Twilight fans are getting some welcomed news this week: the fourth novel of the vampire series Breaking Dawn will be split into two movies according to a press release sent out by Summit Entertainment.

Academy Award-winner Bill Condon will direct both films and many of the franchise's familiar faces will return.

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Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner along with Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, and Kellan Lutz will be reprising their roles.