Apparently the three Underworld movies just weren’t enough for the series… With the first movie using the power of Kate Beckinsale’s arse clad in bondage leather to rake in an impressive $95 million worldwide and its sequel Underworld: Evolution using even more slow-motion arse-ness to grab $111 million worldwide, a third movie was inevitable.

That movie was Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, a prequel that featured nothing of Kate Beckinsale’s leathered backside because she didn’t want to do it. Rhona Mitra’s bondaged cheeks raked in the series’ lowest hoarde to date – $89 million.

But when a film franchise makes almost $300 million, the people involved just can’t seem to leave it alone and so, we’re now looking to another installment, which should probably be called Underworld: F*ck Twilight.

Most surprising of all? The writer hired to pen the flick is John Hlavin, a former writer/ story editor on TV’s The Shield, a dark and gritty look at cops on the edge. Nothing is yet known about the story, but Hlavin says, “I can tell you it’s not a prequel. It will satisfy old fans and excite new audiences, meaning that we don’t want to redo the first three movies, so steps are being taken to honor what fans have loved but at the same time introduce fresh elements.”

No director is yet attached and at the moment nothing is known about stars Kate Beckinsale or Rhona Mitra, but series producers Len Wiseman and Gary Lucchesi are on board, along with Tom Rosenberg and Richard Wright.

Source: Hollywood Reporter