Published by Jeff Leins on August 10, 2009
Sony’s Screen Gems is moving forward with a fourth Underworld with plans to shoot the feature in 3-D. ShocktilYouDrop has the scoop, which adds a tentative release date of January 21, 2011.
There’s no word yet on whether Michael Sheen or Bill Nighy will return the successful vampire/werewolf franchise. Nor do we know if Kate Beckinsale is interested in coming back after taking the prequel off (she was replaced in the female lead by Rhona Mitra). Beckinsale’s husband, Len Wiseman, directed the first two and produced the third, so presumably he’s involved in some capacity.
Unfortunately, we don’t know much. We do know Screen Gems was pleased with the return on investment on Underwold: Rise of the Lycans. The prequel pulled $91 million worldwide on a budget of $35M.
The third movie wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. Ideally for the fans and for the series, Kate would be back. Hopefully we’ll get some more details soon. What do you think? Are you fiending for more Underworld?