The Twilight Saga: Eclipse trailer premiere date set for March 12th (don't pretend this isn't a major franchise).

For those who care (and there are quite a few that treat this franchise as their Batman or Star Wars), the first trailer for the Twilight Saga: Eclipse will premiere on March 12th, attached to prints for Robert Pattinson/Pierce Brosnan drama Remember Me. It was obviously a no-brainer for Summit, and Pattinson owes the studio a favor since attaching the trailer will only help this somewhat important project (it's arguably his first test of non-Twilight drawing power). Anyway, we can mock all we want, but the cast for the family-in-turmoil melodrama is pretty solid, with Emilie de Ravin, Lena Olin, and Chris Cooper joining the aforementioned duo. Anyway, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be released in 35mm and IMAX on June 30th. And if you want to snicker and pretend that the picture isn't going to be one the heavyweights of the summer alongside Iron Man 2 and Toy Story 3, you can keep on deluding yourself.

Scott Mendelson