The Twilight Saga: Eclipse the Twilight series, "Breaking Dawn" and greenlit a two film adaptation in April 2010. "" was released on November 18, 2011 and on November 16, 2012 with Bill Condon directing, and author Stephenie Meyer co-producing. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (commonly referred to as Eclipse) is a 2010 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2007 novel "Eclipse". It is the third installment of "The Twilight Saga" film series, following 2008's "Twilight" and 2009's "". Summit Entertainment greenlit the film in February 2009. Directed by David Slade, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor
The Twilight Saga (film series) stated the film was the best in "The Twilight Saga" so far, acknowledging that, "The person who should be worried is Bill Condon, the director tapped for the two-part finale, "". He's got a real challenge to make movies as good as "Eclipse"." A.O. Scott of "The New York Times" praised David Slade's ability to make an entertaining film, calling it funny and better than its predecessors, but pointed out the acting hasn't improved much. A more negative review said that while ""Eclipse" restores some of the energy "New Moon" zapped out of the franchise and has enough quality performances