Perhaps. But the Death Dealers look a lot less "Metrosexual" than the pretty blonde boys of Rohan. :lol:

True that! (But he's still wearing a mullet.)

Mullet or no, Bill Nighy is beyond awesome! I'm definitely looking forward to this even if he only has a cameo. :D

Is it just me or does Michael (Scott Speedman) look... odd? It's as if he's aging really fast or something. :hscratch:

Yes he does. But I know one thing...I would give anything to have Beckinsale look at me the way she's looking at him in the pic. :(

Kate --> :o:flowers: <-- Giantrobo
Kate --> :o:hump: <-- Centurion

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr..._id=1000910864

Luma Pictures has signed on as lead visual effects house for Lakeshore Entertainment/Screen Gems' "Underworld II." The visual effects work for "Underworld II" is expected to be more ambitious than for the first film and will feature CG creatures. Luma is expected to deliver digital matte paintings, CG set extensions, green screen composites, particle effects and other visuals to enhance the film. The film is currently in production with Len Wiseman again directing. (Staff report)

i cannot wait for this one.

I was definitely disappointed by the first movie, although I didn't hate it. I thought the story was really good (except the love story crap... I know they were going for another take on Romeo and Juliet but that story was been reimagined more times than anything but the Bible). And Kate looked exceptionally good in it. But the action scenes were sooo boring. A lot was happening, and in theory they should've been exciting. But they weren't. I blame the director, and of course he's back (since he's the lucky SOB who's married to Kate).

I bump this thread with new info so often that Sony should put me on the payroll ;)

Creature-Corner.com has posted a set visit. This is a good read with some minor spoilers.

http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=articles&id=607

The release date has been changed again. Underworld: Evolution opens January 20, 2006. There should be more updates next Saturday when Sony presents at Comic-Con.

First images from Comic-Con (a poster is in the background):

http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/im....jpg&img=9&tt=

http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/im....jpg&img=9&tt=

I'm guessing the pics are blurry on purpose because they gave me a headache while viewing them.

i guess the figured they would do better at that date than to go against kong and the chronicles.

http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/...ster1_full.jpg

The new site features a small letter of introduction from Kate Beckinsale's character.
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworldevolution/

I was too pre-occupied with Kate Beckinsale in hot black latex to care about the war between vampires and werewolves

Cool! I like the part about getting to Marcus. That sounds interesting.

That site is neat, and I like the way they tinker with her eyes. The first one is a movie that tooks some time to grow on me, but I now think it's actually decent, just not as action oriented as I was lead to believe. I have to give kudos to Kate Beckinsale for actually playing a bad ass anti-heroine believably, as she is the last person I would cast in such a role.

I didn't particulary like the original as it left a lot to be desired technically, but I might eventually watch this when it hits DVD.

Kate Beckinsale....... :drool:

I was actually impressed with the action sequences. Nothing spectacular, but given their fairly low budget (23 mil) I think they delivered on putting a lot on the screen. Fun genre fare, and I'm looking forward to the sequel.

http://movieweb.com/news/news.php?id=8570

Today Movieweb had the pleasure of sitting in on a roundtable discussion with Scott Speedman, Kate Beckinsale, Director Len Wiseman and creature creator Patrick Tatopoulos for the forthcoming sequel, Underworld: Evolution. This film follows the very well received Underworld.

The sequel to the $100 million worldwide hit, Underworld: Evolution continues the saga of war between the aristocratic Death Dealers and the barbaric Lycans (werewolves). The film traces the beginnings of the ancient feud between the two tribes as Selene (Kate Beckinsale), the beautiful vampire heroine, and Michael (Scott Speedman), the lycan hybrid, try to unlock the secrets of their bloodlines. The fast-paced, modern-day tale of deadly action, ruthless intrigue and forbidden love takes them into the battle to end all wars as the immortals must finally face their retribution.

The first of the two discussions began with Scott Speedman and Kate Beckinsale. It is apparent that these two actors take their roles of Selene and Michael very seriously, but they also seem to have had a great time on the set and formed a bond through working together.The interview opened with Speedman being asked what he had going on as far as movie roles were concerned. He candidly admitted that he didn’t have much happening in that department, simply because he’s not being offered “the kind of roles” he wants. Beckinsale then said that this new film “immediately” picks up where the other one left off. Both actors also did a lot of their own stunts and Beckinsale stated that for the most part, Director Len Wiseman (and also Beckinsale’s husband), wants them to do as many of their own stunts as possible.

The biggest difference with this film, Beckinsale noted with a smile, was that Wiseman “was in my room more.” Due to this, she had a more intimate relationship with the film in as far as how it is being edited. Beckinsale also informed us that she wears the same outfit that she wore in the last film, while Speedman joked that he got to wear “different pants.” As far as new enemies being introduced in this film, Beckinsale said they “have trouble from another hybrid this time.”

When asked about the prospects of doing Underworld 3 both actors seemed very open to the possibility with Beckinsale stating, “I think there could be... definitely by the end of this movie there’s another twist” which could lead into another film. They also both expressed a great deal of reverence for being able to work with Bill Nighy. “I loved it.” Speedman stated. They also described the training for this second film as “more intense.”

Lastly, Speedman was asked if he would ever consider playing a comic book character like Captain America and Beckinsale was hypothetically offered the role of Wonder Woman. “No.” Speedman stated matter-of-factly while Beckinsale would only offer, “I was Wonder Woman last Halloween.”

After that, Len Wiseman and Patrick Tatopoulos sat down and answered some questions about Underworld: Evolution. Wiseman stated that while he and Beckinsale are husband and wife, this actually helps when he directs her. “She’s very good about saying what she likes and doesn’t like.” Also, he can communicate his ideas easier to her because he can “cut through everything... you’re not walking on eggshells.” When asked if the success of the first film brought about any big changes with the making of the sequel, he stated that “having a crew that really knew what to do” was the biggest change. Not wanting to insult the crew from the first film, he stated that “the process” of getting the first movie made was a “struggle.” He was shooting in Budapest, Hungary with a crew that was very new to the filmmaking process. As a result, he said he had to “wear many hats” in order to pull of making the original Underworld.

Getting Patrick Tatopoulos to be the creature designer was a case of Wiseman basically telling him, “you have to do this movie!”. Tatopoulos stated that he feels Underworld: Evolution “is very much a period piece”, and that on this film there were “new werewolves and vampires... it was great fun for me.” When asked about the new hybrid that Beckinsale had alluded to during her roundtable discussion, Wiseman stated that it was “above and beyond Scott himself” in terms of the powers it has.

Lastly, when asked about the prospect of a third Underworld film, Wiseman stated, that he’s “undecided on whether that would be a full prequel or a third film that would just progress.” He then went on to state that “I am just a geek with the whole internet scene...” and that he pays attention “to what the fans like or don’t like.” He went on to say that as far as having certain elements in his films, when he reads enough about a certain thing on a message board he might say “I wasn’t planning on it, but if you guys are really interested, I’ll do that.” When asked if his wife could play Wonder Woman he grinned and said, “I think she’d be great.”

Underworld: Evolution opens in theaters nationwide on January 20th, 2006 through Screen Gems.

Comic-Con pics from comingsoon.net:
http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/im...0.jpg&img=&tt=
http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/im...jpg&img=27&tt=
http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/im...jpg&img=27&tt=

:eek: -other-

Len Wiseman= Lucky Bastard! :mad:

Kate looks so hot with that wavy hair...

I liked Underworld, nothing spectacular, but a good movie. The main problem I had with it was, and I'll put this in spoilers just in case anybody who hasn't watched the first one stumbled into this thread...

I attended the Underworld 2 panel at Comic-Con yesterday.

First off, Kate was looking mighty fine (as you can see in the previously posted pics)

They showed a montage of clips from the movie. A lot of the effects are not done, so it was hard to get an overall feel for the movie. While it has the same "look" there's a lot more action and it seems to have a larger scope. In fact, the crowd liked what they saw so much they showed it a second time.... or maybe they just didn't wanna answer more questions from the audience :)

Greg Cox, who wrote the novelizations for Underworld and Underworld: Blood Enemy, is again listed as the author on the Amazon listing of the Underworld: Evolution graphic novel (release date January 31, 2006).
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

Beckinsale and Speedman Roundtable Interviews Video:
http://iesb.net/sony2005/071805.php

Sony Pictures' Comic-Con Presentation
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/comic...s.php?id=10428

After that, Len Wiseman, director of Underworld: Evolution came out and introduced a montage of footage that he edited together especially for Comic-Con that he promised would never be seen anywhere else. The sequence opened with a few scenes from the distant past with armored warriors on horseback, and it also showed lots of Kate Beckinsale's Selene in action. There also were a number of racy sex scenes, one between Beckinsale and Scott Speedman, who plays her werewolf lover Michael Corvin, and a bit of a threesome between three vampires.

After the montage, Wiseman was joined on stage by his wife Kate Beckinsale, as well as Scott Speedman, and the movie's creature effects specialist Patrick Tatopoulos. Since they hadn't seen the edited footage yet, Wiseman showed the montage one more time for their benefit.

Afterwards, Beckinsale told the crowd why she loved playing the character so much. "She's got a really great balance of being very cool and also, having a lot of vulnerability, which you didn't get to see a lot of in the first movie," she said, "And my husband likes me in the outfit." She wanted to use movies like Alien and Terminatoras the basis for her role as an action heroine, but when they first talked about the movie, Wiseman suggested that she check out Russell Crowe in L.A. Confidential instead. Beckinsale also gave everyone a great idea of what it was like putting on (and more importantly) taking off Selene's leather costume. When asked about the most difficult part of the movie, Speedman admitted that doing a sex scene with Beckinsale while her husband looked on wasn't particularly easy.

Thanks!

I can't wait to read Greg Cox's next Underwold book. I loved the previous 2.

Man, I don't' want to get my hopes up but I can't wait for UW2!

Oh come on.. didn't you want to see the naked Kate love scene and the scene with the 2 naked hotties and the vamp guy again? -ohbfrank-

2 new articles:

1) http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/i...ory=0&id=31744

2) http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/sdcc9.php
I found this really interesting from this article:

The film uncovers a lot of the truth about the two races actual history and how over time that history has been twisted by those in power to suit their own ends. There's new reveals into Selene's past as well that even she was unaware of. Wiseman wanted to do a sequel "if it's a completely different movie - a whole different tapestry, environment, etc" and was able to do it allowing the movie to go into whole other directions. Finally, Beckinsale joked that she didn't like her first film's action figure as it had the "touch of the she-male about it".

Full Comic-Con Panel transcript:
http://movies.monstersandcritics.com...d%3A_Evolution

ALL the toys for UNDERWORLD sucked ass. :down:

New pics from
http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/im...orld_Evolution

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...evolution9.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...evolution6.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...evolution7.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...evolution8.jpg

http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/Ac...evolution1.jpg

Me likes.

Len Wiseman interview:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/i...ory=3&id=31870

Len Wiseman, who directed and co-wrote the vampires-versus-werewolves film Underworld in 2003, told SCI FI Wire that he only agreed to do the upcoming sequel on the condition that it bear as little resemblance to the original as possible. "The fact that I wasn't doing it all over again is what excited me," Wiseman said in an interview. "I sat down with the studio and said, 'Look, I'd love to do Underworld 2 if it's a completely different movie. And I want a whole different tapestry and environment.' And I had no interest whatsoever to just do the first movie over again with different effects and different settings and all that. And I was able to do that, and they were really behind me in going a lot of different directions than maybe they even felt comfortable with, but I wanted to make such a different type of film. That's what interested me."

One of the most noticeable differences will be in the designs of the creatures, and the werewolves in particular, which will appear in flashback sequences looking more wolf-like and feral than before. Wiseman, who made his directing debut on the first film, said he relished the chance to go back and do things better a second time. "It's great to actually revisit, because of course there's things that you discover that work better or things that didn't work [and] you want to improve on them," he said. "Right down to the creatures we had, some things that you'll notice, some things that you won't. Some of the things that you won't notice were a huge help for me just in terms of the technology involved."

Underworld: Evolution once again stars Scott Speedman and Kate Beckinsale (who met Wiseman on the first film and married him last year). In a separate interview, Beckinsale told SCI FI Wire that she worked with Wiseman to make her character—the vampire warrior Selene—more emotionally evolved as well. "Len and I both felt that she was very repressed in the first one and we wanted to open her up, to [be] just a tiny bit more human," she said. "I mean, it's not like gags and all that stuff, but just to have a little lightness, a little bit more fun with it this time. But in terms of her relationship with Michael [played by Speedman], that's kind of opened her up a bit as well." Underworld: Evolution opens Jan. 20, 2006.

I wonder if Beckinsale will ever do an interview where she doesn't talk about having sex with Wiseman?

I'm glad to hear this. I'm a huge fan of Werewolves and when I listened to the sfx commentary on the dvd and the lead sfx guy said he wanted the Lycans "More catlike" I thought "WTF? But they're WOLVES". I still liked the basic design of the lycans but they still could've been more "wolflike".

A few new pics of the movie and behind the scenes:
http://www.movie-infos.net/galerie_c....php?cat_id=75

Scott Speedman.....:thumbsup:

Ditto.

God I love Kate Beckinsdale. :drool: