Kate Beckinsale will suit up once again as sexy death dealer Selene in Screen Gems’ Underworld 3-D. The 36-year-old Brit has been confirmed to star in the fourth installment of the popular vamps vs. werewolves series, slated to be in theaters on Jan. 21, 2011.

Beckinsale’s husband Len Wiseman (Underworld, Underworld: Evolution) is attached to direct from a script by John Hlavin (“The Shield”).

Rumor has it, however, that Beckinsale isn’t exactly thrilled to be back and is looking to have her character play a smaller, pass-the-torch type of role in the film. How true are the rumors? Well, the actress has gotten more prudish since the birth of her daughters, opting for parts in dull dramas such as last year’s flop Everybody’s Fine.

At a press junket held last year for the film Whiteout, she addressed the possibility of starring in a new Underworld trilogy:

God, three whole more! I don’t think my daughter needs to see my bottom in rubber for another ten years.

The fact that sentence gives me wood speaks to how much I’m looking forward to seeing Beckinsale back in rubber action. To read more about the fourth installment in the Underworld series, click here.

Clatto named Kate Beckinsale one of The Ten Hottest Horror/Sci-fi Babes of the Past Decade.