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Twilight is a 2008 American romanticfantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan (a teenage girl) and Edward Cullen (a vampire), and the subsequent efforts of Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from a coven of evil vampires.

The project was in development for approximately three years at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation that differed significantly from the novel was written. Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the novel after three years of the project's stagnant development. Melissa Rosenberg wrote a new adaptation of the novel shortly before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and sought to be faithful to the novel's storyline. Principal photography took 44 days^[4] and was completed on May 2, 2008;^[5] the film was primarily shot in Oregon.^[6]

Twilight was theatrically released on November 21, 2008; it grossed over US$393 million worldwide.^[3] It was released on DVD March 21, 2009 and became the most purchased DVD of the year.^[7] The soundtrack was released on November 4, 2008.^[8] Following the film's success, New Moon and Eclipse, the next two novels in the series, were produced as films the following year.

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Plot

Bella Swan, a seventeen-year-old outcast, moves to Forks, a small town located by Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, to live with her father, Charlie, who is the police chief of town. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to a minor league baseball player, and they travel often to attend games. At her new high school, Bella makes several new friends, but she is also intrigued by the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings. Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in biology class on her first day of school, but he seems to be repulsed by her. After a week of absence from school, Edward returns to school and begins socializing with Bella normally. A few days later, Bella is nearly struck by a van in the school parking lot. Edward saves her by instantaneously covering a distance of over thirty feet, and putting himself between Bella and the van, stopping it with only his hand, and making a conspicuous dent on the van. He subsequently refuses to explain his actions to Bella, and warns her against befriending him.

After much research, Bella concludes that Edward is seemingly human, but has mysterious powers resembling those of a vampire. He eventually confirms this, but says he and the other Cullens only consume animal blood. The pair fall in love, and Edward introduces Bella to his vampire family. Carlisle Cullen, the family patriarch, is a doctor working at the hospital in Forks. His wife is Esme, the family's matriarch. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie, are their informally adopted children. Edward and Bella's relationship is soon put in jeopardy when three nomadic vampires—James, Victoria, and Laurent—arrive in Forks. James, a tracker vampire with incredible hunting instincts, is instantly intrigued by Edward's protectiveness of a human, which incites him to hunt Bella for sport. Edward and the other Cullens put their lives on the line in an effort to protect Bella, but James tracks her to Phoenix, Arizona, where she is hiding with Jasper and Alice. James lures Bella into a trap by falsely claiming that he is holding her mother hostage. James attacks Bella by biting her wrist, infecting her with vampire venom. After a ferocious battle, Edward subdues James just as the other members of the Cullen family arrive. Alice, Emmett, and Jasper kill James, decapitating and burning him, as Edward removes the venom from Bella's wrist, preventing her from turning into a vampire. In the aftermath of the battle, Bella has suffered a broken leg, and ends up in the hospital, but her mother stops by to visit. Upon returning to Forks, Edward accompanies Bella to the high school prom, where he refuses to grant her request that he would transform her into a vampire. As the two go into the gazebo, they are unaware that James' mate, Victoria, is secretly watching, plotting revenge for her lover's death.

Cast

Main cast

• Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a seventeen-year-old girl who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington from Phoenix, Arizona and falls in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. Her life is endangered after James, a sadistic vampire, decides to hunt her.^[9]
• Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, a 108-year-old vampire who was changed in 1918 and still appears to be seventeen. He is Bella's love interest and eventually falls in love with her. He has the ability to read minds, with the exception of Bella's, along with superhuman speed.^[9][10]

Secondary cast

• Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen, a compassionate 300-plus-year-old vampire who looks to be in his early 30s. He serves as the town's physician and is the Cullen family patriarch.^[11]
• Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen, Carlisle's vampire wife and the matriarch of the Cullen family.^[12]
• Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen, Jasper Hale's mate, a vampire who can see the future based on decisions that people make.^[12]
• Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen, physically the strongest vampire of the family.^[12]
• Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen's mate, a vampire described as the most beautiful person in the world. She is hostile toward Bella throughout the film, worried that Edward's relationship with a human puts their clan at risk.^[6]
• Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale, a Cullen family member who can manipulate emotions. He is the newest member of the Cullen family, and thus has the most difficulty maintaining their 'vegetarian' diet of feeding only on animal rather than human blood.^[12]
• Billy Burke as Charlie Swan, Bella's father and Forks' Chief of Police.^[13]
• Cam Gigandet as James Witherdale, the leader of a group of nomadic vampires that intends to kill Bella. He is Victoria's mate and a gifted tracker, due to his unparalleled senses.^[6]
• Rachelle Lefèvre as Victoria Sutherland, James' mate who assists him in hunting Bella.^[6]
• Edi Gathegi as Laurent Da Revin, the most civilized member of James' coven.^[14]
• Sarah Clarke as Renée Dwyer, Bella's mother who lives in Arizona with her new husband, Phil.^[14]
• Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, an old childhood friend of Bella and a member of the Quileute tribe.^[15]
• Christian Serratos as Angela Weber, one of Bella's new friends in Forks.^[14]
• Michael Welch as Mike Newton, one of Bella's new friends who vies for her attention.^[6]
• Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley, Bella's first friend in Forks.^[9]
• Gregory Tyree Boyce as Tyler Crowley, another one of Bella's classmates, also vying for Bella's attention. He nearly hits Bella with his van.
• Justin Chon as Eric Yorkie, another one of Bella's classmates who vies for her attention.^[9]
• Solomon Trimble as Sam Uley. Solomon Trimble was credited as 'Jacob's friend' in the film, but was widely recognized as playing the part of Sam.^{[16][17][18][19]}
• Krys Hyatt as Embry Call. He was recognized as playing the part of Embry in the Twilight film, though his role was uncredited.^[20]
• Gil Birmingham as Billy Black
• Matt Bushell as Phil Dwyer
• José Zúñiga as Mr. Molina
• Ned Bellamy as Waylon Forge
• Ayanna Berkshire as Cora
• Katie Powers as Waitress
• Trish Egan as Ms. Cope

Production

Development

Stephenie Meyer's paranormal romance novelTwilight was originally optioned by Paramount Pictures' MTV Films in April 2004, but the screenplay that was subsequently developed was substantially different from its source material.^[2][21] When Summit Entertainment reinvented itself as a full-service studio in April 2007, it began development of a film adaptation anew,^[22] having picked up the rights from Paramount (who coincidentally had made an unrelated film with the same title in 1998) in a turnaround.^[23] The company perceived the film as an opportunity to launch a franchise based on the success of Meyer's book and its sequels.^[12][24]Catherine Hardwicke was hired to direct the film and Melissa Rosenberg was hired to write the script in mid-2007.^[25]

Rosenberg developed an outline by the end of August, and collaborated with Hardwicke on writing the screenplay during the following month. Rosenberg said Hardwicke 'was a great sounding board and had all sorts of brilliant ideas.. I'd finish off scenes and send them to her, and get back her notes.'^[26] Due to the impending Writers Guild of America strike, Rosenberg worked full-time to finish the screenplay before October 31.^[26] In adapting the novel, she 'had to condense a great deal.' Some characters from the novel were not featured in the screenplay, whereas some characters were combined into others.^[27] '[O]ur intent all along was to stay true to the book', Rosenberg explained, 'and it has to do less with adapting it word for word and more with making sure the characters' arcs and emotional journeys are the same.'^[28] Hardwicke suggested the use of voice over to convey Bella's internal dialogue^[26] — since the novel is told from her point of view — and she sketched some of the storyboards during pre-production.^[29]

Adaptation from source material

The filmmakers behind Twilight worked to create a film that was as faithful to the novel as they thought possible when converting the story to another medium, with producer Greg Mooradian saying, 'It's very important to distinguish that we're making a separate piece of art that obviously is going to remain very, very faithful to the book.. But at the same time, we have a separate responsibility to make the best movie you can make.'^[30] To ensure a faithful adaptation, Meyer was kept very involved in the production process, having been invited to visit the set during filming and even asked to give notes on the script and on a rough cut of the film.^[31] Of this process, she said, 'It was a really pleasant exchange [between me and the filmmakers] from the beginning, which I think is not very typical. They were really interested in my ideas',^[32] and, '..they kept me in the loop and with the script, they let me see it and said, 'What are your thoughts?' .. They let me have input on it and I think they took 90 percent of what I said and just incorporated it right in to the script.'^[31] Meyer fought for one line in particular, one of the most well-known from the book about 'the lion and the lamb', to be kept verbatim in the film: 'I actually think the way Melissa [Rosenberg] wrote it sounded better for the movie [..] but the problem is that line is actually tattooed on peoples' bodies [..] But I said, 'You know, if you take that one and change it, that's a potential backlash situation.''^[31] Meyer was even invited to create a written list of things that could not be changed for the film, such as giving the vampires fangs or killing characters who do not die in the book, that the studio agreed to follow.^[31][32] The consensus among critics is that the filmmakers succeeded in making a film that is very faithful to its source material,^[33][34] with one reviewer stating that, with a few exceptions, 'Twilight the movie is unerringly faithful to the source without being hamstrung by it.'^[35]

–Twilight author Stephenie Meyer^[21]

However, as is most often the case with film adaptations, differences do exist between the film and source material. Certain scenes from the book were cut from the film, such as a biology room scene where Bella's class does blood typing. Hardwicke explains, 'Well [the book is] almost 500 pages—you do have to do the sweetened condensed milk version of that.. We already have two scenes in biology: the first time they're in there and then the second time when they connect. For a film, when you condense, you don't want to keep going back to the same setting over and over. So that's not in there.'^[36] The settings of certain conversations in the book were also changed to make the scenes more 'visually dynamic' on-screen, such as Bella's revelation that she knows Edward is a vampire—this happens in a meadow in the film instead of in Edward's car as in the novel.^[36] A biology field trip scene is added to the film to condense the moments of Bella's frustration at trying to explain how Edward saved her from being crushed by a van.^[30] The villainous vampires are introduced earlier in the film than in the novel. Rosenberg said that 'you don't really see James and the other villains until to the last quarter of the book, which really won't work for a movie. You need that ominous tension right off the bat. We needed to see them and that impending danger from the start. And so I had to create back story for them, what they were up to, to flesh them out a bit as characters.'^[26] Rosenberg also combined some of the human high school students, with Lauren Mallory and Jessica Stanley in the novel becoming the character of Jessica in the film, and a 'compilation of a couple of different human characters' becoming Eric Yorkie.^[27] About these variances from the book, Mooradian stated, 'I think we did a really judicious job of distilling [the book]. Our greatest critic, Stephenie Meyer, loves the screenplay, and that tells me that we made all the right choices in terms of what to keep and what to lose. Invariably, you're going to lose bits and pieces that certain members of the audience are going to desperately want to see, but there's just a reality that we're not making 'Twilight: The Book' the movie.'^[30]

Casting

–Twilight author Stephenie Meyer^[21]

Kristen Stewart was on the set of Adventureland when Hardwicke visited her for an informal screen test that 'captivated' the director.^[2] Hardwicke had trouble finding an actor otherworldly enough to play vampire Edward Cullen. Then she got a call about a guy in London. 'I looked at a couple pictures and was like, ‘I’m not sure,’?' Hardwicke says. 'He had been fired from his last job, he was unemployed, he was in debt.' Pattinson flew to Los Angeles on his own dime to read with Stewart.^[37]Shiloh Fernandez, Jackson Rathbone, Ben Barnes, and Robert Pattinson were the final four up for the role of Edward.^[38] Hardwicke did not initially choose Robert Pattinson for the role of Edward Cullen, but after an audition at her home with Stewart, he was selected.^[2] Hardwicke said, 'Kristen was like, ‘It’s got to be Rob!’ She felt connected to him from the first moment. That electricity, or love at first sight, or whatever it is.' Hardwicke gave him the part, but he had to make a promise. 'You’ve got to realize that Kristen is 17 years old,' Hardwicke told him, 'She’s underage. You’ve got to focus, dude, or you’re going to be arrested. I made him swear on a stack of Bibles.'^[37] Pattinson was unfamiliar with the novel series prior to his screen test but read the books later on.^[39] Meyer allowed him to view a manuscript of the unfinished Midnight Sun, which chronicles the events in Twilight from Edward's point of view.^[40] Fan reaction to Pattinson's casting as Edward was initially negative; Rachelle Lefèvre remarked that '[e]very woman had their own Edward [that] they had to let go of before they could open up to [him], which they did.'^[39] Meyer was 'excited' and 'ecstatic' in response to the casting of the two main characters.^[41] She had expressed interest in having Emily Browning and Henry Cavill cast as Bella and Edward, respectively, prior to pre-production.^[42]

Peter Facinelli was not originally cast as Carlisle Cullen. '[Hardwicke] liked me, but there was another actor that the studio was pushing for', Facinelli said.^[11] For unknown reasons, that actor was not able to play the part and Facinelli was selected in his place.^[11] The choice of Ashley Greene to portray Alice Cullen was the subject of fan criticism due to Greene being 7 inches (18 cm) taller than her character as described in the novel. Meyer had also stated that Rachael Leigh Cook resembled her vision of Alice.^[43]Nikki Reed had previously worked with Hardwicke on Thirteen, which they wrote together, and Lords of Dogtown. Reed commented, 'I don't want to say it's a coincidence, because we do work well together, and we have a great history. I think we make good work, but it's more that the people that hire [Hardwicke] to direct a film of theirs [have] most likely seen her other work.'^[44]

Kellan Lutz was in Africa shooting the HBOminiseriesGeneration Kill when the auditions for the character of Emmett Cullen were conducted. The role had already been cast by the time that production ended in December 2007, but the actor who had been selected 'fell through'; Lutz subsequently auditioned and was flown to Oregon, where Hardwicke personally chose him.^[45]Rachelle Lefèvre was interested in pursuing a role in the film because Hardwicke was attached to the project as director; there was also 'the potential to explore a character, hopefully, over three films'; and she wanted to portray a vampire.^[46] She 'thought that vampires were basically the best metaphor for human anxiety and questions about being alive.'^[46]Christian Serratos initially auditioned for Jessica Stanley, but she 'fell totally in love with Angela' after reading the novels and successfully took advantage of a later opportunity to audition for Angela Weber.^[47] The role of Jessica Stanley went to Anna Kendrick, who got the part after two mix-and-match auditions with various actors.^[48]

Filming and post-production

On a bed in Catherine Hardwicke's house is where Pattinson kissed Stewart for the first time for the Twilight screen test. 'That bed made Pattinson who he is right now,' says Reed. That’s also where Hardwicke auditioned Evan Rachel Wood, when she had her get into her bed with Nikki Reed for the film Thirteen. When asked about her lair, Hardwicke says, 'MTV came and did an episode in my house filming the bed. It’s legendary.'^[37] Principal photography took 44 days,^[4] after more than a week of rehearsals,^[49] and completed on May 2, 2008.^[5] Similar to her directorial debut Thirteen, Hardwicke opted for an extensive use of hand-held cinematography to make the film 'feel real'.^[11][50] Meyer visited the production set three times and was consulted on different aspects of the story;^[51] she also has a brief cameo in the film.^[52] Cast members who portrayed vampires avoided sunlight to make their skin pale, though makeup was also applied for that effect, and wore contact lenses: 'We did the golden color because the Cullens have those golden eyes. And then, when we're hungry, we have to pop the black ones in,' Facinelli explained.^[11] They also participated in rehearsals with a dance choreographer and observed the physicality of different panthera to make their bodily movements more elegant.^[11][43][53]

Scenes were filmed primarily in Portland, Oregon.^[6] Stunt work was done mainly by the cast.^[54] The fight sequence between Gigandet and Pattinson's characters in a ballet studio, which was filmed during the first week of production, involved a substantial amount of wire work because the vampires in the story have superhuman strength and speed.^[53] Gigandet incorporated mixed martial arts fighting moves in this sequence, which involved chicken and honey as substitutes for flesh.^[55] Bella, the protagonist, is unconscious during these events, and since the novel is told from her point of view, such action sequences are illustrative and unique to the film.^[39] Pattinson noted that maintaining one's center of gravity is difficult when doing wire work 'because you have to really fight against it as well as letting it do what it needs to do.'^[39] Lefèvre found the experience disorienting since forward motion was out of her control.^[39]

Instead of shooting at Forks High School itself, scenes taking place at the school were filmed at Kalama High School^[56] and Madison High School.^[57] Other scenes were filmed in St. Helens,^[58] and Hardwicke conducted some reshooting in Pasadena, California, in August.^[4][59]Twilight was originally scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on December 12, 2008, but its release date was changed to November 21 after Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was rescheduled for an opening in July 2009.^[60] Two teaser trailers, as well as some additional scenes, were released for the film, as well as a final trailer, which was released on October 9.^[61][62] A 15-minute excerpt of Twilight was presented during the International Rome Film Festival in Italy.^[63] The film received a rating of PG-13 from the Motion Picture Association of America for 'some violence and a scene of sensuality'.^[64]

Music

The score for Twilight was composed by Carter Burwell,^[65][66] with the rest of the soundtrack chosen by music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas.^[67] Meyer was consulted on the soundtrack, which includes music by Muse and Linkin Park, bands she listened to while writing the novels.^[68][69] The original soundtrack was released on November 4, 2008, by Chop Shop Records in conjunction with Atlantic Records.^[8] It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200.^[70]

Release

Box office

Twilight grossed over $7 million in ticket sales from midnight showings alone on November 21, 2008.^[71] The film is fifth overall on Fandango's list of top advance ticket sales, outranked only by its sequel the following year, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).^[71] It grossed $35.7 million on its opening day.^[72] For its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, Twilight accumulated $69.6 million from 3,419 theaters at an average of $20,368 per theater.^[73] The film grossed $192,769,854 in the United States and Canada, and $199,846,771 in international territories for a total of $392,616,625.^[3] Its opening weekend gross was the highest ever of a female-directed film, surpassing that of Deep Impact (1998).^[74]

Critical reception

Twilight received mixed reviews from critics. Based on 215 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 49%, with a weighted average score of 5.43/10. The website's critical consensus reads: 'Having lost much of its bite transitioning to the big screen, Twilight will please its devoted fans, but do little for the uninitiated.'^[75] On Metacritic, it has a weighted mean score of 56 based on 37 reviews from film critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[76]New York Press critic Armond White called the film 'a genuine pop classic',^[77] and praised Hardwicke for turning 'Meyer's book series into a Brontë-esque vision.'^[78]Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, 'I saw it at a sneak preview. Last time I saw a movie in that same theater, the audience welcomed it as an opportunity to catch up on gossip, texting, and laughing at private jokes. This time the audience was rapt with attention'.^[79] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan wrote, 'Twilight is unabashedly a romance. All the story's inherent silliness aside, it is intent on conveying the magic of meeting that one special person you've been waiting for. Maybe it is possible to be 13 and female for a few hours after all'.^[80]USA Today gave the film two out of four stars and Claudia Puig wrote, 'Meyer is said to have been involved in the production of Twilight, but her novel was substantially more absorbing than the unintentionally funny and quickly forgettable film'.^[81]Entertainment Weekly gave the film a 'B' rating and Owen Gleiberman praised Hardwicke's direction: 'She has reconjured Meyer's novel as a cloudburst mood piece filled with stormy skies, rippling hormones, and understated visual effects'.^[82]

Home media

The film was released on DVD in North America on March 21, 2009, through midnight release parties, and sold over 3 million units in its first day.^[83] It was released on April 6, 2009 in the UK.^[84][85] Bonus features include about 10 to 12 extended or deleted scenes, montages and music videos, behind-the-scenes interviews, a 'making-of' segment, and commentary featuring Hardwicke, Stewart, and Pattinson.^[86][87] The Blu-ray disc edition of the film was released on March 21, 2009, in select locations, but was made more widely available at further retailers on May 5, 2009.^[88] As of July 2012, the film has sold 11,242,519 units, earning $201,190,019.^[89]

The film and the next two installments of the Twilight Saga will be rereleased as a triple feature with extended cuts on January 13, 2015.

Video game

A movie trivia video game developed by Screenlife and published by Konami for the Wii, Nintendo DS, PC and iPhone was released alongside the second film.

Accolades

Since its release, Twilight has received numerous nominations and awards. In January 2009, Carter Burwell was nominated for Film Composer of the Year by the International Film Music Critics Association.^[90]Robert Pattinson won Bravo TV's A-List Award for A-List Breakout.^[91] At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Pattinson, who was nominated alongside Taylor Lautner, also won an award for Male Breakthrough Performance, 'Decode' was nominated for Best Song from a Movie, Twilight won an award for Best Movie, Kristen Stewart won for Best Female performance, Stewart and Pattinson were awarded Best Kiss, and Pattinson and Cam Gigandet won an award for Best Fight.^[92]Christian Serratos won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress.^[93] For the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, held on August 9, the film and its actors received a combined total of 12 nominations, nine of which the film won.^[94] At the 2009 Scream Awards, the film was nominated for nine awards, four of which it won.^[95] The film won two ALMA Awards for makeup and hairstyling.^[96] It also won the Public Choice Award at the World Soundtrack Awards, where Carter Burwell was also nominated for Composer of the Year.^[97]Catherine Hardwicke received a Young Hollywood Award for her directing.^[98] In addition, the film was nominated for Best Fantasy Film at the 35th Saturn Awards^[99] and two Grammy Awards.^[100]

Sequel

MTV reported in February 2008 that Summit Entertainment intended to create a series of at least three films based on Meyer's books.^[9] The studio had optioned New Moon, the second book in the series, by October 2008,^[101] and confirmed their plans to make a film based on it November 22, 2008.^[102][103] Because Catherine Hardwicke had wanted more preparation time than Summit's schedule for the production and release of the sequel would provide,^[104][105]Chris Weitz was selected to direct it in December 2008.^[106][107]

See also

• Apotamkin, Bella's Google hit for the cold ones

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn: Part 2) is a 2012 American romanticdramafantasy film directed by Bill Condon and based on the novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. Constituting the second of a two-part adaptation of the novel, the film is the fifth and final installment in The Twilight Saga film series, following 2011's Breaking Dawn: Part 1. All three main cast members, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprise their roles, with Mackenzie Foy portraying Renesmee Cullen. Alongside Pattinson, Lautner, Stewart, and Foy, the film also stars an ensemble cast including Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Michael Sheen, and Dakota Fanning.

Part 2 was released on November 16, 2012.^[5] The film, despite mixed critical reception, was a box office success, grossing nearly $830 million worldwide against production budget of $136 million, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2012 and the highest-grossing film of The Twilight Saga series.

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Plot[edit]

Bella, who has just given birth, awakens from her human-to-vampire transformation and is introduced to her daughter Renesmee. The rest of the Cullens and Jacob stay nearby, and when Jacob acts possessively towards Renesmee, Bella learns he has imprinted on her, making her furious until Jacob explains what imprinting is. Meanwhile, Bella's father, Charlie, has been trying to contact the Cullens for updates on Bella's health. Carlisle comes to believe that they have to leave Forks, Washington to protect their identities - especially because of Charlie. Jacob, desperate not to lose Renesmee, visits Charlie and tell him that Bella is alive and well, but had to change in order to get better. Jacob also tells Charlie he doesn't live in the world he thinks he lives in, but says nothing about vampires. He then phases into his wolf form. Charlie then visits the Cullen house and meets Renesmee, believing she is a niece of Edward's whom Bella and Edward adopted. Afterward, the Cullens are able to stay in Forks.

Several months pass with Carlisle monitoring Renesmee's rapid growth. On an outing in the woods, a bitter Irina sees Renesmee from a distance and assumes she's an immortal child without asking any questions. Immortal children were vampires who were changed in childhood, and because they could not be trained nor restrained, they destroyed entire villages. They were eventually executed, as were the parents who created them, and the creation of such children outlawed. Irina goes to the Volturi to report what she has seen. Alice sees the Volturi and Irina coming to kill the Cullens, and instructs the others to gather as many witnesses as they can to testify that Renesmee is not an immortal child. The Cullens begin to summon witnesses, such as the Denali family. One of the Denali, Eleazar, later discovers that Bella has a special ability: a powerful mental shield which had protected her from Edward's mind reading even when she was human, and which she is taught to extend to protect others from vampire powers.

As some of their potential witnesses are attacked and prevented from supporting the Cullens, Carlisle and Edward realize they may have to fight the Volturi. Their witnesses ultimately agree to stand with them in battle, having realized the Volturi increased their Guard by falsely accusing covens of crimes, destroying them and then recruiting the vampires with gifts. The Volturi arrive prepared for battle, led by Aro, who is eager to obtain the gifted members of the Cullen coven as part of his Guard. Aro is allowed to touch Renesmee, and is convinced that she is not an immortal child. Irina is brought forth and takes full responsibility for her mistake, leading to her immediate death. Aro still insists that Renesmee may pose a risk in the future, validating his claim that battle is necessary. Before any violence, Alice shares with Aro her vision of the battle that is to come, during which both sides sustain heavy casualties, including Aro, who would also die. Aro believes her, giving Alice and Jasper an opportunity to reveal their witness, Nahuel (a half-mortal half-vampire just like Renesmee). The witness proves that he is not a threat, supporting the notion that Renesmee is not a threat. The Volturi unhappily leave, explaining that there will be no battle today.

Back at the Cullen home, Alice glimpses the future, seeing Edward and Bella together with Jacob and a fully matured Renesmee also together. Edward reads Alice's mind and feels relieved that Renesmee has Jacob to protect her. Alone in the meadow, Bella pushes her mental shield away and finally allows Edward to see into her mind, showing him every moment she and Edward shared together and the two share a kiss after Bella telling Edward, 'Nobody has ever loved anybody as much as I love you', and both Edward and Bella say they will love each other and be together forever.

Cast[edit]

• Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan
• Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen
• Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black
• Mackenzie Foy as Renesmee Cullen
• Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen
• Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen
• Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen
• Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen
• Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale
• Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale
• Maggie Grace as Irina
• Michael Sheen as Aro
• Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius
• Dakota Fanning as Jane
• Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus
• Billy Burke as Charlie Swan
• Casey LaBow as Kate
• MyAnna Buring as Tanya
• Lee Pace as Garrett
• Christian Camargo as Eleazar
• Mía Maestro as Carmen
• Noel Fisher as Vladimir
• Joe Anderson as Alistair
• Cameron Bright as Alec
• Angela Sarafyan as Tia
• Rami Malek as Benjamin
• Booboo Stewart as Seth Clearwater
• Daniel Cudmore as Felix
• Ty Olsson as Phil
• Alex Meraz as Paul
• Judith Shekoni as Zafrina
• Charlie Bewley as Demetri
• Titus Welliver as FBI Agent marcus
• J. D. Pardo as Nahuel
• Wendell Pierce as J. Jenks
• Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater
• Lateef Crowder as Santiago
• Andrea Powell as Sasha
• Toni Trucks as Mary
• Andrea Gabriel as Kebi
• Austin Naulty as Werewolf
• Kiowa Gordon as Embry Call
• Chaske Spencer as Sam Uley
• Bronson Pelletier as Jared
• Marisa Quinn as Huilen
• Omar Metwally as Amun
• Valorie Curry as Charlotte
• Tracey Heggins as Senna
• Marlane Barnes as Maggie
• Guri Weinberg as Stefan
• Erik Odom as Peter
• Tyson Houseman as Quil Ateara
• Gil Birmingham as Billy Black
• Lisa Howard as Siobhan
• Bill Tangradi as Randall
• Patrick Brennan as Liam
• Amadou Ly as Henri
• Janelle Froehlich as Yvette
• Masami Kosaka as Toshiro

Cam Gigandet (James), Rachelle Lefevre, and Bryce Dallas Howard (Victoria), Edi Gathegi (Laurent), Jodelle Ferland (Bree Tanner), and various other actors from the previous films make cameos during the ending credits.^[6]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

After confirming one film, Summit Entertainment had been keeping their eye on a fifth installment.^{[clarification needed]} In May 2010, Billy Burke and Peter Facinelli were the only cast actors who were confirmed for both parts of Breaking Dawn, while other cast members such as Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz were still in negotiations for a second part. If the actors holding Summit back from making an official announcement did not reach an agreement with them, the studio would not have minded recasting their roles, as was done in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse with Bryce Dallas Howard's character, Victoria. However, in June 2010, Summit officially confirmed that a two-part adaptation of the fourth book would start production and it was made clear that all major actors, including the three lead roles, the Cullen family, and Charlie Swan, would return for both parts.

Pre-production[edit]

By August 2009, Rosenberg said that the scripts for Part 1 and 2 were 75 to 85 percent completed. She found the greatest challenge in writing the scripts to be the final sequence of Part 2: 'The final battle sequence is a big challenge because it lasts 25 pages', she said. 'It's almost an entire three-act story in and of itself. You have to track [keep it all in one setting] hundreds of characters. It's an enormous challenge to choreograph on the page and for Bill [Condon] to choreograph on the stage.' She had written various drafts of the scene but, at that, hadn't revised or discussed them with Condon yet. She said, 'That's the next big hurdle to sit down with the stunt coordinator and create the ballet. It's a lot of work. I'm exhausted, but we're intent on making them the best scripts yet.' Godfrey called Part 2 'an action film in terms of life-and-death stakes' and said that in Part 1 'there are the pangs of newlywed tension that occur that are relatable even in a fantasy film. Marriage is not quite the experience that they thought it was.' Condon thought of Part 1 'as a real companion piece to Catherine Hardwicke's movie'. Condon explains, 'Like, everything that got set up there gets resolved here. I think you'll find that there are stylistic and other nods to that film.'

Godfrey considered releasing the second film in 3D to differentiate between the time before and after Bella becomes a vampire, an idea originally proposed for Eclipse, but said that the decision is up to Condon. However, he said that if the second film were to be released in 3D, he would like to shoot it with the proper equipment in 'real' 3D as was done with Avatar (2009), not convert it into 3D in post-production as was done with Clash of the Titans (2010).^[7] On February 12, 2012 it was confirmed that Part 2 would not be filmed in 3D.^[8]

Filming[edit]

Filming started on November 1, 2010 and wrapped, for most of the cast, on April 15, 2011, ending the franchise's three years of production since March 2008. Filming was shot on location in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana; Vancouver, British Columbia; and New York City, New York. Filming also occurred at Raleigh Studios in Baton Rouge.

On the subject of the final day and her final moment as Bella, Stewart stated, 'After that scene, my true final scene, I felt like I could shoot up into the night sky and every pore of my body would shoot light. I felt lighter than I've ever felt in my life.'^[9] Pattinson thought the day was 'amazing' and commented, 'I then asked myself why we didn't do this in those four years. Every difficult moment just vanished.'

In April 2012, the crew and cast, including Pattinson and Stewart, returned for reshoots to pick up some additional shots for technical work with some of the cast and stunt actors. These re-shoots did not include any new scenes or dialogue.^[10]

Special effects[edit]

Tippett Studio first began working on the CGI (computer-generated imagery) wolves in February 2009 for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and the look of the creatures has evolved, becoming more photo real over the course of the saga, with the input of three different directors. 'It's a subtle balance of just how anthropomorphic these wolves are,' says Eric Leven. 'Bill (Condon) wanted to make sure that we had a sense of the human or the shape shifter in there. Finding that balance of how much of a human performance versus an animal performance was important for Bill.'

Leven adds, 'Bill has always treated the wolves as characters and never as computer generated things, and directs them in the same way he'd direct any actor. He would always give us direction like Sam should be angrier. It's the best way to work. His treating these creatures as characters, instead of just computer bits, was really great.'

'Because we've been working on this franchise for such a prolonged period of time, we've been able to improve the look from show to show,' comments Phil Tippett. 'Wolves generally are pretty darn clean and since Bill wanted the wolves rangier, that means a lot more fur matting and clumping, like they've lived out in the woods. We edged towards something a bit more feral.'

'However, there is also a balance between look and technology,' adds Tippett. 'The body count of the wolves escalates and because we're adding a great deal more hair to get the right texture, that fur really ups the rendering time. We've gone from four wolves to eight to twelve, to sixteen in Part 2. So we have to be very careful about that balance, because it takes hundreds of hours to render each wolf.'^[11]

Music[edit]

It was revealed in January 2012 that the soundtrack for Part 2 had already started production.^[12] Confirmed for the soundtrack in advance were 'Heart of Stone' by Iko, which plays when Edward and Bella are talking in the cottage after finding Alice's note and 'Where I Come From' by Passion Pit, which will play when Bella wakes up from her transformation.^[13] The lead single from the soundtrack is 'The Forgotten', performed by the American rock band Green Day. 'A Thousand Years, Pt. 2' by the American singer Christina Perri is also featured on the soundtrack album.

Carter Burwell, the composer of Twilight and Breaking Dawn: Part 1, returned to score the final installment of the series. In later announcements, Burwell confirmed that the score for the film was complete. 'The movie basically upholds the final installment with a score that has the same jungle-music feeling The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 brought us,' Burwell affirmed. 'The music pieces that take place in the catalytic final battle will be very much like the nineteenth song in the previous movie's score, 'It's Renesmee' and the twenty-fourth, 'You Kill Her You Kill Me', which were, if not the most, one of the boldest pieces in my career. I will tease anything but I recommend for the fans to listen to 'A Kick in the Head', 'Exacueret Nostri Dentes in Filia' and 'Aro's End' if you want to have goosebumps for the rest of your life.'^{[citation needed]}

Release[edit]

Box office[edit]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has earned $292,324,737 in North America and $537,360,640 in other territories for a worldwide total of $829,685,377.^[3] The film is now the 46th-highest-grossing film of all time, the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2012, and the highest-grossing film of the Twilight series. It had a $340.9 million worldwide opening, which was the eighth-largest ever, the largest for the Twilight franchise, and the largest for a film released outside the summer period.^[14]

In North America, the film grossed $30.4 million in Thursday night and midnight showings, achieving the third-highest midnight gross^[15][16] and the highest midnight gross of the franchise.^[17][18]Breaking Dawn – Part 2 made an $71.2 million on its opening day, which is the sixth-highest opening- and single-day gross as well as the third-highest of the franchise.^[19] For its opening weekend, the movie earned $141.1 million,^[20] which is the 13th-highest-grossing opening weekend of all time,^[21][22] the second-highest-grossing of the franchise,^[23] the third-largest November opening,^[24] and the fourth-largest opening of 2012.^[25] It retained first place in its second weekend by dropping 69.1% with a gross of $43.6 million over the three-day weekend and made a total of $64.4 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend.^[26] In its third weekend, Breaking Dawn Part – 2 held onto the No. 1 spot again by dropping 60.1% and grossing $17.4 million.^[27] It became the third-highest-grossing film of the franchise behind Eclipse and New Moon.^[28]

Outside North America, the film opened on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 in six countries earning $13.8 million. By Thursday, it had opened in 37 territories, earning $38.8 million. In all territories, it opened with similar or higher earnings than its immediate predecessor.^[29] Through its first Friday, it earned $91.0 million, after expanding to 61 territories.^[30][31] By the end of its opening weekend (Wednesday–Sunday), it scored a series-best $199.5 million opening from 61 territories on 12,812 screens. This is the eighth-largest opening outside North America and the largest 2012 opening.^[32] IMAX showings generated $3 million from 82 locations.^[33] The film's largest openings were recorded in the UK, Ireland, and Malta ($25.2 million), Russia and the CIS ($22.0 million), and France and the Maghreb region ($17.9 million).^[34] In Spain, it set a three-day opening-weekend record with $11.9 million.^[35] In total earnings, its three highest-grossing markets after North America are the UK, Ireland, and Malta ($57.9 million), Brazil ($54.2 million), and Russia and the CIS ($42.8 million).^[34]

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Critical response[edit]

The film received mixed reviews from critics, but the reviews were much more favorable than those of its predecessor. At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 49% rating, based on 190 reviews with the consensus stating: 'It's the most entertaining Twilight, but that's not enough to make Breaking Dawn Part 2 worth watching for filmgoers who don't already count themselves among the franchise converts.'^[36] At Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on reviews from 31 critics.^[37] Audiences polled on CinemaScore gave it an average rating of 'A'.^[38] The majority of praise from both fans and critics went towards the ending sequence, Michael Sheen's performance as the Volturi leader Aro and Lee Pace's performance as vampire Garrett.

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, 'The final installment of the immortal Bella/Edward romance will give its breathlessly awaiting international audience just what it wants'.^[39] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly said, 'Breaking Dawn: Part 2 starts off slow but gathers momentum, and that's because, with Bella and Edward united against the Volturi, the picture has a real threat'.^[40] Sara Stewart of the New York Post wrote, 'Finally, someone took the source material at its terribly written word and stopped treating the whole affair so seriously'.^[41] Justin Chang of Variety praised the performance of Stewart by saying, 'No longer a mopey, lower-lip-biting emo girl, this Bella is twitchy, feral, formidable and fully energized, a goddess even among her exalted bloodsucker brethren'.^[42] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said, 'Despite the slow start Mr. Condon closes the series in fine, smooth style. He gives fans all the lovely flowers, conditioned hair and lightly erotic, dreamy kisses they deserve'.^[43]

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Home media[edit]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 2, 2013.^[46] As of June 1, 2014, Breaking Dawn: Part 2 has sold 4,810,249 DVDs along with 1,224,869 Blu-ray Discs for $71,418,469 and $24,472,107 respectively totaling $99,195,325.^[47]

Future[edit]

In September 2016, Lionsgate co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger stated that a sequel was 'a possibility' but would only go ahead if Stephenie Meyer wanted to do one.^[48] On August 8, 2017, Variety reported that Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer has interest in having spinoffs made for The Twilight Saga, and wants to create a writers' room to explore the idea.^[49]

Awards and nominations[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 on IMDb
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 at Metacritic
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 at Box Office Mojo
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 at Rotten Tomatoes