The Swedes are Coming the Swedes are Coming…
Sony Screen Gems has just assigned a directing team to the 4th installment of UNDERWORLD, and it’s clear they’re intent on adding a little international flavor to the proceedings. First there was an American (Len Wiseman, who helmed the first two), then the French/Greek hybrid (Patrick Tatopoulos, who directed part 3)…and now comes the Swedish duo of Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein!
That’s right y’all, THR reports the Swedish pair are in current negotiations to helm UNDERWORLD 4, with plans to shoot in Vancouver by March of 2011. As we’ve reported prior, the lovely Kate Beckinsale (below) returns to the role of Selene the vampire-slayer after a third entry absence, where Rhona Mitra took her mantle.
UNDERWORLD 4 will mark the second English language film for Marlind and Stein after last year’s psychological thriller SHELTER, starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Alright, so what do we make of this one? Are we in favor of foreign directors coming in adding a little European flare to American cinema. Not just with this film but across the board, be it LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, hell, even Anton Corbijn’s THE AMERICAN and CONTROL (he’s Dutch, but you get the point).
I for one love it and wish studios would encourage more of the same.