Wednesday, Summit Entertainment announced in a press release that Academy Award winner Bill Condon will direct The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, the next, and final, movie in the Twilight series. The script is currently being written by Melissa Rosenburg and the film will – of course – star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.  Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt, and Stephenie Meyer will produce the project.

“Bringing Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn to the screen requires a graceful and intelligent hand and we believe Bill Condon is exactly the right steward, having shown equal and abundant talents of immense creativity and subtle sensitivity,” said Erik Feig, President of Production and Acquisitions, for Summit Entertainment.

“I’m very excited to get the chance to bring the climax of this saga to life on-screen.

As fans of the series know, this is a one-of-a-kind book – and we’re hoping to create an equally unique cinematic experience,” said Bill Condon.

Condon is best known for writing and directing Dreamgirls, Kinsey, and Gods and Monsters (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1999).  He was nominated in 2003 for his screenplay of the musical Chicago.  Recently, Condon directed the pilot episode of the show The Big C for Showtime.

The next Twilight film to hit theaters will be The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, due to open June 30, 2010.