July 28, 2010
The problems started back in April when director Len Wiseman bailed on the project. Now Bleszinski says they're back to rethinking the script, trying to find a way to lower the budget. The script Wiseman was set to use was estimated to cost around $100 million to make, and he says that's a problem because it would have had to be rated-R and it contained no love story.
Cinema Blend states what many of us are thinking - that Hollywood wasn't willing to spend money and take any risks with a video game franchise. Based on that, it's not a big mystery why many of the adaptations don't work.
But lowering the budget doesn't necessarily mean skimping on effects. They say they're planning to make the movie "more like District 9. A good goal to shoot for since it to was a rated-R movie without a real love story, but they managed to make it on a smaller budget. By contrast, Bleszinski says the original script was more like 2012.
Producer Wyck Godfrey mirrored Cliff B.'s thoughts back in June.
July 28, 2010
Written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, the fourth installment features Alice (Milla Jovovich) continuing on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
Resident Evil: Afterlife will be released in IMAX 3-D and conventional 2-D theaters on September 10th.
July 25, 2010
Director Anderson revealed that, while no official plans for a fifth film are underway, he would like Kennedy to make an appearance in the next installment. Leon S. Kennedy was considered to be in Afterlife but the filmmaker opted not to include him due to story concerns.
Leon Scott Kennedy was created by Hideki Kamiya and debuted in Resident Evil 2 and was the main character in Resident Evil 4. During the events of Resident Evil 2, Leon is a new police officer who arrives in Raccoon City for his first day on the job, only to confront the T-virus outbreak first-hand. Six years later in Resident Evil 4, Leon returns as a secret agent for the US government, assigned to rescue the President's daughter.
The character was voiced by Paul Mercier in Resident Evil: Degeneration.
July 22, 2010
During the question and answer session, Vice President of Creative Development Chris Metzen confirmed that though the process has slowed recently, the movie is still happening. Director Sam Raimi is still "very, very passionate" about getting the movie made, but Metzen said that a treatment is still being hammered out. If that gets approved, he said, then "hopefully it'll start moving very quickly, very soon."
A month ago at the Saturn Awards, Raimi said that he and writer Robert Rodat are "still working on the story right now" and currently have a 40-page treatment that "needs a lot more work." He went on to say that the two of them are "finding the characters and through the characters, we're finding the story."
July 21, 2010
To skip the intro and go right to the menu, click here. The menu options include Assault on Umbrella, Search for Survivors, Overcome Infected and Track Down Wesker.
The film will also be present at Comic-Con where Superhero Hype posted some pictures from the floor.
Resident Evil: Afterlife will be hitting 2-D, 3-D and IMAX 3-D theaters on September 10th. Written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, the fourth installment stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, Wentworth Miller and Sienna Guillory.
July 20, 2010
The images feature Shawn Roberts as Albert Wesker, Ali Larter as Claire Redfield and Milla Jovovich as Alice. More images from the fourth film can be viewed here.
Resident Evil: Afterlife is set for release on September 10, 2010.
July 20, 2010
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is listed as director and Christian Bale is listed as the star of the film, though no one is officially attached at this point.
Producer Micahel De Luca said in January that the property is no longer being discussed.
July 17, 2010
The film by GamerVision's director Nick Murphy and screenwriter Luke Brown is in the style of Wes Anderson's Rushmore and Matt Aselton's Gigantic. Kratos (Josh Henderson) is an orphan teen who just transfered to Spartan Academy. There he meets Athena (Zane Bauer), an alluring rebel with parental issues herself. The two hit it off almost immediately, and find they share much more in common than they originally thought when Kratos is introduced to Athena's father Zeus (Michael Sadorf), the same father who abandoned Kratos at an early age. Determined to reconnect with his son after more than a decade of absence, Zeus forbids Kratos from seeing Athena, yet the star-crossed lovers find themselves inexplicably attracted to one another, despite the newfound revelation of their relation.
For more about the cast, crew and the songs used in the trailer, check out GamerVision.
July 16, 2010
- August 4
Xbox Live - Episodes 1, 2 and 3 - August 11
Xbox Live - Episodes 4 and 5
Online - Episodes 1, 2 and 3 - August 18
Xbox Live - Episodes 6 and 7
Online - Episodes 4, 5, 6 and 7 - August 25
Xbox Live - Episode 8 - September 1
Online - Episode 8
The online content will be available on the official website here. Currently, the website features a trailer. Images from the film can be found at Joystiq.
Blu-ray.com is reporting that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 14, 2010.Disney is offering a single-disc release and a three-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo. The release date is two weeks before the September 28th release of Iron Man 2.
Thanks to IGN for the update.
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