Underworld (film series)

Underworld is a series of action horror films directed by Len Wiseman, Patrick Tatopoulos, Mns Mrlind and Bjrn Stein. The first film, Underworld, was released in 2003. It tells the story of Selene Kate Beckinsale, a vampire who works as a Death Dealer, killing the Lycans Werewolves who allegedly slaughtered her family. The second film, Underworld Evolution, was released in 2006. In this film, Selene takes Michael Corvin, a human bitten first by Lucian, the leader of the Lycan horde and later by Selene, thus becoming a LycanVampire hybrid, to a vampire safehouse and plans to return to Viktors estate to awaken Markus, the last Vampire Elder. The third film, Underworld Rise of the Lycans, is the prequel to the series, chronicling the origins of the vampirelycan war it was released on January 23, 2009. The fourth film, Underworld Awakening, the sequel to Underworld Evolution, was released on January 20, 2012. In this film, humans have discovered the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, and are trying to eradicate both species. A fifth film titled Underworld Next Generation is in production and is set to be released 2016.

Underworld tells the story of Selene Kate Beckinsale, a Death Dealer bent on destroying the Lycans who allegedly killed her family. She discovers that the Lycans are pursuing a human, Michael Corvin, for experimentation Selene captures Michael herself to find out what the Lycans are up to. Along the way, Selene not only discovers a mutinous plot to destroy the Vampire Elders, but also a shocking revelation about her father figure Elder, Viktor.It is revealed in the film that Alexander Corvinus is the first of the vampire and Lycan lines. He was the only survivor of a plague that wiped out his village. Somehow, his body was able to mutate the virus, mold it to his own benefit. He had three sons, two of whom inherited their fathers immortality and were bitten, one by bat and one by wolf, creating the vampire and werewolf lines. Corvinus third son, who did not inherit immortality, also carried the Corvinus Strain as an exact duplicate of the original virus, hidden away in his genetic code and passed along to his human descendants through the centuries. This, according to Singe, is the key to creating a hybrid. ........

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