Film Adaptation
Summit Entertainment announced in November 2008 that they had obtained the rights to the fourth book in Stephenie Meyer's series, Breaking Dawn. The studio greenlit an adaptation of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn in April, 2010. The film is to be split into two parts, the first of which was released on November 18, 2011. On Friday, August 6, 2010, Summit Entertainment announced that the second part of the movie will then be theatrically released on November 16, 2012.
Bill Condon will direct both parts; Stephenie Meyer will co-produce the film along with Karen Rosenfelt and Wyck Godfrey. In July, 2010, Summit announced that the movie will be shot in Vancouver, Canada, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Actress Maggie Grace has signed on to play the part of Irina in the movie, and Mackenzie Foy has signed on to play Renesmee, Edward and Bella's half-vampire, half-human child.
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