The fifth installment of 'Underworld' movie franchise has started principal photography in Prague with Kate Beckinsale and Theo James reprising their respective roles.
- Oct 20, 2015
AceShowbiz - Sony has announced that "Underworld 5", tentatively called "Underworld: Next Generation", has started its production. Filming begins in Prague and will continue in other areas in the Czech capital over ten weeks. Kate Beckinsale and Theo James, who first joined the franchise in 2012's "Underworld: Awakening", return as Selene and her ally David respectively.
Another actor returning from "Underworld: Awakening" is "Game of Thrones" star Charles Dance. He reprises his role as David's dad, vampire elder Thomas. Dance is not the only "Game of Thrones" actor in the cast of the upcoming movie. Tobias Menzies is also on board to portray a new Lycan leader, while James Faulkner will play an unspecified role.
Lara Pulver ("Sherlock") will play a new vampire character described as "a fiercely ambitious vampire." Also in the lineup are Bradley James ("Merlin"), Peter Andersson ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") and newcomer actress Clementine Nicholson.
Anna Foerster is directing with a screenplay penned by "The Last Witch Hunter" scribe Cory Goodman. Plot details are still kept under wraps, but the film will reportedly focus on a new and younger generation of vampires and werewolves who are locked in a seemingly never-ending battle between supernatural races. The new installment of "Underworld" movie series is scheduled to arrive in North America on October 21, 2016.
