Friday, November 20
THR reports that former Shield writer John Hlavin will write the screenplay for Underworld 4. The fourth installment in the franchise is supposedly going to be shot in 3-D and will set up another trilogy of Underworld movies. Hlavin wouldn't say too much about the plot, but he did note that "it's not a prequel."
It will satisfy old fans and excite new audiences, meaning that we don't want to redo the first three movies, so steps are being taken to honor what fans have loved but at the same time introduce fresh elements.
Len Wiseman, director of the first two Underworlds will produce, while neither Kate Beckinsale, who starred in Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, nor Rhona Mitra, who starred in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, are signed on to return. However, Beckinsale has said that she could be interested in returning if she liked the script.
Posted 11/20/2009 by Ryan
Related: Kate Beckinsale | Len Wiseman | Rhona Mitra | Underworld | Underworld: Evolution | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | John Hlavin
Tuesday, September 1
News of a fourth Underworld broke nearly four weeks ago, much to the surprise of Kate Beckinsale, who starred in both the first and second installments. Underworld 4 is slated to be shot in 3D and will be the first of a new trilogy of Underworld movies, but when Collider asked Beckinsale about Underworld 4, she wasn't aware of the new developments:
God, three whole more! I don't think my daughter needs to see my bottom in rubber for another ten years. But I don't know, I've heard they're talking about a fourth one, but I don't know if that's officially happening or if that's a rumor. As far as I'm concerned, it's just a rumor.
According to studio Screen Gems, it's not a rumor, especially after Underworld: Rise of the Lycans scored $91 million dollars worldwide, almost triple its budget. However ignorant Beckinsale may have been about Underworld 4, her return to the series is still possible:
[Underworld] was always conceived as a trilogy, which I was never going to be in the third one. I think if they came up with an amazing script I wouldn't be adverse to it. But it's not planned or anything.
Well it is now. Underworld 4 will arrive in theaters in January of 2011, with or without Beckinsale.
Posted 9/1/2009 by Ryan
Related: Kate Beckinsale | Underworld | Underworld: Evolution | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Sunday, March 2
ReelzChannel.com caught up with Kate Beckinsale the other day at the junket for her upcoming indie flick Snow Angels, and she affirmed fanboys fears that she will not be making any appearances in Underworld 3 (the prequel to Underworld that is to be entitled Underworld: Rise of the Lycans).
Beckinsale said her only involvement with this installment of the franchise is "in a wifely, supportive type way." The actress, who starred in Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, is married to the movies' director, Len Wiseman.
"They’re shooting right now in New Zealand and my husband is not directing, he’s producing it," Beckinsale continued. "And my ex (Michael Sheen, who plays Lucian in the series) is the lead."
"Family franchise," she joked.
Posted 3/2/2008 by reelz
Related: Kate Beckinsale | Underworld | Underworld: Evolution | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Friday, October 26
It appears that one of the more unfortunate side effects of the success of the splendid vampire flick 30 Days of Night is a renewed interest in lesser vampire-oriented franchises. Variety reports today that a Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans is officially moving forward, sans the one element that made the previous two Underworld movies tolerable: Kate Beckinsale. Billed as a prequel, the movie's story centers on the origins of the centuries-old battle between Vampires and Werewolves. B-list heavyweights Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen and Rhona Mitra are slated to star. What -- they couldn't get Kevin Sorbo? Pity.
Posted 10/26/2007 by reelz
Related: Kate Beckinsale | Rhona Mitra | Kevin Sorbo | Underworld | Underworld: Evolution | 30 Days of Night | Michael Sheen