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No. Underworld: Evolution is based on a screenplay by American screenwriters Kevin Grevioux, Danny McBride, and Len Wiseman (who also directed the movie). The movie was subsequently novelized by American science fiction writer Greg Cox. The movie is the second in the Underworld series, having been preceded by Underworld (2003). A third movie in the series, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, is set for release in 2009. Cox also plans to novelize it.

Red Tape by Agent Provocateur

Flashbacks which give backround information towards the movie.

Alexander Corvinus was a Hungarian warlord in the 5th century whose village was ravaged by plague. Alexander had a rare (extremely rare) blood abnormality that gave him the ability to mold the sickness to his benefit within his own body. From this, he was granted superhuman strength and immortal life. Later, he fathered three sons. All three sons carried the same gene as Alexander, but in a dormant state. One son remained human and died a mortal death, passing down the hidden gene through his bloodlines. The other two -- William and Marcus -- were bitten by wolf and by bat, respectively, becoming the first werewolf and vampire.

No less than 600 and no more than 800. In Underworld, no figure is given, but it is suggested that Selene (Kate Beckinsale) may be 600 years old. In Evolution, she states in a monologue that she's been a "loyal foot-soldier" for 600 years. She may be as old as approximately 800 years based on the time given for William's capture, which is stated in the prologue as happening just after 1200 A.D. There's no concrete timespan given for the period between William's capture and his permanent imprisonment by Selene's father's family (at least 600 years ago based on Lucian's comment that Viktor has been exterminating his species for six centuries).

These creatures, rather than mythology-based, are scientifically-based. So some rules, such as crosses, holy water, and reflection are regarded as false traits.

Remember the end of the first movie? Marcus (Tony Curran) is a descendant of Alexander Corvinus, and is capable of absorbing all three races (lycan, vampire, and human), without a fatal result. He was already a vampire (didn't have the wings), and when Singe (the Lycan doctor killed by Viktor's deadly punch) died outside, his blood went into Markus's crypt, and he opened his eyes, becoming a hybrid.

After at least 200 years of seeing him, knowing he was an average looking vampire without wings, and now that he is standing before her and looks totally different (not to mention she witnessed Singe's death), she put two and two together.

The blood she drank from Alexander Corvinus (Derek Jacobi) allowed for a new rebirth and strength among vampires. After drinking his blood, it made her system strong enough to bear the sun. Which makes her a hybrid herself, and as far as vampire weaknesses go, she may be totally indestructable.

Viktor (Bill Nighy) lied about a lot of things. It was he, not the Lycans, who killed Selene's family. He's neither the oldest or the strongest, as was said in the first movie. Marcus is the oldest and, in fact, is the one who turned Viktor. The sons of the Corvinus clan were not at all a myth.

Nope. Marcus told Viktor this so Viktor wouldn't kill him or William.

When vampires drink blood or get into a fight, their eyes turn icy blue.