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‘Underworld: The TV Series’? Director Len Wiseman Teases That It’s Still Happening
In the wake of five movies, the Kate Beckinsale-led Underworld franchise announced a television series back in 2016, with Underworld director Len Wiseman on board the project.
Is that still happening? In a new chat with Entertainment Weekly, Wiseman provides an update.
“There is a fashion that is in the works. I can’t talk about it, but there is a future to Underworld for sure,” Wiseman tells EW, before being specifically asked about the planned TV series.
Wiseman responds to that question, “That’s the one I’m referring to.”
“The series will be a pretty big departure from the films,” Wiseman said back in 2016. “I don’t want to say it’s more adult, but it’s definitely less comic book in its tone and character.”
The Underworld franchise kicked off in 2003, starring Kate Beckinsale as Selene, an elite vampire-warrior. The franchise centers on an epic war between vampires and lycans.
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“I’m the Grim Reaper” – Sam Raimi Teams with ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Writers on Gory, Funny Webtoon Adaptation
The Wattpad/Webtoons and Grave Weaver-created series “I’m the Grim Reaper” is nearing its 200th episode, and it’s also getting a new TV series adaptation with talented names behind it. Deadline reports that celebrated filmmaker Sam Raimi is teaming up with 10 Cloverfield Lane scribes Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken on the new series.
The series follows “Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared.”
The story is said to fit perfectly into “Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.”
Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process. Raimi may be most known for his Spider-Man and Evil Dead movies, but the filmmaker has been busy behind the scenes producing. More recently, Raimi produced this week’s action brawler Boy Kills World and last year’s 65, with Don’t Move on the way.
The “I’m the Grim Reaper” webtoon launched in 2019, delving into the humor and horrors of reaping souls in Hell. That it’s on the cusp of airing its 200th episode means no shortage of story and mythology for Campbell and Stuecken to pull from.
Stay tuned for additional details on this new series as they arrive.
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