Paul Anderson hints at fourth Resident Evil movie

  • Posted July 2nd, 2008 at 07:54 EDT by Mike Harradence
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MTV’s Movie blog is reporting that director Paul W.S Anderson is considering the possibility of returning for a fourth instalment in Sony Pictures highly successful Resident Evil movie franchise.
Anderson, who directed the first adaptation of the Survival Horror series in 2002 and subsequently went on to produce it’s two sequels, revealed, “I’m just starting to talk to Sony about it.”

“I don’t even know if anything will come of it, but there’s a possibility it might happen.”

Despite his enthusiasm for the franchise, Anderson was keen to point out that the right script would have to be in place in order to pursue the project, adding, “I love the ‘Resident Evil’ franchise and we always try to make the best possible movie we can. If we could find a good ‘Resident Evil 4’ to make, then we would do it.”

“But I wouldn’t just do it for the sake of it, that’s for sure,” he said.

Aside from his involvement in the Resident Evil series, Anderson previously worked on the film adaptation of Mortal Kombat in 1995, and is currently lined up to direct the forthcoming Spy Hunter movie.

An all-new CGI motion picture, Resident Evil: Degeneration, is currently scheduled for release some time in 2008.

Stay tuned.

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  1. JD-82 | JD-82

    • 7:56am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    please...no more...

  2. Alakratt | Alakratt

    • 8:03am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    yeah, he should stop ruining the franchise he "loves" so much.

  3. Gekidami | Gekidami

    • 8:22am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    We need a petition to stop this madness, surely Sony are aware of just how bad these movies are, and just how insaulting they are to RE fans...

  4. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 9:02am BST - July 2nd, 2008

     They should just make a movie that actually follows the movies

  5. -Raven

    • 9:16am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    I thought the title mentioned "Pamela Anderson", I was like whoa!!!! Gigantic knockers in 1080p!!!

  6. Shin-Karazu | shinkarazu

    • 9:23am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    Well, i didnt even watch the last one. And I only look foward to see the CGI movie. 

  7. Xdeth | Xdeth

    • 9:29am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    This takes beating the dead horse to a new level. Seriosly... Their is nothing left... just the bones remain....

  8. acidhead89

    • 9:41am BST - July 2nd, 2008

     never saw the 3rd movie, is it any good?

     

  9. 1solidsnake | solid1snake67

    • 9:51am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    no. someone told me when i worked at walmart that it sucked and not to waste my money on it. it did look kind of stupid to me,  glad i wasn't driving at the tyme.. i need it back before july 18th before the dark knight comes out!!!

  10. psycho_mantis | makaveli_71

    • 10:09am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    if its a copy of the resident evil 4 GAME then id love to see it, but if it carries on with the stupid current storyline then no thanks.

  11. Staude | Staude

    • 10:34am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    I liked the first one a lot, and i think the second was okay. Then i thought the third was better than the second but not as good as the first.

     

    I'm interested. Bring it on :)

  12. Dragon-slayer87 | Dragon-Slayer87

    • 10:53am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    NOOO!!! If they keep producing RE movies, i'm sure that the dead will reise to kill us all... NOOO.....

  13. Maxkiller | Maxkiller0

    • 11:08am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    i love all the movies i can't wait for this one :) aswell for the CGI movie ^_^

    i really don't know why people hate the RE movies so much i mean i know it has nothing to do with the game story but it sure is well done now if you say this is a bad movie then watch blood rayne or something your see what really is bad lol i myself am a fan of RE i have played almost every game the story in the movie may be a bit off but some characters from the game do show up at the end as for Alice she's new and really dumb good :P

    Sony seems to be doing a good job for now hope they keep it up.

  14. kidkotic2001 | hotshot2001

    • 11:19am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    If they do a new movie they need to stop folloing the old movies and start fresh with new series following RE4 and RE5 I would go see it. I like the first two the third one was real bad.

  15. TheCh0sen01 | TheChosen01

    • 11:54am BST - July 2nd, 2008

    @Maxkiller, I agree with you even though the RE movies don't follow the games I still think the movies are great and you cannot stop at the third movie because it was completely setup for a fourth one and after watching the third one I just figured there was going to be another one.

  16. Falanx13 | Falanx13

    • 12:00pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    Didn't RE3 bomb? How in the h3ll are we getting a 4th movie? Paul Anderson, like Uwe Boll, apparently doesn't understand the basic economics of the movie making industry: "bad movies != more bad movies"

  17. bnolan56 | snowy311

    • 12:09pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    Someone get a rifle, and put a bullet through Paul Anderson's head?

    and every movie this guy touches, aside from Mortal Kombat 1 = nauseating and crap.

  18. tmac032986 | tmac032986

    • 12:22pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

     The movies weren't that bad.  Very entertaining, even if the stories from the game were very loosely followed.  I own all of them and would be looking forward to a 4th.

  19. Uncool | Admodistrator

    • 12:51pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    The original movie adaptation wasn't bad but the following "sequels" beg to differ. Besides why run something to the ground when its already pretty far in deep?

  20. GoTiTwiSteD23 | Gotitwisted604

    • 12:51pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    They Should OF Stop On The Second Part , 3rd Part just sucks!

  21. Alga--zero | Algazero

    • 2:41pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    i feel exactly the same about this when i saw that Uwe Boll wanted to do a GTA movie. WHY??? UR MOVIES HAVE ALWAYS SUCKED, WHY DO U TRY TO DESTROY GOOD GAME FRANCHISES?????? my two cents...

    PSN id =Algazero

  22. DemonOfRazgriz07 | DemonOfRazgriz07

    • 2:48pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    The first one was great, then it just went downhill from there. NO MORE

  23. T-Dogg400 | T-Dogg400

    • 3:05pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    Too much, it just gets boring after a while lol, cant wait till MGS movie!!!

  24. hush404 | hush404

    • 5:03pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    Ugh. I didn't mind the first, it was kinda kewl. But the other two were crap and unless the series pulls a 180 like RE4 (the Game) did, then I dun wanna hear about it.

  25. Intervention

    • 5:06pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    Those movies suck so bad, to the point that this article makes me angry. RE is one the best game franchise ever and hollywood comes along and takes a perfect formula and twists it into some lame story and hero that a 5th grader probably came up with. Just an American bastardization of anything else that comes out of Japan.

  26. bighawke5

    • 5:18pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    i dont know why people are angry about this, The resident evil movies were all AWESOME.

    plus i dont think the producer was trying o follow the story from the games anyway

    it was a movie on its own and it rocked.

    I like sci fi movies and the trilogy(about to be a quadrilogy if 4th one comes out) was awesome..i watched each of the movies like 2 times

     

    @Maxkiller i pretty much agree with you

    all three movies ROCKED, for ppl that love scifi disaster type movies with a lil bit of futuristic feel to it and lots of action they should love this trilogy

    i dont know why people hate it so much, it wasnt made to follow the game story!!!

  27. xVxSMOKExVx

    • 6:27pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    I don't know how this guy thinks his versions of RE are good...  The original story was much better!!!!

  28. alchemyuser1 | alchemyuser1

    • 8:49pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    its hollywood kiddies and when the jews are running things movie games will always be horrible look at hitman one sniper shot througout the whole movie i was so angry

  29. Jared

    • 10:18pm BST - July 2nd, 2008

    PLEASE, NO!!!  FOR THE LOVE OF MANKIND!!!  The first movie was "meh," the second movie was "bleh," and the third movie was "wtfux?!"  I have horrific nightmares of the doctor-gone-crazy-zombie in the third film...shooting his finger tentacles at me....NO MORE RESIDENT EVIL MOVIES PLEASE!!!

  30. Stoffinator | Stoffinator

    • 12:34am BST - July 3rd, 2008

    Movies aren't that bad. Although they don't follow the games by much. But people must like them, cause they do pretty well.

  31. nextgenfan

    • 1:47am BST - July 3rd, 2008

    yes yes more i love the movies

  32. BlueDragoon0 | Lionheart0

    • 3:20am BST - July 3rd, 2008

    Am I the only one which enjoys the movies? I mean yes sure there not as great as the games[since when was a movie any good as the game, funny that it works both ways huh?], but I still find the Resident Evil movies to be very action packed fantastic movies. Then of course with Resident Evil[CGI one]which is coming out that IS based on the events after Resident Evil 4, that just makes me even more happy.

  33. v8nnwilder

    • 6:39am BST - July 3rd, 2008

    The ONLY way or REASON for them to make another Resident Evil is to do an entirely new ORIGINAL script... Like go back to Racoon City and the mansion were Resident Evil started as a gaming franchise. And do that right and make all our RE fans happy...

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