Earlier this year, it was confirmed that British actress Kate Beckinsale would reprise her role as death-dealer Selene in Sony Screen Gems’ Underworld 4: Awakening. The surly stunner, who clearly thought herself to be to big for her vampire britches, appears to have been lured back to the franchise with promise of a passing-the-torch storyline.

From a leaked plot point:

After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter, Nissa, and when she finds her, they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all.

Sony Screen Gems is currently on the look for aspiring teen actresses interested in playing the part through their new online auditioning campaign Face of the Fan.

Underworld 4: Awakening is directed by Swedish filmmakers Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein (Shelter). John Hlavin (“The Shield”) is attached as screenwriter. The film arrives in theaters in 2-D and 3-D on Jan. 20, 2011.

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