Vancouver Sinks Its Teeth Into "Underworld 4: New Dawn"

Further to our first reports March 8, 2011, production is now underway (March 7, 2011 to June 3, 2011) in Vancouver on the 4th installment in the Screen Gems/Lakeshore Entertainment "Underworld" movie franchise.

"Underworld 4: New Dawn", following the battle between 'Vampires' and 'Lycans', is the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D.

Actress Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress 'Selene', who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.

"Underworld 4" is directed by Mans Marlind & Bjorn Stein ("Shelter") for producers Tom Rosenberg, Len Wiseman and executive producers David Kern, David Coatsworth, Henry Winterstern and Skip Williamson.

The previous 3 "Underworld" features, "Underworld" (2003), "Underworld: Evolution" (2006) and "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) internationally earned a box office total of $298,376,455.

"Underworld 4" is scheduled for release January 2012.

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