The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 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 Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. Melissa Rosenberg, who penned the scripts for both "Twilight" and "New Moon", returned as screenwriter. Filming began on August 17, 2009, at
The Twilight Saga (film series) "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is the ninth-highest opening weekend in domestic history with $142,839,137. The film also has the sixth highest worldwide opening weekend with $274.9 million total. While "The Twilight Saga" has been successful at the box office, critical reception of the films was mixed, and declined as the series continued. "New York Press" critic Armond White called "Twilight" "a genuine pop classic", and praised Hardwicke for turning "Meyer's book series into a Brontë-esque vision". "USA Today" gave the film two out of four stars and Claudia Puig wrote: "Meyer is said to have been involved in the