Changes: Universal Soldier film series

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Universal Soldier is a 1992 science fiction film that concerns two soldiers who kill each other in Vietnam, but are reanimated in a secret Army project along with other previously dead soldiers. This original film and its premise laid the groundwork for an ongoing series of sequels (canon, non-canon, and retconned) and a video game.

Films

Principal Cast

Character	Film
Character	Universal Soldier	Universal Soldier: The Return	Universal Soldier: Regeneration	Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Luc Deveraux	Jean-Claude Van Damme
Andrew Scott	Dolph Lundgren		Dolph Lundgren
Veronica Roberts	Amy Walker
S.E.T.H		Michael Jai White
Erin Young		Heidi Schanz
Maggie		Kiana Tom
Hillary Deveraux		Karis Paige Bryant
Romeo		Bill Goldberg
Magnus (NGU)			Andrei Arlovski
John				Scott Adkins

Principal Crew

Role	Film
Role	Universal Soldier	Universal Soldier: The Return	Universal Soldier: Regeneration	Universal Soldier: A New Dimension
Director	Ronald Emmerich	Mic Rodgers	John Hyams
Producer	Mario Kassar Allen Shapiro	Daniel Melnick Michael I. Rachmil Van Damme Allen Shapiro	Craig Baumgarten Mark Damon Moshe Diamant	Moshe Diamant Craig Baumgarten
Writer	Richard Rothstein Christopher Leitch Dean Devlin	William Malone John Fasano	Victor Ostrovsky	John Hyams Jon Greenlagh
Music	Christopher Franke	Don Davis	Kris Hill Michael Krassner
Cinematographer	Karl Walter Lindenlaub	Mike Benson	Peter Hyams	Yaron Levy

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+[[Universal Soldier]] is a 1992 science fiction film that concerns two soldiers who kill each other in Vietnam, but are reanimated in a secret Army project along with other previously dead soldiers. This original film and its premise laid the groundwork for an ongoing series of sequels (canon, non-canon, and retconned) and a [[Universal Soldier Video Game|video game]].
-{{Infobox
-|Box title = Universal Soldier (Film Series)
-|image = File:20fdt1c.jpg
-|imagewidth = 200px
-|Row 1 title = Directed By
-|Row 1 info = Roland Emmerich (US)<br />Mic Rodgers (TR)<br />John Hyams (R & AND)
-|Row 2 title = Produced By
-|Row 2 info = Mario Kassar (US)<br />Allen Shapiro (US & TR)<br />Daniel Melnick (TR) <br />Michael I. Rachmil (TR)<br />Jean-Claude Van Damme (TR)<br />Mark Damon (R)<br />Craig Baumgarten (R & AND)<br />Moshe Diamant (R & AND)
-|Row 3 title = Written By
-|Row 3 info = Richard Rothstein (US)<br />Christopher Leitch (US)<br />Dean Devlin (US)<br />William Malone (TR)<br />John Fasano (TR)<br />Victor Ostrovsky (R)<br />John Hyams (AND)<br />Jon Greenlagh (AND)
+==Films==
-|Row 4 title = Starring
+===Canon===
-|Row 4 info = Jean-Claude Van Damme <br />Dolph Lundgren (US, R & AND)<br />Amy Walker (US)<br />Michael Jai White (TR)<br />Bill Goldberg (TR)<br />Andrei Arlovski (R & AND)<br />Scott Adkins (AND)
+*[[Universal Soldier]] (1992)
-|Row 5 title = Music By
+*[[Universal Soldier: Regeneration]] (2009)
-|Row 5 info = Christopher Franke (US)<br />Don Davis (TR)<br />Kris Hill (R)<br />Michael Krassner (R)
+*[[Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning]] (2012)
-|Row 6 title = Distributed By
-|Row 6 info = TriStar Pictures (US & TR)<br />Sony Pictures (R & AND)
-|Row 7 title = Release Dates
-|Row 7 info = July 10, 1992 (US)<br />August 20, 1999 (TR)<br />October 1, 2009 (R)<br />May, 2012 (AND)
+===Retconned===
-|Row 8 title = Country
+*[[Universal Soldier: The Return]] (1999)
-|Row 8 info = United States
-|Row 9 title = Budget
-|Row 9 info = $82 Million
-|Row 10 title = Box Office
-|Row 10 info = $113,782,340}}
-Universal Soldier is a series of science fiction action films directed by Ronald Emmerich (US), Mic Rodgers (TR) and John Hyams (R & AND). All films star Jean-Claude Van Damme as Luc Devereaux, originally a UniSol and main protaginsit of all the films.
-==Films  ==
+===Non-Canon===
-===Universal Soldier (1992)===
+*[[Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms]] (1998)
-{{Template:Main|Universal Soldier (Film)}}
+*[[Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business]] (1998)
-During the Vietnam War, Luc (Van Damme), hoping to be sent home, comes upon blood-crazy Scott (Lundgren), who is starting a one-man genocide program. When Luc tries to stop Scott's carnage, Scott fights back and they end up killing each other. But now the government gets involved, cryogenically freezing their corpses and using their bodies in a secret government project call "UniSols" --turning the dead men into android fighting machines. Luc and Scott are now metallic fighting members of a robot SWAT team. But Luc begin to have flashbacks to the final moments of his life in Vietnam, as does Scott, who recalls that one of his final thoughts was to kill Luc. Meanwhile, a snoopy reporter named Veronica (Ally Walker) stumbles upon the secret of the UniSols, and soon Luc is trying to save both himself and Veronica from the wrath of Scott, who is trying to kill them both.
-===Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)===
-{{Template:Main|Universal Soldier: The Return}}
-After barely surviving his experiences as a part-human/part-robot Universal Soldier, Luc has opted to stay out of the front lines and work with a military project to refine and perfect the system. However, something goes wrong, and S.E.T.H. (Michael Jai White), the android supercomputer leading the new breed of soldiers, suddenly develops a murderous mind of his own. Soon S.E.T.H. is leading his fellow war machines on a rampage, and Luc is the only one who can stop them.
-===Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)===
-{{Template:Main|Universal Soldier: Regeneration}}
-When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Deveraux must take on his nemesis from the original Universal Soldier and a next-generation "UniSol".
-===Universal Soldier: A New Dimension (2012)===
-{{Template:Main|Universal Soldier: A New Dimension}}
 ==Principal Cast==
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+! style="text-align: center; width: 20%"|[[Universal Soldier]]
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 [[Universal Soldier: The Return]]
 ! style="text-align: center; width: 20%"|[[Universal Soldier: Regeneration]]
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-[[Universal Soldier: A New Dimension]]
+[[Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning]]
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 Allen Shapiro
 |Daniel Melnick
 Michael I. Rachmil
 Van Damme
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 !Writer
 |Richard Rothstein
 Christopher Leitch
 Dean Devlin
 |William Malone