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Resident Evil Getting Rebooted Into a Six-Film Franchise (variety.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the added-to-the-queue dept.

Martin Moszkowicz, chairman of the board at Constantin Film, confirmed to Variety at the Cannes Film Festival that the "Resident Evil" movie franchise is getting rebooted into a six-film franchise. From the report: 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.

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  1. Ah yes, the good old standby... by Notabadguy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why bother coming up with movie ideas when you can just keep remaking movies?

    I can't speak for anyone else, but I can't wait for the remastered, re-released rebooted remaster of the anniversary edition with two extra deleted scenes Guardians of the Galaxy 14.

    1. Re:Ah yes, the good old standby... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      At some point, you need something new or the audience won't care to watch it.

      Given that Fast & Furious 8 is out and it made $1.2 billion so far, at what point do you think the people need something new?