When, in April of 2009, rumours floated of David Slade possibly directing The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, I was excited. A fan of both the franchise and Slade, the prospect of seeing them meet was almost too much to bear. When the announcement came that Slade had indeed signed onto the project, I was trhilled (read: beside myself with excitement).
A few months later the central cast members returned to Vancouver (with the exception of Rachelle Lefevre whose character of Victoria is now being played by Bryce Dallas Howard) along with some new faces and filming began on the third installment of the franchise. The sets were much more guarded and though the fandom was present at every corner, we seemed to be seeing less and less of what was being shot and were it not for the fact that the story originates from a book, those who haven’t read it will be hardpressed to tell you what it’s about.
In an odd turn of events, Summit has decided to take a completely different approach to their marketing of Eclipse. By this point in the game with the New Moon release, we’d seen footage, treasers, a trailer and more images that we could shake a stick at (both official and unofficial) but for Eclipse, nothing. There’s one official picture kicking around which gives you very little and even the few leaked images which popped up a few weeks ago provided little indication as to what Slade’s version of the story would look like. Quite the feat considering the film is only three months away.
Yesterday, the studio released the first 10 seconds of the teaser, ten seconds that revealed nothing but threw the fandom intoa tizzy. Do you blame us? For a group which is so used to being drowned with material, this tease is a little painful. Thankfully, the studio has a little heart and the full trailer is now live, a mere 24 hours since our first glimpse. And that glimpse is interesting.
This looks nothing like a David Slade film – at least none of the David Slade films I’ve seen. It’s warm and sun bathed – not exactly what I had expected. Though there isn’t the over the top action crammed into this that there was into New Moon there was some hint at it (good thing too since this installment has more action than most of the others). It’s not what I expected by I do like it.
Let the snark fly!
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens to the universe on June 30th.
Trailer tucked under the seats!
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March 11, 2010
I’ll refrain from the bashing and only say nice things…
Liked Hard Candy a lot. 30 Days of Night was kind of lame but it looked handsome enough and it had its moments. I think that’s the one thing the Twilight series has to offer in spades and this third installment looks like it continues that trend. It looks really pretty and I like that. The quick glimpse of Bryce Dallas Howard also looks like she’s pretty bad ass – though I’ve not been impressed with anything she’s done since The Village, so the jury is still out on her.
I’m not rushing to the theater for this one, but for what it is, I’m tired of slagging on the franchise and simply say it’s not for me – other than the fetching cinematography.
March 11, 2010
Marina, I agree, it looks pretty. This trailer’s emphasis is on the love story, which is appropriate as it drives the plot. Strangely it seems to lack a visual theme. There’s no unique “look” to the film as we have seen before – not that it’s necessarily a negative – but I certainly wasn’t wowed. In fact, I would go as far as to say I was underwhelmed. On the other hand, trailers are notoriously misleading. I think by the time the film opens, I will be happy to see the characters again.