Writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson received his customary critical thrashing on last year’s 3D Resident Evil: Retribution (read our review, for example). Nonetheless, the fifth video game movie installment, featuring Anderson’s wife Milla Jovovich as Alice, managed to gross $222 million in theaters around the globe.
Retribution is the most expensive entry to date (costing $65 million) and was less popular domestically than the previous three Resident Evil installments; it even ranks below the first movie, when adjusted for inflation. Hence, although Resident Evil 6 (subtitle TBD) was a foregone conclusion before Retribution even opened in theaters, restless audience signals indicate that it may be time to wrap things up. Fortunately, that’s been the plan for a while now.
Anderson previously told STYD that Resident Evil: Afterlife was meant to serve as the beginning of a new trilogy, which concludes with the sixth movie. Jovovich later confirmed as much at the 2012 Comic-Con, saying her husband “really [wants] to bring this to a closure” with the sixth installment. She also alluded to the strong possibility, nay inevitability, that more Resident Evil movies are coming once she and Anderson finish their run on the franchise – be it with a series reboot or partial start-over (a la Transformers 4).
Sony/Screen Gems has set Resident Evil 6 to hit U.S. theaters on September 12th, 2014, in keeping with the release pattern for the previous four installments (after Resident Evil opened in March 2002). The post-Summer Blockbuster Season slot has proven a successful launch pad so far, giving the studio little reason to deviate course at this point; not to mention, it currently has no competition in that month, with the exception of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Popeye opening two weeks later.
It’s all-but-official that Anderson is writing and directing Resident Evil 6, seeing how he wrote all five previous movies (and directed the first, fourth and fifth). He’ll presumably begin principal photography with Jovivich this Fall, shooting the film in 3D – like the last two movies – and using an in-your-face 3D style once again, since it’s part of the entertainment appeal for his take on the zombie action/horror property.
Retribution concluded on a cliffhanger setting up the sixth installment, which you can talk about in greater detail over at the Resident Evil: Retribution Spoilers Discussion thread. Meanwhile, feel free to leave a comment below about what you’re hoping to see in the next movie – or, if you prefer, where you would like to see the franchise go, once Anderson and Jovovich move on to other projects.
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Resident Evil 6 (not the official title) opens in theaters on September 12th, 2014.
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Source: STYD
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Really? This has continued to be the worst series of films for as long as i remember. But money talks
@ Trey.
Ah, Young Grasshopper, you did not live through Friday The 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street Series.
Be patient, Resident Evils time will come.
I have to say those are a bit different. They at least reveled in their campiness. Nightmare certainly went on a bit too long though. The last couple of these movies have just thrown everything against the wall to see what stuck and then threw some more stuff from the games on top. They are just ridiculous and seem to take themselves fairly seriously.
You don’t remember Twilight do you?
Same for the Hangover movies.
I like this franchise and I’ve never really understood why it receives so much hate targeted at it. Anderson isn’t a great director but he’s competent enough to make an entertaining B-movie. On that same note, Milla Jovovich may not be an Oscar caliber actress but she’s a great action heroine and is pretty dang attractive to boot. The RE movies aren’t classics or anything but for silly, zombie, flicks that don’t try to be more than they are I think they work great.
I’ll see RE 6 in theaters and if the last five installments are anything to go off of I’ll enjoy it. A lot.
I thought her acting was great as Leeloo in the 5th Element.
I’ll watch Part 6 on DVD.
My brain has blocked out any positives from The Fifth Element because of Chris Tucker so I can’t agree or disagree with you on that point.
That’s Green.
As a standalone series, Resident Evil is decent and worth watching if it’s airing for free on a movie channel. Think of it as part of the same world as the classic videogames and that’s where the hatred comes from.
Obviously you can’t recreate the games in movie form because that’s lazy but the deviation taken to tell Alice’s story has angered and offended fans of the games since the very first one’s release.
Needless to say, I’ll watching the 5th one later this year when it airs on tv and I’ll do the same when the 6th one airs a year after cinema release too.
I totally agree with you. I love Resident evil…all 5 except for the computer game one they did (Degeneration). I’ve seen all of them in theaters probably a dozen times plus I have them all on DVD including the new one so they can keep making them for all I care, I love them and I love Milla.
Well yeah these may not be Oscar winning movies but they are entertaining and I for one do want to see what happens to Alice. I am not sure if she is human or a clone. She has died and they brought her back to life in previous movies but in RE 5, they had a lot of versions of her. I think she is still human but I have to find out if she does kill (what’s his name). The dude that wanted to eat her in RE Afterlife. Question: Haven’t you noticed that the men in the RE movies are always mutants but Alice is still a woman and does not have 6 arms or that thing that comes out of the mouth.
Also, I want to see if anyone can kill those big ax carrying hooded tall things.
I know Alice kills the one in RE Afterlife but I want to see her fight two of them with guns and/or unarmed combat.
I also want to see more of Ada and Claire in the last RE 6.
What happened to K mart?? What happened to Claire’s brother??
The last on RE 6 should be a 3 hour movie so that they don’t leave anything out!!!!!!!!!
Yeah the RE movies were okay. I will be there to see Resident Evil 6!!!
But waiting for September 2014 does seem to be a long time!!!!!!!!!
God it’s actually taken a life of it’s own, this Resident Evil monstrosity….and I’ll probably see it just to confirm they’ll jack this one up too….
It’ll probably be as good as the last few, so I won’t even bother renting it at redbox.
God Just stop already. Why couldn’t they just follow the games? Give me Walking dead anyday. I so can’t wait for Horrorcon at the end of this month. Get to meet , the dickson brothers
Already got my tickets.
Just so you are aware the “Dickson” brothers aren’t even in the walking dead comics. If you are going to use TWD as a comparative tool for the use of source material I’d get it right.
On a side note I don’t see why people hate so much. They are mindless action flicks that I choose to watch to lose myself for a while and they do a good job. Bring on the final one.
I’m glad to see this conclude so we can get that Resident Evil reboot with a badass Leon.
Once when I thought my faith in block busters was restored… this happens.
People, you have to undestand.
Whomever the masses that are out there who continue to shell money at this Money Pit, they will continue to make them.
So alternative, if you know a fan of Resident Evil films..UNLEASH THE GATES OF HELL UPON THEM!
Lets get one thing perfectly clear. Zombies are suppose to make you run away from them.
I would rush to Resident Evil Zombies just to get it over with.
Still can’t believed that this crap made twice the opening of TDKR is Japan.
Japan is a weird country though.
Over there, anything to do with Biohazard (RE’s name in Japan and not the post-hardcore band from New York) is still huge business despite Western audiences cooling on the games back in the late 90s.
I could probably find an obscure hentai movie that did bigger box office numbers over there than Titanic.
Hell, another popular zombie franchise over there is the Onechanbara series that have spawned movies and feature young women in bikinis killing hordes of the undead with swords.
Resident Evil is an acquired taste.
If you like ridiculous action and Milla, this is for you. And now that they brought Michelle Rodriguez back… even better.
I’d rather see another Rez Evil than Expendables… I’m a big fan of the over the hill actors, but the story is bleh (I’m not saying Rez Evil has great stories either).
If they do go past 6, it better be another action-type actress, Rachel Nichols, Adrienne Palicki (both from GI Joe coincidentally)… or even Lyndsy Fonseca.
I love the resident evil movies and last one was prett kick ass but please do not reboot this
I agree I love Milla and Resident Evil. if they do a 6, they have to bring the whole original cast back including Clare and Chris…that be awesome!
Why cant they just stop wait a couple of years and reboot the series for true fans of the franchise! That’s all I want. I understand some people enjoy the movies but that’s cause their not fans of the real story! Give us a real RESIDENT EVIL MOVIE!!
I remember reading some script for Resident Evil that was supposed to be by George Romero… it was pretty good.
Arguing that fans of the RE movies aren’t fans of the “real” story is a bit silly don’t you think? I’m not arguing the RE movies have a better story than the games (full disclosure, I think both stories are ridiculous) but they’re two different stories being told. Just because they don’t align doesn’t automatically make one the “wrong” story.
The movies are just pointless action. The story from the games are a lot better.
That’s debatable. There is definitely more story in the games but nowadays it’s become such a convoluted mess I wouldn’t consider it much better than the “barely there” story of the RE movies.
Yeah, like the games were bastions of compelling narrative. Let’s take a minute to remember what the games are actually like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LwuT3MffEw
Yeah, some real “quality storytelling” there. The Paul Anderson movies don’t look so bad now, do they?
Why wasn’t she on Warm Bodies?
Resident Evil series is a good way to express the inner most imagination of what could be or can be if it were to honestly happen. The lead Character may have certain powers but the acting, special effects and story line have been great! I don’t care what others think or care less about, it is not them who have to go see it, they have a choice but there are hundreds of thousands of us fans who enjoy this series and enjoy the story line and enjoy the action. The zombies are great, the villian’s great and the fact that the struggle of humanity is not without hope. I would love to see another story line where she actually rescues others who are trapped in cities where the zombies have mutated to actually being able to communicate with each other. A story line where they actually think like humans and sort of act like mafia and control the humans and manipulate and breed humans for food. Great stuff and alone comes the babe to rescue humanity.
just make re4 a movie please. is that so hard.
Well I’m looking forward to it
I admit it: although the movie franchise is a total disaster from an objective viewpoint I can’t deny that I own all of them on DVD (1-3) and Blu-ray (4 & 5). I watched each them of them multiple times and I will do it again. They are the epitome of a guilty pleasure and are just plain fun. These movies, as the glossy B-movies that they are, are so bad that they come around and are good again. And yes… Milla Jovovich and her outfits are a good reason to watch them.
Long story short: looking forward to the conclusion… and then to a Resident Evil reboot with movies that are genuinely good and much closer to the source material.
The latest installment didn’t even get a theatrical release in my country. I later rented it, and immediatly regretted that decision.
Sweet.
NICE! I can wait, I like watching the RE movies because its a fun ride and for the character interactions.
I’m right there with ya. I welcome another film. I love Alice and the whole gang, I’m glad that Jill is back but they need to bring back Clare and Chris plus Kmart and I just wish they hadn’t killed Rain and Carlos.