It was recently announced that the Resident Evil franchise is in the process of being rebooted with James Wan overseeing production. The future plans for the franchise are quite expansive, targeting six movies in total. With the inclusion of a visionary horror director like James Wan, this will be a very different franchise indeed. So, what does the previous team think of the new direction of the Resident Evil film franchise? Franchise star Milla Jovovich, at least, has some strong feelings about rebooting the franchise so quickly. Speaking to ComicBoo, this is what the actress had to say:
“They’ve announced a reboot? Okay, well good luck with that. I think a lot of people with these franchises kind of put the cart before the horse. There’s a danger to that. They’ve been wanting to reboot Resident Evil for a long time, and listen: I love the Resident Evil world. I think it’s a great property, I would do it if I was a producer. I think what made Resident Evil so special is that the people involved really loved what they’re doing and really were fans of the game.”
So what advice does she have for James Wan, and company?
“I would suggest that you find people that have that same passion for the property before you talk about reboots. I think if you get into this kind of genre, people are very sensitive to fakes. There’s some real fans in the sci-fi/action/horror world, and they’re not idiots. They can smell when something is done because people love it and when something is done just to monetize an opportunity.”
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The Resident Evil movie franchise is an incredibly divisive one. There are those who find the movies to be great escapist entertainment, and delightfully silly in their over the top action. Others find the series guilty of straying too far from the source material, eschewing horror for mindless action. Some fans will be thrilled to see the franchise move in another direction, while it’s certain that others will feel things are moving a bit too fast; Milla Jovovich being one of them.
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Rick Belgarde says
it’s a good thing this is going fast, the faster Alice is buried, the better, I can’t wait for this reboot, and I for one, hope to hell that this next 6-movie reboot is more faithful to the games, the RIGHT actors playing the right characters, the right and only genre: Survival/Horror, not Action, add the tension, the feedback from die-hard fans of the game franchise needs to be taken into account, meaning Nemesis needs to be introduced properly and have a very good reason for being created, not for Fan-service in the hopes you can boost the ratings and the cash, they can adapt the first game, without a doubt the right people can, doesn’t even have to be a straight adaptation, they could mix things up to keep it interesting and to really get people wanting more. unlike the Alice flicks.
Mister Who says
Alice sucks, Paul Anderson sucks for ruining the franchise, REboot it, REmake it, REadapt it and make Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine main characters this time around
Colby C. says
I’m late to the party, I know..
But these movies are terrible and barely relate to the videogame franchise. And they made Wesker look like a bitch. The real fans of the franchise want a reboot, and none of them wanted Alice.