The other threads contain inaccurate or old information. Here is the newest and most up to date info and a plot summary. Afterlife will be set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun with mutant zombies. The film will play in the Nevada desert with the Aussie outback standing in for the American wasteland. In the final reel, the action will shift to Japan, setting up the fourth installment. Here is the article.



http://www.comingsoon.net/news/residentevilnews.php?id=10004

-Zavier

I do think they should quit after three though because since it is so hated and so many who haven't seen it hate it just because others do (Silly little Sheep) now the point of doing anymore is stupid because it will fail at the box office here in NA but do well in a foreign place because they appreciate effort I guess.

My prediction is a poor box-office return for Afterlife and a straight to video for the fourth installment.

-Zavier

Mike Epps Returns in 'Afterlife'- Refuses to Die!

During an interview over at BlackFilm, comedian Mike Epps confirmed that he will return in Resident Evil: Afterlife, "Yep, we're shooting in March and this time, they are going to let me be hard. I asked the director (Paul Anderson) 'Something's strange because why did you let me live? Black people die in these movies' and he was like, 'Well Mike, I kinda like you.' So then I asked him, 'Are you setting me up to die because if there's a fourth movie, I'm as good as dead."  "Afterlife" will be set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun with mutant zombies.

-Zavier

I have a feeling it'll be set in a mansion or they'll somehow come to a mansion to further go into the games. I hope they stop using Lickers or whatever you wanna call them because CGI monsters in a zombie movie are lame or not needed at all.

I enjoyed Mike Epps but I also think that his statement about dying is a stereotype for popular culture and nothing more.

Anderson to helm Resident Evil 3 here

-Zavier

How did the zombies overrun the world? Didn't it happen in only one spot?

Anderson's directing the third?  Fine.  Just, for the love of Christ, hand the type writer over to someone else!

I know, Resident Evil is my favourite game and Mortal Kombat was one of my other favourite games. The Mortal Kombat movie wasn't bad but what the hell was he thinking when he wrote Resident Evil! I do believe the second was an improvement from the first but I fear the third will be really bad... I don't even think Jill or Carlos will be returning in the script. I'll still go see it though.  

Quoted from Cirrus I don't even think Jill or Carlos will be returning in the script. I'll still go see it though.

Sienna Guillory is set to reprise her role from the last film as Jill Valentine. No word on Carlos.

-Zavier

The Resident Name has been soiled...

I hope that the movies will fail!  So then people will stop trying to make a good story theirs, why dont the people just let the writers for the games write the script, is it that hard to let a Japanese guy write a movie script and then translate it!?

Gosh!  I hate how stupid hollywood is sometimes.

I think that an interesting way of doing it was if they had kept Romero's script and had Anderson direct it.  It would have Romero's dialogue and subtle social touches and Anderson's slick direction.  That would have been an interesting movie.

Quoted from TC Taylor why dont the people just let the writers for the games write the script, is it that hard to let a Japanese guy write a movie script and then translate it!? Gosh!  I hate how stupid hollywood is sometimes.

They don't een need to get the writer of the game. They should of just followed the novels of Resident Evil, which are done really well. If they did that then it would of been a great movie.

The thing we as an audience fails to see is that if they copied, or if anyone copied a book or game word for word you'd have already seen it. What would be the point in seeing something exactly as you know it?

Like watching a rerun of your favorite show, sure it's good but you've now seen it a million times.

They know this, Lord of the Rings isn't even exactly like the books, they changed things, added things, cut a lot of things for a film because books are really not the same medium.

Maybe LOTR did so well because they love the material and Paul Anderson is just in it for the fun of it all and to get that big next project. Peter Jackson actually got his feet wet for like a full year to film his films and then edit them for like 3 more years.

Tons of new info, including new a director and new title. Info here

-Zavier

According to Production Weekly, Oded Fehr is set to reprise his role as Carlos Olivera for the next Resident Evil film.

Now originally, the producers were looking to film this one in Australia. But it seems they’ve changed their mind and are now headed to Mexicali.

The main setting for “Extinction” is the desert. In the film, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is apparently leading a procession of humans across the Nevada desert on a long trek towards Alaska whilst avoiding the stalk of the undead minions of the wily Dr. Isaacs (Iain Glen). Mike Epps, who also appeared in the last sequel, is back for this one too.
-Moviehole.net


-Zavier

Ashanti Joins Resident Evil: Extinction, info can be found here

-Zavier

More RE news:

Ali Larter ("Final Destination" films) and Chris Egan have joined the cast of Resident Evil: Extinction for Screen Gems, says The Hollywood Reporter. Also production will start Monday.

-Zavier  

FilmForce has the first two photos from Resident Evil: Extinction, here.

-Zavier

Nice one, Zavier.

I am counting down the days for this to come out, but come on Screen Gems!  Pictures of Sienna Guillory PLEASE!

A script review can be found here

-Zavier

Did they take the script review down?  All I see is the comments from reviewers, but I don't see the actual script review.  

Same here. I wanted to see what was said. I HATED the first two with a passion and wanted to see how bad I should hate this one.

-Chris

Aww, me like the first two. The first one was good but the second was just 'cool'. I'm not the biggest fan of the games so I didn't and don't care how much they mess with the storyline or characters. Can't wait until Extinction comes out. By the photos I've just seen, it looks pretty cool too.

Yeah, appears that the review is down. I'll keep an eye out for it on other sites. If anyone wanted to know, the review was a mixed one. He described it as "an improvement on the first two, but that’s not saying much"

-Zavier    

If you expect much from these types of films of course you're going to hate them.

Quoted Text Same here. I wanted to see what was said. I HATED the first two with a passion and wanted to see how bad I should hate this one.

That's sad.

Wesley that is one of the funniest posts I have ever seen you post.  Why is it that when people hate something, they give it extra attention?  Even more than people that like it?      

You make a good point about expecting much from the movies though, and ending up hating them.  That is very true.  The video games themselves are kind of sheisty when it comes to storyline, so I don't understand why people are expecting this Oscar nominating picture.  

It's good, clean, action fun.  It seems like people want to convince themselves that the movies are bad before they even see them.  I admit, the second one was done very poorly, but that was because they had some crackpot newbie director make it.  But that shouldn't automatically dismiss the entire franchise.  

I don't know.  Now I'm just rambling.  I just know I really want to see this.  

Sony has set a September 7th 2007 release date for this film.

Source: http://www.comingsoon.net

-Chris

That seems kind of far away, especially since I've heard that production has already wrapped. This kind of reminds me of the insane wait for the first one.

-Zavier  

Ooh Ali Larter is in this film? Cool! I liked the Resident Evil movies, though I wish they'd make them more gory...but other than that, I like them.

Sean

yeah I'm a sucker for the Resident Evil series as well.  They're not great by any means but they are fun popcorn time killing movies.  I look foreword to this one and hey if they do a 4th, I sadly will go see it as well lol

Gah! I hate the resident evil series. Paul anderson sucks. Resident evil was done totally wrong and this movie will just be a bunch of bullshit. I just pray to god...that he doesn't make a mess out of castlevania, 'cause that is an awesome game.

First of all, I love zombies. That is, the concept of re-animation, the complete soullesness of someone you used to know. I also love the contagion of it, how you know if you get bitten you're gonna die...and come back.

That said, I can count on one hand the zombies films I've really liked. In fact, had I only four fingers I'd still be able to pull that one off.

Night of The Living Dead

28 Days Later

Dawn of the Dead 04

Shaun of the Dead

I kinda like Rabid and Re-animator too, but they're still way behind, and not truly zombie films (which I guess goes for 28 days later as well)

The first Resident Evil movie wasn't very good, but it grows on you on repeat viewings when you know what to expect and get over the fact that they fucked up the concept.

But Apocalypse...man, I had to watch that one twice to make sure it was really that bad. It's crazy-bad. It's Ghost of Mars-bad. It's so bad it was almost good and then went back to bad again.

Well you get the picture.

I have dim hopes, but hopes nevertheless, for the third incarnation of the series. The pics look really great, and the cast have publicly said that Russel Mulcahey was a welcome change from Alexander Witt, and it seems like there's a good vibe around it.

That being said, I guess the best I can hope for is something as un-bad as the first one, which means a brainless, yet entertaining thrill-ride - best not questioned. Which is okay, but Resident Evil could've been so much more.

On a sidenote, the Romero script I read on this site wasn't much better. but then again, I'm of the conviction that Romero hasn't made a good film since 'Night'...

If you head on over to Horror-Movies.ca you can check out footage from the set of Resident Evil: Extinction, which is mostly a day in the life of a zombie in the hell-like heat of Mexico.

-Zavier

note:The video quality isn’t the best, but still interesting.

Rumour has it that Yahoo Movies has the first look at the teaser trailer.

Mine's not working for some reason, but my laptop has issues. So check it out.


Cheers, Chismeister.

I'm not a fan of Paul Anderson either  (although I liked Soldier)

I'm just very curious to see Russell Mulcahy direct this... I haven't seen any of his work since The Shadow.  Him taking over after Alexander Witt's awful version is a step up.

I sort of liked Apocalypse. It was better than the first one. Although it didnt have that awesome Marilyn Manson music. That creepy Resident Evil theme.


Cheers, Chismeister.

I saw the trailer for this movie during the previews of Ghost Rider (and I have to say, the trailer was probably the only thing I enjoyed throughout my entire sit of Ghost Rider), and it looks awesome.

It starts out with all these world monuments (the Eiffel Tower, pyramids, Egyptian dog heads (or whatever those things are that look like half dogs half humans), Washington monument, etc.) in the desert halfway covered with sand, and it pulls out to be in the U.S., and then things go crazy with Mexican zombies and whatnot... In fact, you can view the trailer here.

Gosh this film looks intense and I cannot wait to see an actual theatrical trailer for it.

Sean

The full trailer is out, and it looks...actually pretty good. Compared to Apocalypse it looks likes a masterpiece. That's not saying much though.

Let's wait and see, but it looks like a lot of gory fun.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809697875/trailer

Some pretty cool stuff in there.

These movies have a tendancy to turn out not so well, but like TJ says, let's wait and see. Could be a good action flick.


Matt.

I really hate to admit it... but i'm impressed! After watching that, I have decided that I'll see this opening night!

~Zack~

One thing that makes me squirm is that Spencer Locke, who plays K-mart, looks way too old to be 15. Stuff like that makes me uncomfortable.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1682400/

She was Jenny in Monster House by the way, which is way disturbing as well. Hollywood kids grow up too fast.

She may look to old to play fifteen, but in real life she's only sixteen. So it's not like it's a huge stretch.


Matt.

Quoted from chism She may look to old to play fifteen, but in real life she's only sixteen. So it's not like it's a huge stretch. Matt.

No, she's 15 (almost 16) in real life. What I meant was, I think she looks too old to be that age in real life, and it makes me uncomfortable. To clarify, this probably stems from an encounter I had with a girl who persuaded me she was 20, and well...she was not.

15 year-olds just didn't look like that when I was that age.

But I've never actually seen her in anything, besides Monster House and that was just her voice, so maybe her publicity photos are misleading. I'll wait and see.

This actually doesn't look to bad but I wont get my hopes up cos the first two were terrible.

A little off topic but I too had a close shave once a few years back when I pulled a lass in a club, I found out she was 15! Lucky escape for me, Jesus I could be in jail now.