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Toldja So: Kate Backinsale Back for ‘Underworld 4’!
I hate when stars make us look like assholes. After we reported exclusively last August(!) that Kate Beckinsale would return for Underworld 4, she denied it– multiple times. It’s now 100% official and confirmed that Beckinsale’s back as the sexy vampire Seline — in 3-D. But that’s not all. The studio is also confirming our scoop from this past February that stated Beckinsale would be passing the torch onto her vampire daughter (at one point “daughters”). I hate bragging, but it’s really, really nice to be vindicated. Casting is currently underway with a director being sought. We had heard that Len Wiseman might be directing, but it looks like he’ll remain in the producer’s chair. Shooting begins next March in Vancouver. Screen Gems will release on January 20, 2012.
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R-Rated ‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe’ Director’s Cut Gets New Title and Streaming Premiere Date
After a slight delay, Disney has finally announced a new streaming date for the R-Rated director’s cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe. According to Gizmodo, it’ll also come with a new title.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn begins streaming on Hulu on August 14.
The new cut was first teased in an interview with director Chris Carter on the Fail Better With David Duchovny podcast from last year, where he teased a much scarier movie he intended.
“Now I have a chance to go back and make the scary movie that I always intended to make,” Carter explained last year. “It’s not just doing a Director’s Cut to do a Director’s Cut. It’s really kind of bringing to life something that for me was on the page and never got to the screen.“
The director’s cut of the film was initially set to arrive on Disney+ in June, but quietly disappeared from the schedule without a word. Polygon reported the delay was “due to some last-minute adjustments being made to the film.”
The release’s new “Vrach Frankenshteyn” title certainly suggests those adjustments have been made, likely referring to a Frankensteining of bonus footage.
In the film, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) have been out of the FBI for several years, with Mulder living in isolation and Scully having become a doctor at a Catholic hospital, where she has formed a bond with a critically ill child patient.
When an FBI agent is mysteriously kidnapped, and a former Catholic priest who has been convicted of pedophilia claims to be experiencing psychic visions of the endangered agent, Scully is asked to bring Mulder back to the bureau to consult on the case because of his work with psychics.
The brand new R-rated cut will “faithfully restore the filmmaker’s original vision.”
Look for it on Hulu next month.