’30 Days of Night’ Director in Talks for ‘Eclipse’

That pic right there is about as scary from director David Slade as we are going to get for quite awhile.   According to Hollywood Insider, the ‘Hard Candy’ and   ’30 Days of Night’ helmer is being circled by Summit Entertainment to take directing duties on the third film in the ‘Twilight Saga,’ ‘Eclipse.’   This comes just weeks after the rumors that Drew Barrymore was in talks for the job were shot down.

Nothing is set in stone, but sources close to the project tell EW that Slade is in negotiations for the job.   This would be quite a change of pace for Slade whose previous two films have been pretty hard-edged and very rated R.

Chris Weitz is currently filming the second film, ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon,’ in Vancouver.   ‘Eclipse’ is scheduled to be released in June of 2010.

What do you think?   Is Slade a good choice to helm the third ‘Twilight’ film?   Should he just stick with rated R films that don’t hold him back?   If you’ve read the ‘Twilight’ books, does the series get darker/more adult as they go along a la ‘Harry Potter’?   Let us know by commenting below!

Source: Hollywood Insider