Panicked, Edward begins chest compressions. Edward injects Bella's heart with his venom in an attempt to transform her into a vampire, but his action appears to be futile as Bella remains lifeless. After she chooses Renesmee (a combination of her mother's name and Edward's mother's name) as the baby's name, Bella's heart stops beating. Following the procedure, Bella wakes up and sees her healthy newborn daughter. The procedure is excruciatingly painful for Bella, and she falls unconscious. Edward, Jacob, and Rosalie begin performing an emergency cesarean section, as Carlisle is out obtaining blood. Edward's dislike for the baby dissolves as he notices he can read the baby's thoughts.īella is sharing her ideas about baby names with Edward and Jacob when she suddenly collapses. Bella's pregnancy continues to progress at an alarming rate as a half-vampire, the fetus's development is far more accelerated than that of a human fetus. When Bella begins drinking human blood obtained by Carlisle from the local hospital, her health improves. However, a snide comment from Jacob makes Bella realize that the baby is craving blood. Disagreement over this issue causes Jacob and a few other wolves to disperse from Sam's pack in order to form their own.Īs Bella's pregnancy progresses, her health declines rapidly. Sam and the other wolves do not wish to harm Bella, either, but Sam believes that if they do not kill Bella, her unborn child will. While Jacob does agree that the pack should eliminate Bella's unborn baby, he does not want any harm to come to Bella because he still has feelings for her and because she has done nothing wrong. Sam believes that the baby will not be able to control its craving for human blood once it is born and believes that the pack should kill Bella to ensure that her unborn child does not harm anyone else. Bella opts to continue her pregnancy.Īs Jacob storms out of the Cullens' residence, he shapeshifts and arranges a meeting in the woods with his packmates regarding Bella's pregnancy. Jacob, upset by Bella's failing health, says that Carlisle should terminate the pregnancy as soon as possible to save Bella's life. Jacob rushes to the Cullens' house and finds Bella pale, underweight, and visibly pregnant. The couple fly back home to Forks, Washington. He tells Bella that Carlisle should perform an abortion Bella refuses, and convinces Edward's sister, Rosalie, to act as her bodyguard. Edward is distraught, as he knows that it is highly unlikely a human will survive giving birth to a vampire's baby. Carlisle, Edward's adoptive father, is told by Bella that she believes she is pregnant. Two weeks after the wedding, Bella vomits after waking and notices her period is late. Jacob becomes furious, knowing that such an act could kill her.Īfter the wedding, Bella and Edward travel to Isle Esme for their honeymoon, and they make love for the first time. Bella admits that she and Edward plan to consummate their marriage on their honeymoon while she is still human. Bella is pleasantly surprised to see Jacob, and the two share a dance in the woods.
During the reception, Jacob Black, who had left town upon receiving an invitation to the wedding, returns. Bella and Edward happily exchange vows and are married. Although negatively reviewed by critics, the film was commercially successful, grossing over $712 million worldwide.Ī few months after the events of the previous film, it is the day of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's wedding. It was released in theaters on November 18, 2011, and released to DVD on February 11, 2012, in the United States.
Wyck Godfrey and Karen Rosenfelt served as producers of the film, along with the author of the series, Stephenie Meyer the screenplay was written by Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter of the first three entries.
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner reprised their roles.
Constituting the first of a two-part adaptation of the novel, the film is the fourth and penultimate installment in The Twilight Saga film series, and was followed by Breaking Dawn: Part 2 in 2012. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn: Part 1, is a 2011 American romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer.