[Movie] Resident Evil Movie Series.

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

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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.
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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

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

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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:

Spoiler:

-"Post-apocalyptic" world is a bit of an exaggeration. The film takes place only 3 days after Apocalypse and one third of the US has been infected. A massive quarantine barrier bisects the entire country. Guess which side Alice & co are on? Raccoon City also got nuked, twice.

-The BOWs that will appear in the movie are: zombie, super-zombies (runners), Hunters, Chimeras, the Yawn (snake) and the T-002 Tyrant. Some of the lesser BOWs may get replaced with Lickers from the previous movies due to budget and time constraints.

-Everyone who survived the last film is back, except one. In fact we're first reintroduced to the gang when they're mourning Angie Ashford, who died from a zombie attack a few hours before. They're in their little Mad Max vehicle driving around the Nevada desert. Dr. Issacs is also back and is searching for Alice in his own armoured vehicle. He's also taken to summarily executing his subordinates on a whim.

-Lots of big wide-angle shots from a news helicopter's POV showing destroyed citiy streets à la RE:Outbreak, before zooming in on Alice's vehicle. They stop at a gas station and get out. Jill and L.J take care of food whilst Alice and Carlos get gasoline. Zombies turn up, a battle ensues and during the height of the slaughter Alice uses her super-powers to make the zombies' brains explode.

-Cut to Claire Redfield infiltrating an Umbrella outpost on the outskirts of a city called Birkin (yes, you read that correctly). She takes Nurse Betty hostage and orders her to help Claire get into the more secure sections of the base so she can get more info on the location of her brother, Chris. Betty gets the best of her a few minutes later and activates an alarm. Claire gets taken prisoner.

-Meanwhile Alice & co have also arrived at the outpost and Alice is using her super-powers again to kill the guards. Jill hacks into the security system and shuts it down, meaning all the BOWs can now get out. Hunters and Chimeras take down all the guards whilst Claire, Betty and "Umbrella Captain" (unnamed character who sticks through part of the film) take refuge in an electrified kennel. Alice then enters the base alone and uses her wire kung-fu to kill all the BOWs, including impaling one of the BOW's heads (goodbye PG-13 rating).

-Cue lengthy exposition where it's revealed they've all been exposed to a virus (new virus, T-virus, exposure in the previous movies, exposure just by being in the quarantined zone, who knows?). There is an antidote, located in Umbrella's Alaskan lab. They have 3 weeks to get it or they'll die.

-Cut to abandoned K-mart. It's residents are Mikey (a girl), her Puerto Rican boyfriend "Runt" and annoying hanger-on "Pockmark" (I'm so glad that at least one of them must die). Alice's convoy runs into them and they join up (they also need the cure) just in time for Dr. Issacs and a huge army of zombies to arrive on the scene. Claire leads the convoy off whilst Alice and Issacs go head-to-head. Issacs is written down as "mechanically protected", and I hope to god that means armoured vehicle and not mechwarrior. Issacs gets taken out by the two hundred or so zombies and Alice is left close to death. Claire comes in solo and drags her out of there, and they are picked up by L.J and Pockmark.

-Then comes a series of action scenes depicting the journey to Alaska. It's sort of a protracted chase sequence that involves the Yawn at its climax. Some of the extraneous characters are killed off and either Jill or Carlos bites the dust (almost certainly Jill, as they already have Alice and Claire filling the "kick-ass chick" role and only Carlos for the male lead. L.J doesn't count, he's just comic relief).

-Finally we reach Alaska, where the survivors find out the cure is actually in the blood of a Tyrant (described as "a towering mass of surgically constructed limbs with an empowering hand that features four extremely sharp blades") kept in cold storage. They begin a procedure and fill several vials with its blood when the operation wakes it up. "Epic" fight ensues with a "shocking conclusion" (I'm hoping that means Alice dies. With all her super-powers there is no way they can advance her character any further. Plus, the last five pages of the script focus on setting up Claire's search for her brother in the fourth RE film).

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

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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

I was speaking idiomatically.

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."
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From rehorror.net: Extinction spoilers

Spoiler:

Thanks to another movie extra, we’ve managed to garner some major plot points including an in-depth description on how two major characters snuff it. He also provided some hi-res panoramic shots of the set.

Umbrella Compound
Another angle
Gearing up
Clapperboard

-Alice’s convoy is comprised of: a yellow Hummer (civilian model), a school bus, a TV truck (station “KT-3 Denver News”), a tanker truck (ENCO company), an army truck (6 wheels, 2.5 ton model) and a Raccoon City ambulance, all tricked out Mad Max style.

-The purpose of the ”Ice Hockey Undead” scene: Dr. Isaacs is gathering all the zombies that have mutated into Stalkers in order to mount an attack on Alice’s convoy in hopes of capturing her for further research.

-There is a scene in the desert where a bunch of infected crows are feasting on some dead zombies. In this scene they didn’t actually use any real crows, just ones made out of paper.

-K-Mart becomes a zombie. Spencer Locke was seen getting the full zombie make-up at her trailer.

-Carlos was the one driving the petrol tanker, he dies when it blows up. Using the multitude of information provided by the different extras and our "Occupation: Zombie" blog, we can now reconstruct what happens:

Carlos (his stunt double actually) is in the tanker taking the lead with its battering ram, followed by Alice (again, stunt double) in the Hummer and some others in the 6-wheeler army truck, driving towards the Umbrella compound pell-mell (maybe to attack Isaacs or rescue Claire+K-Mart?). The tanker truck takes a hit or loses a tire or something and crashes into a sand dune. The ever-present mob of zombies descends upon it and tries to eat Carlos. The tanker then explodes (maybe Carlos lit the flame himself?). Alice & co continue on with the Hummer smashing down the gate with the army truck following. Whilst Alice & co are doing their thing (it was filmed somewhere else as they’ll need the real cast for all the close-ups) the zombies swarm in through the gate. Sometime later on after some exposition inside the central building, Claire, K-Mart and an unidentified pilot escape in the chopper.

Big thanks to Shava for his help. You can see a few more photos from the set on his blog.

Sometime in the future we will be getting pictures of the vehicles from the convoy, pics of Milla and Carlos’s stunt doubles, as well as photos of a returning character from the games and previous movies not yet revealed. See you then.

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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:

Spoiler:

-The film takes place 3-5 years after Apocalypse.
-Angela Ashford will not be returning.
-Milla's character Alice is now on her own.
-The world is overrun with the T-Virus, and infected crows will attack the convoy..
-The convoy is actually a school bus and an ambulance with grates and bars covering the windows will also be used.
-The sinister Albert Wesker (Peter O Meara) is having a conversation with an Umbrella Executive (John Eric Bentley) in a board room.
-We are also shown Dr. Isaacs lab.
-Here is a behind the scenes photo of Albert Wesker found at Rehorror.com: http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8971/weskerka0.png

FELIPE NO

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.

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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."
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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."
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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.
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Finally some updates.

xman25

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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.
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There is also a new picture of Milla Jovovich from RE3.

xman25

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

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

xman25

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Some new pictures from 'Extinction'.

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

xman25

I was speaking idiomatically.

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

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

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

xman25

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

From wikipedia:

Spoiler:

Game connections

--Mulcahy stated that several old and new creatures will appear. Only the Zombies, Crimson Heads, Cerberuses, Crows and Tyrant have been confirmed to appear so far. Also, Lickers and Hunters have been rumored but will not appear in the film.

--Like Resident Evil 5 (the game), Extinction takes place in a dry, harsh, desert wilderness.

--A promotional photo shows Alice returning to the mansion featured in the first film, or a replica. Extinction will have connections to the previous two movies in the series. (direct reference to Code: Veronica).At the end of the movie Alice fights the Tyrant in a replica of the Spencer Mansion (which is used as a training facility for the Alice Clones) much like Claire Redfield does in the game Resident Evil Code: Veronica.

--As a reference to the original Resident Evil Captain Alexander Slater gets killed by the Tyrant much like Albert Wesker does in the original

--The event in which Dr. Isaacs is ordered to be assassinated but narrowly escapes death and injects himself with his own virus, ultimately mutating into a Tyrant-like creature, could be very well based on the same event in Resident Evil 2 in which William Birkin also injects himself and mutates into a creature similar to a Tyrant after nearly being assassinated.

--The Tyrant in this movie has a resemblance T-002 Tyrant from Resident Evil but attacks like the T-091 Tyrant does with his tentacles (from Resident Evilead Aim)

--Albert Wesker's role is Chairman of Umbrella, much like the role Wesker is seeking during and after the events of Resident Evil 4.

--Albert Wesker communicates with his top scientists and managers of Umbrella on a regular basis either via e-mail, phone call, or holographic image. Somewhat the same presence Albert Wesker had in Resident Evil 4. (Advising on Ada Wong on mission status's and objectives via PDA)

--The way Captain Alexander Slater dies (with tentacles destroying his face) is very similar to the final death of Biohazard 4D Executer, a Japanese theme park film attraction based on the game. Also the expression in the face of the Tyrant resembles the creature in the game attraction.

xman25

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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

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

xman25

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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.

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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

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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'
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Supposedly the tag line is: "She's back...And she's bringing a few of her friends."

xman25

I was speaking idiomatically.

Wasn't expecting this:

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

xman25

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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

FELIPE NO

More news:

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

It Wont Die: Resident Evil: Afterlife begins Shooting | Dark Diamond
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xman25

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

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
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xman25

Jam it back in, in the dark.