Weitz: You'd be shocked at the number of stupid action movie names that have been turned into movies. I eventually submitted a list of 10 to Summit's lawyers and they had to see which ones they could go and clear. Face Punch was one of two out of 10 that could actually be cleared, and I chose that over Kill Hunt. So now someone can actually go and make Kill Hunt, but Face Punch is ours. There was always a joke between me and my brother that there should be a movie called Face Punch, which was just about people punching each other in the face. [Stephenie] gave me a t-shirt with the Face Punch logo on it, so I think she was just kind of tickled about the name of the movie.
Q. What was your favorite scene to film?
Weitz: In a way, it's the scenes that you dread the most, because they are so time consuming and you have to get it just right, like the Volturi headquarters or the stuff that was shot in Montepulciano. It is the high point of the movie, when Bella goes to try to stop Edward from killing himself. We had 1,000 extras in this medieval town square in Tuscany in the most beautiful country on earth. It's just such an extraordinary opportunity to get to work there. And it was also kind of surreal, because every Twilight fan who could make it from all over continental Europe and further had gotten by hook or by crook to Montepulciano and booked hotel rooms, sometimes in the very hotel at which the cast and crew were staying. So there was this kind of weird Beatlemania going on in this very small, beautiful hill town. It was incredibly gratifying – people would applaud after every single take, whether or not we had screwed it up. They had no idea because they weren't close enough to hear. But if you looked down any alley, you'd see hundreds of these young girls, who came to just touch a piece of what they really loved.
Q. How are you passing the torch to director David Slade for Eclipse?
Weitz: David Slade came in while we were still shooting the end of New Moon and I showed him everything that I could to give him a sense of what direction we were going. He's going to take it whichever way he wants to, but just as I was inheriting certain things from (Twilightdirector) Catherine Hardwicke, he's going to inherit certain things from me and make the choice as to whether he wants to keep them or alter them. So we've had discussions about them. (Phil) Tippett (visual effects supervisor) is going to create the wolves for Eclipse, so there's a continuity in terms of the look of the werewolves, and obviously the cast is going to remain the same. So Dakota is Jane and all the Volturi are the same people that we're familiar with.
Q. Fans are already saying they want you to return to direct Breaking Dawn. What do you think of that?
Weitz: I think it's really charming that not having seen New Moon people would be enthusiastic about me wanting to do Breaking Dawn. I think the proof is in the pudding and they should see New Moon before they decide they want me to do anything else to do with their series, but I would hope to earn that kind of rumor. I spend all my time avoiding the Internet because I end up getting into arguments with 15-year-olds in Germany, and I need to concentrate on making the movie. So I don't even know the positive rumors out there. I'm just kind of trying to do the best job I can, but it's really sweet that people would like me to do that.
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