MTV: ‘Eclipse’ Director David Slade Bashed ‘Twilight’

May 4th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Eclipse

Back in November, Slade wrote on Twitter that he wouldn’t even see the movie at gunpoint.

By Jocelyn Vena

Long before David Slade had been plucked from the long list of directors to helm “Eclipse,” the third movie in the “Twilight” franchise, the “30 Days of Night” director apparently didn’t have the fuzziest feelings about the teen vampire movie (which was just nominated for seven MTV Movie Awards.)

Slade’s Twitter page, which has now been deleted, once contained some biting remarks about “Twilight,” according to Slashfilm.com. And back in November, when Slade was on the Washington, D.C., radio station WJFK’s BDK Movie Show, he discussed the Twitter post.

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