??Kate Beckinsale worked under the direction of her future husband Len Wiseman in this first installment of the action franchise that pits vampires against werewolfs. She plays werewolf hunter Selene.?? Leather trenchcoats and electronica are the hallmarks of this film series that while never a critical hit, made plenty of the cash at the box office. Underworld grossed $95.7 mil dollars worldwide; 2006’s Underworld: Evolution made $111.3 million globally; and 2009’s Underworld: Rise of the Lycans took in $91.4 million across the globe.?? A fourth Underworld movie is set for a Jan. 2012 release.
Another trailer for Underworld Awakening, the fourth film in the series, has been released.
The trailer features more hard-hitting action from part-vampire warrioress Selene (Kate Beckinsale) along with the first good look at the “super lycans.”
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Also from the looks of the new trailer, India Eisley’s (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) character, named Eve, will play a major part in the story.
The Screen Gems film, directed by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein, is set for a Jan. 20 release. In it, everyone’s favorite warrioress, Selene, escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.
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