Underworld's Rick Smith To Score Danny Boyle's TRANCE

Danny Boyle's Trance will be getting a UK release date of March 27th but no word on the North American debut. One more aspect of the film is being revealed as FilmMusicRepoter (via ThePlaylist) says that Rick Smith of the electronic group Underworld will be scoring the film. The group along with John Murphy worked together to compose the score for Sunshine. Not to mention Underworld tracks being used in Trainspotting and The Beach.

Len Wiseman To Direct THE MUMMY Reboot

Deadline reports that action junkie Len Wiseman (Underworld, Die Hard 4, Total Recall) will direct The Mummy reboot for Universal. The site reveals the reboot won't be a period film like the successful trilogy. It will be a present day set horror flick removing the comedy elements of the other films. Giving us a "darker and scarier" take on the classic monster movie. Wiseman will be bringing his excellent visual presence and flare for action sequences. While the scary script will be handled by Jon Spaiths who recently wrote Prometheus for Fox.

SPECULATION: Could Len Wiseman End Up Directing A Marvel Film?

Director Len Wiseman (Total Recall, Underworld 1-2) talked to CBM about leaving Iron Man and reveals he's still in contact with Marvel. This gives the impression that Len could be able to make an action film like Die Hard 4 without massive amounts of blood and gore, could end up getting at one of their budding franchises in development. So, what Marvel films could Wiseman be a perfect fit for?

"Oh man, superheroes... You know, I think a lot of the superheroes that I would be interested in, a lot of them have been done. I was involved with Iron Man for about seven months after Underworld 2. I was involved with Marvel and Iron Man, and I was really excited about that one and honestly, I think at that time, there was a concern that I was too dark of a director because I had only directed a few movies, and at that time, I'd only directed Underworld and Underworld 2. And Underworld 2 was very violent, very gory, very dark and I think it freaked them out a little bit that I was too dark of a director. It wasn't until after Die Hard 4.0 came out, which is a much lighter tone, much more fun, that Marvel called me up again..."

BLACK WIDOW: Wiseman's Underworld franchise which he co-created has cranked four successful installments with no end in sight. All of his films feature strong female characters that aren't just eye candy but can kick some ass and take a punch. A perfect combo for a Black Widow solo movie since a script has been in place for years which was recently re-written by Nicole Perlman (Guardians of The Galaxy). Considering they have a lead and a script in place, adding a director for a possible 2015 release date following Avengers 2 isn't hard to imagine. We already got a hint to Natasha's violent past with Loki's speech about her. It could be interesting to see her past coming back to haunt her or just have her going on smaller scaled adventures. 2014 is looking to be become the first year that Marvel might just be able to start rolling out three films a year. Phase Three will likely involve Widow, Panther, Strange and Inhumans.

SHIELD: This one has been in development for a while as well. The only thing is that the events concerning SHIELD in Avengers would be continued in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It's possible that that they might shelve the project completely and just keep it the connective tissue of the Marvel Cinematic Universe having SHIELD as a background player in the films.

HAWKEYE: Jeremy Renner is on the minds of audiences thanks to the successes of Avengers, Mission Impossible and Bourne Legacy. A Hawkeye film seems more likely than SHIELD as Renner could bring out audiences. Not to mention the character was only slightly explored in Avengers as he was a supporting villain for the majority of the movie. Barton is also a master in most weapons and highly skilled fighter leading up to him to take on the persona of Ronin. It could be interesting to see him partner up with Mockingbird, who becomes something of a love interest as well.

Screen Gems Buys Rights To Devil May Cry

Sony Screen Gems has a few successful franchises in their pockets one being Underworld. An original concept that has spawned four films. The fourth currently in development and about to go into production. Their other big money maker is Resident Evil based on the popular Capcom video game series. That one is about to go into it's fifth installment. Now Collider reports that Screen Gems has bought the rights to another Capcom game Devil May Cry in the hopes to make a movie.

The games center around Dante, a man who slaughters demons to avenge his mother’s death. Kyle Ward has been hired to write the script and has previously wrote for the adaptation of Kane & Lynch. There seems to be a market out there for R-rated horror based action films and I'm all for that. Let's just hope that Paul W.S. Anderson isn't brought in to produce or direct as he's best suited for Resident Evil.

Ridley Scott's The Passage

Ridley Scott is a very very busy producer and director these days. He's just finished principle photography on Robin Hood and has multiple future projects in development. The projects include Alien 5, The Forever War, Monopoly and Brave New World. Now it's being reported that the director is in talks to helm The Passage. The film centers on a group of terminally ill patients who are cured after being bitten by South American bats. John Logan (Avaitor, Sweeny Todd) will develop a screenplay based on the novel by Justin Cronin. Logan previously worked with Ridley on Gladiator, so the re-teaming could make for an epic vampire film. While I understand this seems to be a recation to the feverish fandom of the Twilight series. Although vampire franchises such as Underworld and Blade have also done quite well, without pandering to tweens. My hope is that films such as Daybreakers will bring back the quality and lore back to the genre.