David Slade, who’s been chosen as the director of Eclipse (click here for a link to Summit Entertainment’s website), has written an official email for the Twilight fans to address their concerns over some negative comments he made in regards to Twilight.

Here’s the email which he sent to Twilight Lexicon (in his own words and unedited):

Dear Laura and Lori

I would be grateful if you could distribute this statement to the fans of Twilight:I would like to address some statements that I made regarding Twilight.

When I made these comments, I had neither seen the film nor read the books. I was promoting a comedy short film that I had made for Xbox and every pop culture subject was seen as a possible comedy target. I was being silly and none of the statements were from the heart.

Of course, I have since seen the movie and read the books and was quickly consumed with the rich storytelling and the beautifully honest characters that Stephenie Meyer created.

I would like to reassure everyone involved that I am invested in making the best film that I am humanly capable of, and that I am acutely aware of the power of the original books we serve.

Please be rest assured this statement is absolutely from the heart.

yours sincerely

DAVID SLADE”

I hope he means what he said because Eclipse is such a good book. I love the love triangle between Edward, Bella & Jacob  and the fighting scene in the end is going to be really good (if it’s done well…). Anyway, we just have to wait and see.

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According to Live-PR.com, the casting for New Moon has been completed, although SUMMIT hasn’t officially confirmed whether AnnaLynne McCord, Vanessa Hudgens or Dakota Fanning are going to be a part of the New Moon cast.

They also mentioned that Paul Weitz, who is a brother and co-owner of Chris Weitz “Depth of Field Productions’ is going to direct Eclipse. Hmm….

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Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily posted an EXCLUSIVE on ‘Eclipse’ news. They confirmed that there’s no director yet, but Chris Weitz won’t be directing the third installment of the Twilight Saga. The movie is due to be released on June 30th, 2010 which means it’s only 6 months after the release of ‘New Moon’.  They also mentioned that the two movies won’t be filmed ‘back-to-back’. There will be a brief gap between the two, but I guess the keyword is ‘brief’…otherwise, i don’t know how they’re going to be able to release those movies on the dates they mentioned.

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