| The debut of the third part of the popular vampire saga “Twilight” is being shown in the USA, Europe and Russia. The premiere of the film “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” took place in Los Angeles on June 24, but enthusiastic admirers worldwide had to wait almost a week to see the film with their own eyes. They were ready to stand in a queue for hours at the ticket counters to buy the cherished ticket.
The storyline of the new film was kept secret though the plot is familiar to almost all the fans of writer Stephenie Meyer. The confrontation of vampires and werewolves develops into open conflict.
Certainly, the beautiful Bella Swan role is played by actress Kristen Stewart as in the case of the first two parts and she is at the centre of the battle.
After an interview for the New York show “Today”, Kristen with pleasure was photographed along with her admirers.
The third film entitled “Eclipse” was directed by British David Slade, who carried the “baton” from directors of the first two parts of the film Catherine Hardwicke and Chris Weitz. According to the producers, each new director added his own style and special dynamics to the film.
The first two films of the series “Twilight” have grossed revenues of more than 1 billion dollars. At the last MTV Movie Awards ceremony the movie “Twilight. New Moon” received the “Best Movie of the Year” award and actors in leading roles - Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson gained the “Best Female Performance” and “Best Male Performance” awards respectively. Pattinson also has received a prestigious MTV nomination for “Global Superstar”.
The second film “Twilight. New Moon” was released in November, 2009 and collected 72.7 million dollars on the first day shown and grossed 142.8 million dollars for the first weekend. It is expected that the new film will collect more than 150 million dollars during this weekend.
Summit Entertainment has promised to pay 25 million dollars each as remuneration to actors Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner in the fourth part of the saga entitled “The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn”. Apart from this, these three will be eligible for another 7.5% from the worldwide distribution of film.
Shooting for “Breaking Dawn” will begin this autumn in Portland. According to the plans of creators, the film will be made in two parts.
Distribution of the first part is slated for the 18th November, 2011 in 3D format and the second part - in 2012 says rottentomatoes.com .
In the meantime the third part of the saga “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” breaks all records of worldwide gross revenues.
“Eclipse” - the feature film by director David Slade was based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. The film was shown on June 25, 2010 to a restricted audience in Los Angeles.
Plot:
The city of Seattle is caught by a series of mysterious murders, the fault of which lies with the army of newborn vampires created by vampire Victoria. Victoria tries to reach Bella to avenge the death of her lover James. Being in the centre of the events, Bella Swan should make a choice between love towards Edward Cullen and friendship with Jacob Black who wants much more than simple friendship with Bella Swan. Her decision can serve as a point of renewal of old conflict between vampires and werewolves.
Soundtrack:
Howard Shore composed the music. He also scored the music for the film trilogy “Lord of Rings”. The song “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)” was performed by the band “Muse” which has lent their music to the soundtrack of the saga series three times.
The leading roles were once again played by Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
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Twilight fans call it "the total 'Eclipse' of the box office" - the debut of the third Twilight installment this Wednesday sold $68.5 million of movie tickets - which is a new record for takings from midnight screenings in the US. Long lines were evident at theaters across America, and in fact, some obsessive people were camping out for several days to get the "Eclipse" tickets.
