The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn to film this fall without Chris Weitz

Forget Edward, Bella, and Jacob. The real saga in the Twilight series films surrounds Breaking Dawn - that ever-so-exhaustingly-ambivalent project "in the works."

Between awaiting the official green light, speculating about whether it'll be one or two films, losing sleep over the possible director(s), and battling away casting rumors left and right, the drama hasn't even been exciting . . . it's just been taxing.

So, in order to avoid a big controversy over this latest bit of information, please understand at the outset that, unless you hear certain information from the studio themselves, nothing is official.

Nevertheless, insider secrets and back-and-forths can and have been valid sources of information regarding the film world as a general rule in the past, so it's entirely possible that the information is true as well. Accepting both possibilities might be the smart way to approach it, but know that it is not official, press release information.

This comes from a reliable film journalist, Larry Richman of Pro Networks:

Los Angeles Times' writer Gina McIntyre . . . spoke directly with the film's producer Wyck Godfrey, who is stating publicly that no decision has yet been made as to whether or not the Breaking Dawn novel will be split into two scripts (and two movies) or one. But we've heard that before. What is news, though, is that he is all but confirming that New Moon director Chris Weitz will NOT be back to helm Breaking Dawn, one film or two. He's also confirming that the three stars are on board and the plan is to begin shooting this fall in Vancouver. . . . . . As for breaking up Breaking Dawn into two films, "It's a work in process," said Godfrey. "The issue [of whether there will be one or two movies] is not going to be resolved until we get the full treatment and see whether it's organic. If it's not organic, I don't think it will be done, and if it is, it will be . . .whatever the outcome, Breaking Dawn will be made "with an eye toward beginning to shoot in Vancouver this fall.

The L.A. Time's McIntyre did indeed go to press with a corroborating story, and she also included the following information:

Wyck Godfrey, the producer of all the films in the "Twilight" saga, admits that the creative team still doesn't know how they'll handle the character in the "Breaking Dawn" movie, but said that the plan is absolutely for the production to go forward -- as either one or two installments -- with an eye toward beginning to shoot in Vancouver this fall. All three stars are signed for "Breaking Dawn," he said, meaning that Stewart and Pattinson will be dealing with the joys and woes of interspecies parenting and newly minted heartthrob Taylor Lautner will return as often-shirtless shape-shifter Jacob Black.

At the moment, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who's penned all the "Twilight" movies, is working on the "Breaking Dawn" script(s). "It's a work in process," Godfrey said in an interview Friday. "The issue [of whether there will be one or two movies] is not going to be resolved until we get the full treatment and see whether it's organic. If it's not organic, I don't think it will be done, and if it is, it will be. It really has to do with how much level of detail from the books there is, with all of these new vampires that appear in 'Breaking Dawn,' the whole section about Jacob... It's a very long single movie if it does become a single movie."

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