Friday, January 23, 2009

Underworld on TV?


New from Bloody Disgusting!

"While on the red carpet for Sony Screen Gems' 'Underworld: Rise of the Lycans', we caught up with 'Underworld' creator Len Wiseman who reveals that the franchise might not be done yet. 'There's a lot of talk about a television series, Im looking into that,' he tells B-D exclusively, 'if I could be very involved and can be a certain way, I'd be very interested in that.' He continues, 'We had always hoped to do a trilogy, now that we completed that trilogy it's kind of open, if people can join us and go back in time - and then leap forward, I'd like to go jump all across the time line.' There you have it, a possible 'Underworld' TV series in the works that could take us all across the timeline of Death Dealers vs Lycans."

In my opinion this is a bad idea. First, not everyone from the movies would be involved with the television show (people on and off the screen). Second, the storyline for the films are already pretty campy (the whole vampire/werewolf thing is getting old). Third, sure, some fans would like to see more "Underworld," but the rest fo the television audience probably wouldn't Unless they came up with some really good material to keep viewers coming back for more every week (And I mean more than just "Oh my god, we're related!" or some dumb idea like that), then the show is probably gonna bomb after one season.

What are your thoughts on a possible "Underworld" television show?

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