Resident Evil Movie Series.
 

Instead of dividing the RE movies into different threads, I decided to combine the movies into one thread.
------

I found this linked on a Resident Evil website. It's from MTV:

Milla Jovovich loves being a mutant — a good thing, considering she's about to become one yet again, as "Resident Evil: Extinction" is slated to start production Monday (May 15) in Mexico.

"I just love being typecast; it's my favorite thing ever," Jovovich joked in a Valley Girl voice (see "Milla Jovovich Makes Her Case For Being Every Geek's Dream Girl"). But seriously, "I don't think it would be a great sci-fi action movie if there wasn't some sort of viral mutation going on. You always have to have some crazy virus that gets out there and suddenly infects people with these strange powers."

Jovovich's character has gone through so much transformation from the first "Resident Evil" to the third installment that the actress feels sorry for her.

"Poor Alice is just the queen of mutations," Jovovich said. "It just keeps going on and on for her." But there is an upside: "She's definitely got some crazy new powers in the new movie, I can tell you that much."

It's not just that mutant powers sound cool (Alice discovered in the past films she has superhuman speed, strength, sensory perception and mental powers), but scriptwise, they're also easily explained, unlike some other superpowers.

"If people have powers out of the blue, I'm like, 'OK, what school did they go to? Where did they train? Are you joking?' " Jovovich said. "The mutation thing gives us a lot of free reign. I like mutation thingies, as long as it doesn't happen in real life!"

While Jovovich concedes that "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" didn't measure up to the first film, she doesn't think this sequel will have the same problem.

"The studio wanted more action, more explosions, and maybe the story line kinda got swept under the carpet because of that," she said of "Apocalypse." "Unfortunately with these kinds of movies, there's only so much control the creative people can have before they get subverted by the Man. But hopefully you'll like 'Resident Evil 3' better. The script is really rad. I was almost in tears reading it."

That's because of all the "crazy things" that happen to characters like Alice's comrades-in-arms Jill Valentine (played by Sienna Guillory) and L.J. (played by Mike Epps), as they continue fighting the undead and try to prevent the zombie virus from spreading. While Jovovich won't spill on what those crazy things are, she will promise this: "You won't even expect it."

— Jennifer Vineyard
--------------

From the other things that I've read about the third RE movie, it's going to be another big departure from the game series. Even more so than the first movie. The first RE movie had almost nothing in common with the game series. It had 'Umbrella', the 'lickers', the dogs, and of coarse the lovable zombies, but no characters from the games. I liked the movie, but I wish the story was closer to the first game's story. I liked 'Resident Evil: Apocalypse' (#2) better than the first movie because it had more to do with the games. It had characters from the games and the story was similar to RE3. I wish that 'RE:A' had more monster from the games, mainly Hunters. I liked that Nemesis looked like he did in RE3 and that he got to say his magic word, "STARS". I'm sure 'Resident Evil: Extinction' will be entertaining, but I wish that it wasn't going to stray from the games so much. Supposedly, there is going to be a fouth RE movie after 'Resident Evil: Extinction'. I'll see the next movie(s). I like Milla Jovovich.

xman25

When I thought they couldn't get worse, they cast Ashanti in the movie. Genius.

i knew that RE wouldn't end so soon...

the first RE disappointed me so much... but I really wonder what would happen if the first RE was anything like the first RE game... where Jill had to run around in that mansion by herself -___- i suppose there can't be any excitement in that

well after reading what you just posted... i will watch RE3 but right now it's really difficult for me to assume that I'll like it considering the last 2 movies were crap. RE2 was better than the first but it wasn't AMAZINGLY better...

I was kind of hyped for RE2. Nemesis was shown briefly in the trailer, Jill looked kinda hot. It seemed as though they were trying to get back into the original plotline for the games. Now, upon retrospect, that's a good and a bad thing. The games don't really have awesome or compelling storylines to begin with.

But Resident Evil: Apocalypse was just bad. Alice didn't need to run down a building to impress me; she already kicked a zombified dog in the snout in the first movie. Now if she suplexed a zombie, that'd be priceless. Instead we're 'treated' to a half-assed fight with a man in a giant Nemesis condom. I unzipped my pants in the theaters, whipped it out, and skullfucked myself. My eight dollars. Eight bucks I could've saved for a BART ticket.

The new RE movie doesn't sound very promising, but I'll probably go in with low expectations (a habit I've developed since RE:A). I mean if it's bad, at least I can go in laughing at it. Hopefully.

I don't know what the rest of you guys are on about, but the second RE movie was leaps and bounds ahead of the first one. That's not to say it's some grand production that should go down in history, but when it all comes down to it, the second movie was good. It was a good movie. Both these movies could have been alot worse. Like, Gigli worse. But for being a videogame movie, which some people have miraculously forgotten they are, they were pretty acceptable movies. And I am a die-hard Resident Evil fan.

Why the fuck are were people's expectations so high in the first place? They're fucking VIDEOGAME MOVIES! Nobody is supposed to expect them to be good!

So, basically, you're implying that, since people have low expectations concerning videogame-based works, they'd rather, and legitimately, retain the same stupidity they've been sporting so far. Good logic there.

Look, it's not a matter of supposed expectations or adherence to the originals. It's about common sense, really.

A martial artist Milla Jovovich combined with a spoofed Nemesis, uninspired settings, bland storyline and unfitting character portrayal (I'm looking at you, Jill *insert random swearing* Valentine). That isn't common sense, it's just an inexcusable attempt at milking bad scripts from a great series.

Yes, I think the movies were very disappointing. But, I'd say that the more the expectations, the more incentives the directors have to fulfill a proper narration of the story. Though, for the record, I actually doubt that's going to happen anytime soon.

Who cares. I enjoyed both of them, but I don't watch many movies, so I can't compare the deep literary references and plot narration techniques to the highly acclaimed masterpieces!

I like how the stories don't have much to do with the games, cause there's no point remaking / repeating them, plus I don't like movie / game tie-ins, they should stay seperate, both have totally different atmosphere and people directing it, it'd just seem too out of place.

I thought the 3rd would be out soon... sounds like it's a while away.

Resident evil series... hmmm... I liked the first one better than the second one because it had more zombie action.
Since apocalypse never flied through our movie theaters for long (for a month and a half MAX) I decided to rent it one day and I found the movie averagely enjoyable. some parts were good some were just crap. I didn't like Nemesis because the creators just raped him. The costume looked like crap and they gave him feeling.
I loved him in the game... you know busting through walls just saying: ".... s.t.a.r.s...".
but near the end where some stuff happens (I don't know how to do spoiler tags) the Nemesis killing machine gave tear and did some other stuff...

So my conclusion is that re 1 was cool. re: A was not horrible but they should have Nemesised Nemesis a little better.

I do think I'll rent Re: 3 but well... we'll see.

HOnestly, i have been somewhat disappointed with all the RE movies because I was expecting a bit more out of it... I remember being scared shitless in the games but the movies didn't really have that affect on me.

Then the 2nd movie, i thought it sucked because it tried to intergrade the games into the story by adding Carlos and Jill but fucked up because sure it had the characters but it fucked up the background of the games.. I wouldn't minded as much except that.. How many Stars members were there?? Like 30 all together or more?

Then they grabbed the helicopter chase scene from RE-Code Veronica... wtf?

I'll see it for Sienna.

Yeah, the second one was cheese. It was poorly made cheese. I don't think it even matched the style/tone of the first one -- which I thought was directed well. It was like a music video with a cliched spy story and cool action scenes. Nothing incredibly groundbreaking, but not bad, and even memorable at parts.

So, RE? Kind of neat. RE:A? Me confused. :dotdotdot:

The whole mutant power thing... Sounds lame to me.. This isn't X-men, it's just RE..

Yeh. It's not like we have a mutant superhuman powered Wesker running around in some of the games ....

That's okay. But the whole telekynetic part is just fuckin' lame.

Well, nobody said that wasn't crap of the utmost excellence in the first place ;)

Zorro

Yeah, that shit in Veronica was b.s. b/c the mansion blew up and he was killed by the experimental monkey things.

Thus why I didn't like Code...

I have no desire to waste money to go see this. I might just go see an RE movie if they just start from scratch (new team and everything). I might actually forgive the idea that the current RE movies are abominations. And here's a question that I've been pondering... why is it that the Silent Hill movie is better than both RE movies? Wait! I think that it's success was because Konami helped make it! Maybe, they should stop writing absolute garbage and take the original story lines from the games for RE. Somethings are better left just as games, I guess....

Somethings??? Look at most games made into movies... Crap, full crap.

This is funny considering I just had a dream about Nemesis ;__;

The first one was alright, still better than the second one. The second RE was again, alright but that's because I had mixed feelings about the movie. I was excited when I first saw the trailer, but then it sank in...the movie is going to suck hard. To my suprise it was better than what I thought it was going to be but it still wasn't good.

And now, I have really low expectations for RE3, not because it's a video game movie but because the ones before that wasn't as good as it could been. Ashanti? Bwahaha no way. I'll probably see this movie when it comes out On Demand.

I wished they would just restart the series with a new story/timeline. The one going on in the movies right now is just awkward with Alice mutating and all. Plus with Jovovich as the lead again I doubt the movie will be much different from the previous two Resident Evils, but I also doubt that she'd accept a lesser role.

I'm just glad that Sienna and Oded Fehr are back, as they were the only reason I liked the 2nd one more than the first.

That would be the ONLY reason I would see RE3, just for Oded Fehr.

So far the Resident Evil moves have been rather poor in comparison to the games in my humble opinion, I always thought that they would have continued the S.T.A.R.S vibe moreso than they have done in the movies thus far. Okay, Jill Valentine appears in the second, along with Carlos Oliviera - though without hearing him introduce himself, us Resi fans wouldn't know it was him due to looking nothing like the South American Umbrella boy.

When will Hollywood learn that making movies from games doesn't mean they'll be as popular on the big screen as at home with a pause menu.

I actually liked the RE movies way better than most of the other video-game movies. The only other video game movie i like is MK.

Mario was laughable horrible
Same with SF
House of the dead, not even gonna go near that.
Doom - Crap
Silent Hill - Haven't seen, looks interesting, may be good.
DOA - Looking to be Crap

Forgive me if i missed any movie.

The sad thing about House of the Dead, is that they made a sequel to it....

Some new stuff:

1)From joblo.com: Hola amigos. Just returned from Mexico City where the sickness they call RESIDENT EVIL 3 is shooting. As had already been widely reported, most of the zombie fun this time around takes place in the desert. While I can't share much about the flick with you just yet, there were some interesting tidbits that came up regarding other projects and I thought I'd share some of that with you.

Of course, as Pat Torfe told you about the other day, we had producer Jeremy Bolt share some info on upcoming projects ranging from CASTLEVANIA to DOA 2. The RESIDENT EVIL stuff he gave us is mostly top secret at this point, but I can tell you to expect the introduction of an important character from the early games, and I think all fans of the series will be pretty damn happy with a new boss monster that's gonna rear its ugly head.

We also got a chance to chat with the F/X guys, and while we don't know exactly what's being done with the fight scenes, it was confirmed that there is a LOT of blood, and they had days when they had to have up to 100 zombies made up. Sounds f*cking intense, eh?

Of course many fans are happy to note that Russell Mulcahy (HIGHLANDER) is taking over the directorial reins from Alexander Witt who did a pretty good job of butchering the second flick. I'll let their words speak for them, but suffice to say that 100% of the returning RE2 cast we talked to had a big grin at the difference between working for Mulcahy vs. Witt.

By far the most engaging interview of the visit was with Milla Jovovich, and not just because she was in a white tank top with no bra on. In fact she mentioned that Alice's wardrobe in this flick is a design from her fashion company Jovovich-Hawk.

She also gave some insight into her opinion on the ULTRAVIOLET experience. In a nutshell she said that director Kurt Wimmer did not come through on promises he made her throughout production, and at one point she actually called him a cad.

There's so much more I wish I could share with ya'll, but for now you'll have to wait. Sorry 'bout that. What I can say with confidence is that I'm looking forward to this one now. Before the set visit, not so much.

2)From IGN: June 29, 2006 - This week at the Hollywood and Video Games Summit in Beverly Hills, we got a chance to talk to the keynote speaker, filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson. The director, famous for adapting videogames to film, talked briefly about the third movie in the Resident Evil trilogy, Resident Evil: Extinction.


"My concept behind the trilogy of movies I always imagined making was: the first movie would be a prequel to the very first game. It would tell the back story of the videogame world. The second movie would be set kind of intertwined with what was happening in Raccoon City. And then the third movie would be like a post script to the world of the videogame," Anderson explained.

"So the third movie, Resident Evil: Extinction is set several years in the future and it's pretty much after the Umbrella Corporation has failed to control the outbreaks of the T-Virus and the world has literally been wiped out. There's very little humanity left and a handful of human survivors are traveling around the remnants of the world in these heavily armored convoys and what they do is they go to the least populated parts of the world, because they figure that's where the least undead will be, and they travel in these heavily armored trucks and customized rolling fortresses—it's very Road Warrior--at high speed so that the undead don't get anywhere near them. So that's where the movie takes place, primarily in the deserts of Nevada and around Las Vegas. But of course, it's a Las Vegas that has kind of fallen now, because what's happened is, with no one to take care of it, the desert has come back in and half-buried Vegas. So… we built all these casinos which are sort of buried in the sand.

"We built… parts of Paris [the casino]. So we built a chunk of the Eiffel Tower, but half-buried in sand. It's really spectacular."

For more information about the film, visit IGN's Resident Evil Extinction page, and keep checking IGN FilmForce for the latest updates.
---------

IGN also has two pictures from the set of the movie, one of Milla Jovovich loooking a bit dirty, but hot and Ali Larter as Claire Redfield looking like a Sarah Connor from 'T2' ripoff. So far the third movie looks to be an even bigger departure from the games than the first one. But, I'll hold off judgement until I start seeing footage from the movie.

xman25

Here are the first two pictures from the third movie. Milla Jovovich as Alice and Ali Larter as Claire Redfield:

Wonder if Mad Max is gonna make a cameo. At least with this setting, it'll be harder for them to make a crappy RE4 movie (woot destroyed the world already). They might as well call this "Desert of the Dead".

Why do I feel like I'm going to end up watching Land of the Dead all over again...

I mean, really, what the fuck idea is that... They have completely taken a turn from the games and books... The idea of the desert reminds me of the 4th book but the end of civilized world reminds me of Land of the Dead.

http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/at...g?d=1151873763

http://members.aol.com/wormpix/t-1000.jpg

Ugg. Not that I'm expecting the RE movies to be good (they arn't), but I'll still see them in hopes for some fun zombie smashing good times.

But really? Ali Larter? I mean, she's always in good movies. Final Destination, American Outlaws, Drive Me Crazy, House on Haunted Hill, Legally Blonde. If Varsity Blues and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back are the best films you've ever made, you may have problems.

So it's Day of the Dead meets Mad Max. I believe that exact movie was called Land of the Dead, and it was terrible.

But who am I kidding, I'll still see the son of a bitch.

[edit] god damn you Furby

The first one, well it did stray far from the games, was overall very good and well made. The second one... was pispoor in comparison; which sadly I purchased on DVD due to the calibur fo the first one.

I'm not expecting much from any further sequals.

Looking forward to this one, sounds fairly refreshing for RE.

Got this from rehorror.net (spoilers):

"Extinction Script and First Details for 4th Movie
Someone got their hands on a draft of a Resident Evil: Extinction script post-dated May 15th 2006. Here's all the info we could glean from it:



-People's impressions of the script were generally positive and it was labelled as definitely better than Apocalypse. Take that as you will."
------------

I've tried to read as little of this as possible, but it seems to be good. I hope the person who wrote this up got a copy of the REAL script and isn't bullshiting us. I also saw a link to a script review on scifi.com for the same script, so who knows.

xman25

Here is a link to a video of zombie extras getting ready on the set of 'Resident Evil: Extinction':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IrzcZsW9Xw


I think it was taken by one of the extras.

xman25

From comingsoon.net: "Sony's Screen Gems has set a September 7, 2007 release date for the anticipated third installment, Resident Evil: Extinction, directed by Russell Mulcahy and written by Paul W.S. Anderson. The video game adaptation will star Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Mike Epps, Ali Larter, Chris Egan, Ashanti, Iain Glen, Sienna Guillory, Spencer Locke and John Eric Bentley."
----

xman25

I LOVED Resident Evil 2.

Of course, I haven't been in the movie scene. :(

Even still, I loved the action in it. RE2 It was more of an "action" movie then a "horror" which I'm guessing it's the reason so many people hate it.

In RE1, Alice had that "Damsel in distress" style (at least, that's what I remember). I loved how she changed into this fully competent fighter in RE2.


I'll really look forward to this movie. They say it's better then RE2...I'm already sold.

From rehorror.net: Extinction spoilers

-----
You'll have to go to rehorror.net to see the four pictures. The site also has a link to a picture that supposedly shows Wesker.

xman25

Double Post:
Some more stuff I found on wikipedia:

"On July 30, 2006 During a television special from Game Head on Spike TV. Viewers were treated to a special sneek peek at the film. The following details were revealed:

They should track down the guy that played Wesker in the original RE intro.

I never get tired of that damn intro.

Heh. It could've been him or Brock Lesnar XD. Overall from what i've read in the news. As long as Claire is in the movie, We can expect good stuff from her. Ali Larter is a maybe for me. I liked her in Varsity Blues but I guess they chose her as a turn on for Claire since she played a serious role in the first two FD movies. We'll see at least. They need to make sure her hair is NOT blonde.

I predict the final battle will be between Wesker and Alice...
Both modified by the virus naturally

Question... Wha the hell is this K-mart they keep say??? I'm soo lost on that one.

Got some new pictures. None of Milla unfortunatly, but one of her stunt double. Got some zombie pictures. They look ok I guess. From rehorrot.net: "Fourth movie confirmed. First details. 13 Aug 2006
In an interview at Comic-Con, Ali Larter who plays Claire Redfield confirmed that they have started working on Resident Evil 4 and that it will take place in Alaska. She also talked about Extinction, describing it as "Mad Max meets The Birds"." Another RE movie. They had been talking about a forth one. I think number four was up in the air, but I guess they came up with enough of a story to warrant a forth instalment.

xman25

I won't be interested in this until I hear news of Wesker running on walls.

From mtv.com:

September 6, 2006

Ashanti Hopes Her Bloody 'Buffy' Background Helps Her In 'Resident Evil 3'

Singer/actress recently finished shooting part in apocalyptic series.

By Larry Carroll

When last we saw "Resident Evil" heroine Alice, things weren't looking too rosy.

She had died in a crash, been resurrected by scientists in a lab and appeared to be turning into some sort of mutant/robot — quite possibly an evil one — under the control of the soulless Umbrella Corporation. On top of that, most of the world's population had been infected by the T-Virus outbreak and was rapidly transforming into bloodthirsty zombies.

But help is on the way, and it's coming from an unexpected source.

R&B songstress Ashanti agreed that it was a little odd when series overseer Paul W.S. Anderson approached the sci-fi rookie with "Resident Evil: Extinction," the upcoming third movie in the series.

"It was very funny," she said. "But I had done a 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' [episode], which was somewhat similar in the sense that I played a demon and I had to stab someone. There was blood and everything!"

"Blood and everything" would seem to be the operative words in these video game-based movies, which have so far terrified fans with undead dogs, the 9-foot-tall bio-weapon Nemesis and enough zombies to suck the brains out of a Mensa meeting. The 25-year-old Ashanti, whose movie career was helped along this year by the comedy "John Tucker Must Die" (see "Ashanti Insists Film About Killing Her Ex Is Actually 'Light' And 'Fun' "), will be joined by returning stars Milla Jovovich and Mike Epps.

"Milla is totally different from all of us," Ashanti said of the action-loving co-star who has brought Alice to life. "She's way more skilled [during the action scenes]. She knows what she's up against, and she's the vet. It's not too intimidating, because you expect it and you're like, 'OK, she has that covered.' "

"Extinction" picks up with Alice and smartass cabdriver L.J. (Epps) riding a pimped-out school bus across the wasteland once known as the United States. Desperate for help anywhere they can get it, the duo recruit no-nonsense tough girl Claire Redfield (Ali Larter) and Ashanti's character, a firepowered Florence Nightingale named Nurse Betty.

"Betty drives a really cool ambulance with these huge spiked-out razorblades on the tires to keep all the undead monsters away," the singer/actress said. "Basically she tries to nurse up whoever gets bit."

Ashanti said she got to perform some pretty intense stunts on the Mexico sets, but contrary to rumor, her character does not pilot the high-powered helicopter linked to one of the film's most high-concept action sequences. "No, I'm actually not flying the chopper," she said. "I drive the ambulance. But there's a couple of stunts going back and forth with the bus."

Nurse Betty also gets to wield some weaponry. "I would have to say [the best part] was being able to shoot the 9-millimeter," she grinned. "That was something so liberating to me — I'd never done anything like that before. At first I was a little bit leery, and I was like, 'OK, I've got to be really careful.'

"Although it had blank bullets, the gun was heavy and it made a loud noise," she continued. "But I got into it really quick, I must say. The trainer was like, 'All right, Ashanti, you got it,' and I was like, 'Pop! Pop! Pop!' "

The ammo wasn't the only thing creating sparks: Between action sequences, Nurse Betty gets to play doctor with Epps' comic-relief cabby. "She and Mike Epps kind of develop a rapport, a little relationship," she revealed. "There's a lot of care going on between the two."

With all the zombie-munching that goes on throughout the "Resident Evil" flicks, Nurse Betty's ability to bring back the undead should introduce a unique twist — and a very welcome one for Epps' apparently imperiled bite victim. But does Nurse Betty become a patient herself?

Ashanti stopped short of revealing her fate, but she admits that when she received the horror script, she couldn't help but pray that her character would get a great death scene.

"You want the most screen time, but you also want the most challenging role to get a chance to demonstrate your skills and your talents," she said. "So if that involves a death scene, it's like, 'How can I go out in victory?' If you don't die, you obviously want to stay on the screen as long as possible. So it's a combination of both."

Live or die, at the end of "Extinction," things probably won't be much better off for Alice, her still-living friends or the world around them. Anderson has expressed a desire to make the series into a tetralogy, and a fourth "Resident Evil" film would have a whole universe of apocalyptic video games, graphic novels and fan fiction to inspire it.

"We are the minority, the survivors," Ashanti explained of the ongoing saga in the third film and beyond. "We're looking for survivors, and we're trying to get to Alaska because we hear that's where the survivors go. The world is covered in zombies, we're running out of food, there's no water and there's a lot of people dying. It's all about just surviving."
----

From comingsoon.net:
(posted on the site on October 24, 2006)

"By the way, "Resident Evil" franchise fans will also be pleased to hear that the trailer for "Resident Evil: Extinction" will premiere with Ghost Rider in February."
-------------

From bloody-disgusting.com:

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Sony Screen Gems has just announced that they've pushed back the release date of Resident Evil: Extinction even further! Originally announced for a September 7, 2007 release, Russell Mulcahy's film will now hit theaters September 21st. Milla Jovovich is back as Alice, and she's running with a new pack of humans, leading a caravan that's cutting through the Nevada desert on a long trek to Alaska. Hunted by the minions of the perpetually scheming Dr. Isaacs, Alice has zombies hungry for her flesh (once again) and lab rats hungry for her blood -- while Alice is hungry for only one thing: revenge.
-------------------

Finally some updates.

xman25

From what I just read it does sound a little bit more appeasing to the eyes that what I 1st imagined.. Still the idea of Mad Max floats in my head but the whole "bringing people back from the undead" makes me wonder what kind of plot are they planning but 4 movies????

Another update: (from ign)

1) An End to Evil?
Resident Evil: Extinction the last in the movie series?
by IGN Staff

December 15, 2006 - While rumors of a fourth installment in the videogame-based series persist, a new official synopsis released today by Sony matter-of-factly states that the third movie in the franchise, Resident Evil: Extinction, will be the last.

The studio refers to the flick as "the third and final installment" of Resident Evil, and goes on to give a breakdown of Extinction's action:

Alice (Milla Jovovich), now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps), along with new survivors Claire (Ali Larter), K-Mart (Spencer Locke) and Nurse Betty (Ashanti) to try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being undead... and to seek justice. Since being captured by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and becomes genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.

The flick also stars Iain Glen, Chris Egan and Jason O'Mara. Russell Mulcahy directed from a script written by franchise producer Paul W.S. Anderson.

Resident Evil: Extinction hits theaters on September 21, 2007.

2) Sienna Guillory won't be in Resident Evil 3 (from empireonline.com interview):

Empire: So, you’re not in Resident Evil 3. How come?

Sienna: It was that awful thing of bad timing and things not happening at the right time. I was doing something else and couldn’t be there and the stars didn’t align, which is a shame.
------
There is also a new picture of Milla Jovovich from RE3.

xman25

Resident Evil: Extinction trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaN_9OAn2S0

The quality is low, but it is the official trailer.

xman25

"Low quality" doesn't even cut it. That was piss poor even for a cam.

I personally love the movies. They're full of zombies, have a great soundtrack and don't really take themselves seriously. I wasn't paying full attention when I watched Apocalypse, so I'll need to see that again sometime, but the first in the series really was a fun watch.

I'm excited for Extinction.

And I haven't even finished the first game in the series.

That really was low quality, kinda hard to tell what was going on. Nether the less, I am looking forward to this one coming out. I was one of the few that actually liked the first two.

here for you guys ^^

well see like a nice action movie, but a good resident evil? not sure.

anyway I don't like the new hair of Alice, look too much boyish (I want an Hot Alice like in the first one XD)

and I'm not sure about Ali Larter as Claire...or at leats they could have died her hair brown and tie them like Claire always has them... if I didn't not that she was playing as Claire already i gues I would have never know from this trailer.

at least you recognized Jill at first look in the second movie...

oh and I hope there's more than just zombies, I like a big monster like the liker in the first one or something else. (maybe we will see come crimson zombies that run faster and are stronger than regular one ^^)

According to the info from earlier on this page...

I like the preview, not bad at all. Thanks for the links.

Trailer

1080HD

Some new pictures from 'Extinction'.

xman25

Here is a poster for 'Resident Evil: Extinction'.

xman25

The fact that a lot of people are saying the second movie was better than the first makes me want to implode with angry fury and take the world with me.

The first Resident Evil movie was tolerable if it had been thought of as a stand-alone side story to events happening elsewhere. Kind of like Resident Evil Outbreak, only not canon.

Resident Evil Apocalypse, however, tried to include the game's story which was a hit or miss...and boy was it a severe miss. The target could have been 10 miles tall and wide and only 1 inch in front of them, and they STILL missed it. Alice stole the show a lot and not in a good way. Every time she hit the screen, I sighed. She's what Jill should have been. They even made Jill say "I'm good, but not THAT good." I'm almost positive some scenes had to be done over because the director complained about not enough Milla in the shot. "CUT!!! About a quarter of Jill's shoulder was blocking Alice's elbow. Shoot the entire scene again! In fact, take Jill out. Have her stand by and watch instead. Action!"

Game characters were given so much injustice toward the new characters. Like I said, they made Jill into some cop rookie, Carlos barely did anything important...and Nemesis...wow. Nemesis lost to a fight against Alice. A fistfight. That was sheer RE blasphemy. And for him to develop feelings and become a good guy? What happened to the badass, evil, won't-stop-until-he-kills-you-even-if-he-dies-and-transforms-just-to-kill-you NEMESIS?! Gone. Just more fodder to feed Milla's spotlight.

RE movies might as well be called "Milla Jovich versus the Zombies!" Did I mention she's ugly as sin too?

And finally, at the end of RE:A, she becomes Mega Wesker. Wesker gets superhuman powers, yes, but they overpowered Alice far too much. Melt's a guy's face off simply by looking through a security camera? That one scene alone almost made me light the movie screen on fire. Thats just overkill on power for a resident evil...well...anything. Movies or otherwise.

And now I read this little "Sit down with Milla" interview. She obviously is stupid or was paid to say what she said because everything out of her mouth written there is utter nonsense. RE3 will not be good. No. Stop saying "but what if...." It's going to be bad. Period. End of story. Milla can't act, she's ugly as hell, and is over-glorified in every RE movie so much that it no longer has any point to include any other characters.

What pisses me off the VERY most, however, is that they are actually TRYING to go out of their way to remove any scrap of the element of fear from these movies and put even MORE action in. If we wanted an action movie with zombies, we'd watch Army of Darkness. Resident Evil is supposed to be scary with a good storyline. Not a 2-hour washboard chest in ugly clothes beating up zombies in a desert in the middle of nowhere with Matrix moves in a mindless slaughter. No sense of fear or panic anywhere. Even RE4 (the game) tried to show a feel of PANIC in the game. This movie won't have panic because Milla Jovich was obviously told to play a one-man-army character which I bet she's happy about in her ditsy little way.

God I hate Milla Jovich. The wrters too. In fact...screw the next movie all together...

So, when's Silent Hill 2 coming out? Now THERE'S a game-movie worth seeing!

Here are some new pictures from 'Resident Evil: Extinction'. One is of Ashanti as her character Betty, another is of Milla Jovovich as her character Alice, and the third is of an international poster.

Here is an interview Milla did with Wizard Universe: http://www.wizarduniverse.com/movies.../004257983.cfm

From wikipedia: Horror magazine Fangoria featured the film in the August 2007 Issue, talking with director Russell Mulcahy. [13] The following details were revealed:

1) Mulcahy stated that, "What I'm trying to do with this new sequel is to make a cross between a horror movie, a spaghetti Western and an Italian Mad Max type of thing."

2) Alice's convoy are traveling across the Nevada desert trying to reach sanctuary in Alaska.

3) The film will feature new "super zombies" that have been "pumped up on some sort of alter-essence steroids. They transform[...]"

4) Mulcahy also noted that he was happy with the ability to use CGI, which allowed for an increased level of gore, and many decapitation scenes,

5) Not all the main characters will survive the film.

6) Mulcahy also stated concerning the ending of the film trilogy, "As far as I'm aware, this is indeed supposed to close the book."

A behind the scenes video of Resident Evil: Extinction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0bgAyJNJU

xman25

I didn't even know they were making a third film until I saw the trailer awhile back. The trailer got me ultra-excited to see this. Since I only recently started playing RE:1 on GC (and more recently RE:4) the inconsistencies in these films didn't affect me obviously. I thought the first one was good, although it was limited by the setting (completely inside the umbrella lab). The second one was more "campy," but I enjoyed the added humor and an expansion of the setting which allowed for many added elements such as the reporter, the soldiers, etc.

I won't go into this film expecting "Lawrence of Arabia" nor a script based on a Gamefaqs RE game guide, and as such I will more than likely enjoy it...

New trailer for the third Resident Evil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn3I04RMCTU

I've also uploaded some new pictures from 'Extinction'.

xman25

480P (right click and rename makeplaylist.dll to whatever you want.mov)

1080P (same thing, just rename it to .mov)

Hi-Def trailers. Enjoy

Oh man, no original costume for Claire? :(

The trailer looks nice, but I don't see how this movie is going to be kick ass if the other two weren't. Despite being R-rated, the movies didn't have enough blood and gore and they always looked like PG-13 movies.

Anyways, I'll try to keep my hopes up for this one.

Man, the Tyrant looks like shit. He looks to be about the size of a normal human instead of a towering behemoth. Good thing the "dollar theater" here plays first run movies now.

What Resident Evil did you play? You should know by now that each Tyrant starts out normal sized and then grows to some massive behemoth by the end of the game...

l2RE

Maybe towering behemoth wasn't a correct choice of words. What I meant was that Tyrants are usually about twice the size of a normal man. This one just looks like a zombie with tentacle claw things.

That new trailer makes it look badass I have to admit.

aw man! i need to see this!

Some new pictures. I'll upload more pictures later.

From wikipedia:

xman25

Here are two clips and a featurette from the new Resident Evil:

YouTube - Crimson Head Zombies in Resident Evil Extinction (Clip)

YouTube - Resident Evil: Extinction Crow Attack

YouTube - Resident Evil Extinction Featurette

xman25

Just a heads up. I bought the Resident Evil 1&2 double feature DVDs at WalMart for $14, and it comes with a free movie ticket to see RE3. Pretty good deal, IMO!

First review of 'Resident Evil: Extinction': RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (2007)

xman25

I just got back from watching RE3. Put on your seat belts and start your engines, because... you really want to drive away from this one. This is no review, it's a rant of disgust.



How can you write a review after this "thing!?"

Edsplosive, what were you really expecting? High concept? Deep thoughts? The Resident Evil movies are the kind of movies you don't bring your brain to. It's ok to watch big dumb movies every now and then. I basically got what I expected from 'Resident Evil: Extinction'. The complaint that I do have for the movie is that it seems like a 95 minute set up for the next instalment(s) in the franchise. I know it's been said by the producers that number 3 is the last one, but the ending leaves the door very wide open for there to be other Resident Evil movies. The actor who plays Wesker is pretty lame. The final boss fight was too short. But, overall I found the movie entertaining. According to boxofficemojo.com 'Resident Evil: Extinction' made $9.5 million on Friday. RE 1 made $17.7 million its first weekend and $40.1 million overall US boxoffice. RE 2 made $23 million its first weekend and $51.2 million overall US boxoffice. Both of the first two movies made over $100 million worldwide. My guess is that RE 3 will probably take in between $20 and $25 million its first weekend.

xman25

I don't see why the touch of subtlety couldn't be added in any of the RE films like there was during the first half of Silent Hill. The difference is you found it entertaining; I really didn't.

I enjoyed the first two RE films. Enough that when they showed up on cable I watched them again and enjoyed them once more. There were some original ideas there, and somes ties to the games (I've only played RE:4 and RE1:Remake-partially) but I know a bit about the lore behind the series. I didn't see any link between the movie RE 3 and any of the games, except for the names of some of the characters and the setting. Since I've played few RE games this didn't bother me.

However, what did bother me was that a movie called "extinction" was less "massive" than the RE 2 film. I mean, this RE 3 film was all close-quarters fighting. I wanted to see armies of zombies getting nuked. I wanted to see the entire U.S. Army battling it out with hundreds of thousands of undead (if only in a short montage of news footage or something, at least it would have been ultra-cool). No, instead what we get is the SOS, hand-to-hand close-quarters zombie fighting with people doing stupid things to get bit/infected and then turning on their friends, just like every other lame zombie film ever made. RE 3 adds absolutely nothing new to the genre, doesn't work as a game-related film because it's not game-related, and is a poor effort on all fronts. Like Edplosive mentioned, there isn't even any T&A in the film. Lame, and not worth watching even for free. No need for spoiler tags with this one because you've already seen everything that happens in the film in other zombie films, except that those other films have probably done it better...

I personally enjoyed it, as it was easily better than Apocalypse. Just go in with no expectations whatsoever, and enjoy all the references they nabbed off other movies.

I would've liked some more time for Carlos, Claire & the gang to develop their characters, but that's just nitpicking imo considering it's a video game movie.

For anyone who cares: a fourth Resident Evil movie is a possibility:

MTV Movies Blog » ‘Resident Evil 4’ Likely, Says Director Paul W.S. Anderson


Resident Evil: Resident Evil Director Confirms Army Of Alices In Resident Evil 4

xman25

Good lord, why?

RE: Extinction was a miserable excuse for a zombie movie in general, and it's silly to pretend the series shares anything more than a few names with the games at this point. I finally tried watching it on TV a couple weeks ago and it was just one big quivering mass of stupidity. Having an army of Alices sounds like the only way to make it worse, so good on them for finding a way. I laughed pretty hard at her sudden psychic powers in Extinction.

All of them have been subpar to be honest. The 3rd one wasn't as bad but it doesn't mean that it wasn't bad.

the 3rd one was weird
It started out pretty much in the middle of nothing, you didn't know how anyone ended up where they were, and they just were thrown about, I mean granted the shit that went down in that movie was badass, all the fighting, but it was off the wall and just thrown together. It's like, where's the kid? I thought the kid was like her, but I guess she's dead or something? Huh? The ending of the 2nd wasn't even explained, they just got in and out, it's like, how after the crash they had in that helicopter, did they go from having nothing to have all sorts of access points they didn't before and then go back to nothing? I'm really lost

I mean if the 3rd was like that, who's to say what the 4th will be like? And what's the point even? Save the world? Since when has Resident Evil ever ended in something "Good" always ended up in chaos! Wouldn't be a Resident Evil if it had a "Happy Ending"

Looks like they're moving ahead with a fourth movie:

Milla Jovovich going 3-D in ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ Kung Fu Cinema

Resident Evil Afterlife Coming August 27, 2010 - G4tv.com

'Resident Evil: Afterlife' Gets New Release Date

BD Horror News - Milla Jovovich Talks About Her STARRING Role in 'Resident Evil 4'
------
Supposedly the tag line is: "She's back...And she's bringing a few of her friends."

xman25

It probably won't be great, but fans across the internet will still talk about it nonstop on how badly the movie is. The only decent one was the first one because it didn't really try to do much. It shared a few names and likeness with Resident Evil but nothing else. Once they started puttin characters and plot elements from the games into the movies, it all went downhill.

Wasn't expecting this:

Rumor: Sony plans to follow Resident Evil: Afterlife with reboot Resident Evil: Begins
----------
Why not have the new movie be a reboot? Why reboot at all?

xman25

Seriously? It's not a reboot.. it's the studio admitting they made a shitty movie and saying "we're sorry!!"

If they were sorry, they wouldn't make a fourth movie and threaten us with a fifth movie. In this case, admitting you messed up and still moving forward is like falling down a flight of stairs, breaking every bone in you body and than getting back up and falling down the stairs again. Just stop.

xman25

Some people jst love the pain way too much..

Unless that army of Alices starts fucking each other then I am not interested.

I thought the CG movie, 'Degeneration,' was pretty good for what it was. Certainly better than the live-action movies.

Why not just make the movies like that? I guess there's not as much money to be made, but at least they wouldn't be pissing off fans (as much).

More news:

'Resident Evil: Afterlife': Ali Larter Returns and Wentworth Miller Joins

It Wont Die: Resident Evil: Afterlife begins Shooting | Dark Diamond
------

xman25

Some more information:

‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ Spoilers, Compliments Of Milla Jovovich On Twitter MTV Movies Blog

Teaser Trailer for 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' to Come Out in January

First Look: ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ On-Set (Images)--Backseat Cuddler
----------

xman25

I'm... slightly interested. And then again, slightly annoyed by the 'U' and 'R' stuff.

Afterlife is being pushed back to January 2011.

'Resident Evil: Afterlife' Delay Really Happening
------

xman25

First trailer for 'Resident Evil: Afterlife':

First Resident Evil: Afterlife Trailer Brings Back A Few Familiar Mutated Faces - Resident evil: afterlife - io9

The movie is coming out this September.

xman25

Yay for Wesker.

Boo for... basically everything else. Looks about as bad as the last one.