Hey folks, Harry here... A friend at MTV got to interview Kate Beckinsale (lucky guy eh?) and she spilled tons info about this odd project. Here's some samples...
"Underworld" is being headed up by Len Wiseman, the music video director responsible for Megadeth's "Crush 'Em" and Quarashi's "Stick 'Em Up." It's his first feature film, a long-developed labor of love that Beckinsale describes as "fun and exciting and cool."
"It's a very cool 'Romeo and Juliet' set against the backdrop of vampires and werewolves," she explained. "I didn't want to read it when I was told about it. I really don't go for vampire movies. But it's more kind of like 'Interview With the Vampire' meets 'The Matrix.' Lots of leather pants in it."
Like "The Matrix," "Underworld" will incorporate elaborate stunts using wires.
Ok, this sounds pretty bizarre... Though you FELECITY fans will be happy to know that Scott Speedman is in this sucker (har har), except... apparently this is a Suck Free Vampire story! So I guess Kate doesn't suck! Poor Scott... Here's that bit...
One thing Kate won't be seen doing in "Underworld" is turning into a bat.
"We're not doing any of that stuff," she said. "That's old-school! There's no biting, even. We have cloned blood for that. It's very slick."
Apparently this is going to be an action film, not a horror film. I kinda have to wonder what all they plan on trying here to establish this world... Is it Earth In the far flung future? Or just some fantasy world where this stuff happens?
"She's part of a group of vampires who are called the Death Dealers, who are basically extremely well trained in killing werewolves," Beckinsale explained. "And that's pretty much what they do. They don't really have any interaction with humans at all. There's been this centuries-old feud between the Lycans [werewolves] and the vampires. And she's got sort of a personal vendetta, because they butchered her whole family. So she's a tough cookie."
All I know, is I think it'll have to go a long ways to beat a flick like DOGSOLDIERS.... and the best Werewolf romance flick ever is AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON... Genius. Well, we'll keep an eye on this one.
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