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David Slade Tweets Holiday Wishes

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David Slade Tweets A New Picture Of Xavier

That was a low shot, so by apology here is a pic of Xavier Samuels, we ran into him in our local coffee shop today
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David Slade Or Duncan Jones To Replace Darren Aronofsky On 'The Wolverine'?

It was big news when we learned Darren Aronofsky would no longer be directing “The Wolverine,” and now the floodgates are open with talk and rumors of who might replace him in the director's chair.

Nothing is official yet, but Deadline is reporting that they've heard David Slade and Duncan Jones' names as potential replacements for Aronofsky. Slade's a very familiar name on the comic book circuit, having directed "30 Days of Night" and recently being named as the “Daredevil” pseudo-sequel's director.

Jones, meanwhile, directed “Moon” and the just-released “Source Code,” and was once rumored to direct "Superman" before Zack Snyder snagged the job.

Our own Splash Page editor Rick Marshall wrote up a piece suggesting David Slade a few weeks ago, and again in a post that suggested several different directors.

Jones, aware of fans’ interest in having him be the new director, tweeted jokingly on March 18: “Wearing my fav Japanese wolverine T-Shirt today just to mess with people.  ...and the answer is no.” That sounds pretty cut and dry, but here we are once again with his name in the mix.

Seeing that “The Wolverine” star Hugh Jackman may or may not be busy with the precarious movie, Universal Pictures has stepped in and offered him the role of the huntsman in “Snow White and the Huntsman.” The movie has already cast Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron, and Jackman has yet to accept or decline.

All in all, things feel very up-in-the-air and unclear for the future of “The Wolverine.” We'll keep you posted as we hear more.

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Robert Pattinson As Daredevil Rumors Surface; Said To Be Similar In Tone ToBatman Begins!

Apparently, there's some "talk" that the Twilight actor is being looked at to reteam with David Slade on Daredevil, while new details on the tone and story have also emerged...

"The West Hollywood Resnorter" over at Moviehole has a very interesting piece up about David Slade's planned Daredevil movie (said to be a continuation, rather than a reboot) but two things in particular caught my eye.. The first, is the revelation that the movie will be similar in tone to Batman Begins, while the mention of a bad guy trying to destroy Daredevil certaintly fits in with the rumor that they're thinking of basing it on Frank Miller's "Born Again" series. 

Slade’s pitch, I’m told, is said to be a "close cousin" of some of the other superhero movies out there in the market place (I believe he’s referring to films like "Thor" and "Captain America" which are bright, boisterous blockbuster types that skip on the gloom and go straight to the boom!) – which shouldn’t surprise anyone. "It’s a bit Batman Begins. The bad guy will learn who Daredevil really is and tries to destroy him – but not via the usual methods."

Second, was the mention of there being "talk" about Twilight's Robert Pattinson being linked to the role. Seeing as he's worked with Slade before and is rather popular with a certain demographic, it's not hard to believe that he'd be considered (and there is something of a resemblence) but as we're talking about the guy who directed 30 Days Of Night and a character like Matt Murdock, I don't see it happenning!

And yes, with David Slade given the job, there’s "some kind of talk" about Robert Pattinson – who, with the "Twilight" series winding up, is going to be looking for a new well-paying gig – playing the part of Matt Murdock – - -which, I have to say, I don’t dislike the idea of.

What do you guys think about all of this? Be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place, and head on over to the site to read the article in its entirety. 

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More Vampires for David Slade

'Eclipse' Helmer David Slade Boards Vampire Horror Pic 'Last Voyage of the Demeter' (Exclusive)

BERLIN -- The Last Voyage of the Demeter may be getting ready to finally set sail.

David Slade, who directed vampires in 30 Days of Night andTwilight Saga: Eclipse, is in talks to tackle the blood-sucking genre again with Phoenix Pictures' long-in-the-works period horror movie.

The lead role is not cast but Ben Kingsley and Noomi Rapace are attached to co-star. Phoenix is in active talks with actors for the lead role.

Producing Demeter are Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer andBradley Fischer, who have made habit of incubating and sticking with projects for lengthy periods. (Phoenix took almost as long to get Oscar best picture contender Black Swan made.)

Demeter was the name of the ship that transported Dracula from Transylvania to London in Bram Stoker's classic tale. In that novel, it washes up on the shores of England, tattered and broken, with one raving mad survivor.

Written a decade ago by Bragi Schut, the script places the voyage center stage in a tale that is reminiscent of the first movie in the Alien franchise, in which a crew is slaughtered one-by-one by a mysterious passenger.

The project has over the years attracted such directors as Robert Schwentke and Marcus Nispel. Stefan Ruzowitzky was on board but last month decided to work on the just-announced drama Blackbird, which is to star Eric Bana and Oliva Wilde.

Demeter hasn't left port just yet, however. The project is still in the midst of securing financing, although the attachment of Slade, riding high on Eclipse's near-$700 million in worldwide boxoffice, should go a ways to get there. However, by the time the funds are secured, the actors could change. The in-demand Rapace, for example, already has Fox's Prometheus penciled in for part of the year.

Slade is repped by WME and Anonymous Content.

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David Slade heading to TV with 'REM'

Last night, Variety announced that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse directorDavid Slade might be heading to TV again (he's currently directing an episode of Breaking Bad), this time by way of directing the pilot for a new NBC series called REM.

Pilot centers on a police detective living in two realities and who must solve cases using clues from each of his lives.

Prior to the Breaking Bad segment he's working on now, Slade wasn't one with the television world, but his experience in New Mexico for the shoot might've opened a few new doors for him.

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New/Old Interviews of Ashley Greene & Xavier Samuel and David Slade "Eclipse Tour" Spain

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David Slade Directing an Episode of Breaking Bad

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David's Last Official Duty For The Twilight Saga

David signing Eclipse DVDs on December 4th.

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

by Amy Wilkinson

By now, you've probably watched the "Eclipse" DVD at least once, though we suspect that figure numbers more in the tens or twenties. (One Hollywood Crush reader tweeted that she's watched it 35 times already! Is that even mathematically possible?!) However many times you've seen the "Twilight" film, we bet it's only reaffirmed many fans' (and critics') opinions that "Eclipse" is the best of the franchise...so far. When we chatted with director David Slade last week in anticipation of the DVD's release, we couldn't help but ask why he thinks the third film is the favorite.
"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."
It did sort of feel like "Eclipse" had several movie-within-movie moments, didn't it? We can only hope "Breaking Dawn" lives up to its predecessor.
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David Slade Talks to Shaw TV’s Urban Rush

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Breaking Dawn: If Eclipse Director Was in Charge

By now you've seen the pics of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Edward and Bella making out on the beach.

We could only imagine what they would have been doing if Eclipse director David Slade had been hired for Breaking Dawn, too...

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"I would have probably gone after it," Slade says of racier scenes in the final installment of the Twilight franchise. "I'm kind of fairly tenacious that way.

"I'd have probably done a special red band version if it were up to me," he laughed. "But no, poor ole Bill Condon has that task."

As for Eclipse (out on DVD tomorrow), Slade did reveal that there was some chatter of turning it into a 3-D flick. But the talks didn't get very far.

"There was talk of a conversion, but it was really idle talk," he explained. "I think it's really difficult to justify converting a film that wasn't shot in 3-D into 3-D. I really do believe, as does James Cameron and all the people who are actually pro-3-D, that you have to go out and shoot it that way. You have nothing but compromise if you don't."

So much for Robert Pattinson jumping off the screen and into your lap.

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Exclusive Q&A: David Slade Predicts the Next ‘Twilight,’ Explains Vampire Allure

here are movie fans, and then there are movie fans — people so dedicated to their favorite franchise they elevate almost everyone associated with the project to celebrity status. George Lucas may have begun behind the camera, but to “Star Wars” fanatics, he’s Skywalker-level recognizable.

And in 2010, there’s no die-hard like a Twi-Hard.

“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” director David Slade has experienced the fervor firsthand, telling NextMovie exclusively: “At this point, I think I’m finally getting less recognizable and that suits me just fine.  The days of being stopped on the street are actually getting less and less.”

Fortunately, Slade explains, his popularity came late in the game, keeping him free to serve the story first and the fans second. “When we started this, the fan culture … had nowhere near the groundswell that it has now.  I think that was good for me because I went in with a very clear picture of the film I wanted to make — that was very subservient to cinema, not to the novel, not to fan favorite things.”

Read on for the rest of our interview with Slade, in which he reveals the way “Eclipse” almost ended,  predicts the next “Twilight” — and explains the magic behind Meyer’s creation.

Did fan pressure ever divert your grand plan for “Eclipse?”
It was subservient to cinema and to make the best movie.  I decided to continue with that and to not reference so much what had happened before and just work on the moment and work on moving forward. To some degree, it’s my chagrin if certain fan favorite scenes weren’t included in the film, but largely they were — and largely that’s because they’re usually the best scenes and therefore they end up being your favorite scenes as well as director.

On the DVD, there are certain deleted scenes and while I’m not a fan … this is a film which has a fan subculture. I felt there was a kind of responsibility to explain myself where certain scenes were shot that didn’t make it into the film.

One thing missing from the movie was the final scene in “Eclipse,” the novel — Edward gives in to Bella’s longstanding request for pre-vampiric sex, but she turns him down. Was there a thematic reason for leaving that out?

No, that’s something that happened at the script-writing stage. We discussed a lot of these things — at one point, we were even going to shoot the wedding at the end of ["Eclipse"] but we knew there was another film coming. We knew that a lot of that could go into the next film. We just made the most concise version of this story that we could

Having been so immersed in this world, do you have a good sense of what makes a series this sticky? Can you predict the Next Big Thing for this audience?

No, that’s something that happened at the script-writing stage. We discussed a lot of these things — at one point, we were even going to shoot the wedding at the end of ["Eclipse"] but we knew there was another film coming. We knew that a lot of that could go into the next film. We just made the most concise version of this story that we could.

“Hunger Games” is probably going to be huge.  I was actually very interested in directing the film of that. I met with Lionsgate to talk about it, but it didn’t work out.

I’m a big, big fan, a big supporter of fan subcultures.  I think they make things bigger than they are and they allow younger people — sometimes older people– to interact in positive ways …they’re good things in society, while there are a lot of bad things in society.  And the things that drive great successes are things that people just identify with.  ["Twilight"] is essentially a coming-of-age story of a girl who goes on to become a woman and goes through very, very fantastic things that all somehow tie to her life.

It’s a story that talks about true love in a very honest, straight-up way.  It’s a very cynical culture that we live in.  This is one thing that holds its love story on its sleeve and says, “Yes, this is a love story.  It’s about people in love.” And it’s a beautiful, wonderful thing.

Since there’s obviously a precedent for switching directors with every movie in a franchise, we’d like to officially throw our support your way for the “Hunger Games” sequel. 
Aw, well.  Let’s see how things go.  Who knows. I was in talks early on with “Hunger Games” but it didn’t go and I moved on to the next thing.  I don’t tend to attach myself to a lot of things — I generally kind of pursue something to the point at which it becomes a reality, then I start talking about it.  I’m very close — but there are four things and they’re all very, very different.

Before “Hard Candy,” you directed quite a few music videos. Was there a specific one that may have launched your movie career?
Not really, no.  I think my movie career was launched by “Hard Candy” and I think if you talk to David Higgins, the producer on that, [he'd say] I basically went and was so belligerent with him that he couldn’t say no to me.  I just hammered him and hammered him and hammered him and it was very low-budget and eventually he gave me the opportunity to direct the film.  I think certainly having 10 years of music video production helped me get that film.

But I couldn’t single out a specific one, no. I always seem to kind of do these little obscure bands that no one’s heard of.

Like Stone Temple Pilots?  Never heard of them.
Well, you know, there’s the odd one or two.  The body of work in general.  Stone Temple Pilots and maybe Tori Amos were some of the ones that people heard of.

“Hard Candy” is very edgy — and extremely different from “Eclipse.”  Was there any point during “Eclipse” where you would have gone edgier if you weren’t keeping your audience in mind?
No,  there was no time during “Eclipse” where I felt like I was being restrained. If anything, the producers kind of encouraged me to be more edgy than I was being.  I just had a really clear picture of the film I wanted to make and it wasn’t “Hard Candy,” it was “Eclipse.”

It’s one of those things — to stay sane, you can’t really look at reviews or monetary success as your own personal benchmarks as much as whether you felt you did OK or you screwed up and you need to give up and do something else. And for me, it’s more of a case of going in with a really clear picture of the film I wanted to make. At the end of it, how close did the film get to that picture?  In this instance, very close.

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Eclipse DVD Videos

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Eclipse' director on favorite deleted scene

After grossing more than $30 million from midnight shows alone, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” will make its way to DVD on Saturday, just in time for the holiday season.
Director David Slade told CNN that Twihards have a lot to look forward to on the two-disc special edition of “Eclipse.”
On top of audio commentary from Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, as well as author Stephenie Meyer and producer Wyck Godfrey, Slade says deleted scenes and special features for Team Edward and Team Jacob supporters won’t disappoint.

And despite the fact that Slade rarely commentates on his films - saying, “When it comes to the commentary, you kind of reduce [the film] down to a bunch of silly anecdotes” - he said it was important for him to tell viewers why certain scenes didn’t make it into the film.
“It’s good to love a specific passage in a book, but it’s in the book and it works because it’s in the book,” Slade said. “It might not work as well in the film, but you might be disappointed when you [don’t] see it.”
He added: “They’re lovely scenes that look like they would work wonderfully. But actually, when you put them in the context of the whole, they don’t. And so I felt it was the responsible thing to do as the director to speak up and talk about the things that were taken out. … It’s really for the fans who probably loved the scenes that we took out.”
Slade’s favorite deleted scene originally came after a spat between Bella and Edward early on in the film.
When Bella sets out to see Jacob one night, Edward catches her in her truck “and they have a bit of a row,” Slade says. In the final version of the film, Bella simply heads back into the house and slams the door, ending the scene.
“We actually shot a scene where the row continues for a little while and she goes upstairs and she looks at the open window and she closes it,” he said. “Then she kind of has a moment and then she unlocks it and opens it again. And it was really touching and emotional, but it’s like a speed bump every time you hit it. It kind of threw you out of the film.”
And when asked about the memorable tent scene, which baffled my coworker, who was confused as to why Bella wasn’t wearing a jacket in the midst of a blizzard, Slade simply responded:
“Poor planning on Bella’s behalf I would say. If you’re going to go up a mountain, you should wear a big coat. It’s just really silly to be honest. I wish she was wearing a hat though.”
Speaking of scenes where Jacob (Taylor Lautner) appears sans shirt, viewers can engage in special features called “Edward Fast-Forward” and “Jacob Fast-Forward,” which skip to “all your favorite” Edward and Jacob scenes, according to Amazon.com.
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David Slade on 'Eclipse' saying goodbye to 'Wolverine 2' and what's next

It’s safe to say that for film fans of the non-“team-Edward” or “team-Jacob” variety,  “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is the most accessible. It was choc full of action and included considerably less navel gazing than the previous installments. I’m biased of course, as I’ve known director David Slade since the days when I was in TV commercial production and he was primarily a commercial director.

His first feature “Hard Candy” was a stunning psychological thriller about a teenaged girl who takes revenge on a suspected pedophile by kidnapping him in his own apartment. Slade’s second film was “30 Days of Night,” a hard “R” horror movie about vampires that take advantage of the sunless winters in northernmost Alaska to have a “sunless spring break” of sorts, and go blood crazy on a small town.

 

So, when Summit Entertainment Googled “Director” “teenaged girl” and “vampire” his name popped up and he was instantly hired for “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.” (Ok, it might have been more complicated than that, let me re-check my facts and get back to you.)

 

Long story short, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is being released on Blu-Ray this weekend and Mr. Slade was kind enough to have me over and talk about the “Eclipse” DVD and more.

 

I apologize in advance, as our natural direction of conversation leans towards the technical and we tend to veer off here and there. We talk about the challenges that “Eclipse” fight sequences presented, the complexities of shooting a movie in 3D (which he hasn’t done yet) and how he goes about choosing his next project.

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'Eclipse' DVD Countdown: David Slade Teases A Deleted Scene--Our No. 2 Reason We're Thrilled

There are plenty of "Eclipse" things to celebrate today. First, the soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy, and, second, we have only one and a half days until the DVD hits stores! We've been sounding off on the reasons we're excited for the DVD's release all week (see why we're excited here and here and here), and it was our conversation with director David Slade on Tuesday that got us really pumped for our No. 2 reason: "Eclipse"'s deleted scenes.
Though he couldn't remember too many of the making-of segments, David was passionately involved with the DVD's deleted scenes special feature. He teases us with a preview of one such scene after the jump!

Fortunately for all you Bella and Edward fans, one of the film's cut scenes is a "sweet little moment" between the two. Apparently there was a running argument between the couple throughout the course of the film, but David ultimately decided to cut it from the film.
"We were trying to get the film to a manageable length, to flow really well, and it was like hitting a speed bump. You just felt it every time you hit these scenes," he explained.
The scene that made it to the DVD's special features is one that "closed the argument." Edward is sitting outside Bella's house and is being "kind of a jerk, making certain demands which Edward is like to do throughout all of these films," and Bella finally gets fed up with him. She storms off to her room, locking her window, effectively telling Edward that he is not welcome in her boudoir that evening. But after a moment's hesitation, she unlocks and opens the window. (Aw, we wouldn't be able to keep the window closed either, Bella!)
If there's one thing we can never get enough of, it's lovely little Bella and Edward moments, though we can do without them fighting. We're glad that David chose to add his own commentary to all these scenes to explain why he cut them. I'm sure I'm not the only person out there who might have been okay with sitting through a three-hour-long version of "Eclipse."
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