When we learned it was only salary negotiations keeping The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn from becoming a two-part movie, we knew it was only a matter of time before the official announcement was made. And now that Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene have their contracts in place, the news is out-- Breaking Dawn will be two movies, and it's possible the Twilight Saga will never, ever end.

OK, I exaggerate-- the series will end at some point, though it's telling that they're only announcing the release date for the first film, which hits theaters on November 18, 2011. Presumably at some point during the already crowded summer of 2012-- Batman 3! The Avengers! Spider-Man!-- we'll get the final Twilight film, and everyone with irrational fears of tween girls can finally crawl out of their caves and breathe the fresh air once again.

Full press release from Summit below:

Los Angeles, CA, June 10, 2010 – Summit Entertainment confirmed today that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN 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. The TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN will start production in the Fall.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.

The third film in the franchise, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE is due in theaters on June 30, 2010.