Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the uber-successful Twilight series, confirmed this morning that it has replaced Eclipse editor Art Jones with Nancy Richardson, the editor of Catherine Hardwicke’s original Twilight film. The studio is not placing blame on Jones, who previously worked with 30 Days of Night as well as Slade’s Ellen Page-starrer Hard Candy. They do believe, however, that Slade’s material – which they call “very good” – needed a stronger edit. The studio has more confidence in
Richardson, who they say understands the emotion of the characters and
is an ace at balancing action with the other elements of the film. director David Slade on his horror film.
Richardson recently completed Miley Cyrus’ upcoming romantic drama The Last Song. Eclipse is scheduled to debut on June 30.
EW via twilightus
Summit Replaces Eclipse Editor
This is quite alarming, but I am staying positive. Well, I will try to. This news is very significant and for Summit to decide on something as such gives me a whiplash. Should we all be worried at this point? I hope the new editor has the material to deliver the goods come June 30. This is def one reason why we have to wait for March 12 for our teaser trailer.
