Two more Resident Evil movies planned

German production company planning fourth film before third even begins production; Milla Jovovich to reprise role.

When the eponymous first film based on Capcom's Resident Evil games hit theaters in 2002, it was a moderate success. Though largely panned by critics, the medium-budget sci-fi horror thriller did well at the box office, earning under $40 million. Its sequel, 2004's Resident Evil: Apocalypse, did even better, pulling in just over $50 million.

Hoping to wring more money from the franchise---the second-highest-earning game-based film series, after Tomb Raider--the production company behind the Resident Evil films has plans for two more. Today's Hollywood Reporter reports that Germany-based Constantin Film AG is already laying the groundwork for a fourth Resident Evil movie. Little is known about the film other than it will take place in Tokyo and it will be shot on location in Japan.

The move is surprising, given that shooting hasn't begun on the third chapter in the series, currently titled Resident Evil: Afterlife. Indeed, according to the reporter, Afterlife is in the midst of a shake-up, with the recent announcement that production is moving to Australia.

No director has signed onto Afterlife, which is based on a script written by British director Paul W. S. Anderson (Mortal Kombat, Alien vs. Predator), who directed the first Resident Evil. Though she hasn't signed a contract yet, Anderson's wife, supermodel-actress Milla Jovovich, is reportedly set to reprise her role as Alice, the series' gun-toting heroine.

In the first Resident Evil, Alice fought her way out of the zombie-infested labs of the Umbrella Corporation, only to have to cope with a ghoul-overrun metropolis in Apocalypse. Afterlife will follow her into the Southwestern American desert (played by the Aussie outback), where Alice will blast still more chemically animated undead before fleeing the continent. It is tentatively set for a release sometime in 2006.

The latest chapter in the Resident Evil game series, Resident Evil 4, is one of the highest-rated titles currently available for the GameCube. A PlayStation 2 version is due out later in the year.

49 Comments

  • Hetfield0010

    Posted Jul 24, 2009 1:27 pm PT

    @hexo123
    dude u r screwed up in the mind. Claire is in Extinction (Afterlife) Chris is in the 5th Resident Evil movie but it hasnt been announced. Leon is gunna be in the 4th. Plus Alice is frecking kick-ass!

  • hexo123

    Posted Apr 28, 2009 8:09 am PT

    i really mean it the should really change the actresse to some one else better yet how about some one from the resident evil series i don't know like Leon or Clair or Cris some one else P.S you are right she sucks as an actress in these movies i don't know why but the last 2 movies i almost feel asleep of boredom

  • vego_REbel

    Posted May 4, 2008 7:16 am PT

    NOO! Please no! You're killin' me, no moore milla movies, she suck

  • catbuffalo

    Posted Sep 21, 2007 10:46 am PT

    I'm not going to see anymore. It's targeted at a general audience, and there is no need to add references with people not knowing what the hell is going on.
    Turns out i don't know what's going on...alice?? hmmmmm

  • The_Mad_Hatter

    Posted Jun 24, 2007 5:28 pm PT

    NO MORE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    ok, the first movie was... not that bad, but the second one was terrible, was a nightmare in a bad sense, the killing and perfect machine Alice is was out of the question, that character is terrible and destroys the resident evil universe, there is no Leon, no Chris, no Claire, is a movie suggested in the videogame, somebody should stop this nonsense of movies and take the rights from Paul Anderson and give them to some else, silent hill is the perfect example of how a movie based on a video game is made. so i will not go to see this third film of the fourth they are planning, i will not throw my money to the can and torture **** that awful movie.

  • Poodishplayer

    Posted Apr 8, 2007 5:29 pm PT

    It's good that they didn'r remake the game in the movie. When I go to see the movies, I don't want to know what is going to happen next. They are being original. The "nostalgia" factor is when that one enemy or reference to a game is seen, and its like " ya... I remember that". You can't wait to see how they will use some of the elements of the games in new ways!

  • Impostorzim

    Posted Nov 30, 2006 9:13 pm PT

    I'm not impressed with the "boss" crock they gave us in the first movie. I already know one thing. We aren't getting our Tyrants, our hunters, or our Chimeras. By the way, did anyone notice that the movie was alot more like Resident Evil 2 with the train and the Licker if anything? Whatever..I'm going to see Extinction and RE4 I don't care, I love Resident Evil, and me and my best friend saw both the day they came out together, no lie.

  • FinalSerenity

    Posted Oct 4, 2006 9:40 pm PT

    But isn't it the gamers that go to see the movie because it bears the title of their favorite game?

    Perhaps it wouldn't be much of a surprise if they were to base the entire storyline off of the game, but that doesn't mean they couldn't have made it like the first and second game. In their own way, the movies were good yes, but for being the Resident Evil spawn of the game it didn't sit very well. They associated the basic principals of the game but did take it to a theatrical level when turning it into a film.

    Just think abou it though...wouldn't you have wanted to watch as the STARS team crash lands searching for the fallen crew members in the mountains, deep in the creepy forest. Wouldn't you have liked to see what they would do when they were walking around the mansion suddenly turn a cornor and there a hord of Zombies?

    Wouldn't it have been just a little bit awesome to say "hey I remember that from the game!" as they enter the underground facility to face the first of many tyrants? Before you start to critisize someone for judgeing something think about it from their angle; maybe it's because there are some of us out there that are die hard Resident Evil fans and would have liked to see Chris plunge a dagger into the side of a Zombies head. Or have them actually fight off the Hunters like in the game?

    It's a dissapointment in some ways and in its own way a good movie. All I'm saying is that you have to consider that maybe if they had played it along the original story line with a few tweeks maybe it would have been better than the "super endused chick" who can kick butt simply because they infected her and lived.

  • BlackBaldwin

    Posted Sep 14, 2006 11:26 am PT

    Interesting....I liked the first resident evil tons...I rememeber when I seen the first trailer for the second and how blown away the trailer looked for it and how much I wanted to see it. Sadly through I didn't see it in the movie theatures like I did the first one...so when I seen the second movie I was kinda disappointed with how they did the special effects and the plot. But I wouldn't go as far and say the movie sucked because it didn't I've seen some crappy movies in my day and that wasn't too bad. I think the biggest problems with people is that they jump to conclusions about a movie before they even see it so they prepare themselves to already expect the movie to be not worth watching. Just do yourself a favor...if you expect to critize something before even seeing the movie or basing it off of some stupid previous experence...just don't say anything...clear your mind and go see it in the movie theatures without basing it onto something else...you might find that you like it... (goze)

  • aikokonut

    Posted Sep 13, 2006 6:21 am PT

    I really hope they have more characters from the RE series in here

    And I hate the fact that the main character isn't even FROM any RE game.

  • Darth-Revan45

    Posted Sep 3, 2006 4:38 pm PT

    Better be a RE4 movie.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Aug 29, 2006 7:21 pm PT

    sounds cool

  • trevorj

    Posted Jul 1, 2006 12:05 pm PT

    silent hill was good but both resident evil games stunk awefully

  • winnunez

    Posted Jun 25, 2006 12:30 am PT

    I think this gonna suck, not sure

  • Toribor

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 6:31 pm PT

    Yippee Skippy!

  • glen_17

    Posted May 31, 2006 12:46 pm PT

    Man cant wait until out comes out. Loved the first two movies
    Resident Evil 5 is going to be sick on PS3

  • motofan

    Posted May 23, 2006 10:13 pm PT

    i love resident evil both the games and the movies and milla jovavich and Sienna Guilory are fricken amazing actors and so hottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

  • aaronmullan

    Posted May 8, 2006 2:35 pm PT

    i wonder what they will be about and they gave us a clue in the 2nd one

  • aaronmullan

    Posted May 8, 2006 2:34 pm PT

    i wonder what the 4th one will be about?????

  • sherice1011

    Posted May 3, 2006 9:59 am PT

    I hope they have leon in this one

  • vegeta_84

    Posted Apr 30, 2006 7:50 am PT

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  • DarkSoulGirl16

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 4:21 pm PT

    I really like the games and movies but I just hope on the next one they add some more characters from the game. And i won't miss this movie i hope it comes out in summer the sooner the better, YEAH! =-P
    ~*Lokaria*~

  • Rodballer

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 6:08 pm PT

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  • xLANCIFERx

    Posted Apr 23, 2006 11:59 am PT

    wait.... anderson's wife!!?!

  • SOLID_SHARK

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 11:58 pm PT

    Somebody has to play as Leon or Wesker in that one, so its more new, JIll or MIla played already in Apacolypse

  • Commander_Shu

    Posted Apr 22, 2006 1:15 am PT

    awsome

  • mark_hardy

    Posted Apr 21, 2006 4:41 pm PT

    not all video game to movie have to be actually as the game is because if you go see a movie that is same as the game why see it if you know whats going to happen now if they change the story is better because we can be surprised just because its says resident evil doest mean we have to see chris and jill survive the mansion or leon and claire escape raccoon city or jill escapre before it is blown to bits

  • mike_dragoon

    Posted Apr 21, 2006 3:46 pm PT

    nice, i will be waiting for the movie and the next game

  • supergoku203

    Posted Apr 20, 2006 2:43 pm PT

    I knew it. Resident Evil games never cease to suprise me.

  • fleshdunce

    Posted Apr 19, 2006 11:39 am PT

    The Reason the Silent Hill Movie looks more "game-oriented" is because Konami is accually involved with the production of the movie instead of Capcom where they really have nothing to do with it.

  • W1LL14MT

    Posted Apr 19, 2006 10:17 am PT

    yes!!!!

  • adam7388

    Posted Apr 19, 2006 9:43 am PT

    i will do what i do with any other game to movie tie-in, and that is forget about the game and try to enjoy the movie.

  • sexy_napier

    Posted Apr 19, 2006 7:12 am PT

    I am really a big Resident Evil fan!!! I love the Resident Evil games and the movies . Been waiting for the third movie to come out. I will be the first in line to watch it. Can't wait!!!

  • Doomed_Knight

    Posted Apr 19, 2006 6:21 am PT

    man I cant wait I am a big resident evil fan I have almost all of the games for the ps and ps2 but once I get a gamecube then I will get a few more.

  • meg431

    Posted Apr 19, 2006 6:17 am PT

    Im so excited about the third movie coming out, i cant wait to see it. I loved the first and second ones.

  • MartinMan

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 9:17 pm PT

    Awesome, I can't wait for this movie.

  • deathbyjinx

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 9:16 pm PT

    wahhoooo! i just watched the two RE movies yesterday!

  • swordsmith101

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 4:52 pm PT

    I think they be overdoing it now like they thought about the fourth movie before the 3rd one its gonna be messed up with the 2 movies coming out so soon to eachother my oppinion is that their taking it too far .

  • michaelP4

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 4:50 pm PT

    Cant wait!

  • anthonysarah

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 4:08 pm PT

    Yeah!!!

  • nightwing930

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 3:40 pm PT

    the other ones were ok they weren't like wow plus i didn't get scare during the movie it doesn' t have the same intense as u play the game but i think its going to be cool

  • groze

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 3:31 pm PT

    I still don't understand how anyone could have liked those movies... as... well... practically always, video game-to-movie translations go horribly wrong (there's no need to point out the ghastly Double Dragon, Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, etc., is there?) and Resident Evil is no exception... the first two movies sucked big time, I didn't have the patience nor the disposition to watch them to the end, knowing they'll just end the way they would... and, in fact, did... with no surprises, no connection to the game, whatsoever, aside from a few corporate references and thanks to the Capcom staff. To anyone who played Killer7, more than any of the Resident Evil titles, it's clear that the Capcom staff is way more able to direct a movie than actual movie companies and directors... so, yes, I'm sad and a little bit frightened of what those guys might do to the best Survival-horror gaming franchise of all times. Why, oh, God, why, do they have to do things like these? And, as if Resident Evil wasn't already enough for them to ruin, they had to go and make a film out of Silent Hill, too... fortunately, Silent Hill's trailer gives the idea the movie seems more related to the video game than the Resident Evil movies, so, let's have a little hope, there... (yeah, right...)

  • hiccup

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 3:26 pm PT

    NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • GPSnake03

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 3:13 pm PT

    What!!!

  • MaxCal

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 3:13 pm PT

    genial, espero que esta sea mejor que la segunda.

  • Boriboy

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 2:14 pm PT

    COOL SIENNA GUILLORY IS HOTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTT i still trying to find pics of her to put on my wallpaper

  • insane956dv

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 2:13 pm PT

    ???

  • GreyFoxV1

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 1:50 pm PT

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  • FMunro3251

    Posted Apr 18, 2006 1:31 pm PT

    Cool

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