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Underworld: Awakening
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2012 film by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein
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Underworld: Awakening is a 2012 American action, thriller, and horror film that serves as the third installment in the Underworld series. The movie was directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, with screenplays by J. Michael Straczynski and Len Wiseman. The cast includes Kate Beckinsale, Sandrine Holt, Theo James, and Michael Ealy. Production was handled by Lakeshore Entertainment, Screen Gems, and Saturn Films, while Paul Haslinger composed the score. The film was distributed by Sony Pictures and Netflix, with a runtime of 88 minutes.
Filmed in Vancouver, the movie carries the tagline "Vengeance Returns." It follows Underworld: Evolution and is followed by Underworld: Blood Wars. The production had a budget of 70,000,000 and generated a box office revenue of 160,112,671. Audience ratings vary by platform, with an average of 6.334 on TMDb and 6.3 on IMDb.
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6.3Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.
Cast
- Kate Beckinsale as Selene
- Stephen Rea as Dr. Jacob Lane
- Michael Ealy as Detective Sebastian
- Theo James as David
- India Eisley as Eve
- Charles Dance as Thomas
Themes
- daughter
- experiment
- vampire
- hybrid
- child vampire
- conspiracy
- werewolf
- fictional war
- gothic
- dark fantasy
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Måns Mårlind Björn Stein
- Screenplay by
- Len Wiseman John Hlavin J. Michael Straczynski Allison Burnett
- Story by
- Len Wiseman John Hlavin
- Based on
- Characters , by Kevin Grevioux Len Wiseman Danny McBride
- Produced by
- Tom Rosenberg Gary Lucchesi Len Wiseman Richard Wright
- Starring
- Kate Beckinsale Stephen Rea Michael Ealy Theo James India Eisley Charles Dance
- Cinematography
- Scott Kevan
- Edited by
- Jeff McEvoy
- Music by
- Paul Haslinger
- Production companies
- Screen Gems Lakeshore Entertainment Sketch Films
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- January 18, 2012 ( 2012-01-18 ) ( Grauman's Chinese Theatre ) January 20, 2012 ( 2012-01-20 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 86 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $70 million
- Box office
- $160.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Underworld: Awakening is a 2012 American action horror film directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein from a screenplay by Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, J. Michael Straczynski, and Allison Burnett, based on a story by Wiseman and Hlavin. It is the direct sequel to Underworld: Evolution (2006) and the fourth installment in the Underworld film series. The film stars Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley, and Charles Dance.
Principal photography began in March 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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