Title: Underworld: Awakening Directors: MÃ¥ns MÃ¥rlind and Björn Stein (‘Shelter’) Starring: Kate Beckensale, Theo James (TV’s ‘Downton Abbey’), Michael Ealy (‘Takers’), India Eisley (TV’s ‘The Secret Life of the American Teenager’) and Stephen Rea Creating a successful horror-action film is never easy, as the director and screenwriter has to perfectly balance an entertaining plot line with entertaining stunts and frightening emotional and physical scares. But filmmaker Len Wiseman did just that when he co-founded the ‘Underworld’ franchise, which focuses on the centuries-old epic battle between Vampires and Lycans. The new fourth installment in the series, ‘Underworld: Awakening,’ sees the return of the first two films’ main star, Wiseman’s wife, Kate…

Vampires are the new Fabio, it seems (and I guess I’m dating myself by showing that I remember when Fabio was popular). In any case, vampires are heartthrobs, but it’s not like that started with Robert Pattinson as Edward in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.” Vampires have always represented the dark, alluring side that women seem to go weak in the knees for. Here are 10 examples of vampire characters that are to die for: #10 Dracula (1931′s “Dracula”): This not the original “Dracula” by any means, but this is by far the most iconic and, dare I say it, the sexiest. Bela Lugosi’s Dracula is the…

Seattle goth metal rockers Aiden will be releasing their sixth, yes sixth LP “Some Kind Of Hate” the follow-up to “Disguises” which was just released only a few months ago. The band went directly back into the studio to record and write even more new material after trekking on a national tour in support of “Disguises”. Not only that but frontman William Control, is in the process of working on his next solo album and is in the acting chair in the fourth installation in the Underworld franchise, Underworld Awakening set to be released on January 20, 2012. Aiden will be back on the road later this fall alongside Black…

Happy Sunday, Shockya.com readers! Yes, another weekend has come to an end, but we’ve got quite the list of movie news to send you back to work with. The biggest of the bunch is certainly all of the updates pouring out of Disney’s D23 Expo. The event revealed details on a number of projects including The Muppets, The Avengers, Monsters University and so much more. We’ve also got some extensive casting news from some non-Disney productions like the G.I. Joe sequel as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike. There are even some inspirational stories in the mix this week; not only did Tom Hanks step up and make amends for…

Happy Sunday! Or should I say, happy Harry Potter week? After seven days of madness courtesy of the grand finale of the eight-film franchise, the web world is drenched in Potter news, discussion pieces, lists, photos and more. It’s a wonder there was room for any non-HP news. However, we did get quite a bit of information on some other highly anticipated upcoming projects, particularly in the image department. Not only did we get a look at The Amazing Spider-Man and Underworld: Awakenings, but Total Recall and The Hobbit, too. It was also a busy week for trailers as far too many debuted to even squeeze into this Cheat Sheet….

Jessica Biel has signed to play Melina in director Len Wiseman’s remake of the 1990 sci-fi action movie ‘Total Recall,’ Collider is reporting. Kate Beckinsale, Wiseman’s wife and star of his directorial debut, ‘Underworld,’ has been cast as ‘Total Recall’s other female lead, Lori. Just hours after Biel and Beckinsale’s casting was confirmed, The Hollywood Reporter announced fellow ‘Underworld’ alum Billy Nighy was chosen to portray resistance leader Quatto. The three will appear alongside the already announced Colin Farrell, who is set to portray Doug Quaid, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the original film. ‘Total Recall,’ which is set to begin filming on May 30, 2011 in Toronto, will be…

The fantasy/epic graphic novel series “DevaShard” has been picked up by Vanquish Motion Pictures for a film adaptation after a bidding war erupted over the Hong Kong-based publisher Fluid Comics title. Vanquish’s Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta will be producing and co-writing the feature alongside Heather Kenealy. “Underworld” franchise creator wrote the screen treatment. “DevaShard,” which premiered at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, is inspired by Asian mythology and crafted was created by Zen, Keith Burns and Johnny Tam. It follows two forsaken brothers who take different paths in the ancient battle between light and dark magics. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more “DevaShard” news. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Superherohype.com)

Kevin Grevioux, the co-creative brains behind the “Underworld” franchise, will be making his directorial debut on the adaptation of his graphic novel, “The Pale Horsemen,” which he will also be writing. Larry Meistrich’s Nehst Studios has picked up to produce. “The Pale Horsemen,” out on Grevioux’s DarkStorm Studios imprint, is described as a supernatural-tinted thriller that follows around a motley crew of assassins, forced to work together to find out who killed their old mentor. This is the latest of several projects from Grevioux. The film rights to several of his other graphic novels have also recently been picked up, including “ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction” and “I Frankenstein,” optioned…