Summit Entertainment is working on splitting Breaking Dawn into two films. Not so great: after Twilight became a hit they locked down the actors for four movies, not for five. The studio is working to get all the deals in place so the fourth film can be released November 2011 and the fifth in summer 2012, but they are finding some contracts challenging and it's stalling the planning.
Breath in and out Twihards, agreements for Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, who recently taped a Twilight Oprah episode, are close to being finalized (each of the stars are getting big pay raises). Word is it's Ashley Greene, who headed to Starbucks on Monday (May 10), and Kellan Lutz who want more than the studio is willing to give them. The actors feel they should have a decent cut of the billion-dollar franchise, and the studio is trying to keep the budget in check, especially with the hike in pay for the leads. They will be filming the next installments back to back to cut costs and are considering shooting in Louisiana where there are tax incentives. The studio is not willing to spend more money on these two. "We may have a situation where one of them is thrown out on the street to make a point," says a source close to the dealmaking.
Lutz and Greene should probably chill out if they want to be in the last movie, because Summit does not mess around. When they want to pull the trigger on a movie and your not making things easy you're out faster than you can say bam. It would be too bad to see characters replaced that far into the series, even if they only have five lines.
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