A fortnight before The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will hit theaters, distributor Summit Entertainment has officially announced that the final Twilight story, Breaking Dawn, will in fact be divided into two separate films.

This brings the total installment count to five Twilight films in all. The first half of the two-parter  is scheduled to be released in November, while the release date of the final, final film remains unannounced. Both halves of Breaking Dawn will be filmed back-to-back.

This announcement does not come as a shock considering the extensive length (900 pages!) of the book by Stephanie Meyer on which the films are based; however, Summit had to finalize contract negotiations with Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and the rest of the cast before the decision could be made public.

It is no secret to fans of the Twilight series that Breaking Dawn follows Edward and Bella down the wedding aisle as they continue to struggle with their vampire-human differences.

Hmmm… one can’t help but wonder if life will imitate art… eh RPatz?

Director Bill Condon will direct RPatz, KStew, and the gang in the fourth installment of the wildly popular vampire film series, Breaking Dawn. The news comes despite Summit Entertainment producer Wyck Godfrey stating he wanted New Moon director Chris Weitz to come back to the franchise. In addition to Dreamgirls, Condon directed the 2004 film Kinsey, starring Irish actor Liam Neeson. To date, each Twilight movie has been overseen by a different director.

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner are all expected to again personify Edward, Bella, and Jacob respectively for the film, though the actors are still in negotiations.

Breaking Dawn is likely to be the final Twilight film as it is based on the series, what isn’t clear is whether the film version of Breaking Dawn will be split into two separate films or not, due to the extensive length of the story.

A release date for Breaking Dawn is yet to be announced, but production is set to begin this year. Meanwhile, the third installment of the saga, Eclipse, will hit theaters this summer on June 30^th.

Let’s hope Condon can work his magic and make the best Twilight film of what most Twilight fans consider the worst Twilight book.

Twilight actor, Robert Pattinson – AKA R-Patz in the biz – could be coining it in very soon according to my Tinseltown spies.

The 22-year-old heart-throb, who plays vampire Edward Cullen, is apparently due to receive large slice of the multi-million box-office takings from the next installment – ‘Breaking Dawn’ which is due for release late next year.

I’m being told that Summit Entertainment’s bigwigs were – not surprisingly – deciding on splitting the big screen version of the final novel, into TWO parts after the second film ‘New Moon’, raked in almost £300 million at the box office within just two weeks of its opening.

My insiders are telling me that Summit wants to keep this extraordinary cash cow going for as long as they can and they’re giving very serious consideration to the idea. One insider said, “Right now R-Patz is the biggest star of his generation – this type of deal, if struck, would put him legitimately among the Hollywood A-list.”

Another source added, “Pattinson is in such demand right now he could basically name his price.”

Not bad for someone who was a virtual unknown just over a year ago!