'Underworld' Was Risky to Make Because of One Simple Reason

'It was exciting and we got a few, quite a few offers to buy the script as long as I didn’t direct.'

The Big Picture As Underworld reaches its 20th anniversary, Collider's Carly Lane sat down with franchise director Len Wiseman to celebrate the lycan and vampire legacy and reminisce about how all of that came to be in the early aughts. Much like a lot of people in the production of the first movie, Wiseman was a first-timer – up until that point, the filmmaker had only helmed music videos.

“[Dimension] had their vampire franchise already and were looking for something just strictly werewolf-based, but it [hit] a rhythm that we found very interesting, and we developed it further. Our agent at the time said, 'I think this is a really clever idea and let's continue to develop it as that idea that you are putting together, and we'll take it out.' So that's what we did, and I spent about six months or so doing elaborate artwork for it.

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