Much like the Resident Evil film series, the Underworld series doesn't know when to quit. While we are already waiting for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter to release, we might as well add waiting for Underworld 5 to release.
Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment have officially announced that the fifth Underworld film is in the works and has begun filming in the Czech capital of Prague. The entirety of the movie will be filmed in this location over the next ten weeks.
While no synopsis was released for the addition to the franchise worth $500 million, we do know who will be reprising roles and some of the new characters. As per the official press release:
Theo James (Divergent) returns as Selene's ally David, reprising the role he played in Underworld: Awakening. British actors Tobias Menzies ("Outlander", "Rome") and Lara Pulver ("Sherlock") take on the respective roles of a formidable new Lycan leader and a fiercely ambitious Vampire, and Charles Dance ("Game of Thrones") again plays Vampire elder Thomas. Rounding out the film's stellar international cast are: James Faulkner ("Game of Thrones"), Peter Andersson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), newcomer Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James (A&E's upcoming "Damien") and Daisy Head (the upcoming Fallen).
Underworld 5 will be directed by Anna Foerster, who directed episodes for the TV series Criminal Minds and Outlander and has worked as a cinematographer for The Day After Tomorrow and White House Down. The script was written by Cory Goodman, the man behind The Last Witch Hunter and Priest.
I can't be too upset at seeing Kate Beckinsale back on the big screen, but is it too much to ask for a new series that involves warring factions?
