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That's a wrap! "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" adaptation finishes filming & moves into post-production
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Filming of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is over. The third movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga books now moves into post-production.
Director David Slade says filming officially wrapped at approximately 4:30am this morning (Thursday, October 29th), writing on his Twitter page that he is "physically and emotionally exhausted."
The final day of filming (Spoiler Alerts ahead) included a romantic interlude between Bella and Edward, in which she tries to seduce him. Lainey Gossip posted on Twitter:
A closed set, poetry, seduction, and she tries to take her shirt off.
The scene comes directly from Chapter 20 "Compromise" in Eclipse. In the book, Bella is spending the night alone with Edward at his family's home (her father Charlie is under another impression). They have agreed to spend the night focused on each other -- and not the other forces threatening their happiness (a love triangle, a lethal vampire out for revenge, a newborn army, the Volturi, etc.). Bella -- while still agreeing to these terms -- also has something else on her mind. Sex. She's inexperienced and awkward, but she sets out to spend the night with Edward and seduce him. Edward, being the respectable young man he is (raised in the early 20th century and all) doesn't really catch on to Bella's ploy until, as mentioned above, she tries to rip her shirt off.
The scene is romantic, sexy and endearing -- but more importantly, it also leads our two main characters towards a very critical conversation. It's here that they compromise (hence the name of the chapter title) on a few sticking points in their relationship. Yes, Bella agrees (finally!) to marry Edward. And yes, Edward agrees to turn her into a vampire. And most importantly -- he agrees to at least try consumating their relationship while she is still human (albeit after becoming his wife).
Chapter 20 also provides fans an actual, heartfelt marriage proposal from Edward:
"Isabella Swan?" He looked up at me through his impossibly long lashes, his golden eyes soft but, somehow, still scorching. "I promise to love you forever -- every single day of forever. Will you marry me?" (Eclipse, Meyer, pg. 460.)
Of course, you never know how a scene from the book will play out in the movie adaptation -- but according to the report from Lainey, this scene -- at least -- will be somewhat faithful to Stephenie Meyer's telling. And it also seems fitting that such an intimate, yet crucial scene would be the last one to be filmed. (Remember, movies are filmed out of order.)
Besides wrapping up with a romantic interlude between Bella and Edward, some of the final days of filming also culminated the epic battle scene between the Cullens and the Wolf Pack, and the newborn vampires. According to Lainey Gossip, some of the last few days of filming included studio shots of Edward finishing off Victoria.
Some of the other final scenes were filmed at the Cullen house set, before the "human" cast members were wrapped on set. Possibly the graduation party (Chapter 17, "Alliance")?
Most actors wrapped their scenes and left the set for good towards the end of the last week and over the weekend. Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Christian Serratos and Anna Kendrick, among others, were photographed returning home, or posted updates on their Twitter accounts about wrapping. Over the weekend, director David Slade hosted an (Almost) Wrap Party for cast and crew at the Vancouver Aquarium. He even Tweeted some photos of some of the sea life.
Here is another look back at what scenes were filmed for "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" based on various photos, Tweets and set reports.
Romantic scenes:
- The love triangle between Bella, Edward and Jacob
- Bella and Edward discuss marriage in the meadow
- Bella & Jacob's kiss
- According to director David Slade’s Twitter account, there were also scenes about “vampires talking” and “vampires kissing”
- Tent & mountain scenes with Bella, Edward and Jacob
- Specifically, Chapter 22 “Fire & Ice” is adapted and filmed – when Jacob warms Bella in her sleeping bag
- Romantic scenes between Bella & Edward in her bedroom
Action scenes:
- Werewolf & vampire fight training and fight scenes
- Jacob carrying Bella through the wilderness
- The Cullens teach the wolves how to fight newborn vampires
- Newborn vampires emerge from the water
- Bella punches Jacob after he forcibly kisses her
- Scenes with Riley and nomad Victoria (now portrayed by Bryce Dallas Howard)
- Flashbacks to Jasper’s past
- Flashbacks to Rosalie’s past
- Victoria hunts down a human Riley & turns him into a vampire
Plot-driven scenes:
- Bella and Edward visit Chief Charlie Swan at the Forks Police Station to discuss possibly traveling to Florida
- Leah’s werewolf transformation
- Quileute Bonfire, when Bella learns some of the old stories of Jacob’s tribe
- Carlisle attends to Jacob’s injuries
- Jacob and Edward confront each other in the Forks High School parking lot
- Bad vampire Riley sneaks into Bella’s house
- Bella & Jacob talk at her house
- Bella and human friend Angela have girl-talk
- Bella visits her mother in Florida
- Bella & her human classmates graduate from Forks High School
See more about the filming of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" here.
Meanwhile, the movie now moves into post-production. Director David Slade has promised to keep fans updated about the entire process via his Twitter account.
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