Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
About the film . . .
- Fourth Resident Evil film. Prequels: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
- Release date: August 27, 2010
- Resident Evil: Afterlife will be filmed in 3-D
- Plot summary: In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead leads them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
- Milla is Tweeting (@MillaJovovich) for Resident Evil: Afterlife
- About training for Resident Evil: Extinction (Maxim (US) September 2009): "I do a lot of training for these films so I can do my own stunts. I think fans of Resident Evil love to know that it's really me doing everything. I definitely want to give that to them."
- Milla discussed Resident Evil: Afterlife with ShockTillYouDrop.com:
"There's a great script and it's going to be pretty wild. It's going to be in 3D," she said diplomatically. "They figured out a lot of stuff. We start shooting in September, they've got it all figured out at this point."
She was a little more candid when asked about what convinced her and Anderson to return to the franchise for a fourth time. "The movie makes money," she admitted. "If it makes more money than the last one, you'd think that people want to see another one, so we'll do another one. There's been a lot of interest online, there's been a lot of letters from fans. It's not like I said, 'Hey, honey! Let's do another one right away!' I mean, it's an expensive film and it's all business and if the third one didn't do well, there wouldn't be another one."
Anderson has really been getting prepared to make his return to directing the franchise since the first movie, especially with the 3D factor being added to the equation. "He's been really studying it and seeing all the different things they have and watching every 3D movie ever made pretty much," Milla told us. "Especially for a movie like this, because it's wild and a lot of action and a lot of potential for 3D to use the medium at its best. Paul has been going to every 3D company and he's now signed a deal to go with Jim Cameron's 3D company -- they did Avatar -- It should be pretty interesting. I've never actually seen a 3D movie."
- Interview with Paul W.S. Anderson from Comic-Con in San Diego, July 23, 2009 from IGN.
- Director Paul W.S. Anderson spoke to IGN about what's happening with Resident Evil: Afterlife (December 18, 2008):
- "I'm writing a script right now. The script side is happening. It's going to be difficult what's happening when until the whole SAG [strike] thing is resolved. But that's something I'm working on right now. Everyone at [game developer] Capcom has had their input into the idea and they're all very excited. I don't want to tell you what it is but it's very exciting. Once again we're doing it completely with the blessing of the videogame company. We got a lot of flack [on the sequels] for, 'Why isn't the movie set in the mansion just exactly like the very first videogame?' That's just not progression for me. As the Resident Evil videogames themselves have developed in leaps and bounds -- it's like when we did the last movie people were like, 'Resident Evil doesn't take place in the desert. What the (expletive) is this?' Well, where does Resident Evil take place? Does it take place in Raccoon City exclusively? Well, I don't think so because the game has been in Antarctica, in Raccoon City, now it's in Africa. The game is constantly and so is the movie franchise. We're doing it very much in conjunction with the developers of the videogame to give the audience something fresh but something that fits within the world of the videogame."
The filmmaker wouldn't spill the beans on whether Resident Evil: Afterlife would center on Milla Jovovich's Alice or Ali Larter's Claire Redfield. "I can't say right now," he said, then laughed, "I'm no more secretive than Capcom. I was having a meeting with Capcom and I asked about the future of the Umbrella Corporation. 'The Umbrella Corporation has many secrets.' Well, what does that mean?!" [ full article ]
- "I'm writing a script right now. The script side is happening. It's going to be difficult what's happening when until the whole SAG [strike] thing is resolved. But that's something I'm working on right now. Everyone at [game developer] Capcom has had their input into the idea and they're all very excited. I don't want to tell you what it is but it's very exciting. Once again we're doing it completely with the blessing of the videogame company. We got a lot of flack [on the sequels] for, 'Why isn't the movie set in the mansion just exactly like the very first videogame?' That's just not progression for me. As the Resident Evil videogames themselves have developed in leaps and bounds -- it's like when we did the last movie people were like, 'Resident Evil doesn't take place in the desert. What the (expletive) is this?' Well, where does Resident Evil take place? Does it take place in Raccoon City exclusively? Well, I don't think so because the game has been in Antarctica, in Raccoon City, now it's in Africa. The game is constantly and so is the movie franchise. We're doing it very much in conjunction with the developers of the videogame to give the audience something fresh but something that fits within the world of the videogame."
- Director Paul W.S. Anderson spoke to the Sunday Sun about the possibility of Resident Evil 4 (October 5, 2008):
- "I'm writing an adaptation of The Long Good Friday right now, set in present-day Miami. Then I will probably write Resident Evil 4."
- Director Paul W.S. Anderson talked to io9 about the possibility of a fourth Resident Evil film (July 31, 2008):
io9: Are we going to see an army of Alices?
Anderson: We're in very early discussions about all of it, so it's not a definite thing by any means. Milla would like to return, and I would certainly like to see the franchise continue. Last year there were, I think, eight 'threequels' got released. Rush Hour 3, Pirates 3, Spider-Man 3...but there was eight of them. Shrek 3. Six out of the eight, the third movie did worse business than the second movie. There were only two where the third movie did better than the second movie. That was Bourne Ultimatum and Resident Evil. So, you know, it is quite an achievement for a franchise to keep growing like that, and we all feel that the audience is excited to see another one clearly. We would like, if we could put it together, we would do it.io9: Right, but hypothetically how would you go about using all of those Alices?
Anderson: I'm not going to tell you that. [laughs]... but we wouldio9: You would?
Anderson: We would, yes. Absolutely. - Director Paul W.S. Anderson talked to MTV about the possibility of a sequel to Resident Evil: Extinction (June 30, 2008):
"I'm just starting to talk to Sony about it. I don't even know if anything will come of it, but there's a possibility it might happen. I love the Resident Evil franchise and we always try to make the best possible movie we can. If we could find a good Resident Evil 4 to make, then we would do it. But I wouldn't just do it for the sake of it, that's for sure." [ article ]
Credits
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Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Written by Paul S. Anderson
Cast (partial)
Milla Jovovich .... Alice
Ali Larter .... Claire Redfield
Wentworth Miller .... Chris Redfield
Plot summary: In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead leads them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
Release date: August 27, 2010