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As Suspected, They’re Going to Remake ‘Resident Evil’
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?!
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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