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I’ve seen all three Underworld movies and I’m still not really sure if I like them or not, but apparently someone out there does because production is moving along on a fourth installment in the seemingly never-ending Vampire/Werewolf war.

THR’s Heat Vision Blog is reporting that the fourth film now has a screenwriter: John Hlavin. If that name isn’t familiar to you, you’ve seen his work if you ever watched FX’s The Shield.

Details about the new film are being kept quiet, but Hlavin did offer up this tidbit. “I can tell you it’s not a prequel. It will satisfy old fans and excite new audiences, meaning that we don’t want to redo the first three movies, so steps are being taken to honor what fans have loved but at the same time introduce fresh elements.“

I’ll tell ya what would excite me–Vic Mackey showing up to pop some caps in vampire and werewolf asses. If that happened, no one would even care if it was a remake, a prequel, or if Kate Beckinsale was coming back. Let’s all cross our fingers and hope this comes to pass.

The vampire-lycan war is set to go another round, with news that Sony Screen Gems has greenlit a new installment in the popular franchise.

STYD broke the news last night. No word on what narrative direction the project is moving in (is it a sequel to the original two films? Is it a sequel to the prequel?) or who might be returning to appear in it, but one thing we have learned is that the film will be in 3D. Hurray…or something.

Current plans are for the film to make its theatrical debut in January 2011. More news on this one as it develops.