The end is nigh.  The final poster for the franchise-closing The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has been unveiled.  The one-sheet features stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner running into some action, but just because they’re partaking in physical activity doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten to make their super serious faces.  The film’s “forever” tagline is also present, as the poster threatens promises an “epic finale that will live forever.”

Hit the jump to check out the poster.  Directed by Bill Condon, the film also stars Mackenzie Foy, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz and Jackson Rathbone.  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 opens November 16th.

[Update: 15 high-resolution images have been released and are also included after the jump.]

While the trailer we brought you last night for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was all well and good, tonight we have the full final trailer for the epic conclusion to The Twilight Saga.  While this version features the exact same amount of cougar tackling as the last one, fans will also be happy to see about forty-five seconds of new footage.  The final trailer reveals more of the world’s vampires outside of Forks, the powers they possess and the punishment that awaits Bella and her coven should they fail.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer.  Directed by Bill Condon, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Mackenzie Foy, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz and Jackson Rathbone.  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 opens November 16th. 

A new trailer for the final entry in the Twilight franchise, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, has been released.  If you’ve been waiting patiently to see Kristen Stewart viciously tackle a mountain lion, your moment has come.  This trailer focuses on Stewart’s newfound vampire powers and sets up the major conflict in the film: the vampire government (cult?) the Volturi is angry because they think Bella and Edward created a vampire baby by biting a child, which is apparently frowned upon in the Twilight universe.  As we all know, Renesmee is the fruit of some good old fashioned baby-makin’, but I guess instead of trying to sort out this misunderstanding, the two factions of vampires—and Jacob—decide it’s better to go to war.  The drama and action levels look to have been upped considerably for this finale, and fans of the book series will likely be pleased with the results.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer.  Directed by Bill Condon, the film also stars Robert Pattinson, Mackenzie Foy, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, and Jackson Rathbone.  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 opens November 16th. 

The Twilight film franchise will finally come to a close this November with the series’ concluding chapter, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.  The film’s release comes with some added behind-the-scenes drama, but Twilight fans are likely just excited to see how Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson bring the franchise to an end.  A couple new images from the film have landed online, along with some quotes from director Bill Condon about the movie.  He reveals how long the film will be, talks about visualizing the Bella/Edward spawn Renesemee’s powers, and teases the film’s climax.  Hit the jump to check out the photos and Condon quotes.

A frequent theme in the oeuvre of writer-director David Cronenberg is how we become alienated through the ubiquitous.  We fail to notice how everyday facets of our lives are changing us on a fundamental level, and causing us to be alienated from ourselves and each other physically, mentally, and emotionally.  In Videodrome, Crash, and eXistenZ, Cronenberg explored how technology warped our relationship to the world to the point where technology became organic and the organic became mechanical.  In his last movie, A Dangerous Method, Cronenberg explored how psychotherapy causes people to become distanced from their emotions and psyches.  In his latest film, Cosmopolis, Cronenberg turns his eye to capitalism, and has created a darkly comic, coldly calculating look at a world where everything is for sale and nothing has value.  Like A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis suffers from the lack of an emotional impact, which is the inevitable result of a story where characters have become disconnected from emotion, but the story will still leave your head spinning.

Just a few days ahead of the limited release of his new starring role in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, Robert Pattinson is reportedly joining Werner Herzog’s indie picture, Queen of the Desert.   The picture, which stars Naomi Watts, centers on Gertrude Bell (Watts), “who was alternately a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century. While only a commoner herself, Bell was nonetheless a kingmaker, helping found the modern states of Iraq and Jordan and installing their first rulers, King Abdullah and King Faisal.”  Pattinson would play a young Lawrence of Arabia.  Hit the jump for more details on his character.

Four new images from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 have gone online.  Like the majority of images we’ve seen from the upcoming film, these show Bella and her new family being happy as can be.  At worst, the characters are looking at something disconcerting.  Based on the images alone, it looks like the movie is shaping up to be an L.L. Bean catalog where strange things are happening off camera.

Hit the jump to check out the images.  The film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Mackenzie Foy, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, and Jackson Rathbone.  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 opens November 16th.

While fans are currently anticipating the release of the final installment of the Twilight franchise in just a few short months (as well as the accompanying, sure-to-be-interesting press tour for the film), a number of new promo images from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 have landed online to tide them over.  Not unlike this gallery featuring the covens, there are 11 images in all here showcasing the film’s major characters and a massive amount of brooding.  Seriously, this cast has that “smoldering” thing down pat.

Hit the jump to take a look at the images.  The film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz and Jackson Rathbone.  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 opens on November 16th.

Now that he’s done filming The Twilight Saga, Robert Pattinson is on a wonderful mission: use his star power to help directors we like get their movies made.  The first notable example is Cosmopolis, the latest off-kilter film from director David Cronenberg that hits theaters on August 17.  The next is The Rover, the second feature by Animal Kingdom director David Michod that co-stars Guy Pearce.  According to THR, Screen Australia has stepped up to finance the The Rover.  Here is why you should care:

“Set in the Australian desert, the futuristic western tells the story of Eric, who has left everything, everyone and every semblance of human kindness behind him, as he’s forced to join an injured gang member, Rey, to hunt down Rey’s gang after they steal the last of Eric’s possessions.”

I was hooked by word eight.  Screen Australia will also finance Felony starring Joel Edgerton, Healing starring Hugo Weaving, and the Kim Jong-il movie Aim High in Creation.  Hit the jump for details.

The cast and creative team of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 appeared recently at Comic-Con for the last time as the concluding film of the series is set to open this November 16th.  But recent behind-the-scenes set photos from star Gil Birmingham, who played Jacob’s dad, give fans a look at the young stars back when it all started with Twilight in 2008.  The images show off a fresh(er)-faced Robert Pattinson, a teenaged Kristen Stewart (complete with a cake and party on her 18th birthday) and a less wolfed-out Taylor Lautner.  They also feature my favorite part of the entire Twilight saga: that sweet old Chevy truck that Bella gets from her dad.  Love that thing.  Hit the jump to take a trip back in time and check out the behind-the-scenes images.

Earlier today, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 entertained fans at Comic-Con for the last time.  To close out the festivities, author Stephenie Meyer and the leading cast welcomed new cast members onto the stage, actors who will be playing exotic vampires from around the world.  But the billion-dollar franchise had one more trick up its fashionable sleeve as new images of the vampiric characters from other covens have been released.  This may not be the last time you see your favorite vamps and wolves on the screen, as there is talk of a possible reboot down the road.  You can read up more about the future of the franchise in this recent interview.  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, directed by Bill Condon and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, opens November 16^th.  Hit the jump to check out the images and more information on the covens.

Yesterday, the cast of the Twilight series hit the Hall H stage at Comic-Con for the last time in anticipation of the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 later this year.  Just before the public panel, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and author Stephenie Meyer took part in a press conference and fielded a number of questions regarding the franchise.  You can read the full interview right here, but in case you missed it the group talked briefly about the prospect of rebooting the franchise in the future.

Since Twilight is a highly lucrative property, it only makes sense for a studio down the line to eventually restart the franchise and bring in a new director with a different vision for Meyer’s series.  The actors and Meyer were all asked how they would feel if Twilight was rebooted, and some of their responses may surprise you.  Hit the jump for more.

Earlier today, before taking the stage in Hall H at Comic-Con, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and author Stephenie Meyer held a press conference for a ton of reporters to talk about The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 2 to discuss not only the last installment in the hugely popular franchise, but also their feelings on the entire experience and how it has personally affected them.  Hit the jump for the audio and the full transcript.

The first time I attended Comic-Con was the first time Twilight came to the massive geek gathering.  I can still hear the shrieks, probably because I was in Hall H for the franchise’s final installment, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.  This year’s panel began on a somber note, and there was a brief moment of silence for the Twilight fan who died on Tuesday.  After the moment of silence, lead actors Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner were brought to the stage and met with the cheers they’ve always received at Comic-Con.  The trio are joined by Mackenzie Foy, who plays Renesmee.  Author Stephanie Meyer then takes the stage, making this her first Hall H appearance since the first movie.  We then get a special video message from director Bill Condon, who’s currently in London working on the sound mix for Part 2.  He tells the audience that the best way to start this panel is to pick up where Breaking Dawn – Part 1 left off.  Hit the jump for my full recap of the panel.

A new trailer for David Cronenberg‘s Cosmopolis has gone online.  The plot centers on wealthy businessman (Robert Pattinson) who loses his fortune in a single day, and this trailer does a good job of conveying that basic plotline.  But as we’ve seen from previous trailers, the flick looks far stranger and unwieldy than such a simple premise.  This new trailer feels like it’s trying to smooth out the edges of an insane-looking flick.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  The film also stars Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, K’Naan, and Emily Hampshire.  Cosmopolis opens in limited release August 17th.