Drew Barrymore to Direct Third Film in 'Twilight' Series?

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Actress Drew Barrymore arrives at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

While director Chris Weitz is gearing up to start filming Twilight sequel New Moon, the folks at Summit Entertainment are already brainstorming who they want to hand control of Eclipse, the third installment in the series, over to. Entertainment Weekly reports that they are in talks with a "select group" of directors that includes actress/producer/director Drew Barrymore.

Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
If you're wondering what qualifications Barrymore has for a film of this box office magnitude, so am I. Although her production company Flower Films has been very successful, with movies like Charlie's Angels, Donnie Darko and He's Just Not That Into You under its belt, Drew has only recently completed her directorial debut with the upcoming film Whip It! I haven't heard too much about it, but I do know it's about a girl who enters a roller derby league, and it stars relatively legitimate people like Ellen Page, Juliette Lewis and Marcia Gay Harden.

Maybe Whip It! will offer more insights about Barrymore's directing chops, but some people doubt she's prepared for Eclipse. The always scathing Perez Hilton, for example, summed it up in a post titled "Don't Let Drew Ruin It":
We expect nothing but smelly cheesetasticness from Drew!