Update on upcoming Underworld movies

MOVIES...  That's right that is not a typo.  A few weeks ago I reported that Lakeshore Entertainment had confirmed a reboot of the Underworld series but this past week much light has been shed on this story and a reboot is just the tip of the iceberg. 

In fact it looks as if Underworld is going the way of the X-men franchise which had spinoff films (The Wolverine franchise) and whose reboot "X-men first class" ended up being a part of a much bigger universe which included the original franchise. 

In this case the next film in the franchise which is currently untitled will spin off from the last film Underworld: Awakening with the character "David" who was played by Theo James as the lead character with two female leads yet to be cast.

On top of this news Screen Rant is reporting that at the New York Comic Con Len Wiseman aka Mr. Kate Beckinsale says his wife Kate is attached to play Selene for at least one more film.  On top of that he also reportedly revealed that plans also call for what he describes as a "soft reboot" along with an Underworld television series.  So it looks like we're going to get at least one more look at Kate Beckinale in a shiny catsuit after all.


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Is a "Vampire Academy" sequel on the horizan?

Well according to the official facebook of the film that is the plan and they are going to need the fans of the book franchises help in order for the film to happen.  According to the update...

"We are pleased to announce that we are implementing a plan to bring Frostbite to life! BUT…and this is a big BUT…we are going to need your help,” reads the statement. “To take a page out of the Guardian handbook– it’s time to start training! We have to get a larger percentage of our followers active…over the next 2 weeks, we are going to work on waking everyone up– making sure they set their notifications to get our updates and rallying the troops. You want Frostbite? This is step one. The power is in the hands of the fans. May the odds be ever in your favor…oh wait, I mean: ‘Things die. But they don’t always stay dead."

If you've seen the film (which I will review this week) you know the ending was pretty open to the story continuing as much like every other book to film adaptation this was just one part of a large series.  What they didn't plan for was for the film to completely tank at the box office which is funny considering there wasn't a hunky male lead to draw in the "twi-hard" fan base this film was meant to attract.  Either way we'll see soon enough if whatever they have planned works and Frostbite comes to life.

Fright Night 2: New Blood TRAILER!

So here it is.  I've been covering this film since the project was announced last October and now we have our first trailer.

The straight to DVD movie which has a tentative release date of October 1st in the United States has been subject to a lot of speculation as all reports of the plot left a major grey area as far as what the premise could be.  Was it a direct remake of the 1988 sequal starring Julie Carmen?  Was it a straight to DVD reboot of the franchise or was it a retelling of the original story with a twist?  Well by what this trailer gives us the answer to all those questions is YES. 

So seemingly we are pretending Collin Farrell never happened (which for many of us isn't hard to do).  Gerri Dandridge is now a MILFY college professor who is a lesbian version of the killer playboy Chris Sarandon played in 1985 and like Carmen is going to use her sex appeal to pretty much get what she wants (and from reports that answer is still Charlies girlfriend "Amy"). If this is true then we can pretty much assume that Sacha Parkinson (Amy) will be dawning the fangs for a brief moment in this film as well (as this trailer hints that the film follows the layout of the 1985 film pretty accurately with Charlie, Ed and Amy running for their lives together the majority of it). 

So this brings the question.  Does this trailer give you enough that you're willing to give this franchise one more shot?

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