Remember those live-action Resident Evil movies? Well, they’re still being made – and now there are plans for a television series to debut following the release of the sixth (and, allegedly, final) cinematic flick. Resident Evil: The Last Chapter is currently being written, and will see all of the franchise's ‘famous’ faces – Jill Valentine! Leon Kennedy! Albert Wesker! Claire Redfield! Ada Wong! – reunited for the ride. Oh, and Milla Jovovich’s character, Alice, will be there as well, of course.
It’s unclear which of the above personalities will make it into the TV show, if any manage the jump at all. In fact, with so much work to be done on the upcoming movie, this sounds like something of a pipedream at the moment. Should it get the go ahead, though, German production company Constantin Films will take the reins. Honestly, we find the films a bit of a guilty pleasure, so there could be some mindless entertainment in a weekly show. The only problem is that zombies are so overplayed at this point.
[source variety.com, via eurogamer.net]
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I enjoy the films, they're garbage but that's the point I guess, a TV show would probably be a step too far and I can imagine it giving garbage a bad name. More zombies please.
Make more CGI RE movies instead of this S#it..!
@Dr_Salvador
I only liked the first movie,but my favorites are Regeneration:
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1174954/
And DamnNation.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1753496/
They must keep releasing that style.
I would be upset but it's not like the games are good anymore either.
Hurray! All the fresh faces are together! So they could promptly get shunted in favor of Alice. Yay.
Not to sound like a jerk, but a major reason I can't stand these films is how none of the cast from the games is made to look remotely capable. It'd be like if some fan insert character made a joke out of guys like Big Boss or Nathan Drake.
I am interested to see how the CG movies are, though.
@get2sammyb
Hehe... That gif there is better than all the live-action movies combined!
If it is being done in Germany, maybe they can hire Uwe Boll for them?
@sinalefa Ain't he like the sh*tty director that, does movies in Germany due to a loop hole that, means all his movies makes money?
@artemisthemp
He is the one who "directed" House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark, among other terrible movies, yes.
I think the TV show will need more than zombies. Fortunately, the games are full of gruesome monsters that would look great in live action.
With shows like The Walking Dead and The Strain, Resident Evil's (or Arklay, as it's rumoured to be called) number one priority is to find something that will set itself apart from the others - a unique hook. If they can find that, then everything else will fall into place.
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