Fan Forum - View Single Post - Underworld Appreciation #1: It's Vamp vs Were 9/19/03

jjt · 04-23-2003, 05:30 PM

Here is the article I mentioned earlier about the script rewrites from the zreview websited

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Thursday 6th February 2003: Underworld Update:
Just received the following killer report concerning Underworld over to Agent X "I worked on Underworld last year in Budapest and it's going to be a
Killer film! The werewolves are going to be, by far, the best that have
ever been seen on screen in the history of horror! They were done by
Patrick Tatapolis of Stargate and Independence Day fame. I read the script while on set and it is fantastic . The screenplay was written by a great guy Danny McBride with story credits by Kevin Grevioux,Len Wiseman, the director(whose going to be as huge as James Cameron one day), as well as McBride. However, word on the set was that the original Underworld script was written by one of the actors about a year or two BEFORE McBride came aboard. That actor was Kevin Grevioux! This guy is multitalented and plays this werewolf charcter named "Raze" in the film. I ran a search at the U.S. Copywrite Office (just because I'm the curious type) and sure enough, Grevioux did in fact write the first script! I got ahold of a copy of his script and it was cool! It's different, but with the same characters and a lot of similar scenes. I can see why they didn't go with this draft(monsterously expensive), but it is equally as engaging as McBride's draft." Thanks to Agent X!

An old news article from aug 02

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Kate Beckinsale discusses Underworld
Pearl Harbor star Kate Beckinsale has been talking about her unlikely role as a nightwalker in the forthcoming flick Underworld.

The film finds the British actress playing Serlene, a vampire and werewolf killer who's torn when she finds herself falling in love with one of her hairy prey.

Beckinsale, who was last seen on our screens in romantic comedy Serendipity, has admitted that she wasn't too keen on making the film when it was first pitched to her but explained the script and director convinced her.

"It sounds terrible," Beckinsale confessed to MTV, adding, "This is not the kind of movie that I'm remotely interested in normally, but the script is amazing and the director [first-time helmer Len Wiseman] is amazing."

"It's a very cool 'Romeo and Juliet' set against the backdrop of vampires and werewolves," she continued, "I didn't want to read it when I was told about it. I really don't go for vampire movies. But it's more kind of like 'Interview With the Vampire' meets 'The Matrix.' Lots of leather pants in it."

The film is due to start shooting in Budapest next month.

another spoiler .. this one from Scott Speedman http://cgi.horror-asylum.com/news/archives/00000306.htm