The next RESIDENT EVIL movie is coming quicker than you think!

Posted by Matt Holmes on October 30, 2007 – 1:00 am | 41 comments

Resident Evil has been a surprisingly successful franchise. Surprising because of course, the series is based on a video game… something that has rarely been a financially worthwhile avenue for movie studio’s.

All three Resident Evil movies have grossed over $100 million worldwide and despite it’s mostly disdain from critics, it’s found a niche audience and Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson continue to draw them.

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Variety reports that the next Resident Evil movie will not be a fourth film in the franchise with Ali Larter’s character Claire Redfield replacing Jovovich. Instead it will be Biohazard: Degeneration, a 3D animated movie which Sony Pictures and Capcom Entertainment are teaming together on, with a late 2008 release date planned.

The movie will not have any continunity to the other three movies and will be based on an original idea.

No cast or crew are attached as of yet.

Hey, why not?

A 3D animated zombie movie (which has to be R-Rated) might just have that little bit of quality that is missing from the live-action series.

41 Comments

Tino on October 30, 2007 at 1:28 am

I don’t like this idea at all, seems like a cop out. I say reboot the franchise and give the fans something they actually want, not some wannabe action movie bullshit. Resident Evil should have been a tense action horror, what we ended up with was some watered down crap. I hated Jovovich’s character and the fact they sidelined all the ACTUAL characters from the games. The first flick I didn’t mind so much because it was kind of set up as a prequel to the first game, but by the second one it all turned to crap. Forget this animated rubbish, give us the real deal and do it right.

JaySmack on October 30, 2007 at 8:19 am

Well, Paul W.S. (Worthless Screenwriter) Anderson isn’t involved, which is a good move.
I hated the first Resident Evil, thought the casting for the second was lop-sided (Ali Larter looked like an anorexic Claire Redfield, though she did come off as capable of being tough) and the story more camp than creepy.
Don’t want to see the third one -ever! Paul Anderson has tricked his last dollar out of me.

This new one’s going to be animated? I’m not sure how I feel about that move. This isn’t like Beowulf, this is a video-game property here. Final Fantasy didn’t do well, and if it’s animated that automatically makes people think it’s for a younger crowd.
But then again, since it will be coming after Beowulf, it migt be taken a little more seriously, is the marketing push is done right.
Hell, it’s got potential.

Ethan on January 8, 2008 at 5:19 pm

That’s gayer than when gay came to gay town. They need to keep the movies like they are and not make them animated. Id be like takin the Saw movies and makin them cartoons so that they can make better effects. I think that it will be good but not as good as the non animated ones

harld on May 21, 2008 at 3:28 am

It’s like hollywood to leave a good series of movies on a cliffhanger and for some damn reason decide some damn day to make the following sequel a 3d animated movie that doesn’t even follow the original 3 movies!!! Typical fucking hollywood bullshit!!! Just damn typical…It’d be in the producers interests to say ’screw the fucking animation shit, lets just use the same characters and make the next movie fucking amazing!’ and trust me when I say that I speak for all the other resident evil fans out there, that they would much rather see a movie that carries out the other’s…And not a God forsaken mother fucking 3D ANIMATED MOVIE!!!

Andrew on June 7, 2008 at 4:29 am

ok the previews do look cool but what happened with the ending of 1 2 and 3…there should be another mmovie that ends it all….seriously in the third one they leave you hanging in tokyo….i would have thought that there would have been a fourth, not an animated movie of the game basically….

Gern Blandston on June 7, 2008 at 10:10 am

What I would like to see in the next RE movie is more of the same of what was in the first three…Milla kicking zombie ass! That’s not too difficult to understand is it. I will keep paying $8.50 or whatever anytime an new RE movie comes out. I would never go see an animated movie no matter how good the special effects.

SteveN on June 28, 2008 at 2:07 pm

I’ve been an RE fan for sometime now, but I lost track for a while. I like the first RE movie. I must have seen it about 15 times, for real. The other 2 where fucking SHIT! I wouldn’t have seen the 3rd movie. If it wanst for my mom’s bf buying it. What the fuck was that piece of shit. The story was stupid. Ashanti really? Gay! and not in a good way. It just makes me mad. I love zombie flicks. There waayy better Z movies the all 3 films. They should have stuck to the GAME’S STORY Line in All films! . This animated film doesn’t sound so bad though. Ugh I hate paul and milla annoys me now. Eek!

brandon on July 22, 2008 at 7:33 pm

I dont think an animated resident evil would be good, in the third movie at the end we’re bunch of cloned alice’s and she threatened umbrella and that was is , you guys need to go from where they left off and make a fourth.. dont ruin it by making an animated movie.

shawn on July 24, 2008 at 12:27 pm

I think it should all be up to capcom because they’re the ones that made Resident Evil what it is today.It is bullshit that they are not baseing the movies on the games, because i would love a movie based on RE4 and/or the up coming RE5. It may be bullshit that they are leaveing it at a cliffhanger but trust me they will go back and finish off what they did because I knew from the first game that it would become a movie just cause hollywood screws up every thing that is made into something retarded.but, on a good note word through the grape vine is there might be a new director when they pick back up.

Dale on August 13, 2008 at 7:22 pm

Personally I enjoyed the first two, but I think the third one just plain sucked. Also number four sounds like complete rubbish, it’s not really the it being animated part but it’s the not following the story of the other 3

Claire Cunt on August 14, 2008 at 12:59 pm

RE, movies are WACK!. The Should have stuck to the Game’s Storyline.

Who cares! on August 31, 2008 at 7:37 am

First, I have to give props to the “gayer than when gay came to gay town” dude, just cuz that’s hilarious. And secondly, I’d like to say that personally, I have always loved the Resident Evil films, for the same reason that I adore the Nightmare on Elm Street series, the Poltergeist series, the Alien series, and so on and so forth. There is a special place in my heart for the cheesy horror/sci fi movie franchise, and there always will be. Not to mention my absolute love for the goddess that is Mila. So the idea of the next film being animated, not related to the other 3, and not involving Ms. Jovovich is practically blasphemous. I only want more of the same shtick! Why mess with a not-broken goofball cliche?

fuckthisshiet on August 31, 2008 at 9:31 am

Cuz it’s stooopid!, they have to fix all the wrongs . Which are all 3 live action movies. Was it really so hard to stick to the game’s storyline. Plus Romero would have done a waayy better job than dumb Cunt Paul s. Cunt bitch.

bleigh on September 1, 2008 at 4:35 am

Okay for all the people who don’t know, the animation RE flim is toltaly seperate from the last three films, IT GOES WITH THE GAMES! dumbasses, if you’re a real fan you’d know that, when they made the first movie they didn’t go along with the first game. All they used was the mansion idea. So don’t say the freakin movie’s gonna suck! They’ll make a forth “real life” movie.

Jay on September 9, 2008 at 9:23 am

ok this movie isn’t taking off from the 3rd as its a different story all together. 4 will and i repeat will be made but will take rather along time concidering all the UGI with alice and the whole army of her! this is just a progject to keep y’all intrested. Trust me.. i know a pretty good source.

so dont worry. this is just a sideline progject and number 4 will be made in the near future.

stephen poehler on September 27, 2008 at 6:07 am

I love zombie movie’s including RE and my only beef with all zombie movies is there is 2 much filler and that was why i didnt much care for the 3rd resident evil film what i wana see is the creepy RE music over major metropolis cities that are abandoned and burning to the ground (while the credits roll),the main story a massive fight between humans and zombies which RE3 had and the final boss.

Mark Cortina on September 29, 2008 at 9:52 pm

Im not looking forward to this animated movie bullshit.I am very excited with these RE movies. I think there should be another movie that follows from the third movie called Extinction. Once you start a movie you need to continue with the movie until u finish it with a good ending. Why would you end Extinction in Tokyo, that is retarded. Animated movies suck im sorry to say…..

Dulce on October 17, 2008 at 5:02 am

well I think that the movies should continue from the last one that came out cause it will only loose its point so I say you guys make the continueation of extinction and finish the movies and then do another one>:(

Lisa De La Cruz on November 2, 2008 at 7:32 am

I just recently finished watching all the movies and to hear the next ones going to be animated and 3d is ridiculous I will not watch the next one because it will be gay they are suppossed to be scary and R rated and not for children whats going to happen its going to be G rated so my little girl can watch it how retarded and what a waist of money!!!

john taravella on November 2, 2008 at 7:42 am

that is an outrage,i have finally watched all three and now i find out that alice and her clones are goin to be animated i eas hoping for alice find thoses guys that were in the end of the 3rd movie….make a fourth resident evil name it “RESIDENT EVIL:THE REBIRTH”or something like that.make it like the other 3 movies….

marie on December 4, 2008 at 5:34 pm

ive been waiting ages for the fourth so i hope they make it , the army of cloned alice at the end left me really impatient to see the next , im deffo not impressed with this animated stuff , looks good but think my son will enjoy it more than me , reckon it will leave re fans very dissapointed .it dont follow on from the other three movies for a start hmmm will wait impatiently and see

Reece Hutchison on December 5, 2008 at 1:39 pm

This isnt right they have left 3 on a cliff hanger and was expecting to see the next relise carrying on. If they were 2 do something they should do the 4th in the film line end it if they choose to and if the do end it then relise the animated version.

itll lose all of its fans and they need to do the 4th before they do the animated, the whole fact that it doesnt even continue the story line is rediculious.

Not happy =[

jamie on December 9, 2008 at 12:21 pm

i like pie!

Tom on December 22, 2008 at 2:41 am

There might be a chance of a non-animated RE movie because see they are releasing that once Milla is ready they will start a new RE movie based on the follow up called Resident Evil: Afterlife.

brandon jarvis on December 26, 2008 at 7:34 am

ok look if they make another live action resident evil film. 1 they should put the stars members in it to make it with more depth and gritt and well make it so they track down some of the horrible …horrible things that the company made or they should totally go into the fact of how the company was created and how they actually came up with the t virus and if they do that i hope they stick with the GAMES story line like 0 and 1 and 2 and throw the thought of nemisis being created not some stupid capcom dispute like they had to deal with and finally if i had the money i would get capcom in with the production and laugh at paul anderson for his poor excuse i admit the minigun added to nemesis was good idea got rid of the high cost of cgi to make tentacles work and well it was dirt cheap to rent the fact of the matter is… make a back story to the movies and make it like the game i hope people agree with me …and i say agian if i came into 1 million i would make a resident evil movie worth people seeing and i would make it a backstory film and it would be 3 hrs long i assure you it would be worth the worlds time but residentevil apocoylpse was good the third was good but the hang made the whole thing retarded and where did the fucking psychic powers go???????????????????????????????????????? like fuck bring those back comon where did the psychic powers go? what a fucking disappointment

brandon jarvis on December 26, 2008 at 7:37 am

oh and dont hasitate to contact me if your from constantin film or capcom or wondering why you made a stupid movie in th first place i went to all in the theaters and cryed after i saw the third so email is avengance_in_motion@live.com and ill let any fucking guys making the movie take credit as long as i get a part like a zombie part

sarah trevino on January 3, 2009 at 3:28 am

i want to know if there is a new resident evil movie is coming 4 sure and when? I have already saw degeneration. When is the next one?

Randomly on January 6, 2009 at 7:32 am

Wow, most of you people don’t realize that its CapCom and Sony Japan ltd who is making Biohazard Degeneration. It’s not put together by Hollywood and it’s not a continuation of the Paul WS Anderson series. The Resident Evil movies with Milla Jovovich have nothing to do with the storyline of the original Resident Evil. Biohazard Degeneration is actually CANON TO THE STORYLINE and picks up where Resident Evil 4 (VG) finishes. The entire plotline and course of the movie was created by the original owners of the Resident Evil franchise, not that ridiculous knock-off crap by Paul WS Anderson.

Gary E. Pitts on January 16, 2009 at 10:39 am

I would like see the full action real movie to complete where the last movie end to be the beginning of the next movie no dam cartoon. Thats with mila in the staring role, I own copies of the first films and I am looking forward to the next live action film thanks and goodbye chow.

ryan on March 17, 2009 at 1:08 am

i like pie 2

but i saw the animated movie it was good but i want to c the real movie and i want 2 know wat happens next

jonas on April 14, 2009 at 8:38 am

Oh no, i been waiting for the next resident evil movie for 2 years!

netta on April 15, 2009 at 6:32 pm

THIS SUCKS!!!
sounds soo fake and like nothing will be the same..
i wish it would continue like as planned n the last one.
my favorite was the last one.
I barely remember the others haha cause i watch the last one like every week lmfao.. as long as they keep milla jovovich in it i hope it will be a turn out … I LOVE HER

emma culleton on April 30, 2009 at 11:38 pm

I want the next Resident evil to be a follow on from the 3rd same characters no 3D rubbidh – bring on the colnes of Alice to fight against the virus!!!! the video games are well ahead catch up the movies!!!!!

next movie? on May 20, 2009 at 10:18 pm

still waiting for the movie after extinction, animated resident evil?! u lost your minds!!!!

Ed on May 23, 2009 at 3:27 pm

animated is the best the movies were alright but all in all a tru RE fan knows that animated is the way, also the 4th is set after the RE2 game and created by the guys who did the cut scenes for the games, im shure they know how to make a better anime than some ‘hollywood’ movie maker, dont mind the movies either, my advice play the games they are really good.

STOP THIS SHIT!!!!!! on June 4, 2009 at 8:38 pm

I felt that Extinction was way to short. BUT they really must still continue the saga not go back. The games were equally good, but still everything about Resident Evil is excellent except the new movie.

Dicky on June 29, 2009 at 10:38 am

hii, can i look next/new resident evil movie!

Jordii on July 9, 2009 at 1:21 pm

First of all, all the fans of the RE movies with Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson are complete idiots. There RE movies were complete shit and a waste of money! There movies had nothing to do with the storyline of RE game’s , they were poorly scripted and had a shit cast throughout the series!! I don’t understand why everyone is so angry about this animated RE film. I have seen it and it is way better than the hollywood movies! It actually has Claire and Leon in it and is kinda on the storyline of the RE games. Its worth watching if you ask me.

Btw I would just like to say how disappointed I was in the last 2 RE games (4 and 5) I think the producers let the bullshit get to there heads and made it a shit game to play. They storyline was weak in both of them and it lacked that real drive of the RE games. The RE saga has really gone down since it started out.

kimbo on September 1, 2009 at 6:09 am

Stop with the bicthing already if you don’t like the RE movies then don’t watch them!!!!!!! Please no Animated Movie that would suck ass

billy on September 14, 2009 at 7:46 pm

hey i think u should make a fourth re movie that comes off the third re movie that would be the best decision to makein a grip load of money its already been what 2or 3 years come on u know u wont make shit with that animation bullshit all three of the re movies were bad ass so make the forth i wont go watch some 3-d cartoon

dilia on September 22, 2009 at 11:13 pm

i think they’re needs to be another movie especially since the third left us wondering

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