David Slade to direct third Twilight series Eclipse

Washington (ANI): British film director David Slade has been hired by Summit Entertainment to direct the third film of the Twilight Saga, 'Eclipse'. The announcement was made by Summit on April 22 after months of speculation over who would direct the movie, which has a release date of June 30, 2010, reports Variety.

Summit Entertainment has opted to have different directors directing the Twilight movies, with Chris Weitz replacing Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke on New Moon.

Melissa Rosenberg, who penned the Twilight and New Moon scripts, has been writing Eclipse, in which Bella is forced to choose between Edward and Jacob.