Kind of late in the day, but the “Twilight” juggernaut appears to be making some sort of belated bid for artistic respectability. Supposedly Breaking Dawn, the maybe-two-part, maybe-3-D culmination of this saga, has been shopped to some rather serious directors, including Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk), Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette), and Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls–and, more to the point, Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh).

Nobody’s made any sort of commitment, and that’s not going to happen until they see a detailed outline of the final script. On the other hand, that might happen as early as next week. It’s a little difficult to imagine how any of these directors would approach Breaking Dawn, because that third book is one crazy-ass story. Still, it’s fun to speculate. That scene where Edward gnaws open Bella’s indestructible belly to release the Fetus of Death sounds like quite the directorial challenge. A few more demented production decisions like this, and the “Twilight” people might yet lure me into the theatre.