Underworld: Blood Wars

Underworld: Blood Wars, the newest installment of the blockbuster franchise, finds Vampire Death Dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fending off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that has betrayed her. Aided by her only allies, David (Theo James) and his father Thomas (Charles Dance), she must end the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice. The fifth film in the hugely successful action-horror series picks up the action where Underworld Awakening left off. The Lycans have found a powerful new leader in Marius (Tobias Menzies), who has injected a fanatical sense of purpose and discipline into their previously ragtag ranks. Marius will stop at nothing to track down Selene in order to learn the whereabouts of her daughter Eve, a Vampire-Lycan hybrid. Joined by David (Theo James), Selene barely manages to elude her Lycan trackers until a truce negotiated by David’s father Thomas (Charles Dance) allows her to take refuge at the Eastern Coven, ruled by the ambitious Semira (Lara Pulver). In abject fear of the escalating Lycan threat, Selene’s former Vampire adversaries hope her legendary fighting skills will help them eradicate the Lycan scourge once and for all.

But when Selene discovers that some of her Eastern protectors have traitorous agendas of their own, she and David are on the run again, forced to seek sanctuary behind the walls of the mysterious Nordic Coven, a peaceful sect of Vampires living in monklike seclusion in the northernmost regions of the earth. But their newfound sense of security in the snow-covered 2 lands of Var Dohr is fleeting, for wherever Selene goes, the centuriesold war between Vampires and Lycans always follows. Underworld: Blood Wars stars Kate Beckinsale (Underworld, Love & Friendship), Theo James (The Divergent Series), Lara Pulver (Edge of Tomorrow), Tobias Menzies (“Outlander”, “The Night Manager”), Bradley James (A&E’s “Damien”), James Faulkner (“Game of Thrones”), and Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones”). The film is directed by Anna J. Foerster (“Outlander,” “Criminal Minds”). Screenplay is by Cory Goodman (The Last Witch Hunter, Priest), story by Kyle Ward and Goodman, based on characters cre- ated by Kevin Grevioux and Len Wiseman & Danny McBride. Lakeshore Entertainment‘s Tom Rosenberg (The Lincoln Lawyer, Million Dollar Baby), Gary Lucchesi (The Lincoln Lawyer, Million Dollar Baby, Underworld), and Richard S. Wright (The Lincoln Lawyer, Underworld) are producers along with Len Wiseman (Underworld, Total Recall) and David Kern (Underworld: Awakening). Director of photography is Karl W. Lindenlaub (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Independence Day). Production designer is Ondrej Nekvasil (Snowpiercer). Costume designer is Bojana Nikitovic (A Good Day to Die Hard). The film is edited by Peter Amundson (Pacific Rim).