Koby Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 The “Resident Evil” movie franchise has not ended after all. Details such as the reboot director, stars, and how the reboot would fit into the franchise narrative are being kept under wraps. But Martin Moszkowicz, chairman of the board at Constantin Film, did confirm at the Cannes Film Festival 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. The franchise was set to end with this year’s “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,” which grossed $312 million worldwide after its January release, including an eye-popping $160 million in China alone. Sony helped sow the seeds of success by securing a release for “Resident Evil: Afterlife” and “Resident Evil: Extinction” in China. 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. “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,” was again directed by Anderson and produced by Bolt with Hadida and Constantin’s Robert Kluizer, and exec produced by Moszkowicz. Distributed by Screen Gems in the U.S., all six “Resident Evils” have starred Milla Jovovich. Anderson has written all six of the installments and directed four. His involvement on a reboot is open to question, however, as he prepares “Monster Hunter,” again inspired by a video game from Japan’s Capcom, which is set to be brought to the market in late 2017 or early 2018. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orochimaru Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 This movie franchise was probably the biggest disappointment i've ever seen on a screen. The games were great, and the first two movies were kind of ok, but everything after that has been pure crap imho. So i'm hoping the reboot will be better. <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkmattered Posted June 30, 2017 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 I've given this franchise so many opportunities to be good and I could never get hooked, maybe I'll enjoy this reboot more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyboy Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefarmboy Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Oh man, the real horror is they keep making these movies. Maybe the reboots will be better, there is hope in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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