Twilight. Twilight, Twilight, Twilight. Edward. Bella. Jacob… Sorry, got a little Google link-happy there… Anyway, there is news today about the final instalment(s) of the sparkly vampire franchise. If you’re at all excited by the idea of Breaking Dawn finally reaching cinemas, get ready for a bit of a wait. Because Summit Entertainment has just announced that while The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part One will arrive as planned on November 18 next year, Part Two won’t hit screens until November 16, 2012, a full year later.
Yes, that sound you hear is Twi-Hards scrambling to stock up on camping supplies so that they can spend the months between movies queuing for the next one.
Director Bill Condon must have finally put his foot down and demanded that Summit stop pushing for the movies to come out so quickly, realising that even if Melissa Rosenberg’s scripts don’t include all the out-there madness of the book, it’s still a big task. And chances are there is also the increasingly busy schedule of the cast to be considered when booking in the publicity tours.
And the big question of course, is… at what point will the story be broken up? Will fans be left on tenterhooks wondering what happens next? Er… Doubtful, since the book has long since been on shelves. But still, it’s a heck of a break, longer even than that between the two last Harry Potter movies. Chances are that the break will come somewhere around the [SPOILER] birth of Bella's baby, and that the extra time on Part Two is to allow for the CG-assisted creation of a half-vampire infant who grows almost visibly. [END SPOILER]
And if you care not a jot for anything to do with Stephenie Meyer’s vampire world? Then at the very least, this means you now have a solid date to scribble in your calendar for when the whole thing might actually calm down. Followed, of course, by the end of the world, sponsored by Roland Emmerich.