With the Resident
Evil film franchise coming to an end, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard could mark an entirely new direction and fresh start for the franchise as a whole.
Back in 2016 we learned that Monster Hunter is getting a film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, the man behind the Resident
Evil film franchise.
The long - running, live - action Resident
Evil film franchise came to an end with The Final Chapter in 2016, but much like a zombie, this series just won't stay dead.
Crystal Sky attached Paul W.S. Anderson to direct, who had gained notoriety with his Mortal Kombat and Resident
Evil film franchises.
Not exact matches
Ash vs The
Evil Dead is the perfect example of how to bring life back into an old series, it takes all the elements from the past
films, the gore, blood, violence, campy humour, cheesy dialog and absurdity and really does a great job modernising the
franchise while sticking true to its past.
director Mike Mendez — that, while it has a charming sense of humor about itself, leans too heavily on CGI blood; The Girl With All The Gifts (B), a well - shot British zombie
film that attempts to inject new life into a tired genre, and almost succeeds thanks to young star Sennia Nanua; and the disappointing Phantasm: Ravager (C --RRB-, a low - budget labor of love which, while it plays like a Phantasm fan
film, ultimately undercuts the emotional closure it attempts to bring to the
franchise by failing to resolve the central conflict between good and
evil.
Evil Dead remains one of the most - loved
franchises in horror
film history.
Bonus extras on the 2 - disc 4K Ultra HD / Blu - ray Combo Pack include the featurelettes Explore the Hive and The Badass Trinity & the Women of Resident
Evil;» a behind - the - scenes look at the
film's stunts and weaponry; a sneak peek at Resident
Evil: Vendetta; and director Paul Anderson and Milla Jovovich breaking down key moments and discussing the
franchise.
Starting with Sam Raimi «s iconic original
film, through his increasingly comedic (and deranged) sequels, Fede Alvarez «s grisly remake, and the long - awaited return of Bruce Campbell «s chainsaw - wielding hero in the Starz original series Ash vs.
Evil Dead, the horror
franchise has proven as elastic as it is enduring, able to mold to the specific demands of each new iteration without losing that delirious double shot of zany personality that defines it.
Actor Bruce Campbell is reprising his role in classic horror
film franchise The
Evil Dead with a new Tv series.Campbell will step back into his role...
If anything, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF
EVIL shows us to keep an open mind to both big - budget horror and to
franchise films that smartly change directors.
FAVORITE MOVIES: The Friday the 13th
franchise, Kevin Smith movies, the
films of George A. Romero (especially the initial Dead trilogy), Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 & 2, FleshEater, Intruder, Let the Right One In, Return of the Living Dead, The
Evil Dead, Jaws, Tremors, From Dusk Till Dawn, Phantasm, Halloween, The Hills Have Eyes, Back to the Future trilogy, Dazed and Confused, the James Bond series, Mission: Impossible, the MCU, the list goes on and on
Franchise films «Jack Reacher: Never Go Back» and «Ouija: Origin of
Evil» debut in second and third place respectively.
As
filming continues on the sixth instalment of the Resident
Evil franchise, Milla Jovovich has taken to Instagram to share a behind - the - scenes image from Resident
Evil: The Final Chapter of herself and costar Ali Larter... Picking up immediately after the events in Resident
Evil: Retribution, humanity is on its last legs after Alice is betrayed -LSB-...]
Last year, Milla Jovovich and her husband director Paul W.S. Anderson announced they were expecting a second child together, which delayed the
filming of the final
film in the Resident
Evil franchise, The Final Chapter.
The
film continues Rogue One «s endeavours to inject shades of grey into the
franchise, rather than the traditional good - versus -
evil dichotomy.
However, as much as it resembles other
films, Darkman is uniquely Raimi through and through (the
film's energy is immediately recognizable as the work of the mind behind the
Evil Dead
franchise).
Milla Jovovich has carried the RESIDENT
EVIL franchise as Alice for five
films now and they have all displayed some of the best zombie - killing action to ever grace the big screen.
Although the
franchise was largely a financial success and the first movie is often considered one of the better examples of a video game - to - movie adaptation, the Resident
Evil franchise attracted mostly negative reviews throughout its six -
film run.
Constantin
Film announced this weekend it is planning TV shows based on its Resident
Evil film series, the 2013
franchise non-starter The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and 2006's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.
If you're bored, just type in
Evil Dead or Army of Darkness on Amazon.com — there are more versions of these
films released than any other
franchise (or at least, I'd argue such).
This
film, essentially a remake of
Evil Dead with a high production value and jokes - to - gore ratio, plays fast and loose with continuity and goes all - in on the
franchise's trademark comedy / horror vibe.
The
film marks Jovovich's first major
franchise role since the long - running Resident
Evil franchise churned out its last installment earlier this year.
Directed by Sam Raimi (
Evil Dead
Franchise, Spider - Man 1 - 3) this
film shows promise.
The Final Chapter In The Big Book Of Zombie Killing February 2017 sees the release of the final Resident
Evil film in the long - running live - action movie
franchise led by Milla Jovovich, Resident
Evil: The Final Chapter.
Only the surprisingly resilient «Resident
Evil» series has managed to sustain a successful
franchise — thanks to a 3D boost, the fourth installment took nearly $ 300 million worldwide — but no
film in the series has yet taken more than $ 60 million domestically.
I would also like to note that «The Complete Series: Resident
Evil 1 - 5» will also be available on Blu - ray with UltraViolet starting December 21st, including each 2D feature
film in the Resident
Evil franchise.
The whole thing looks and feels like an extended episode of some Starz series, and you almost get the sense that first - time feature
film director Aleksander Bach is attempting to ape the Resident
Evil movies, another
franchise with bad writing, silly action and only the most tenuous connection to the video games that inspired it.
Anderson says he isn't thinking of it as a 4th
film, but as a rebooting of the whole series, but yet they have announced a slew of returning characters, including the main one, Alice, who never existed in the Resident
Evil franchise in the first place.
While a Mortal Kombat
film was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (of Resident
Evil movie fame) in 1995, an updated take on the
franchise has been languishing in development hell.
The Resident
Evil movie
franchise, which is the most successful
film series based on a video game, is confirmed to be heading into a reboot.
The refocused Resident
Evil 7 could be the inspiration for the
film franchise reboot.
Sony helped pave way for the sixth movie's success after it secured China releases of Resident
Evil: Extinction and Resident
Evil: Afterlife, the third and fourth
films in the
franchise.
In addition to directing the original Resident
Evil film and the forthcoming Afterlife entry in the
franchise, he's also working on
film adaptations of Castlevania and Driver.
We've had a slew of videogame
films in the past, from flops like Mortal Kombat and Prince of Persia, to the moderately successful Tomb Raiders and the half a billion dollar grossing Resident
Evil franchise.
With the distinction of being the benchmark of the survival horror genre, the Resident
Evil series has shipped over 80 million copies of its games worldwide and has branched out across a wide breadth of media including manga, as well as a successful
franchise of live action
films and the CGI - animated series of
films in which Resident
Evil: Vendetta exists.
Following the footsteps of the «Resident
Evil»
film franchise, the producers at GK Films is looking to bring back another video game adapted
film series with a new «Tomb Raider» instalment.
Next weekend sees the arrival of the latest entry in Merchant Ivory's Resident
Evil franchise, The Final Chapter and the Matthew McConaughey
film Gold.
Although the
franchise was largely a financial success and the first movie is often considered one of the better examples of a video game - to - movie adaptation, the Resident
Evil franchise attracted mostly negative reviews throughout its six -
film run.
With the likes of Resident
Evil 7 proving both big
franchises and indie titles can make fear a reality in VR, Ubisoft has read between the lines and signed a deal with Elijah Wood's
film production company, SpectreVision.
The Star Wars
franchise, in part based in Joseph Campbell's mythology and the hero's journey, maintains this theme in a
film that highlights the story of a young woman's journey to free herself, find her father, and save the galaxy from
evil atrocities.