David Slade Wants 'Eclipse' to Be Gorier, Darker and More Guy-Friendly
Filed under: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Movie Marketing
MTV, an outlet I don't believe has ever covered the Twilight franchise, is reporting that Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night director David Slade has visions of turning Eclipse, the upcoming third film in Stephenie Meyer's paranormal romance series, into a film guys may actually want to bring their dates to. One may assume their source for this speculation should have been as obvious as David Slade's historical track record - revenge-loving jail bait and deformed, snow-covered throat-rippers don't exactly scream PG-13 hugs and cuddles - but their actual informant is Eclipse co-star Ashley Greene:
"The first one was very focused on this love story and really sweet and it was beautiful, but it didn't have a lot of stuff that guys would go, 'Yeah, I want to go see that,' " she said. "There's going to be a lot more focus on [action], and the fight scene will have more emphasis on it. I definitely think it will be a little more guy-friendly."
Now before you doubt how a singular fight scene designates a film more "guy-friendly", keep in mind that Greene is referring to only her character's big showdown, which apparently has left the young actress, who plays Alice Cullen, adopted sister to dreamboat Edward Cullen, bruised from all the stunt training. MTV is quick to point out that the novel culminates in "a climactic battle of vampires and werewolves", which certainly sounds like something basic enough to attract a tree-chopping, tobacco-chewing, barrel-chested king of men like me... until I remember that we're talking about a franchise that makes that which normally bursts into horrific flames sparkle like an '80s be-dazzler in sunlight.
As an aforementioned king of men, I don't need carefully supervised dabs of PG-13 gore, a concept that is already more mythological than all the vampires and werewolves Stephenie Meyers can toss together, or a few people getting thrown around on wires to be interested in Eclipse. It's nice to see the marketing effort, Summit, but you already had me at David Slade. After Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night, that man could direct the The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 3: Re-tailored and I'd still be game.
Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams Reunite for 'Mission Impossible 4'
'Big Top Pee-Wee': The Original Benicio Del Toro Wolfman
Spin-ematical: New on DVD and Blu-ray for 2/9
Watch This: Brilliant Oscar-Nominated Short 'Logorama'
Chris Nolan to Lead 'Superman' Reboot!?
_thumbnail.jpg)
_thumbnail.jpg)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-17-2009 @ 3:29PM
cablebfg said...
you are behind Slade THAT much? I enjoyed 30 Days of Night quite a bit, though it was not quite as awesome as the graphic novel, but I don't know if that one film is enough to convince me to follow him down the path of Twilight.
I have heard good things about Hard Candy and plan on watching it soon, but I don't know. It is very interesting to see Slade at the helm though, that is for sure.
Reply
9-17-2009 @ 5:09PM
JaySin420 said...
I didn't see twilight and I feel lame for saying this but there's a 2 second clip in the new trailer where a guy is running and turns into a dog or werewolf or something and it looks pretty sick. If I didn't know it was a twilight sequel I'd probably go see it.
Reply
9-17-2009 @ 5:18PM
FKAC said...
Jesus, isn't there any movie site that isn't just for fanboys? I like Twilight--have some problems with but violent guy movies have their issues as well. In 30 Days of Night, I just wanted to smack any vampire whenever they hissed and tell them to stop over-acting.
Reply
9-17-2009 @ 10:29PM
Gnume said...
Is it just me, or is that Wesley Snipes' character Blade in the background?
Reply
9-18-2009 @ 1:56PM
greatone said...
Yeah that is Blade in the background. Now if Blade came into the Twlight universe then this would be awesome. I would bring Blade into the final Twilight film and have him kill the main character. This will tick off every Twilight fan and would probably lead to a witch hunt for the director who did this.
9-17-2009 @ 8:49PM
RedRubberBall203 said...
We guys already have our Werewolf and Vampire love story. Its called Underworld, it had its run. Not every movie has to be Guy Friendly.
Reply
9-18-2009 @ 1:24AM
Batzarro said...
No, that ship has sailed. Twilight has already gained it's fame as, well, you know. It's branded. If they wanted to bring in the men, they should have done it before the series became a punchline.
Reply
9-18-2009 @ 11:53AM
30yearoldtwifan said...
I personally am excited to see what DS brings to Eclipse. A lot of Twi Moms dont like him and want to keep The Saga a "teen fluff vamp romance" DS is going to bring Eclipse to way different level...I would think all the Twi haters would WANT to see this.
Reply
9-20-2009 @ 6:09PM
kpastor said...
once again women take back seat summit and david slade has made sure of that! i know there has to be fighting and gore to this movie but that not what made it a franchise now did it. i loved blade never seen 30 nights but my mom did and she loved it and she also is worried about this film being about the "man" and women can just suck on a lollipop cuz we dont count nor matter when it comes to the movies. slade didnt even want anything to do with twilight cuz it wasnt about the "man" and now he is going to make it about the "man". i really do hope that he can prove me wrong but i dont see that. do you really think the "man" will buy an eclipse t-shirt? think about it!
Reply