Patrick Tatopoulos is set to be the Director of Underworld 3, the third and prequel of the franchise, taking over from Director Len Wiseman. There's still no word on if Kate Beckinsale will return, and although the rumours are suggesting she won't because it's a prequel, I don't agree.

If I remember rightly her character is a vampire and therefore pretty much immortal, and wasn't she involved in the taking down of the head vampire in the past? I'm sure that storyline came out in the first Underworld. So put those two together and she could well be in the prequel, the question is would she return?

Well if Kate Beckinsale willing to appear as Catwoman, surely she'd come back for Underworld 3.

The announcement comes from Comic-Con through Shock Till You Drop and HorrorMovies.ca. Patrick Tatopoulos worked on the special effects for the first two films and a ton of other horror and science fiction films.