Juan Antonio Bayona directing Eclipse

Update! Variety has confirmed that Bayone has the job. Details here..

Doesn’t sound like Drew Barrymore got the directing job on “Eclipse”…

… according to The Hollywood Reporter, Juan Antonio Bayona (“The Orphanage”) has emerged as one of the finalists to direct the third movie in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” franchise.

Says the trade, “Bayona’s name has come up in recent months, though generally in a group of other directors — an eclectic list that’s ranged from Paul Weitz to Drew Barrymore to James Mangold;earlier today, in fact, a report on the Twilighters fansite reported it would be Paul Weitz.

Many of the other names have been batted down. Bayona’s name, on the other hand, has surfaced more in recent days as the man who could land the job, in what would mark a bold departure for the franchise.”

As long as that “spunky Jacob is in it I don’t like, care, ya’know!!?”