'Breaking Dawn' Writer Melissa Rosenberg Says She's Trying To 'Find Room' For All Characters

As all die-hard "Twilight" fans know, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg is still hard at work on finalizing the scripts for the two-part "Breaking Dawn" finale, the first of which is scheduled to begin shooting in November. MTV News was lucky enough to catch up with the "Dexter" and "Twilight" screenwriter at San Diego Comic-Con, where she held court on a "Girls Gone Genre" panel. And while she still won't reveal where the two films will break, she did give us a few details about the birthing scene and the "Book of Jacob," as well as some dish on how she plans to handle all of the new characters Stephenie Meyer introduces in "Dawn."

"It's extremely challenging to introduce those new characters because you already have quite a slew of characters to service," Rosenberg admitted of Meyer's final book. "The Cullen family is large, the wolf family is large, you have three leads ... finding room for all of them is a challenge. For me, it is about pulling forward the ones that are essential and really making sure they have a presence."

Naturally, Rosenberg didn't say specifically which characters would or would not appear in the films, but simply that she hopes "all of them will be there in one shape or another."

Fans interested in checking in more frequently with Rosenberg's "Dawn" progress can check out her Facebook page, which Rosenberg told us she checks regularly to see what Twi-hards are saying and involve them in plotline discussions.

"I ask people to really weigh in with what are their favorite scenes in the books, what's important to them," Rosenberg said. "And there generally seems to be a consensus about one scene or another. It's really helpful for me and I'll interact with them sometimes."

She added that the fan interaction has helped her to squash any out-of-control Internet-generated rumors about her "Dawn" scripts. "At one point, [the fans] were upset because they had gotten the impression that I was choosing not to put the birthing scene in the script, and I was able to go online and say, 'I don't know where that idea came from, but of course the birthing scene is going to be in.' " Another Net-generated rumor, according to Rosenberg, is that she won't include the Book of Jacob in the final film. "I don't know where that idea came from, but that is not true," she confirmed. "We are going to see Jacob's perspective equally, so don't worry."

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New Moon actor Michael Sheen talks Breaking Dawn in Comic Con

If you've loved Michael Sheen's work in projects like Underworld, Alice in Wonderland and The Twilight Saga, you might be delighted to know that the versatile Welsh actor is as much a genre fan as any of us. In fact, I caught Sheen on the convention floor of Comic-Con this weekend, in the fantasy illustrators' pavilion, where I overheard him telling Elric artist John Picacio that he's developing a movie about Michael Moorcock's famed sword-and-sorcery character with the Weitz brothers. (Chris Weitz, you'll recall, directed Sheen in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.) Weitz told Picacio that it was the recently published Elric volumes with Picacio's illustrations that he's been using as he works on the project. I asked Sheen about Elric, as well as another genre film he told me he's developing based on the life of Edgar Allan Poe.

"Yeah," Sheen, "I'm doing a film that I'm playing Poe in, about the last few months of Poe's life. And I'm producing it as well. Hopefully we'll be shooting it next year in Toronto. The title is The Raven, imaginatively enough. Or that's what it's called at the moment anyway."

Regarding Elric, Sheen simply said, "We've got plans maybe to do something with Elric as well. We'll see what happens with that." (Personally, I think Sheen would be perfect cast as Moorcock's albino swordsman.)

On his own love of art and comics, Sheen said, "I would have come here regardless of being in something. I'm here for TRON, but yeah, I get all the TRON stuff done as soon as possible and then I get out on the floor and wander around and see all these great artists and great comic books and stuff. It's fantastic."

As for the fate of his Twilight character in Breaking Dawn, Sheen remarked, "Well, there's no secret, because there's a book out, so you just have to read the book to find out what happens. But it's still early days really. There's no script and nothing's been set up definitely yet. I'm hoping it'll all work out."

If you've seen the TRON: Legacy trailer you may be wondering about Castor, Sheen's character in the film – an outrageously garbed and made-up figure who resembles a glam rocker. I asked Sheen if he'll prove to be one of the movie's villains.

"Who says he's a villain?" laughed the actor. "He's a bit sort of morally dubious, but aren't we all? The jury's still out on him."

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Reelz Channel: 'Twilight' Breaking Dawn Book/Movie Quiz

1. Where is Breaking Dawn going to be filmed?

A) Antigua and Vancouver
B) Victoria and Sao Paulo
C) Phoenix and Forks
D) Baton Rouge and Vancouver

2. What do the chess pieces on Breaking Dawn's cover represent?

A) The mental vs. physical battle raging within the Volturi
B) Bella's changing strength and position in the saga
C) The chess-like game Jacob plays with the wolf pack
D) Alice's disappearance to avoid being an unintentional pawn for the Volturi

 

3. Isle Esme is located off the coast of where?

A) Caracas
B) Barcelona
C) Rio de Janeiro
D) Barbados

 

4. Which of these is not a chapter title for the middle (Jacob) section of the Breaking Dawn?

A) Good Thing I've Got a Strong Stomach
B) Too-Much-Information Alert
C) Sure as Hell Saw That Coming
D) There Are No Words for This.

 

5. Which Shakespeare play influenced Stephenie Meyer's writing of Breaking Dawn?

A) Much Ado About Nothing
B) Measure for Measure
C) Hamlet
D) The Merchant of Venice

6. Which coven doesn't include a vampire with a "quantifiable supernatural talent"?

A) Egyptian
B) Irish
C) Romanian
D) Amazon

7. Which of these songs was NOT on Stephenie Meyer's playlist for the book?

A) "White Wedding" by Billy Idol
B) "Wolf Like Me" by TV on the Radio
C) "Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon and Garfunkel
D) "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran

8. What did Meyer call some fans' negative response to Breaking Dawn when it was published?

A) The Rob Effect
B) The Nessie Effect
C) The Ennui Effect
D) What negative response?

9. Which director of a previous Twilight Saga movie publicly said Bill Condon will do "an amazing job" with Breaking Dawn?

A) Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight)
B) Chris Weitz (New Moon)
C) David Slade (Eclipse)
D) All three have championed Condon

10. Where do Alice and Jasper find Nahuel, the 150-year-old vampire-human crossbreed?

A) Chile
B) Argentina
C) Bolivia
D) Easter Island

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Twilight Screenplay Writer Melissa Rosenberg talks about Erotic Sex scenes in Breaking Dawn

Melissa Rosenberg, who turned the Twilight novels into the blockbuster Twilight Saga films, is setting out to please many Twi-hards with the Saga's final Breaking Dawn films.

“I don’t think we’re planning to shy away from anything,” she told OnTheRedCarpet.com. "I think the birth should be as horrifying as it is in the novel. The sex scenes should be as scintillating as they are in the novel, as erotic as they are in the novel. All of it, I think we should see all of it.”
Rosenberg made her comments to reporter Bruce Reynolds at a recent event titled ‘An Evening With Melissa Rosenberg’ in Los Angeles, presented by the Writers Guild Foundation.

The scribe also teased a few details about where she plans to split the two films, “I can tell you that the break between the two movies will be somewhere around from her transition from a human, pregnant, newly-wed, to her being a vampire and a parent. Somewhere right in there we’ll find the break.” She jokes, “Where specifically? I’m not sure or I’m just not saying.”

What about Bella and Edward’s nuptials? Will it live up to fan’s expectations? According to Rosenberg, “We want it to be just a beautiful, lush, epic wedding. And I think it will be.”



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'Breaking Dawn' Won't Be Rated R, Summit Promises

It's hard to imagine Summit Entertainment making a "Twilight" movie that would require its tween-heavy audience to convince adults to buy them movie tickets, but the idea nonetheless remains a topic of discussion in the blogosphere. So we decided to put the question to Summit. While the studio acknowledges that discussions about an R rating are definitely taking place ("By all means," said distribution chief Richie Fay), the studio remains committed to its tried-and-true PG-13.

"I don't see it ever becoming an R-rated movie," Fay told MTV News. "The middle road we have to travel is a mutual respect as to staying true to the book but not turning off your audience.

"It's always with the eye of making Stephenie Meyer happy and making the audience happy," he added. "I can't say for a fact, but I just don't see us getting into an R-rated area with any of the 'Twilight' titles."

That sentiment jibes with what "Breaking Dawn" scribe Melissa Rosenberg has been saying for a while.

"In this series, you don't sacrifice anything," she said in April. "There are some movies that wouldn't play at PG-13, like 'The Hangover,' but this is just not one of them for me. Again, if you're capturing character, emotion and emotional journey, you're OK."

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Breaking Dawn To Be Filmed In Louisiana & Vancouver

Summit Entertainment’s THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN will be filmed in both Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Vancouver over the next year starting this fall. The next chapter of THE TWILIGHT SAGA will be released as two separate films with the first of the two slated to be released in theatres on November 18, 2011.

Academy Award® winner Bill Condon will direct both films starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner along with Billy Burke as Charlie Swan as well as returning members of the Cullen Family including Peter Facinelli as Carlisle, Elizabeth Reaser as Esme, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper, Nikki Reed as Rosalie, Ashley Greene as Alice and Kellan Lutz as Emmett.

The project, based on the fourth novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, is currently being written by Melissa Rosenberg with Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt and Stephenie Meyer producing.

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Producer Wyck Godfrey on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, BREAKING DAWN, Other Projects, Ultimate Twilight DVD Box Set

As the producer of all the Twilight movies, Godfrey is in the unique position to be able to talk about the franchise in a way the actors and even the directors can’t. After all, while an actor might be able to talk about filming a certain scene or what it was like for them working with the director, Godfrey is the person who can explain why they chose to film a certain way or why they wanted a certain actor or director to be a part of the franchise. To put it simply: producers are the ones with all the answers.

Anyway, during the interview Godfrey talks about making Eclipse and what fans can expect on the DVD/Blu-ray. We also talked a lot about Breaking Dawn including how they’ll be filming it in Louisiana and Vancouver, how long does he expect the movies to be, how did they get Bill Condon to direct them, and a lot more on the next two films. We also talked about the eventual ultimate DVD/Blu-ray box set for Twilight, his other projects with Channing Tatum and Amy Adams, and way more than I can put in this intro. It’s a great interview so take a look:

Producer Wyck Godfrey

* Didn’t we just talk…he talks about the crazy production schedule
* Says he is very busy prepping Breaking Dawn. Says they are shooting in Louisiana
* 1:00 – What was the biggest hurdle to overcome on Eclipse
* 1:45 – How involved is he in the IMAX release
* 2:15 – How much talk was there to do Eclipse in 3D. Says they are talking about it for Breaking Dawn. How does he feel about post converted 3D?
* 3:20 – How much got cut out of Eclipse that will be on the DVD/Blu-ray. Says at least 3 scenes that were either cut or cut down
* 4:00 – Has there been any talk about doing an ultra box set for all the Twilight movies on DVD/Blu-ray
* 4:25 – Do they have anything that they’re saving for the big box set
* 5:05 – Bill Condon talk. How surprised was he that they got him for Breaking Dawn
* 6:05 – Are they planning on changing stuff out of Breaking Dawn the book versus the movie
* 7:20 – How long does he think each Breaking Dawn movie will be? Will they both be 2 hr movies?
* 8:02 – Says they are shooting Breaking Dawn in Vancouver and Louisiana
* 8:25 – What else is he involved with? Talks about his Wizard of Oz project at Warner Bros./New Line. Says his film is a faithful adaptation of the book
* 9:15 – With two competing projects happening does he think whichever one goes first will get made
* 9:45 – Talks about a Channing Tatum 10 year High School reunion movie that he’s working on. Also a Janice Joplin movie with Amy Adams directed by Fernando Meirelles.

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MTV:Stephenie Meyer Wants 'Breaking Dawn' Birth Scene To Be 'Awful' (video)

"I'd love to have the birth scene be every bit as awful — I know it freaked people out, but for those of us who have been through childbirth a couple times, it is a scary, terrifying experience," she said. "This is just taking that to an exponential power, and I love going there."

By Meyer's estimation, another challenging scene for "Dawn" director Bill Condon and company to tackle in their upcoming two films will be the infamous and also fairly controversial/creepy werewolf imprinting. "The imprinting thing, how do you have that come across?" Meyer wondered about Jacob's relationship with Bella and Edward's baby, Renesmee. "How do you make it clear what's going on inside someone that way? It's a challenge. I think Bill might be up to it, though. He's really smart and on top of it."

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