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'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Breaking Into Two?

Yes we put a sparkling vampire on the front page of HorrorBid, what of it! :-) It looks like the The Twilight Saga franchise is taking a leaf out of Harry Potter’s book and splitting into two films. Variety is reporting that studio Summit Entertainment is considering splitting the fourth and last installment of the franchise, Breaking Dawn, into two movies – much like the Harry Potter franchise is doing with its last film, Deathly Hallows....

Follow up:


The issue falls down to if they should condense the 756 page novel into a single film or break it into two parts. The two parts would be shot back to back and not in a single shoot before two seperate edits.

The one confirmed part is that Melissa Rosenberg (who has penned all the screenplays) will also write the final script.However, problems arise after that:

"...multiple sources said the company wants to go the two-film route, which means reopening negotiations and securing approval from the author. It also means making new deals with a principal cast that is only locked up for four films. If "Breaking Dawn" becomes two pictures, all of the key cast members will get fat raises, and the three principals -- Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner -- could land paydays in the eight-figure range..."

Some issues this raises for Summit are that they need to re-open negotiations with the source books’ author, Stephanie Meyer, as well as with the cast who are currently only locked down for four flicks. With the amount of money New Moon has made so far – $473 million worldwide and counting – I don’t think the hurdle of the stars demanding huge salaries is that big of a deal: cut them their fat checks, as the series has already proven to be an absolute cash-cow. Summit Execs aren’t commenting at this time, but just note this: Variety says the primary cast – Stewart, Pattinson and Taylor Lautner – could end up landing 8-figure salaries!



Another bit of trouble with Weitz is the fact he wants to make his next film a smaller one, entitled The Gardener, also at Summit. With the “go go go!” mentality of shooting the Twilight franchise (they already finished shooting the third before the second was released!), I think Summit will want Weitz to postpone The Gardener to work on Breaking Dawn, so the studio can have the film in the can ASAP (unsurprisingly they haven’t closed the deal on The Gardener yet).

Personally, I see breaking the last Twilight film into two parts as nothing more than trying to milk as much money out of the franchise as possible. Of course, the movie business IS a business, but I must admit I don’t like that they’re dragging this thing out. I like the first Twilight, I didn’t really care for the second (you had to be a fan of the book, I felt) and am not really excited to see anymore. It may work fine for the last Harry Potter (I’ve heard the last book is pretty “heavy,” warranting a split for the movie), but in this case, beyond money, there’s no reason to do it IMO.

I just KNOW I’m going to get berated by Twilight fans saying the fourth book is deep enough to warrant two movies… Sigh…

Do you think Breaking Dawn should be split into two movies or do you agree it’s just the studio [milking the franchise for all it’s worth? Any fans of the books out there think a split is warranted? Do you think New Moon director, Chris Weitz, should return to direct after not directing Eclipse?

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is set to hit theaters just next summer, on June 30th, 2010. There’s no release date been set for Breaking Dawn as of yet.





12 comments

kruegerdude
12/02/09 @ 19:15
I think Stephenie Meyer needs to be beaten with a hose!
Spacyblu
12/02/09 @ 19:37
I think its a good idea to split the last movie in two. heres why i think they should do this. the last book has tons of stuff going on in it, i mean crazy crazy stuff more so than the first three books. it wouldnt make sense to make a 2hour movie from that book if you read it you would know why.i personally am not a big fan of the last book from what i understand many fans that read it were very dissapointed with the story. all i can say is if they can succeed in making a decent movie from that insane book that all the luck in the world too them. i will see it to see how it turns out whatever the case.
Gardenofstone10
12/02/09 @ 19:43
I don't care about how long films are as long as they are good. If they think they can get all the info from the book straight and cram it into 200 minutes, go for it. If they would rather elaborate like they are with Harry Potter 7, go for it. It will be good either way. (Yeah, I liked New Moon)

Suspiria_89
12/02/09 @ 19:44
There going to have to make Breaking Dawn into two movies. Breaking Dawn is much longer than any of the previous Twilight books and it's very detailed. If they cram it all into one movie it would have to last over four hours.

butterfinger Email
12/02/09 @ 20:11
I don't think Mr. Weitz should come back for the 4th at all. New Moon sucked, if i hadn't read the book I would have had no idea what was going on, they crammed way to much into that movie, I would hate to see if they did that to the 4th. Two movies it should be. I usually don't agree when they milk movies for everything they can, it ruins them, but in this case the book is what fans are basing it on so it should be made like the book.
steanax
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12/02/09 @ 20:48
first thing,,you guys should have "NEVER" even put this stupid shit on here its not horror,,and second who really gives a shit about these movies????? except the girly fan base it has,,and maybe the gay guys out there "sorry fella's",,and third " shiney happy people holding hands" lol,,that part always cracks me up...bring on some freaky VAMPIRES now please...I WANT BLOOD AND GORE,,THROATS BEING RIPPED OUT, STAKES THROUGH THE CHEST...AND STOP BEATING THE HORSE,,SHOT THE MOTHER FUCKER ALREADY....
Keepers of the Bid Email
12/02/09 @ 21:01
Ok, who hacked HorrorBid and put this crap up?!?! Oh wait, that was us LOL. Booman must have been drinking too much cough syrup.
yamilet james flores · http://twilight.com
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12/12/09 @ 17:21
what the @#$*. I know that twilight,new moon, and eclips were not split into two so y should breaking dawn do althou it is longer it should not be spit into two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yamilet monzerrat penas flores · http://google.com
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12/12/09 @ 17:32
I agre with yamilet breaking dawn should not be split into 2 !!!!!!!!
I would love to see more action and more hot bodys and i would love to see Renesemee the child of vampires. I would love to sai deds about breaking dawn but you will have to wait until it comes to the big screens !!!!!!!!!
yamilet
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12/12/09 @ 17:37
I am yamilet james flores and yamilet monzerrat penas flores i was just mesing around and i am not in google and twilight.
yamilet · http://fake.com
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12/12/09 @ 17:37
I am yamilet james flores and yamilet monzerrat penas flores i was just mesing around and i am not in google and twilight.
Harv
12/14/09 @ 00:31
This crap has no right to be on this or any other Horror site. Make a link for it with Hanna and all the other Nick and Dis Prostitots. Vampires + Sunlight = Crispy Critters, not a faggot ass disco ball.

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