Way back in February I wrote this piece about how the Resident Evil franchise would continue, even though Sony Screen Gems had boasted this year’s Resident Evil: The Final Chapter as the conclusion. In fact, I went on record stating:
“There’s no way – I repeat, there’s NO WAY that they don’t remake Resident Evil with these kind of box office numbers.”
As explained in the above article, with each and every sequel, the franchise’s box office numbers were actually on the rise internationally. Even though Paul W.S. Anderson was allegedly concluding Alice’s (Milla Jovovich) story, it’s pretty clear that the producers would make some sort of new Resident Evil film.
Breaking news came out of Cannes with Martin Moszkowicz, chairman of the board at Constantin Film, did confirm to Variety that a reboot is in development at the giant German production company, which owns rights to the franchise and has produced all of its installments.
There’s no news as to the direction they’ll be going, but Bloody Disgusting has heard one name is circling to produce, and it’s massive. We’re working to confirm and hope to update you in the coming weeks.
Based on the Capcom video game, the series launched in 2002 with Paul W.S. Anderson directing, and Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Bernd Eichinger, and Samuel Hadida producing the first of a six-movie series. The Resident Evil movie franchise has earned $1.2 billion worldwide to date, making it Europe’s most successful independent horror genre movie franchise in history and the highest-grossing film series to be based on a video game.
Where would you like to see the franchise go?!
