While the last book on Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, became the object of two films, now Twilight producers are thinking of doing the same thing.
According to Variety, Summit Entertainment is considering splitting Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer’s final novel of her vampire saga, into two films.
The only problem would involve the actors’ salaries. The current contract covers the four films, but at the time of signing for the films, none of the actors were extremely popular. However, now, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner have shot to international stardom, and could ask for eight-digit salaries for the fifth film.
To date, the first Twilight film was released in 2008 with a budget of 37 million dollars, and earned 351 million worldwide. However, New Moon, which opened on November 20, smashed that record, and will soon gross somewhere in the 500 million dollar range from a working budget of 50 million dollars.
In addition, it was reported that Stephenie Meyer, director Chris Weitz and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg are asking for large compensations.
No decision has been made as of yet, so as it stands, Breaking Dawn is still set to be a single film to reach theatres in 2011. The third instalment, Eclipse, will hit the big screen on June 30, 2010.