THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN — PART 2 November 16 » Stephenie Meyer's epic is longer than Tolstoy's, but then she's got vampires and werewolves to deal with. Director Bill Condon wraps up the series in a reportedly wild and wooly finale, but nothing could be creepier than Taylor Lautner's lupine Jacob "imprinting" on the prepubescent mutant spawn of vamp spouses Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson).
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