Although not yet official, Variety magazine has just made the announcement in its online edition today. Juan Antonio Bayona, director of The Orphanage , will be in charge of directing Eclipse , the third part of the Twilight saga, which already has an anticipated release date, 30th January 2010. The films producer, Summit Entertainment, has decided to have a different director for each film in the series. Chris Weitz directed The Twilight Saga: New Moon , replacing the director of the first film, Catherine Hardwicke.
Bayona was on the shortlist of finalists and was the odds-on favorite since, according to some specialized American publications, he is a protege of director Guillermo del Toro, who the producer was initially considering to direct the film (which wasnt possible as the Mexican director del Toro is preparing for his upcoming project of putting El Hobbit on the big screen). The director of The Orphanage/i> is now working on Hater , a thriller which tells the story of a homicide epidemic (on the order of Shyamalans The Happening) which shakes up a society of perfectly normal citizens.
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