Read a snippet of Peter Facinelli’s interview from “iVillage” below:

There’s been talk about the last Twilight book, Breaking Dawn, being split into two separate films. Can you confirm the rumors?
I don’t know. I know there are rumors. I’m in support of it. It’s a very thick book and there’s a lot going on. To scale it down to one, we would miss a lot of stuff. So, if I had a say, I would love for it to be two. That said, I haven’t heard anything about it, nor has Breaking Dawn been confirmed at all. So I think we’re all just waiting to hear what someone decides to do.

So you’re not itching for it to be over?
No, I’m a big fan of the books. So for me, it’s fun to be able to revisit Carlisle and I’m quite saddened that there’s only one more book to do. It would be great if it was broken into two.

What can fans expect from the next film, Eclipse?
Every one of these has had a different director [David Slade directs The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, opening in June] so the feel’s been a little bit different. Each one of the books progressively has more action. New Moon has some really cool action with the werewolves and the Volturi and it builds from there into the third one where the Cullens get to do some really great action stuff. And that’s fun for me, because as a Cullen we’re very reserved and always trying to fit in and look humanlike. But in Eclipse, you get to see what we’re capable of as vampires.

Read Peter’s full interview here.

Director David Slade tweeted the following regarding the first trailer for “Eclipse”:

#1:  Overwhelming question I see again and again – When is the first trailer for Eclipse? I really don’t know I am afraid.

#2:  I know they are working very hard on it. But I don’t have any idea when it will be out.

BooBoo Stewart, and sister Fivel talk Eclipse at Variety’s Power of Youth 2009 (December 5).

The next installment of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is due out in theaters on June 30, 2010, and according to a recent announcement from Summit Entertainment, will be presented in IMAX.

“Twilight moviegoers will have a whole new way to experience this next installment of the series, with the enhanced image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience putting them IN the movie,” said Richie Fay, Summit Entertainment’s President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution. “The IMAX release puts us on the event film calendar for 2010, and we’re very excited to work with IMAX to bring a new kind of film to the IMAX theatre network.”

It’s no surprise, and it totally makes sense.  This movie is going to be huge, and I’m sure the tickets are going to sell-out pretty fast!

SOURCE: CNN Money

Kristen Stewart sat down with MTV Radio recently and talked about the director’s teacherly approach to filming, working with Bryce Dallas Howard (Victoria) and the media scrutiny.

Below is a snippet of her interview:

“Chris did a very different thing that I’ve never had a director do,” the 19-year-old explained. “He put together a syllabus of what we were supposed to achieve and how he was going to make it easier for everyone — sort of an introduction to how he likes to work. It not only introduced the idea of collaboration but said, ‘Please, everyone, love it and be invested and work hard.’ It was very encouraging. It had technical aspects of [the shoot] — how he was so sorry that so much of the movie was going to be CGI stuff that we would have to react to — but that he was going to always make us aware of what we were acting with and never leave us high and dry like a lot of effects movies [do], because you don’t know what you’re reacting to. It was a full rundown of how he planned on making the movie. Most directors are like, ‘Have you put together notes for our meeting?’ and it’s like, ‘No. That’s your job.’ “

Read more at MTV here.

One of the stars of ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ has been injured and was taken to the hospital.

A rep for Summit Entertainment tells ET:

“Jackson Rathbone of the ‘Twilight Saga’ movies, was slightly injured yesterday during a fight scene rehearsal. As a precaution, he was driven to the hospital and checked out by a doctor. He’s fine and is back at work on the set of ‘Eclipse’ today.”

Jackson plays the role of Jasper Hale, the adopted brother of Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson.

SOURCE: ET

To find out how dark Eclipse will be, we’ll have to wait until the movie actually comes out.

But Twi-screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg says there’s absolutely no doubt the third flick in the vampire franchise is taking a darker turn.

And she credits the storyline and director David Slade for that…

“David has a darker sensibility, so it clicks,” Rosenberg said. “The story has a slightly darker tone. I mean, it goes into a full-out battle, so it is darker in the nature of what it is. David was the perfect director for it.”

Read the full article at E! Online.

Xavier Samuel plays Riley in “Eclipse” – a college student turned newborn vampire by Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard). Here’s a snippet of Xavier’s interview with Moviehole:

Question: Did you know anything about that particular franchise?

Xavier: To be honest, not really. Like, I watched the film on the plane. And at that stage, I hadn’t read the books, but I have now. I knew very little about it. I knew that it was extremely popular, and people kind of go crazy for it.

Question: Crazy is an understatement.

Xavier: Yeah. Like, you know, this notion of eternal love, and danger, and – you know, the thing that you love could kill you – that sort of stuff is, like – I guess it’s intoxicating for a lot of people.

Question: And you play a vampire in Eclipse?

Xavier: Newborn vampire.

Question: A newborn vampire. Do you do any research on something like this?

Xavier: Sleep in coffins at night, and stuff like that?

Question: Or look at classic horror films that explored vampire culture.

Xavier: I think that I’ve resisted that temptation, because the vampires, in Twilight, are very different. I think there’s a crucial element to portraying something like that is retaining some sort of humanity, and if you can do that, then hopefully it can work, in less of a stereotypical, clichéd kind of way.

Read Xavier’s full interview on Moviehole here.

Justin Chon tells E! Online’s Marc Malkin that director David Slade’s Eclipse isn’t exactly taking his lead from Catherine Hardwick or Chris Weitz.

“He’s done pretty dark films so that’s where I see [Eclipse] really gravitating towards—more of a dark kind of moody film,” Chon said yesterday at BAFTA’s pre-Emmy tea party. “Just shooting the scenes that I’m in, the mood is definitely different.”

“David is very set on how he wants this movie to be portrayed,” Chon said. “It’s a lot more refined and maybe not as loose as the last two—at least for us humans. I can only imagine what he’s doing with everyone else.”

Chon also confirmed reports that Robert Pattinson has been living in a house rather than the usual hotel during filming in Vancouver, Canada.

“Security has been increased a lot,” Chon said. “They’re a lot more protective…If Rob was to go out in public without anybody, I think it could be pretty dangerous.”

Even so, Pattz is dealing with the attention well. “It takes him a lot more time to get in and out of places,” Chon said. “But he doesn’t get angry. He’s handling things great.”

SOURCE: E! Online

Just because Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are such a perfect match on screen, Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg thinks it’s time we mind our own business about what goes once the cameras stop rolling.

“Their chemistry on film is so extraordinary,” Rosenberg told us at the Entertainment Weekly/Women In Film pre-Emmy party. “They were beautifully cast for those roles and their chemistry is amazing. I think people often confuse chemistry onscreen with chemistry offscreen.

“I think people should just enjoy what’s onscreen and leave their privates lives wherever they are,” she continued. “I don’t actually know what they are.”

So what scoop did Ms. Rosenberg tell us about our fave vampire movies? Read on to find out…

First up, Breaking Dawn. Rosenberg is not allowed to could not confirm she’s going to be tackling the script. “That’s still up in the air,” she said. “We’re still talking and nothing’s been decided.”

Read the full article at E-Online here.