Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

The Final Chapter Director On How Star's Pregnancy Helped Improve The Movie

... movie series, Anderson said the first film, which came out in 2002, faced an uphill battle. However, without the weight of expectation-in regards to deadlines specifically-Anderson was able to make the movie he wanted. "No one was waiting for it," he said. "There was no studio setting a release date, going, 'We have to have that movie.' Nobody wanted the first Resident Evil movie. R-rated movies weren't very fashionable, no one knew whether zombies would be very commercial or not, and no one was very excited about having a female lead in an action movie. We had a lot of negatives and we had to work really hard to get the movie made.". The extra nine months of production on The Final Chapter were a "real gift" for Anderson, he said. He already had the movie's locations and action sequences locked in, so Jovovich's pregancy gave him the unique opportunity to dig further into those parts. Announcing The Final ...

24 Things We Learned About 'resident Evil

... could put the movie straight to DVD if it didn’t score a certain threshold with the audience. So that was hugely stressful. It went from really stressful to really good in about five minutes when people started cheering [at the elevator decapitation].”. Image via Sony/Screen Gems. Anderson noted that The Final Chapter will be much more similar to the first film than the sequels. “There’s some really good, dark stuff going on in this movie, darker than the others,” Anderson said. “I feel like the first Resident Evil was kind of a dark, unpleasant movie which is what the first audience responded to. I don’t know whether I got soft over the years or not, but we’ve gone back to the cruel sadism of the first movie. And I think that will be a nice surprise for people, that it’s kind of back in the original form that the franchise launched with.”. After auditioning for Anderson, Ruby Rose told him that the laser scene in the 2002 film, where a body falls apart in chunks after being sliced by a laser and holding place for just a second, that “that ...

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... Chapter” marks the sixth and final installment in the franchise adaptation of Capcom’s videogame series. The films have grossed over $1 billion worldwide to date. How ‘Resident Evil’ Beat the Video-Game Movie Curse. Production companies are Constantin Film, Davis Films and Impact Pictures. Milla Jovovich — who has been in all six movies — portrays the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones”), Ruby Rose, Eoin Macken, South Korean actor Lee Joon-Gi and Fraser James also star with  Paul W. S. Anderson returning to direct. “Gold,” meanwhile, is looking to be anything but, with projections in the $4 million to $5 million range.”Gold” is directed by Stephen Gaghan from a script he co-wrote with Patrick Massett and John Zinman. Mc Conaughey stars as a businessman who discovers a massive gold deposit in a remote Indonesian jungle. Édgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell, Craig T. Nelson, Stacy Keach and Bruce Greenwood also star in “Gold,” based on the 1993 Bre-X ...

All 41 Video Game Movies Ranked, Including 'resident Evil

... to be a reasonably entertaining action flick. It's definitely pretty dumb, though. Screen Gems. 15. "Resident Evil: Extinction" (2007). This one has zombie birds. I can't imagine why anybody would dislike that. Screen Gems. 14. "Resident Evil" (2002). Fans of the game series don't like this movie because it doesn't follow the same plot as the source material. But honestly, this movie has a better story than any of the game s. And it's one of the better modern zombie movies. 13. "DOA: Dead or Alive" (2007). One of the rare examples of a live-action video game movie fully embraces its source material. Sure, that source material is trashy and exploitative, but it always came with a wink. This movie comes with about a thousand winks. Warner Bros. 12. "Pokemon: The First Movie" (1999). There's no such thing as a good "Pokemon" movie, but there is such a thing as a "Pokemon" movie that might make you cry. This is that "Pokemon" movie. 11. "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001). Thus far, this is the mainstream ideal for what a video game movie could be: a fun, light action flick that operates as a real movie. It's perfectly ...

Miami’s William Levy Battles Zombies In Latest ‘resident Evil

... involved with this project. I have no idea! [Laughs.] No, really. I was at my house and got a call from my agent and manager and they said, ‘William. They are offering you a role in the last movie in the franchise and if you want to be a part of it, read the script and let us know.’ I said, ‘I don’t need to read nothing. I’m going wherever I need to go. I want to kill zombies.’. Were you a fan of the “Resident Evil” movies. I was a big fan. I saw all five. I knew what i was getting myself into. When I heard it was the last one I knew it would be the only opportunity for me to be in it and a big opportunity for my career. I mean, the biggest horror franchise in the world. Why not? I don’t think that’s bad! I remember seeing the first one and was saying, ‘Wow. What would it be like to be in that?’. How did you prepare physically. Thankfully I was working out when this came up I was kind of ready. I had just finished shooting “The Veil.” I didn’t have much time to prepare. You were very ...

These Pop-culture Finales Really Weren't

... Guidelines and FAQs. These pop-culture finales really weren't. Brian Truitt , USA TODAY Published 10:46 a.m. ET Jan. 26, 2017 | Updated 10 hours ago. Milla Jovovich stars in the video-game adaptation 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.' Sony. Milla Jovovich stars in 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.'. (Photo: Screen Gems). In pop culture, finales can be more threat than promise, and often endings just don’t take. The next one comes Friday with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, the sixth and (supposedly) last film installment in the video game adaptation that pits Milla Jovovich’s heroine Alice in a climactic battle against the evil Umbrella Corporation. That is, until the inevitable reboot or sequel because, like horror-movie villains, genre franchises are often hard to kill. But music, books and TV are equally awash with entertaining examples that rose from their dead — sometimes literally. Here are some that have proven ...

The Final Chapter And More

... those millions of comic panels. The best part of this series is the presence of Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210’s Dylan Mc Kay!) as Archie’s dad. It’s perfect casting. After Dylan’s Brenda-Kelly love triangle, who better than Perry to coach his son on the perils of not being able to choose between a blond and brunette. Forecast: Riverdale will continue the healthy flow of TV comic adaptations. As for Cardinal, Hollywood loves a copycat. I am already penning my novel, Chickadee, about a veteran cop with shady secrets and “serious” issues named Jack Chickadee. (See you in court, Giles). Japandroids [PNG Merlin Archive]. • MUSIC. Big Releases on Jan. 27: Japandroids (Near To The Wild Heart Of Life); Train (a girl a bottle a boat). Big Picture: Not only are the Japandroids one of Canada’s best bands, but the Vancouver duo sound like something that should ...