Len Wiseman
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Oct 21, 2026
JoshHOST
I agree.
JoshHOST
I think part a big part of it comes down to the fact that while while he is extremely inconsistent, Edgar Wright is a substantially more talented filmmaker than Len Wiseman.
JoshHOST
Yeah, I think I mean, because
EricHOST
that's true.
JoshHOST
Len Wiseman is like his.
JoshHOST
OK, so his major works for were the underworld series.
JoshHOST
Uh, live free or die hard.
EricHOST
And we tend to do that by just complaining.
Kevin ReitzelHOST
I thought that was good.
Kevin ReitzelHOST
But in the stories were by the story was by Len Wiseman, Kevin Graveau and Danny McBride, not that Danny McBride, the other Danny McBride.
Kevin ReitzelHOST
So, you know, two different Danny
Kyle WagnerHOST
McBride's.
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Kevin ReitzelHOST
This can happen, right? It might lead to your divorce, but...
Kyle WagnerHOST
All right, enough on that.
Kevin ReitzelHOST
Okay, so not only in this movie did Kate Beckinsale meet her future husband, director Len Wiseman, but at the time, she was in a long-term relationship with actor Michael Sheen, who plays Lucian.
Kevin ReitzelHOST
Now, what's cool about this, Kyle, is that they're all friends now.
Tim BraytonHOST
but i feel like the underworlds in their badness and i i would say no underworld film is as good as blade as a work of cinema they are better at what blade ought to have as one of its core competencies which is like okay cool techie vampire gunfights
Brennan KleinHOST
okay um and okay wait so uh who is there is there a kind there is an auteur behind underworld right for the most part uh len wiseman
Tim BraytonHOST
starts the underworld series i don't know how long he sticks with it
Brennan KleinHOST
got it got it got it
Tim BraytonHOST
i think that's
Brennan KleinHOST
because yes len wiseman he did the first two okay just the first two
Tim BraytonHOST
he was he was married to uh kate beckinsale
Brennan KleinHOST
Yes.
Zaki HasanHOST
yes.
Zaki HasanHOST
Right? And then, oh, Total Recall, the Len Wiseman one.
Zaki HasanHOST
You're right.
Zaki HasanHOST
You're so right.
RichHOST
That's the Live Hard movie.
DaveHOST
But that wasn't gonna be the Len Wiseman-
Michael MardenGUEST
[laughs]
DaveHOST
... thing he was trying to write and get off the ground with whoever was gonna be the Bruce Willis character.
TristanHOST
So good.
MikeHOST
Underworld, [sighs] directed by Len Wiseman, screenplay by Danny McBride, and no, not that Danny McBride.
TristanHOST
Boo.
MikeHOST
Uh, story by-
MikeHOST
...
MikeHOST
Kevin, uh, Grevioux? It's French, so I c- I, I could not figure that out if I tried.
MikeHOST
Len Wiseman and Danny McBride.
MikeHOST
Produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, [tsks] Richard White.
Jason MantzoukasHOST
Oh, there's a prequel.
Paul ScheerHOST
Yeah, she's like, "I'm not doing it anymore," 'cause she was originally married to the writer-director of this, Len Wiseman.
Paul ScheerHOST
And, or just the director, and then they got a divorce, and I feel like she's like, "I'm out."
June Diane RaphaelHOST
Hmm.
DanHOST
She's a good sort.
DanHOST
Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale on Underworld.
DanHOST
She's a good sort.
DanHOST
Luke Besson and Mila Jovovich.
ThomasHOST
goofy.
FrankHOST
In September 2012, Deadline reported that Underworld series and Live Free and Die Hard director Len Wiseman was set to direct The Mummy, with Prometheus writer John Spates put in charge of bringing the character into the modern day.
FrankHOST
Wiseman would tell Deadline, quote, When I first heard Universal was relaunching this, that is the image that popped into my head, the period tale, the old monster.
FrankHOST
But when Bob and Alex pitched it, there was a great new taken approach and a very different mummy as well.
FrankHOST
Without saying too much, we've drawn a lot of inspiration from Michael Crichton's books and how he ground fantastical tales in modern day science.
FrankHOST
A lot of the work with Len has been about creating mythology, and I remember seeing Underworld and finding it a beautiful advancement of the genre.
FrankHOST
It was presented in this fresh, incredibly cool concept, but it never gave up its reverence for the mythology, and that is what inspired us to meet with Len." It's also worth noting that Len Wiseman had directed the pilot for Hawaii Five-0.
FrankHOST
So they had already worked together before this.
Chris PawlakHOST
Zack Snyder has come aboard to write and direct a reimagining of John Carpenter's Escape from New York.
Chris PawlakHOST
For years, studios have been trying to get a remake off the ground with directors Len Wiseman, Hack, Brett Ratner, hack.
Chris PawlakHOST
Breck Eisner, I think hack.
Chris PawlakHOST
I don't know a movie he's made, although I think he made the Sahara movie, which isn't great.