Stephenie Meyer Rift with Summit on “Breaking Dawn” is Awfully Untrue

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2:48 pm, January 12th, 2010

Our usual reliable pals over at E! Online caused a bit of a stir yesterday with an “Awful Truth” post detailing the “fun drama” between “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer and the vampire series’ film studio, Summit Entertainment, over the adaptation of her final book, “Breaking Dawn.”

Returning to the debate over whether to make the series capper one film or two, E! cites an “insider” as claiming Meyer and Summit “have very different agendas.” According to the piece, Meyer is reluctant to greenlight the two-film option, and the studio is “doing its best to ‘politely inspire’” her. “It’s all about trying to convince Meyer to do it,” the post continues, later asking, “Jeez, is it actually harder for a devout Mormon [like Meyer] to whore out her creative baby than, say, a reported Protestant like J.K. Rowling, who certainly had no difficulties milking the Harry Potter flicks for all they were worth?”

Gossip Cop truly likes the team over at E!… but they’ve got this one wrong. There’s no such rift between Meyer and Summit over Breaking Dawn‘s fate.

So misplaced were the claims, in fact, Meyer herself responded on her official site.

“There is no drama over whether the book should be one movie or two,” Meyer writes. And while the author states again her belief that it would be difficult to tell all of Breaking Dawn in a single film, “If a great way of doing that surfaces, I’m all for it.”

“I know people are anxious for news, and so sometimes gossip gets fabricated to stir things up,” Meyer makes sure to add. “But there’s no basis to this particular story.”

And a Summit source further confirms to Gossip Cop there aren’t any competing agendas.

No worries, “Twilight” fans. There’s no sign of a “Breaking Dawn” breakdown.

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