The
Lycans and the vampires will have to wait a little longer for their next
showdown. Screen Gems has pushed Underworld: Blood Wars out
of the 2016 Halloween season and all the way into 2017. The fifth installment
in the action horror franchise is directed by Anna Foerster (Starz’ Outlander). Kate
Beckinsale once
again stars as vampire Selene, and Theo Jamesreturns
from Underworld:
Awakening as David.
Originally
slated for October 14, 2016, Underworld: Blood Wars will now open January
6, 2017. It’ll be up against Amityville: The Awakening,
which has been delayed multiple times before, and Doug Liman and Tom Cruise’s
drug thriller Mena.
The following week (January 13) brings Monster Trucks, Friday
the 13th, Ben Affleck’s Live
by Night, and the historical drama Hidden Figures. No
reason was given for the change. While the Halloween season might seem
like a better fit for Blood
Wars than the doldrums of January, this is actually pretty
normal for the Underworld series. The original Underworld opened in September, but all the
others have been January releases.
Shooting
on Underworld:
Blood Wars began last
fall with a script by Cory
Goodman. Details are still under wraps, but we know Tobias Menzies (Outlander, Game
of Thrones) fame will play a “formidable new Lycan leader” and Lara
Pulver (Sherlock) will be “a fiercely ambitious vampire.” Charles
Dance (Game
of Thrones) reprises his role as vampire elder Thomas. James
Faulkner, Peter Andersson, Bradley
James, Daisy Head, and Clementine
Nicholson also
star.
There’s
been speculation that Underworld: Blood Wars could mark Beckinsale’s last time
leading as Selene, with James’ David taking over as the new franchise
lead. Indeed, there was even talk at one point that Beckinsale might not
return at all for this film. But that turned out not to be true, obviously, so
you should take the Theo James rumor with a grain of salt too.
The
first four Underworld movies have collectively grossed $457
million worldwide (not counting for inflation). That may seem like peanuts
compared to the billions earned by the Fast and Furious or Marvel series, but the Underworld films are also much cheaper —
their past budgets have topped out around $70 million, although we don’t know
how much Blood
Wars costs to make.
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