Underworld 3- The official Thread!

[steelio2006]

didnt really care for the 2nd one. so not really excited for this one either.

 

[Darth Elektra]

So wait, RHONA MITRA is in this? I'll be seeing it no doubt.

BUT, why didnt they just use the acctress from the first movie.

Yeah, Rhona Mitra is in the film.

She didn't speak English.

 

[Darth Elektra]

'Underworld: Rise of the Lycan' casting news!

Bloody-Disgusting has learned this evening that Steven MacKintosh (Underworld: Evolution) and Kevin Grievoux (Underworld) are both returning to the land of vampires and werewolves in Sony Screen Gems' Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans. They will star alongside Michael Sheen, Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy and Shane Brolly in the prequel that is set in the Dark Ages and traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their one-time werewolf slaves, the Lycans. Shooting has already begun in Auckland, New Zealand.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Edit: Double Post.

 

[Rac]

That's great, but still no news of Zita Görög's involvement.

 

[Bastila]

That's great, but still no news of Zita Görög's involvement.

I know, its like they either are going to re-cast her or not have her character, but I think they should I want all 3 elders out there! And I thought we could see her character more since we both now know the other two, lets give her character some development and history.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Underworld overdrive

Filmmaker Len Wiseman is planning a mega-version of Underworld.

"There is a movie there that just exists for the DVD audience," Wiseman tells Sun Media about his fantasy franchise, which has a rabid cult following despite being savaged by critics. Underworld tells the saga of an ancient blood feud between vampires and werewolves.

"As soon as this third one is done, (that means) putting the entire movie together and editing a six-hour version that's just for the hardcore fan."

The mega-version would contain special footage unseen in the individual movies, Wiseman says from L.A. Those scenes would be filmed exclusively for the DVD version.

"It's always been a dream of mine for the DVD crowd," he says of creating a version that fills in the blanks in the story. "That's the stuff that's really exciting for the world of DVD."

His scheme has a wildcat factor. The third Underworld would have to do well at the box office in 2009. Failure is not an option.

This third instalment, now in production, is Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. Key players Bill Nighy (as Viktor), Michael Sheen (Lucian) and Shane Brolly (Kraven) will return. Sensuous British starlet Rhona Mitra (from Shooter and The Number 23) has been cast as Sonja to get fanboys slathering.

Rise of the Lycans will be filmed in New Zealand. As a prequel dating back to the Dark Ages, the story will explore the roots of the feud that led to the wars depicted in the first two movies.

Wiseman co-wrote and directed Underworld (2003) and its sequel, Underworld: Evolution (2006). He met and eventually married his sexy English star, Kate Beckinsale, famous for her skin-tight leathers.

Wiseman is co-writing and producing the prequel, which will be directed by first-timer Patrick Tatopoulos, a special-effects specialist who created the creatures for the franchise. Beckinsale will not be in the prequel.

Wiseman says that, as soon as Rise has opened in theatres, he will prepare the mega-version. "Like The Lord of the Rings, it could all be put together as one movie and I'm sure it would edit together coherently."

The Underworld prequel has always been in Wiseman's plans. "We mapped out such a broad world and then had to decide what the movies would be," he says of the original arc of Underworld.

"We developed a history and how all the species were created and how they went to war and how it broke out and what started everything."

Wiseman, like prequel director Tatopoulos, started out on the craft side of filmmaking. Before making his mark as a director on music videos, he worked in props, including on Men in Black. He remembers quick-witted Will Smith as a delight and crusty Tommy Lee Jones as a nightmare who will never be offered a role in any future Wiseman movie. "Who needs the aggravation?"

Underworld happened by accident. "Underworld is just something that came out of left field from an idea that was actually spawned at a different studio," Wiseman recalls. He was originally offered the chance to do a werewolf movie.

"I actually had no interest in developing just a werewolf film. I didn't know how to put a different angle (on it). But the idea of vampires versus werewolves, that was different. That was a concept that I hadn't seen -- and I was surprised I hadn't seen it -- for a very long time.

"Ultimately, I pitched it to them and they turned it down. They didn't like it at all. But I kept going with it and we developed it (at Universal Studios) and it turned into what it turned into."

The success of Underworld almost pigeonholed Wiseman into the Goth world, until he showed his prowess directing mainstream action on Live Free or Die Hard. "I'm not Goth at all," he protests.

"Guys! Underworld is the way it looks because that was what was appropriate for Underworld. I wanted it to feel like a comic book. Honestly, this is a world where vampires and werewolves walk among us and it can't feel like reality or, I think, it would be ridiculous."

http://www.torontosun.com/Entertainment/Columnists/Kirkland_Bruce/2008/01/16/4775584.html

 

[Bastila]

Nice interview there

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

Is Kate Beckinsale returning?

 

[Bastila]

Is Kate Beckinsale returning?

Not in the prequel But if this goes well there is a 4th, which is a sequel to the 3nd film, so this film has to do well so we get a sequel

 

[Dangerous]

These films suck, they should stop making them.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

while im not a fan of Underworld, though I watched the first one out of bordem but I like Kate... I saw her in Pearl Harbor alongside Jennifer Garner as nurses... hawt nurses.

 

[squeekness]

I for one am jazzed about this. I enjoyed both Underworld films and was hoping we'd get more.

 

[JohnRico]

That 6 hour edit of all 3 movies sound nice & can there honestly be a 4th movie with Selene ? Her & Michael together are Super God Damn Powerful

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

Who is Selene?

 

[JohnRico]

Who is Selene?

Selene is played by Kate Beckinsale

 

[CrypticOne]

'Underworld: Rise of the Lycan' casting news!

Bloody-Disgusting has learned this evening that Steven MacKintosh (Underworld: Evolution) and Kevin Grievoux (Underworld) are both returning to the land of vampires and werewolves in Sony Screen Gems' Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans. They will star alongside Michael Sheen, Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy and Shane Brolly in the prequel that is set in the Dark Ages and traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their one-time werewolf slaves, the Lycans. Shooting has already begun in Auckland, New Zealand.

It's good that they're getting the original cast. I'll check it out. Should be interesting.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

Selene is played by Kate Beckinsale

OH...lol silly me.

 

[JohnRico]

I think it is time for this thread to get renamed now that we know the title

 

[Bastila]

That 6 hour edit of all 3 movies sound nice & can there honestly be a 4th movie with Selene ? Her & Michael together are Super God Damn Powerful

Yeah I agree I would watch them all lol.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Found some pictures of new faces in the Underworld.

Source: http://www.actors.co.nz/viewPage.aspx?documentId=40019

Craig Parker
http://www.actors.co.nz/people/viewAnybody.aspx?anybodyId=539

Sam Carthy
http://www.actors.co.nz/people/viewAnybody.aspx?anybodyId=41963

Lee Tuson
http://www.actors.co.nz/people/viewAnybody.aspx?anybodyId=54473

Geraldine Brophy
http://www.actors.co.nz/people/viewAnybody.aspx?anybodyId=558

Ewen Gilmour
http://www.actors.co.nz/people/viewAnybody.aspx?anybodyId=582

Robert McCulley
http://www.actors.co.nz/people/viewAnybody.aspx?anybodyId=527

 

[Movies205]

These films suck, they should stop making them.

To True

 

[Darth Elektra]

No More Underworld for Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale revealed today at the junket for her new film, Snow Angels, that she won't be returning to the Underworld franchise -- at least not anytime soon.

Beckinsale did offer that she'd like to maybe one day "pull a Bruce Willis" and return to her character at 50. (How a vampire gets to 50, I have no idea.)

But unfortunately for fans, there's no cameo appearance in the upcoming third film, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans due next year.

Check back with IESB soon for the full transcript of Beckinsale's Q and A alongside director David Gordon Green.

Snow Angels opens March 7th.

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4410&Itemid=99

 

[GhostPoet]

What? Did she get tired of being used as a sexual object instead of an actual character?

 

[Darth Elektra]

An interview about Raze his stunt double for underworld 3

http://allafrica.com/stories/200803100424.html