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September 13, 2004 - Resident Evil: Apocalypse didn't break any records during its opening weekend, but the film recouped almost all of its production costs with a $23.7 million gross and is poised for profit from here on out. That will probably be enough for Sony/Screen Gems to greenlight the third film in the series which has already been conceptualized.Series producer Paul W.S. Anderson, who wrote and directed the first film and penned the screenplay for Apocalypse, talked with the Hollywood Reporter about his plans for the next installment. "I always thought of the Resident Evil films as a trilogy," he said. "The first film was a prequel to the game world. The new movie intersects the film and game worlds. And the third movie will act as a follow-up to the games. It's a nice arc – prehistory, in-game and then a sequel to the games."
Anderson recently made similar comments to SCI FI Wire. "I think it's a franchise that has legs, and I would very much like to see a third movie. I don't know if I'd direct it. I think it would have to depend on what happens."
"Whether I directed it or not," Anderson said, "it would be a franchise I would want to stay very much in control of and very involved in. There's a broad range of stories to tell, a very wide Resident Evil universe, so there are a lot of potential stories that we could do that would be tied in to the video games."
We'll keep you posted on the latest RE: Afterlife details
Link (http://filmforce.ign.com/residentevil/articles/547/547330p1.html)
i do hope he doesn't make it any worse than the other 2
MasterGrazzt
08-02-2005, 11:56 PM
Originally posted by JJXB@Feb 9 2005, 12:45 AM
i do hope he doesn't make it any worse than the other 2
He will, you can put money on it.
Scarface
08-02-2005, 11:59 PM
They are going to screw up another Resident Evil movie :wall:
the other 2 didn't catch the very essence of the games
FreeFreddy
09-02-2005, 07:24 AM
But the first one was at least well done.
the best thing about the first one was the soundtrack (done by slipknot)
Mardi-Gras
09-02-2005, 10:25 AM
I thought the best thing about the first one was Milla Jovovich. And the second one too come to think of it.
shes nice but not that nice ;)
Mardi-Gras
09-02-2005, 10:55 AM
I was talking about acting talent.
No, really.
...
Okay, perhaps not.
auhsor
09-02-2005, 01:25 PM
Well for me I havn't played any of the games, but I thought the first movie was pretty cool. I havn't seen the second, but I am interested in it.
Mardi-Gras
09-02-2005, 01:50 PM
If you liked the first one, I expect you'll like the second one. I thought they were both pretty good, and - I may be alone here - felt they captured the essence of the games pretty well. Particularly one aspect of the second film, but i'll say no more, seeing as you haven't seen it. =)
(And totally off-topic, just clicked on your 'adventure' link, Auhsor. Is interesting).
Psyclone
09-02-2005, 01:55 PM
They never could capture the exact essence of the games as your not incontrol of the characters. That said the films have zombies in, what more can you ask for? :ok:
Mardi-Gras
09-02-2005, 02:01 PM
Well, they caught the essence of my Resident Evil experience: Because i wasn't in control of my character for most of the time. The films would certainly have suffered if they consisted of Milla Jovovich running into the wall beside a door for an hour and a half.
Gotta agree about the zombies though. Zombies are becoming more and more dangerous with every film. I mean, "Resident Evil", "Twenty-One Days Later" and "Dawn of the Dead" - what was wrong with shuffling slowly!?!
Scarface
10-02-2005, 06:59 PM
Originally posted by Psyclone@Feb 9 2005, 09:55 AM
They never could capture the exact essence of the games as your not incontrol of the characters. That said the films have zombies in, what more can you ask for?* :ok:
naked girls??? j/k :D
I know movies can't capture the exact essence of the games but I was expecting something more than an average action movie
brentsmith07
11-02-2005, 12:51 AM
look at the bright side
at least Uwe Boll isn't attatched this
this dosn't go without saying I don't like anderson
but he dosn't screw up a game as much as Boll does
Calamity
11-02-2005, 06:05 PM
Personally I hated the second movie. I'm not a huge fan of the series (I'm more of a Silent Hill type of girl :P) but I've played most of the series so I decided to check both movies out. The first one wasn't toobad simply because it just took place in the Resident Evil universe and we didn't have to deal with any game characters getting ruined. Then of course two comes out and it's absolutely horrid.
Plenty of folks that like the game say he's paying homage to parts of it by basically redoing parts of the games and sticking Alice in them, but I like to call it ripping them off/destroying it. ;) I also don't think Alice could've possibly been any more annoying (plus making her like Alexia, except far less cool, is just annoying because Code Veronica is my second favorite of the series (despite Steve...)).
brentsmith07
12-02-2005, 05:54 AM
Originally posted by Calamity@Feb 11 2005, 07:05 PM
I'm more of a Silent Hill type of girl :P
Now if done Correctly, that is something I would like to see in the theaters
:ok:
Mardi-Gras
12-02-2005, 08:10 AM
Well, I'll certainly bow to the "Silent Hill" argument - it's survival horror at its best, loved the games (except for the beginning of the 2nd one where you have to run for half an hour before anything remotedly interesting happens - what was that about?). The film is apparantly underway:
The story is written by Roger Avary ("Killing Zoe"), and will be directed by Christophe Gans ("Brotherhood of the Wolf").
I'd also like to see a film of "Parasite Eve".
Calamity
12-02-2005, 02:08 PM
Originally posted by Mardi-Gras@Feb 12 2005, 04:10 AM
Well, I'll certainly bow to the "Silent Hill" argument - it's survival horror at its best, loved the games (except for the beginning of the 2nd one where you have to run for half an hour before anything remotedly interesting happens - what was that about?). The film is apparantly underway:
The story is written by Roger Avary ("Killing Zoe"), and will be directed by Christophe Gans ("Brotherhood of the Wolf").
I'd also like to see a film of "Parasite Eve".
I would love a Parasite Eve movie as well. Technically there's one but it explains the Japanese incident that is brought up throughout the game. If we can't get a movie then an upgraded version would be fine with me because personally I think PE (not so much the second one though it was still a blast) might have been one of Squaresoft's best titles.
Thanks for the info on the Silent Hill movie. :D
Mardi-Gras
12-02-2005, 03:06 PM
Know I'm straying slightly :ot: here, but I was totally unaware there WAS a Parasite Eve movie! Knew about the book, of course, but it never occured to me there might already be a film. Cheers very much for enlightening me on that one, Calamity. :kosta:
Think I'll just be getting myself a copy of that. I love this site. I really really do. :tnx:
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