Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

About the film . . .

  • Third of 6 Resident Evil films. Prequels: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004); Sequels: Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), Resident Evil 6 (2014)

  • 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: Extinction. 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 would

    io9: You would?
    Anderson: We would, yes. Absolutely.

  • 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 ]

  • Sony's official site for Resident Evil: Extinction

  • Trailer: Full trailer, R-rated Red Band Trailer at Sony's official site for Resident Evil: Extinction

  • NBC has an exclusive two and a half minute clip from Resident Evil: Extinction

  • 4 clips from Resident Evil: Extinction at MySpaceTV. Milla's below, others here: Ali Larter as Claire Redfield, Oded Fehr as Carlos Oliveira, Ashanti as Betty



  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Resident Evil: Extinction on DVD (Amazon), Blu-ray (Amazon) and PSP UMD on January 1, 2008. Both are packed with bonus features:

    • Collectible bronze-colored foil package
    • Deleted Scenes
    • Sneak Peek at Resident Evil: Degeneration, the first Resident Evil CGI feature film
    • Filmmakers' Commentary
    • Alice Vision: Preproduction
    • The Big Bang: Shooting Resident Evil: Extinction
    • Bigger, Faster, Stronger: The Undead Evolve
    • Vegas Visual Effects: Miniatures
    • Under The Umbrella: Picture-in-Picture Experience (Blu-ray exclusive)
    • Blu-wizard 2.0 - Create a scene selection playlist that the player will remember (Blu-ray exclusive)

    The Resident Evil: Extinction Blu-ray DVD (available from Amazon) will be presented in widescreen 2.4:1 1080p video and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless audio. A picture-in-picture commentary titled Under the Umbrella and Blu-Wizard 2.0 dynamic custom playlists will be exclusive to Blu-ray. Regular DVD and Blu-ray DVD cover images:

  • Milla won Best Actress in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show for her role as Alice in Resident Evil: Extinction at Spike's Scream 2008 Awards [ Video of Milla's acceptance speech ] (October 21, 2008):

  • Hollywood Roadshow will be auctioning off some Resident Evil: Extinction props on October 20, 2007 (full article). Among the items are several of Alice's (Milla) props:



  • Resident Evil: Extinction premiere in Las Vegas, NV, September 20, 2007:

  • Resident Evil: Extinction press conference in Hollywood, CA, September 16, 2007:

  • Milla promoted Resident Evil: Extinction at Comic-Con 2007 in San Diego, CA on Saturday July 28, 2007. This was also the world premiere of the new trailer.

  • Audio interviews from Comic-Con, July 28, 2007

  • Site visit reviews from IGN.com, ShockTillYouDrop.com, JoBlo.com, Rotten Tomatoes, UGO.com

  • From the international website for Resident Evil: Extinction:

  • International release dates for Resident Evil: Extinction:

    North America
    United States ... September 21, 2007

    Europe
    Bulgaria ...November 2, 2007
    Czech Republic ... November 15, 2007
    Denmark ... November 2, 2007
    Spain ... October 31, 2007
    Estonia ... October 5, 2007
    Croatia ... October 18, 2007
    Iceland ... October 19, 2007
    Italy ... October 12, 2007
    Latvia ... November 9, 2007
    Lithuania ... October 5, 2007
    Hungary ... October 11, 2007
    Norway ... November 30, 2007
    Poland ... November 16, 2007
    Portugal ... October 25, 2007
    Romania ... November 2, 2007
    Slovenia ... October 18, 2007
    Slovakia ... November 1, 2007
    Serbia and Montenegro ... October 25, 2007
    Finland ... November 2, 2007
    Sweden ... October 5, 2007
    United Kingdom ... October 12, 2007

    Latin America
    América Central ... November 2, 2007
    Argentina ... October 11, 2007
    Bolivia ... November 1, 2007
    Brazil ... October 5, 2007
    Chile ... November 1, 2007
    Colombia ... November 16, 2007
    Ecuador ... November 1, 2007
    México ... September 21, 2007
    Perú ... November 1, 2007
    Puerto Rico ... September 21, 2007
    Uruguay ... October 26, 2007
    Venezuela ... November 2, 2007

    Asia Pacific
    Australia ... October 11, 2007
    India ... September 28, 2007
    Japan ... November 2007
    New Zealand ... October 25, 2007

    Middle East / Africa
    South Africa ... October 19, 2007

  • The full Resident Evil: Extinction trailer can be seen here

  • Teaser trailer at Yahoo! Movies ... screen caps:

  • Plot summary: The third and final installment of the $100 million Resident Evil hits, Resident Evil: Extinction is again based on the wildly popular video game series and picks up where the last film left off. 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.

  • US release date: September 21, 2007 (International release dates)

  • Milla's character Alice wears Jovovich-Hawk clothing in Resident Evil: Extinction (JoBlo article)

  • Milla's character Alice rides a BMW Motorrad K1200R motorcycle

  • Articles/press:

    • Resident Evil: Extinction opened at #1 in the US. From Yahoo! News:

      The undead of "Resident Evil" still have plenty of life in them. Resident Evil: Extinction, with Milla Jovovich again fighting flesh-hungry zombies in the third installment based on the video game, opened as the No. 1 weekend flick with $24 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was the best debut for the franchise, topping the $23 million debut of part two, 2004's Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

      Sony Screen Gems hinted there could be more "Resident Evil" movies, though the latest had been billed as the final one. "Until the next," joked Rory Bruer, Sony's head of distribution. "It absolutely would not surprise me considering the success of the franchise that they find a way to come up with another. It's a real possibility."

    • Interview with wrestler CM Punk from WWE

    • Chicago Sun-Times

    • SCI FI Wire

    • IESB.net

    • Moviefone Unscripted interview

    • From WashingtonPost.com: Milla interview and TakeTwo

    • From ReelzChannel: Milla interview and video clips

    • From Yahoo!: behind the scenes webisodes

    • Video interviews with Milla, Ali Larter, and Oded Fehr at IESB.net

    • Interview with Milla at iF Magazine

    • Resident Evil: Extinction featurette from FEARnet

    • Video of Milla talking about Resident Evil: Extinction from MTV

    • Interview from Wizard Entertainment (April 14, 2007)

    • ComingSoon.net reports that there will not be a fourth Resident Evil movie.

    • Behind-the-scenes from MTV Germany:

    • "Game Head" [ Video availale at SpikeTV.com ]

    • Interview with Milla from iFmagazine.com

    • Details from director Paul W.S. Anderson:
      • "Umbrella Corporation has failed to control the outbreaks of the T-Virus and the world has been literally wiped out ... There's very little humanity left and a handful of human survivors are travelling around the remnants of the world in these heavily armoured convoys. 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 armoured trucks and customized rolling fortresses - it's very Road Warrior - at high speed so that the undead don't get anywhere near them."
      • The film takes place "primarily in the deserts of Nevada and around Las Vegas" - and it's all a bit unkempt because "the desert has come back in and half-buried Vegas. 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."
    • MTV: Hated Resident Evil 2? Jovovich Promises Third One Is Rad
    • Bloody-Disgusting.com
    • IGN
    • The Hollywood News
    • Empire
    • SciFi

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Credits

[ For complete credits, check out the Internet Movie Database listing for Resident Evil: Extinction ]

Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Written by Paul S. Anderson

Cast (partial)
Milla Jovovich .... Alice
Sienna Guillory .... Jill Valentine
Mike Epps .... LJ
Oded Fehr .... Carlos Olivera
Iain Glen .... Dr. Isaacs
Ali Larter .... Claire
Ashanti .... Nurse Betty
Chris Egan .... Mikey

Plot summary: The third and final installment of the $100 million Resident Evil hits, Resident Evil: Extinction is again based on the wildly popular video game series and picks up where the last film left off. 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.

Release date: September 21, 2007

Posters [ Amazon / Amazon UK ]

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Books [ Amazon / Amazon UK ]

Promotion

  • Munich, Germany (July 16, 2007) from People Image:

  • Tokyo, Japan (August 2, 2007):




Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)