The Immortal Rules

The Immortal Rules  is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy film released in 2026 based on the 2012 novel by Julie Kagawa. It focuses on a woman named Allison Sekemoto trying to survive in a world decimated by a Red Lung virus as she's thrown into a war between Humans, Vampires and Rabids. It received positive reviews from critics for its direction, plot, acting and script. It grossed $600 Million worldwide which made it a box office success. Two sequels are in development.

Plot
Following the outbreak of a virus called Red Lung, the world is ruins with those infected becoming undead monsters called Rabids. Many human survivors live in in Inner City, a city cut off from the outside world where Human live under an oppressive government run by Vampires: soulless parasitic undead demons subsisting off human blood. Allison Sekemoto is a seventeen year old girl living among gangs of rebels constantly fighting for food and shelter while being hunted by Vampires. Allison and her friends including Stick search for food outside the city walls but two of her friends are killed. Allison sacrifices herself to save Stick and is bitten by a Rabid and left for dead.

A Vampire named Kanin finds Allison and gives her a choice between dying and becoming a Rabid, which would spare her soul, or becoming a vampire and his progeny. Allison accepts Kanin's offer for the later and allows him to share blood with her and drain some of hers. She wakes up in the morning, and is informed of her new status and rules by Kanin. Allison learns to control her new abilities and learns to cope with her newfound bloodlust. Allison finds Stick who is scared upon realizing that she's a vampire. Allison meets a vampire named Sarren who seeks revenge against Kanin for letting humans use him for experiments. Kanin and Allison injure Sarren and leave the area. Kanin is captured by a search party working for Sarren and Allison escapes.

Allison begins to dream of Kanin as he's tortured by Sarren do to a psychic sire bond between them. Allison finds a team of Nomads run by a preacher Jebbadiah Crosse traveling to a safe haven known as Eden. Allison falls in love with step-son Zeke and decides to join their group. Zeke is eventually angered when he discovers Allison is a Vampire. On their crusade the group is attacked by bikers working for a vampire raider named Jackal. The entire group except for Allison and Zeke are captured by the raiders who take them to their leader in rundown Chicago for a public execution. Jackal reveals his intention of annihilating the Rabids to save humanity and vampires alike and needs information from Jebbadiah. Allison breaks into Jackal's tower to save Jebbadiah but encounters Jackal who tries to persuade her to join him and reveals Kanin is his sire as well making them blood-siblings. Allison refuses to join Jackal and the two vampires fight in the tower's high level. Jackal defeats Allison, but Jebbadiah sacrifices himself to push Jackal out of the tower. Zeke shares blood with Allison allowing her to recover from her injuries and the two reunite with the group. The group makes it to the island city of Eden where the hospital workers inspect the group. Allison is forced to part ways from Zeke and leaves the city to save her creator Kanin.

Cast

 * Orlando Bloom as Kanin
 * Colton Haynes as Zeke
 * Evan Dumouchel as Jebbadiah
 * Cillian Murphy as Jackal
 * Joaquin Phoenix as Sarren
 * Megan Liu as Allison Sekemoto

Critical Reception
The Immortal Rules received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 87% based on 150 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Immortal Rules is an inspiring piece of cinema that elevates the vampire film genre to new heights with an outstanding premise and fusion with other genres" Metacritic gives the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 57 critics, indicating "generally favorable views". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore were more receptive to the film, giving it a CinemaScore grade of "A-".

Sequels
Following its success, Lionsgate greenlit the development of adaptions of the second and third books, The Eternity Cure and The Forever Song. The Eternity Cure's planned release date is November 7, 2028.