Summit have already bought the rights, so what will the Breaking Dawn movie release date be, and will it be split into two films?
If you haven’t read Breaking Dawn the one thing to know is that it has some very strange elements, and delicate material, mostly involving freaky childbirth. A movie version will be challenging. The plot goes as follows: SPOILERS AHEAD Bella (Kristen Stewart) falls pregnant during her honeymoon with Edward (Robert Pattinson). But they are both concerned at the abnormally rapid growth of the foetus so Edward urges her, unsuccessfully, to have an abortion. Not knowing what danger this unborn vampire-human child may hold, the werewolves plot to kill Bella, which forces Jacob (Taylor Lautner) to leave and form his own pack. The birth breaks many of Bella’s bones and she loses massive amounts of blood so, in order save her life, Edward turns her into a vampire. Jacob “imprints” on the newborn child, Renesmee, meaning he has found his soulmate. Meanwhile the Volturi (‘vampire government’) see Renesmee as a threat and set out to destroy the Cullens.
Though there is no official confirmation, filming on Breaking Dawn is expected to start in early 2010. Work hasn’t begun on the script, as it seems they’ve been waiting on New Moon’s box office results before deciding whether to split the book into two movies. Breaking Dawn’s novel is 756 pages, compared to Twilight’s 544 pages. The hold up may also be due to the cast being contracted for four movies, not five, so costly negotiations need to take place. However, given that New Moon has just opened bigger than The Dark Knight, I’d be surprised if they don’t split it.
My presumption is, considering the speedy turnover of the series, Breaking Dawn: Part 1′s release date will be early 2011 and Part 2′s release date late 2011.
Stephanie Meyer herself is deeply concerned about how the character of Renesmee will translate to the screen, writing that an actress could not play her, because she is a baby with complete awareness, and that “the one thing that I’ve never seen is a CGI human being who truly looks real”. Personally, I thought the wolves in New Moon looked pretty fake so I don’t think that’s going to hold up the movie.
Twilight fans, what do you think the Breaking Dawn movie release date should be? Should the novel be split in two? Are you worried about how some of the story will translate?
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