Len Wiseman’s Underworld is way more popular than it deserves to be – and that’s probably because people like myself could watch Kate Beckinsale in her strong and sexy role for hours on end.
The 2003 film was originally billed as “Romero and Juliet” with vampires and werewolves, something you’d expect to see on the Syfy Channel.
Somehow, some way, the film grossed nearly $100 million worldwide, and thus spawned four sequels (the fifth in post production for release this October).
While Wiseman and the Sony Screen Gems executives had talked reboot, it appears a television series is now in the cards, the director tells Collider.
“Yes, there’s been a lot of conversations and even development on what that series would be,” explains Wiseman. “It’s really appropriate for television, in terms of how those characters can really tie in, but also become something new. It’s really an attractive space. I don’t want to put a date on it because then that’s going to be printed and it might not happen in that timeframe, but it is a thought.”
He’s 100% right. Underworld would be a solid series, especially on a cable channel like Syfy. Though, Wiseman has a relationship with Fox television, and directed the awful pilot for “Sleepy Hollow.” Let’s be clear here, everything Wiseman touches is shit, but turns to gold for studios (i.e. Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, Live Free or Die Hard and even Total Recall).
Would I watch an Underworld series? Heck yes I would. The more horror in our world the better, but hopefully it’s something that keeps me engaged enough to tune it week after week. What about you guys? What would you want out of a series that would most likely not star Beckinsale as Selene?
