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Kate Beckinsale Returns to Underworld

Topic started by Pope on Sept. 24, 2010. Last post by johnnydamage 2 years, 7 months ago.
Post by Pope (122 posts) See mini bio
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Just when you thought a franchise was dead, they pull the original star back in. ComingSoon reports that Kate Beckinsale has signed on to reprise the role of Selene in the upcoming Underworld 4. This will mark her return to the franchise she lent a (beautiful) face to with 2003's Underworld and 2006's Underworld: Evolution, but bowed out of for 2009's Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. 
 
Beckinsale's husband, Len Wiseman, directed those first two pictures as well, though he will not be returning for Underworld 4, as he appears busy making the, ugh, Total Recall remake. Wiseman will still act as producer, though. No other director has yet been attached. 
 
The script is being written by  John Hlavin with revisions by J. Michael Straczynski. Production will commence in Vancouver in March 2011.
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
Post by FrozenPeas (417 posts) See mini bio
Skidd's gonna be so happy!
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by Ghostiet (252 posts) See mini bio

Guess Wiseman aint's o wise at all. HEEEY-OH.

Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by Everyones_A_Critic (788 posts) See mini bio
This franchise just won't die, will it?
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by FrozenPeas (417 posts) See mini bio
@Everyones_A_Critic:  But think what it does for the catsuit economy.
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by Everyones_A_Critic (788 posts) See mini bio
@FrozenPeas said:
" @Everyones_A_Critic:  But think what it does for the catsuit economy. "
Maybe it's a necessary evil, then.
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by HT101 (350 posts) See mini bio
Revisions by JMS sound good to me.  I will trust that man with pretty much anything that he does.
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by White_Silhouette (122 posts) See mini bio
I liked the first, and the second was ok. But do we really need more?
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by Martin_Blank (472 posts) See mini bio
I don't know how they managed to take an interesting concept like a vampire-werewolf war and turn it into a shitty movie, but they did. 
 

Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by phrosnite (30 posts) See mini bio
I thought the first two movie were ok but the 3rd was so boring... I'm glad there will be a 4th movie and the original star is coming back.
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by crusader8463 (288 posts) See mini bio
Awesome. I loved these movies. Especially the artistic look of them. Glad to see they are making more. Haters gonna hate.
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by skidd (2,155 posts) See mini bio
Wooooooo!!! She's back! 
The first Underworld was good fun, Evolution didn't really do it for me. From what I've read, it seems like this will be Kate's last involvement in the franchise and that she wasn't even that keen to do it anyway. Whatever the case may be, it seems like she kinda needed this - career-wise at least.
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by FLStyle (157 posts) See mini bio
Should be interesting to see what bad guy they can think of that'll stand up to Selene's omnipotent True Immortal powers.
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by Bunnyman (154 posts) See mini bio
Damn you kids and your vampire franchises that I can't be bothered to see. Other than the first one which wasn't horrible. I like Bill Nighy. Any chance he'll return as well?
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by skidd (2,155 posts) See mini bio
@bunnyman: Well, without giving away the ending of the first film...it seems unlikely. But yeah, Bill Nighy is great. 
@FLStyle: Good point - they didn't leave a whole lot of room for a sequel at the end of Evolution. 
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
Post by Ronald (323 posts) See mini bio
@FLStyle said:
" Should be interesting to see what bad guy they can think of that'll stand up to Selene's omnipotent True Immortal powers. "
They'll just Resident Evil it and take away all of her powers at the beginning of the movie. Although I think a Beckinsale in god mode movie would be fun.
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Post by White_Silhouette (122 posts) See mini bio
 
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Post by zudthespud (221 posts) See mini bio
More Kate Beckinsale is the good kind of Kate Beckinsale.
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago
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Post by Polygon_Wizard (86 posts) See mini bio
I liked the first Underworld and really liked the second one (mostly for the villain).  The prequel movie was okay, but not as much fun as the other two.  I'm not opposed to another Underworld movie, but I'm not expecting anything special.
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