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Final 'Breaking Dawn' poster hits (along with 15 pics)

Courtesy Summit

Today is the day we received the final Twilight movie poster - ever! The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 shows Edward, Bella and Jacob running dramatically into battle, or perhaps running towards a bathroom after eating too much Chipotle. It's hard to tell, really, but it is friggin' epic!

In addition to the poster, fans were given a glimpse at some dramatic shots of Bella being all vampirey, along with a lot of other looks at the movie, due Nov. 16.

Check it all out (after the jump)...

Breaking Dawn, final poster
Courtesy Summit

BY LARISSA MRYKALO

The fall movie season leading up to Christmas is a cornucopia of films that are a paranormal enthusiast’s dream. Heavy on the ghosts, demons and post-apocalyptic world - one we may soon live in if the Mayans were correct - this season will not disappoint.

Many highly-anticipated films, such as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the final installment of the Twilight Saga will thrill fans and a couple of animated flicks will delight the kiddos (and adults).

So which of these following paranormal, horror or fantasy movies are you excited to see? Which...not so much? Look ahead to see the list...

Ritter, courtesy KrystenRitter.org

Vamps was supposed to be released in 2011, but the delay seems worth it as the girly-vampire flick directed by Amy Heckerling (Clueless) and starring Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter gets the trailer treatment. Hitting theaters Nov. 2 (with a Nov. 13 DVD release) - just days before Breaking Dawn's's Nov. 16 premiere - the film focuses on Silverstone and Ritter's character living the undead life in NYC with a tight-knit vamp community when Ritter falls for the son of a vampire hunter. Also starring Justin Kirk (Animal Practice, Weeds), Dan Stevens (Downtown Abbey), Richard Lewis, Malcolm McDowell, Sigourney Weaver and Wallace Shawn (Vizzini!), the movie looks incredibly campy in the same infectious way that Clueless was. It is also Heckerling's return to film directing after a five year absence.

How do you think Vamps looks? Is this the kind of answer to Twilight you were looking for or is this just a little too late?

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' trailer hits, and so does Bella

Here it is, the final trailer for the final Twilight movie forever. Well, probably forever, but as the supercharged, vamped-up Bell (Kristen Stewart) says in the trailer, forever isn't as long as you might hoped.

The trailer, which premiered during the MTV Video Music Awards last Thursday (you may have missed it considering the dismal ratings) is pretty non-stop vamp vs. vamp and werewolf action. The royal vampire clan the Volturi are on their way to take out Edward (Robert Pattinson) and new-vampire Bella's superkid Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy). As a result, the Cullen clan and Jacob's (Taylor Lautner) wolf pack assemble a team of vampires with powers to battle the threat.

So here's the thing, the action-packed trailer actually looks kind of fun, like something out of a Resident Evil or super hero flick. The shot of Bella flying to take out a cougar is a little cheesy - and Michael Sheen's delivery of "Oh, my" is meme worthy (I wonder how George Takei feels about having his catchphrase lifted like that) - but vampire asses do, indeed, look kicked.

Like Part 1, Breaking Dawn - Part 2 is again directed by Bill Condon, and this one is a departure from Stephenie Meyer's final book installment and features a newish ending.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 hits theaters Nov. 16. Will you be buying a ticket?

-Aaron Sagers

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' trailer hits

Here it is, the moment Twi-fans have been waiting for, the new trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. The look at the beginning of the end comes on Edward Cullen's 111th birthday (Happy Bday, Eddie), but it's really Bella who shines in it. Momma Bella, vampire Bella and badass Bella take center stage here, so check it out...

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' 10-second teaser

Summit Entertainment knows you don't want to wait another full day before the new Breaking Dawn - Part 2 trailer hits, so they're rewarding Twi-fans with the 10-second teaser below. Tomorrow, June 20, is Edward Cullen's 111th birthday but it looks like anxious audiences are the ones who will receive all the gifts.

New images from 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2'

It has been a big day for twi-hards. Not only did we see a glimpse, then full-on picture, of Mackenzie Foy as Renesmee Cullen with her parents, but now Entertainment Weekly has unleashed a series of photos from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. And if that still isn't enough, fans can rejoice that the movie will be taking over Comic-Con again - for the last time - with a panel in famed Hall H at the convention center.

Check them out after the jump.

Summit Pictures released the first glimpse of young Renesmee Carlie Cullen aka "Nessie" (played by Mackenzie Foy) in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. It really is just a glimpse as the child is hiding (and being protected by) parents Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson).

While she is a newborn, Renesmee isn't a normal kid and possesses some supernatural abilities - which is a bit of an anomaly for vamp/human hybrids. And she'll reach physical maturity at age seven, although she'll look about 17.

Breaking Dawn - Part 2, directed by Bill Condon, is the final entry of the Twilight Saga and opens Nov. 16. The film also stars Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz. (via EW on Facebook)

UPDATE: Entertainment Weekly has followed through on the tease with two full images of Renesmee and her parents, which will appear on the cover of their June 22 issue (hitting stands this Friday).

Vampire-Human 'Twilight' baby has origin in folklore

Say what you will about the Twilight Saga (and there is admittedly a lot to be said), but you can't dismiss that Stephenie Meyer's epic does get a few things right about vampires. In fact, Twilight has some support from none other than that high-brow institution, the National Geographic.

Depending on how well you know you're Twilight, you may be aware that the new film Breaking Dawn, Part 1 has heroine Bella getting preggers with vamp Ed's undead spawn, and culminates with her having a gruesome birth. Well, after speaking with vampire expert George Gutsche of the University of Arizona, Nat Geo reveals that folklore from the Balkan region of southeastern Europe spoke of vamp-human offspring.

Gutsche says kids with vampire baby-daddies do possess some supernatural powers, but they are not vampires themselves, and have no more affinity for the night than normal humans. Then again, early vampires myths never said the undead couldn't hang out in the day anyhow, although there isn't any talk about lame sparkling in the sunlight.

Also, the children of vampires are typically male -and are carried to term in a normal manner - but some folklore about female kids exists.

So there you have it: Vampire children are people, too. And we can all learn a little something from Twilight - beyond the fact that Jacob is really opposed to wearing shirts.

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1' final trailer hits

Here it is, Twihards, the beginning of the end - part one. What do you think? Fang-popping goodness or are you worried? Yahoo Movies just premiered this and were so kind to allow us to embed it here.