from bands featured on the Billboard Chart topping soundtracks from The Twilight Saga: Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse.  Connect with the artists as they perform the songs that channel the emotions of Twilight fans through music.  Enjoy original music videos and never-been-seen live performances all on one release.

DESTINATION FORKS: THE REAL WORLD OF TWILIGHT

Synopsis

Over 250,000 fans have made the pilgrimage to Forks to breathe in the reality that inspired Stephenie Meyer's epic saga – have you?

Destination Forks is a must-have for any Twilight Saga fan.  Divided into three segments: Twilight Tour, Moods of Twilight, and Twihards, each segment is a unique journey that takes you deeper into the real world Twilight universe.

- In Twilight Tour cruise through the actual streets of Forks, Washington stopping at the real sites, homes, and businesses as highlighted in the Saga.

- In Moods of Twilight take a virtual walk through the mystical woods, mountains, rivers, and other gorgeous locations of Forks & La Push.

- In Twihards travel around the globe and meet the real life people that make up the greatest fan community in the world.?

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Twilight Saga: Eclipse is Nominated at Scream Awards 2010

Spike TV’s Scream Awards have now announced Scream Awards 2010 nominations. And the Twilight Saga: Eclipse has 5 different nominations and its actors at different categories

    The Ultimate Scream: Twilight Saga Eclipse
    Best Fantasy Movie: Twilight Saga Eclipse
    Best Fantasy Actress: Kristen Stewart for Eclipse
    Best Fantasy Actor: Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner for Eclipse
    Breakout Performance Male: Xavier Samuel

CLICK HERE TO VOTE!

THE TWILIGHT SAGA Visual Effects Supervisor Eric Leven ' New Moon vs Eclipse'

* He’s wearing a Cloverfield t-shirt
* 1:15 – How involved was he in the visual effects on New Moon and Eclipse
* 2:00 – Why were the effects in Eclipse so much better than New Moon
* 3:00 – Explains that David Slade was not a fan of the Wolf effects in New Moon and how it was different in Eclipse
* 3:55 – Did they have more time on Eclipse for the effects
* 4:45 – David Slade talk and what a director does…
* 5:25 – Explains how Chris Weitz on New Moon wanted the wolves eyes to have almost human eyes and how Phil Tippet was against that decision. Goes on to explain how on Eclipse they wanted to make them wolf eyes and how everyone was on board with that decision…except Stephenie Meyers.
* 6:40 – How long do they have for the effects work
* 7:45 – Do they use off the shelf software or is it proprietary software. They have a special fur tool
* 8:30 – How big is the studio? How many people work there?
* 9:00 – What was the most challenging part of Eclipse and did they have one shot that took forever
* 10:40 – Are they working on Breaking Dawn
* 11:30 – Have they already pitched Summit on how they’d do the effects in Breaking Dawn
* 13:30 – What else are they working on. Talks about Priest, Cats and Dogs 2, Immortals
* 14:30 – What work did they do on Priest and has he seen the footage. With the film going 3D, how did that change things
* 16:30 – We talk about post converted 3D
* 17:30 – Tarsem and Immortals talk
* 18:10 – What is he working on right now
* 18:40 – Does he have hard core Twilight fans in his life
* 19:20 – Talks about the crew collectibles for Twilight New Moon and Eclipse – talks about how many they made and who gets them


Eric Leven Visual Effects Supervisor on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE from ColliderVideos on Vimeo.

Tippett Studio Twilight New Moon and Eclipse Limited Collectibles.

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Tweet @Twilight Sweepstakes: Win A Signed ‘Eclipse’ Script by David Slade

Summit Entertainment is giving a contest via Official Twilight Twitter and the chance win The Twilight Saga: Eclipse script signed by director, David Slade, which includes his handwritten notes and storyboards.

You must be 13 or older to participate and live within the 50 United United States and the District of Columbia or Canada (excluding Quebec).

“Tweet #1
4 chance 2 win one-of-a-kind script, Tweet @Twilight “I’ve seen Eclipse__times! #SeeEclipseAgain” See full rules at http://bit.ly/ & next tweet for further details.

Tweet #2
Prize is a signed script from David Slade, including handwritten notes & storyboards. See full rules at http://bit.ly next tweet for further details.

Tweet #3
Tweet @Twilight Sweeps. No purch. nec. VoidifProhib. Must be res. of 50 US/DC, 13+. Ends 11:59 pm PT 7/28/10. Limit one tweet per day. Subject to full rules at http://bit.ly/TwiSweeps.

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

ENTRY VIA TWITTER AND TWITTER ACCOUNT AND CONNECTION REQUIRED. "PROTECTED" TWITTER ACCOUNTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEND ENTRIES. ODDS OF WINNING WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

ENTRY PERIOD: The "Tweet @Twilight Sweepstakes" ("Sweepstakes") starts at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time ("PT") on 7/14/10 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on 7/28/10 ("Entry Period"). The sponsor of this Sweepstakes is Summit Entertainment LLC, 1630 Stewart St., Suite 120, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (the "Sponsor"). Twitter, Inc. is not a sponsor of this Sweepstakes and does not endorse or otherwise have anything to do with this Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes shall be subject to these "Official Rules", and by entering, all participants agree to be bound by the terms and conditions herein.

ELIGIBILITY: SWEEPSTAKES IS OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND CANADA (EXCLUDING QUEBEC) WHO AT TIME OF ENTRY WERE THIRTEEN (13) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, HAD INTERNET ACCESS AND WERE REGISTERED MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING OF TWITTER. THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS VOID OUTSIDE THE AREA SPECIFIED ABOVE AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Employees and their family members (defined as spouse, mother, father, in-laws, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, children and grandchildren) of Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies and agencies (collectively, the "Promotion Parties") and those living in the household of same (whether related or not) are not eligible to enter or win.

HOW TO ENTER: You must be a registered member of Twitter in order to participate in the Sweepstakes or win a prize. Membership on Twitter is free, and registration for Twitter can be obtained by logging on to http://twitter.com (the "Web Site") and following the onscreen instructions to open an account. During the Entry Period members of Twitter may enter by logging in to their Twitter account and doing the following:

1. Become a "follower" of @Twilight. Important note: If your Twitter account is set to "protected mode," your updates/responses may not be visible in Sponsor's @Twilight inbox and may not thus be received by Sponsor unless you previously consented to permit Sponsor to see the your Twitter updates. @Twilight messages not received by Sponsor will not be entered into Sweepstakes.

2. Tweet the following message to Sponsor's Twitter account "@Twilight": "I've seen Eclipse ___ times! #SeeEclipseAgain" (note: where it indicates ___, insert the actual number of times you've seen The Twilight Saga: Eclipse). ONLY ONE (1) ENTRY INTO THE SWEEPSTAKES PER PERSON PER DAY WILL BE ACCEPTED. All entries must comply with the Twitter Terms of Service and Twitter Rules available at the Web Site. Creating multiple Twitter Accounts in order to exceed the limits on Entries permitted by these Official Rules may result in the disqualification of all Entries from such accounts.

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David Slade Thanks Eclipse Fans on Facebook

Twilight Saga: Eclipse director David Slade wrote the a letter to Eclipse fans on his  official Twilight Saga movie facebook which just reached the 8 million fan mark over the weekend making it one of the largest Facebook online communities.

“When you put your heart and soul into something as intense as the duration of a film production, you become completely lost in it. You focus on doing your very best to get it right each day and you work on this for so long that you assume an ownership of it.
When shooting The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, I always felt an awareness of how many people this film would reach and as a result, knew that this film did not just belong to myself, the producers and the studio, but more so, to all of you, the fans of The Twilight Saga.
At the end of the day, after all the hard work is done, all that’s left is the film itself, and your overwhelmingly positive and supportive responses have made me feel like we must have done something right. As a filmmaker, this is a rare and strange feeling of connection with an audience of which I will never forget and I thank you all for it.

DAVID SLADE
JULY 2010

Eclipse Director David Slade: 'I Have No Idea Why Anyone Would Hire Me!'

How do you approach something like the proposal scene, which could so easily be the cheesiest thing ever? Do you try to underplay it?
I really tried to keep the actors in the moment and not be premeditated about things. We had a policy of not changing lines unless specific issues came up, in which case we’d discuss it well in advance. I also had a one-on-one actor rehearsal policy, where I would meet every actor individually to discuss scenes and talk about their characters so that by the time we got to the full rehearsal with all the actors, we had just the content of the scene [to concentrate on]. We’d answered all the questions, so we could deal with the meat and potatoes of getting the scene right. I think the actors appreciated that time we spent with them. When it came down to it, one of my goals was to make things realistic and believable without leaning on the fantastical elements at all, but trying actually to be antithetical to that. I wanted the fantastic elements to be as believable as possible.

I know Kristen Stewart knocks herself out to be believable in her performances.
One of the things she said to me early on was, “If I don’t believe in it, I can’t do it. I’m a terrible liar, and if I don’t believe the words I say, then I can’t go through with saying them.” Sometimes it was tricky, massaging some of the line readings, but it was always in the process of getting it down. Kristen can be an exceptionally naturalistic actress in that way, but that’s really what I was looking for. We knew that this was the most mature of the books in how the story was told. It’s the conclusion of the love triangle, and a lot of the the themes in the first two books conclude in this book. We knew it would be a more adult and cinematic film, and we wanted to treat the drama as drama. There’s comedy, but the comedy is intentional.

The actors were saying that you had to reshoot the tent scene to make it more erotic.
What actually went on there was that it was really a two-day shoot to begin with, but we only had one because of our schedule. We were scheduled to do some pickup shoots — little shots here and there — and then we decided that it’d be great to have another day on that scene. It wasn’t that much different, actually. In the actual film, we intercut between the first day of shooting and the pickup shooting in that scene, so I think people made a lot more out of it than was actually there.

The fourth book really pushes the envelope as far as violence and sex. Had you not directed this film, could you envision a David Slade version of Breaking Dawn?
Oof. You know, I don’t know. [Laughs] I’m not dodging the question, I just don’t have a great answer. I feel blessed that we got one of the better stories — you’re only as good as your story, right? I’m sure Bill Condon’s going to do a great job with Breaking Dawn, but I’m pretty happy to quit while I’m ahead.

Have you lined up your next project yet, or are you like, “I think I’ll wait until those opening weekend grosses come in…”
I just want to sleep. [Laughs] I’ve been talking about various projects, but I’m not out of the woods on the press tour yet. I’ll be thinking about that after I get back from Europe, and maybe after a short break. I’m not going to be directing The Shadow, though — that’s just a rumor.

So where did that rumor come from?
I wish I knew! It’s one of those really strange things where I have no idea.

If Eclipse is the highest-grossing movie you ever make, would you be fine with that?
Yeah. I’m pretty sure it will be! I’m pretty sure this will be seen by more people than any other film I make, but listen, who knows? The world of cinema is changing, the way we make films is changing, everything’s changing. I try not to think like that.

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'Eclipse' Werewolves: Five Secrets Revealed

Visual-effects master Phil Tippett tells MTV News how he remade Jacob Black and the wolf pack into primordial animals for third installment.

The Wolves Have New Fur, Eyes and Behavior
Weitz requested wolves that had more of a rangy look to them, with matted fur and eyes that more closely resembled human eyes than wolf ones. By contrast, Slade wanted his wolves just a bit more, well, coifed.
"They weren't supposed to look like poodles, but [Slade] wanted them a lot sleeker looking and with shinier, shimmering coats," Tippett explained.
Slade was also adamant that the "Eclipse" wolves revert to the wolf eyes you might see in nature. But it wasn't just the wolf pack's physical attributes that got a makeover for the third installment. Tippett and his team were also directed to adjust the wolves' overall behavior.
"The 'New Moon' wolves, we played them as heroic sentries," said Tippett. "When the wolves met the humans, we attempted to make it appear as though the wolves had a center of conscience that was definitely human. And David really wanted to play it that the wolves were far more primordial and much more wolflike. The wolves became less sentries sent from God and a lot more twitchy, uncertain, fairer animals."
Perhaps the biggest similarity between both films' wolves, however, is that neither set actually has genitals — a compromise necessary to secure a PG-13 rating. "We just deal with it by putting extra fur down there," he laughed.
Taylor's Wolf Is Sad
Tippett and his crew spent countless hours perfecting each member of the wolf pack, but obviously Taylor Lautner's wolf receives the most screen time and thus required the closest attention. Specifically, they had to capture Jacob's unrequited love for Bella while he was in wolf-form.
"Through non-language pantomime on the wolf's part, he had to appear to be engaged and try to make his expressions telegraph the tragic love that is their relationship," Tippett said. "So there is a sad kind of a longing and protectiveness that we try to imbue him with."
To get the look right, crew members traveled up to a wolf preserve, and actually got into pens with the 200-pound animals and sketched out what they observed.
"I'm a huge advocate of that. Anytime you can get close to an animal, that's the closet model you can find," he said. "And the animators are cast just like actors. Certain animators are really strong on action and there are animators that are really strong on the emotional moments. And the animators strong on emotion were the ones creating the emotional response of Jacob's wolf."
The Vampires Fought With a Potato
Since the wolves are entirely CGI creations, the actors are presented with a challenge: how to interact with — and often fight hand-to-paw against — imaginary beings. What's more, they had to do all this in such a way that would allow Tippett and his animators to plug in their digital creations. The solution they hit upon was what came to be known as the "potato."
"We came up with this object that we called the potato," Tippett said. "And the potato was roughly a very rudimentary wolf form that was kind of like a big pillow that matched the dimensions of the wolves without hair. And those would be set on location by the special-effects department, and they would rig these potatoes with wires so they would hang and we would be able to manipulate them in a way that we knew later on we would be able to match with the wolves in a realistic confrontation."
Taylor Dressed Up in a Gray Leotard
Alas, the potato wouldn't always suffice. For one scene in which Jacob's wolf nuzzles up against Bella, filmmakers required something just a bit more lifelike than a big pillow.
"David was very insistent that Taylor actually perform with Kristen, and so he had the wardrobe department make up a gray leotard and a hoodie that Taylor wore, and he would kind of crouch down and try as best he could to fit that space where we knew later the wolf would be," Tippett said. "And Taylor could remain in character and ensure that the performance was a performance based on contact between two performers, not just Kristen talking to a golf ball or something like that."
Fantasy Trumped Physics
In the climatic fight scene, when the wolves take on a newborn army of vicious vampires, the effects team found itself in a conundrum: How could a 1,200-pound wolf and a 180-pound vampire get into a realistic fight?
"We have to be true to Earth's specific gravity in the performance work to make it seem like the wolves are really there," Tippett said. "But if a 1,200-pound object is slamming into a human being at 30 miles an hour, it's going to have pretty severe consequences. And so there are these scenes where it's like, 'Oh my God, how are we going to pull this off?' "
Their solution was to sprinkle a hefty dose of magical realism into their physical calculations.
"David's justification for it was, 'OK, the newborns are made out of some material that increases their mass and that they are closer to 500 pounds," Tippett said. "The actors didn't actually play it like that — I don't think they ever told them that because they didn't start walking around like the Hulk or anything — but what it did is gave us an excuse to be able to choreograph these things. So when a wolf runs and attacks and slams into one of the newborns at the tail end of the third-act battle, we have a performance justification for how that works. That was actually planned out and made sense and didn't look stupid."

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Collider interview Eclipse director David Slade which he talked about how he prepared for directing the film and explains how and why he shot the movie a certain way. He also talked about directing the meadow scene and if he was aware that it meant so much to the fans.

David Slade
* I ask about the unique shots and the close-ups. Did he design the look before he got on set or did he do more of it while there. Talks about how the film needed to have a cinematic vocabulary
* 2:50 – Twitter questions – I ask him about the meadow scene. When he was filming the scene, was he aware it meant so much to so many fans. Talks about how Stephenie Meyer’s was there a lot on set a lot.
* 5:00 – Home video question. What deleted scenes will be on the DVD/Blu-ray. Talks about the one of the scenes that was cut. He says the scene was 2 or 3 minutes alone and he think it may be as many as 5 minutes of deleted scenes coming
* 6:30 – Commentaries on the DVD? He says he won’t be doing one and explains why.
* Talks about how he literally just finished the film the night before this interview
* 7:48 – What is he doing next. Says he is definitely not doing The Shadow

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