Breaking Dawn Sticks Its Fangs Into Director?

Dreamgirls writer-director Bill Condon in negotiations with Summit to direct fourth (and possible fifth) installment of Twilight franchise

Don't be surprised if, in between all that life-and-death vampire action, Edward Cullen suddenly feels the need to express himself in song.

Oscar-winning writer-director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Chicago, Gods and Monsters) has become the front-runner to direct Breaking Dawn, the final installment (or two) in the Twilight franchise, emerging from a pack of contenders that reportedly included Sofia Coppola, M. Night Shyamalan, Stephen Daldry and Gus Van Sant.

According to Variety, Condon was not only approached but is now in negotiations to direct the movie, which follows as (SPOILER ALERT! If such a thing still applies two years after the book came out) Bella and Edward get married, spawn the half-human, half-vampire baby Renesmee who nearly kills her mother, and sparks Bella's ultimate transformation into a vampire. You know, the usual.

Filming on the final chapters of the franchise will begin this November. But, as fans are already well aware, they won't have to wait that long to get their Robert Pattinson/Kristen Stewart/Taylor Lautner fixes. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse hits theaters June 30.