Resident Evil:Afterlife To Be Followed By ‘Begins’
The upcoming 4th Resident Evil film is to be the last before Sony pictures decides to reinvent the RE films. ‘Begins’ will focus on a military unit fighting a super computer and zombies…wait a god damn minute! Sounds like Sony Pictures is going to remake the original RE film and “get it right” this time. The first film wasn’t to bad but a revamped take on the story could prove better than the original. We will have to wait a pretty good amount of time for ‘Begins’ to even show its head. ‘Afterlife’ is still slated for a August 27th release.
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Resident Evil:Afterlife Is First Of New Planned Trilogy, Will Be In 3D
Paul W.S. Anderson tells Shock Till You Drop that Resident Evil: Afterlife will be his 4th RE film, but not a full sequel. Instead the series will be revamped and start as a whole new trilogy. Afterlife will have a bigger budget than the previous films and will see the return of old characters and new ones. The film will also be joining that whole 3D fad that decided to rear its head up from the 70’s.
“I always envisioned Resident Evil as a trilogy of films, “he said. “And we’ve been very lucky where it’s a trilogy where the audience has built and built. I wanted to kick off a brand new trilogy. I’m really excited we’re doing it [in 3-D] and we’re using the same camera system [James] Cameron used for Avatar. There are a lot of exciting things about this one. I don’t regard it as Resident Evil 4, I regard it as a re-tooling and rebirth of the entire franchise.”
Our guess is that Paul will take the Fast And Furious approach; by having a film that ignores previous events and rewrites the series history. This is good news for die hard Resident Evil fans. Maybe, just maybe we can have a RE film that doesn’t stray so far from the source material. We’re looking at you Extinction.
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Resident Evil: Afterlife Coming To Theaters September 2010 [Update]
Yup, another Resident Evil film is on the way. Director Paul W.S. Anderson discussed how he has been writing a 4th film for some time. Well it looks like Sony and Capcom have greenlighted Resident Evil: Afterlife for a September 17th 2010 release. The date has been sourced by an internal memo circulating both parties. No word on whether it will be a direct sequel to the less than true to the series Resident Evil: Extinction. With an ending that wide open, we are fairly certain it will be a sequel. Anderson has not confirmed if he’s directing or if Milla Jovovich will reprise her role as super experiment Alice. Seeing as how Milla was the only good thing about these films, we hope she returns.
Update: Milla Jovovich has confirmed to paparazzi that filming for Resident Evil “Numbah four” will start at the end of the year. Video after the break.
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