Producer Tom Rosenberg says activity on
Underworld 2 is starting to gear up. He says the story for the sequel will follow on from the original. "I think the real intense followers of the whole saga will really love the second one," Rosenberg told
Sci-Fire. "It's very intricate. It gives Selene's [Kate Beckinsale] history, Viktor's [Bill Nighy] history, and then of course now Marcus is going to come out of the crypt. So it's really cool. I'm excited about it."
Regarding the title, Rosenberg said, "We may call it something else. We'll probably call it something with Underworld, but right now it's Underworld 2."
Rosenberg says he wants to follow the same formula that made the first film a success. "It's much bigger action, but we have to keep the coolness of it and not let the action overwhelm it," Rosenberg said. "I like the whole world that's created, and you have to stay within that world. I don't want to jam mindless nonstop action at the audience; this is going to still be story-driven. But we're going to have cool sequences and some bigger action. This story is better, more intricate and more interesting. That's what I really like about it." Underworld 2 begins shooting in November, for an expected 2005 release.