Rumor: Resident Evil returns to the silver screen in 2010

by David Hinkle { Jul 2nd 2009 at 1:44PM }

According to Shock Till You Drop, the Resident Evil movies are getting a fourth installment in Resident Evil: Afterlife. A supposed internal memo at Sony Pictures seems to point to a September 17, 2010 release. Of course, this isn't the first time we've heard about a fourth Resident Evil movie, so we're considering this rumor fairly credible.

Do we really want another Resident Evil movie, though? Hasn't Milla Jovovich beaten up enough zombified dogs and dudes in rubber suits?

[Via Coming Soon]

Tags: alice, milla-jovovich, paul-ws-anderson, resident-evil, resident-evil-afterlife, resident-evil-movie, sony-pictures

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

The Dark Wang(Ohyeahcola in disguise) @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:47PM

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

d889 @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:08PM

i concur, the resident evil movies are a clusterfuck of stupidity

maybe michael bay will sign as the director so literally everything can explode.

what a joke, resident evil has a very in depth storyline that can be explored ... but too bad its aimed at american kids who think that transformers was a good movie.

Ghen @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:10PM

The first one was almost on-story, but beyond that it's been absolutely horrible.

Ethan Rom @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:11PM

As long as Milla Jovovich is in the movie, I'll watch it and be happy. She is smoking hot!!

Giggity

NoughtSoClever @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:26PM

If the ending of the last one is any indication (spoiler alert) the next movie will have hundreds of Milla Jovoviches.

B0E0S @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:34PM

I'm looking forward to it....

Massmass @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:41PM

The games only allude to so much but they have consistently fell apart at the end. There's been a few shining moments though.

The movies should be appreciated for what they are. The first two were ok, the second much better than the first. The third was an abomination, though. Absolutely terrible and stupid.

Eh @ Jul 2nd 2009 3:42PM

The next movie should only have people standing and shooting. Then the fanboys would be happy.

VicViper @ Jul 2nd 2009 3:55PM

(Downfall style)

All the people who think any of these movies were good...

...leave the room.

....

These movies were pure bullshit! The first RE game had a perfectly workable setup, Night of the Living Dead meets Aliens. Instead we get a pseudo-prequel with a goddamn female version of Neo running around and some Alice in Wonderland garbage thrown in! And running up walls to kick dogs in the head for some reason! Because that was in the game...

It wasn't Resident Evil, it was the director remaking the action sequences from the Matrix with a much lower budget and CG zombies that looked mostly CG.

The second Resident Evil was monumentally more retarded! It even displays a total lack of understanding of its source material when the protagonists run through a graveyard over well settled soil and zombies spring out the ground! The film itself said the outbreak started only 12 hours earlier! How can corpses who've been dead for years, possibly decades, catch an airborn contagion?! And then the pathetic mess ends with a fist fight with the Nemesis. A fist-fight, because that's horror!

The third movie only expanded on Anderson's copy and paste writing, as he further cemented Milla (not a character from any of the games) into Neo, with psychic powers and added speed zombies from recently more SUCCESSFUL zombie-type films (28 Days Later, DotD Remake).

What part of survival-horror is about over the top kung-fu, psychic powers, and fist fighting giant mutants (and winning)!? It's not. It's the insipid, uninspired work of a writer director who's a hair more competent than Uwe Boll!

Why can't people appreciate a Romero film for once!? This guy practically invented the modern zombie movie! In 1985's Day of the Dead you see a guy get his guts ripped out in a way that most movies wouldn't even dream of replicating today...

Instead people drool over Milla Jovoich like it's 1997. 5th Element was 12 years ago! Buy a poster and be done with it!

But these people also think Transformers 2 is a good movie. But I can't, can't get started on that...

Steve @ Jul 2nd 2009 4:26PM

Downfall was an awesome movie, Viper. I hope you saw the Hillary spoof on youtube.

The Dark Wang(Ohyeahcola in disguise) @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:49PM

IM FIRST!!!!!

There are so many people to thank! Joystiq of course and my Wang Tang powers.

Trev @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:50PM

This is not going to end well for you.

NaeemTHM @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:50PM

You must be new here. Prepare to be buried.

Doctor Doom @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:51PM

Doom will destroy you.

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:56PM

CARNAGE.....SCISSORS!!!!

The Dark Wang(Ohyeahcola in disguise) @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:58PM

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The Dark Wang(Ohyeahcola in disguise) @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:03PM

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Captain Planet @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:06PM

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The Dark Wang(Ohyeahcola in disguise) @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:10PM

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NoughtSoClever @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:28PM

Gentlemen, the proper response to douche baggery such as this is to bury and ignore.

Batzarro @ Jul 2nd 2009 7:05PM

I can almost imagine you driving up to a mall at the very earliest, parking you're bycicle up front and yelling "first!" while raising your arms.

But in this mall, young man, it seems you don't have money at all and you're not even first. So why are you even here? The point isn't to post first: it's to post an opinion.

NaeemTHM @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:52PM

The only way I'll ever watch this is if Milla Jovovich is in lingerie throughout the movie.

Also, am I the only one here that LIKED the first Resident Evil film? Sure the sequels were terrible, but the first film got a lot of stuff right.

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:55PM

I liked them all. I think Resident Evil has done great as far as game-to-movie adaptations go.

Needs less Mike Epps though...

Johnny @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:55PM

I think it was already planned for Milla to be in lingerie throughout the whole movie.

Trev @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:56PM

I liked the first one. It wasn't a masterpiece or anything, but it felt right enough and it had zombies and a licker. I don't know what else I'd ask for from it.

emirabal @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:22PM

I liked it for two reason, zombies and milla, thats enoughh for me. OOOSH

Courtney @ Jul 2nd 2009 3:17PM

The first one was good mindless fun, I'm not afraid to admit that I liked it.

I had some high hopes for the third one after seeing early shots from it, but alas, the travesty continued.

tmmoore_nc @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:52PM

I think this one deserves the Dead Space Extraction lady. Because seriously...they need to stop making Resident Evil movies.

aggrazel @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:03PM

No actually I'd rather them photoshop Mila's face on to all the posts.

WINterfang @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:52PM

Heck yeah, I like the movies.

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:53PM

Maybe they'll actually finish the story off now.

I love the movies but the cliffhangers kill me!

Oh, and come on, this image is literally SCREAMING for the Dead Space chick.

Zach @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:54PM

I agree!! DSG would have been perfect for this picture lol.

WiredKnight @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:30PM

There's a cliffhanger on the third one? I thought they just cut off the last half of the movie...

Johnny @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:54PM

I personally enjoyed the Resident Evil movies, I particularly liked the second one the most I think.

But I would rather they reboot the series though, with a film completely based off RE4 with a good actor playing the lead for Leon.

I just thought RE4 had one of the better stories of the game series, it could transition very well to a film.

NoughtSoClever @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:30PM

I take it you didn't see Resident Evil: Degeneration

Johnny @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:44PM

I have seen it, I should have clarified and said specifically the live action movies need to do the RE4 plot line.

I don't recall Degeneration being set in the same environment as RE4 or involve the same or similar story it just had Leon as the lead.

NoughtSoClever @ Jul 9th 2009 11:57AM

Actually it bridged the storyline between 4 and 5

Zexion_VI @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:54PM

I feel like I am one of the few who likes the movies. I am not that much of a retard who wants them to be so close to the source material, but I love the references. And they make great action flicks with some mindless fun and gore. Just a like a real Resident Evil, lol.

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:57PM

That's why the movies are win. They know what they are and they don't try hard to be something else.

emirabal @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:23PM

Exactly, the movies work because they are movie and cant stay true to the bs story in the game, FLAME ON.

WiredKnight @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:29PM

What's the point of making a movie "based on" a game if you're just going to make shit up that doesn't fit the canon? I'm all for creative license but I still expect a decent movie to come out of it, not like the trainwreck of a movie the last one was.

"And they make great action flicks with some mindless fun and gore."

That's the problem. Resident Evil has *never* been about mindless fun and gore. Sometimes it's a bit excessive, yes, but you've always had to be very careful of what you're actually doing. Managing your inventory, conserving ammo and health, etc. If you want mindless fun and gore, you're looking for Doom or Serious Sam.

Eh @ Jul 2nd 2009 3:34PM

Its fine to come up with an original story based on a game but its not fine to use parts from the game in the wrong way. The Lara Croft movies were perfectly fine because they stayed true to the main character and then made up a new adventure, they used references in the right way and made a movie that could easily become a real Tomb Raider game.

The RE movies just doint give a shit about the games. They take things from the game then totally jack them up to the point that theyre just nonsense and cant fit into the universe at all. Theres really no reason the movies should be called Resident Evil.