14 DAY TRIAL // At the end of this month, one of the most hyped movies of the year arrives in US and international theaters: “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” the third installment in the immensely popular franchise. In anticipation of the big release, Summit Entertainment, the movie studio behind it, stuck with the same marketing recipe as that employed last year, which also meant premiering an unseen scene at the MTV Movie Awards.
So, as promised, this year’s edition of the popular movie awards included almost two minutes of “Eclipse,” complete with a grinning and menacing looking Jacob (Taylor Lautner), a pale-looking but also menacing Edward (Robert Pattinson), the hardheaded Bella (Kristen Stewart) and some images that have also made the cut for the official trailer. Dubbed the parking lot confrontation, the scene premiered at the Awards also showed that, unlike the other two movies, “Eclipse” will stray from the books in ways that are actually quite refreshing, MTV’s HollywoodCrush says.
“The special clip for the MTV Movie Awards was an extended scene from what we’ve already seen in the ‘Eclipse’ trailers, but they certainly saved the juicy stuff for us. It is the confrontational scene from the beginning of the film where Bella (Kristen Stewart) first finds out – thanks to her BFF Jacob (Taylor Lautner) – that Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard) is coming to try to kill her. It takes place after Bella and Edward (Robert Pattinson) visit Bella’s mom Renee in Jacksonville, Fla. (we saw a brief clip of this in the first ‘Eclipse’ trailer), and the clip starts off with Jacob asking Bella about it,” MTV writes.
Though no one is expecting “Eclipse” to follow Stephenie Meyer’s book to the letter, it’s surprising to see how different this scene actually is from the original. “Umm, that was definitely not in the books! From what we remember, the Forks High principal is supposed to come out, kick Jacob off the high school property for looking like a thug, and then Bella and Edward go on to class. In fact, we’re pretty sure it’s not until Bella later sneaks off to La Push one Edward-less afternoon that she actually gets a chance to hang out with her furry friend. Looks like David Slade took some creative – and fun – liberties with that one. After that, Summit put together a quick montage of clips from the film, most of which we’ve already seen, but some – most notably a meadow kiss! – that we haven’t,” the same e-zine explains.
Seeing how director Slade changed this apparently insignificant scene, some are already beginning to wonder just what other liberties he might have taken with the original story. After all, this is the most popular and appreciated “Twilight” book, which means it would be quite a shame if it got ruined in the process of having it transferred to the big screen. Until we have an answer to that (and it won’t be until the movie drops on June 30), below is the brand new scene premiered at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. Enjoy.