Breaking Dawn is going to made into a movie!

Breaking Dawn, the fourth film based on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels, has been given an early green light for production, it has been announced.

Although Twilight's production company Summit Entertainment has not issued a statement, industry sources have said that work will begin on Breaking Dawn in the late spring of 2010, Access Hollywood reports.

New Moon, the second film in the series, is currently being filmed in Vancouver and has an expected US release date of November 20, 2009.

Third movie Eclipse is reportedly due in cinemas in June 2010, with Breaking Dawn scheduled for release during 2011.