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01Jul

Anderson says ‘Resident Evil 4’ a possibility

residentevil4coming.jpgMilla Jovovich’s “Resident Evil” character Alice may not be done chasing zombies quite yet. In a recent interview with MTV News, writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson said he certainly wouldn’t be against making a fourth film.

Anderson said the project is only in early developmental stages, and he hasn’t come up with a concrete story yet. Here’s part of what he told MTV:
“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.”
I liked the first film, hated the second and pretty much enjoyed the third one, but I’m not sure another sequel is such a good idea. Then again, “Resident Evil: Extinction” left us with an open ending, suggesting Alice will next head to Umbrella’s headquarters in Japan.

What do you guys think? Should Anderson shoot for a fourth installment? And if he ends up developing a script, should he return to direct?

Reader Comments (46)

i think if there was to be a 4th made then yes he should return to direct it. personally i think the first movie was the best out of all of them, it scared me like i wanted it to and overall it was just more creative. i liked the style of directing and the way the film looked, with the lighting and colors. so if there is going to be a 4th please come back and direct it.

July 1, 2008 | Unregistered Commenternicholle wilson

I think that the films were very good.I am a fan actually.Three of the best horror movies ever made!I can't say which part is my favourite, but the third part left the best feelings in me.The trilogy is the best 've seen in yers and also my favourite.I love the three films and to be honest I'll watch "Apocalypse" tonight...It's not too late.I love the trilogy and i am definetly for the possibility of another film.Or maybe another tree films...The style of directing was very interesting and i liked it.Anderson should shoot the next one.Not just interesting, brilliant!Anderson and Milla Jovovich are engaged and have a daughter and that makes them brilliant together.My fafourite trilogy, actress (Milla) and film director (Anderson) or with other words-The "Resident Evil" Trilogy!!!

July 3, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterValeri Ivanov

I love the trilogy, but maybe a new trilogy could refresh the franchise. J

July 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJ

I would definitely love to see another Resident Evil movie. I am a HUGE fan and always want to watch them when they are on television. I also enjoy playing the games. I would love to see Anderson to come back and direct another one

July 5, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterL

These 3 movies are absolutly great,and i would be so happy if there be a posibility for the next movie about umbrella corp. and the other stuff.

July 5, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjack bauer

There just gotta be a new movie doesn't it? :)
An open ending of Resident Evil 3 just asks for at least one more movie.

July 6, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMareti

I was just discussing this last night.The franchise has been of decent quality and the 3rd was just too open ended not to have a fourth. They should finish the series at 4 though and be done, otherwise Sci Fi channel will start making the sequels. Campy to Nth degree for sure! Paul and Milla need to complete what they started, and soon!

July 6, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEM

might as well make the 4th he left the ending wide open. Though i am a big fan of the series i am unpleased with how the movies were made. In my opinion he butchered the series,

July 6, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPW

I think that there should be a 4th movie because the ending was not complete and I loved all the movies that were made but a 4th movie would not hurt. But I also believe that Anderson should come back. Hope to hear about a 4th one being made soon!!!

July 7, 2008 | Unregistered Commentershymouagirl

I fink RE4 wud be great i fink wat they did wit alice was amazing (givin her telekenetic abilities), RE3 was in my opinion the best and i fink they wud be makin a great mistake is they didnt make a forth. I mean 2 alice's in 1 film (mabey more considering all the clones) wud be mind blowing!.

July 7, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRE4

oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what the hell are you waiting for paul GGGGGOOOOO!!!!!!and make the fourth one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

July 7, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkrushy

I love the Resident evil movies, I think there should be another one because fromt he first movie each movie grew and paul anderson should be the director, because nobody new resident evil in the first one but now people know him and the first one in my opinion the first one was the best. so there should be a fourth!

July 8, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCamden tucker

I love milla jovovich she is my favorite actress. she is the prettyiest girl ever. there should be a fourth movie.

July 8, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCamden tucker

i really think there should be a fourth. i mean, due to these movies, i am now heavily inolved with zombies. please, i beg you, maka a fourth. there could be so much cool stuff in there.plus, with advancing tecnology, the effects would also rock!

July 8, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterheaven chamberlain

I think it would be awesome if they made another one! Why not? The movie would demand a good money budget, and the audience will come. I've never played the games or read the books, but even I know they need to scary this one up a little. Bring a little darkness into it, and show mIla as much as they can, she rocks! I hope they bring back Jill Valentine and a new guy character that can take the place of those we lost, lol. Also if the movies would stop at 5, that would be even better because stopping at 4 just doesn't seem right in my mind.

July 8, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKorbyQuan

you have to caz i would go see it

July 9, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercrispychips

Please, dear God DO NOT MAKE A FORTH ONE!Anderson sucks as a director, and needs to take his hands off and stop doing video game adaptions for he ruins the series (ie Mortal Kombat and Aliens vs Predator). As a fan of the games I was throughly disappointed on how the movies turned out. Anderson has butchered this series and these movies shouldn't even bear the name Resident Evil, because the story line has gone to far away from the original source material. Milla is one of the worst actresses ever (granted she did do a good job in The Fifth Element, but that was her ONLY good movie).Who the hell is Alice anyway, there was never a character in the RE games named Alice. So having the storyline follow a character that was never in the game is pointless. Giving her "powers" and creating clones of her took the movies to another degree of stupidity. Granted the first RE movie was the closest one to the games, but that is still a stretch. IF a new Resident Evil movie is to be made, it should reboot the series from scratch and follow the original source material.

July 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSlevin Ronyo

really u better do the fourth[ re ]and make it last one movie . im really big fan of ur movies and some novels and i have collect all movies and please im waiting for the fourth . so i heard that u wl make it in japan it wl be coooooool man no shit bcs its the fourth and another country bcs all re [resident evil] in one country so the fourth it another and make remacble pls try to find another a ctoor and he acting leon i think it wl be coooooooooooooooooooooool . so it wl be nice if u take my idea .

July 12, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermd

PLEASE make a 4th one !!!!!!! but make that your finl one because a lot of movies get stupid after 4

July 13, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercanaan

Hell yes, i love those movies.

July 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterColin Ward

the re movies are the greatests zombie movies bar none a forth would be unbeleivable and i dont even care if it sucked i would still buy it and go see in in theaters like ten times jsut cause im stuck on them. i would love it if they made ten more i would go buy and watch them all just like i did the first 3 and hell yea anderson has to direct the next one he is f***ing awsome

July 13, 2008 | Unregistered Commentergreg b

oh come on! you guys left me hanging.i love the resident evil movies. i watch'em everytime they are on. now ended mr. anderson. end the story but please don't leave us hanging!!!!!

July 16, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterarlette

A good set of series.I think the movies could have better, not that they weren't good. Millia is definitely the perfect choice. I just think that the story line didnt go into enough detail. I think it would have been cool to breakdown how every area of the world handled the outbreak. Maybe show how leaders of the world escaped the situation or didnt.The crow scene was cool, but you should have took that further with wild animals in Africa and other areas.Maybe like a zombie crocadile or elephants and tigers and lions.
Just a few ideas!

July 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterReggie Owens

I am from Germany, and I LOVE RESIDENT EVIL!!!! PLEASE!!!!! Make the 4th Movie... PLEASE!!!!!

July 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterchrischo

What happens with Alaska??? What is in Japan??? What happens with Umbrella??? There HAVE TO COME the 4th MOVIE!!!!

July 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterchrischo

YES!!! I hope you make a 4th Resident Evil I love all 3 movies for different reasons!!!! My favorite franchise! Just don't kill off Alice and turn it into a SAW thing HAHAHA! I hope CLAIRE REDFIELD comes back too! What ever happened to JILL VALENTINE!?

July 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterShawn

I think the fourth movie MUST BE MADE... It is for assuring that Milla succeed in curing the people, and also about the team that went to Alaska.. Is it true that Alaska is isolated? how about Japan? Maybe, the next story can be more exciting and have more horror in it..like in the first and third movie. And, of course, Anderson must direct it. And the main actor is still Milla Jovovich...
Please, make the next movie.....

July 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnne

Please make another movie. Have leon and sherry birkin in it. That would make a great movie. Or Code Veronica.

July 23, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDerek

Well Duh! he has got to return, he is the 'Moo' in 'Moose'


gawd what an obvious question!

July 26, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAmelia

I liked the first 3 Resident Evils...I'm actually watching all three right now. i would love to know what happens when Alice hons in on her skills.

July 27, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercleopa7ra

Dude...you totally need to make a fourth resident evil. This time however go balls to the wall and have it end. Definately try to work in Claire Redfield more because she has had alot of influence in the games and she is a well known character. But definately make a fourth one and direct it because i think you have brought the video game to life and not in a bullshit cheesy way like house of the dead

July 27, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterchad

fuck paul anderson..... make the movie based on the games how it should have been

July 27, 2008 | Unregistered Commentergraham

I thought the trilogy was great. I don't usually watch scifi/horror flicks, but glad I watched these. I would love to see Alice and her clones take on Umbrella in Japan.
Yes, I think Paul Anderson should come back to direct. He did a good job on the 1st 3. As for the games; I think if all a person has to do is play video games, they should get a life.

July 28, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJD

You have crossed the boundaries of the gaming movie. This is a well known story on its own. Regardless if you follow the game style or not, this story is what people and gamers like. Granted lots expect you to follow the games story, but really.. why bother.. You played the game> don't you wanna have a different story line to it now? i think you should finish this up. the first was amazing.. the 3rd left you wanting more. Now give us what we want.

July 28, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterStyler

i think if they make a 4th resident evil claire and K-mart should return as well to tell us wat happened to jill valentine and angie since they were exed out in the 3rd resident evil

July 28, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterbob chen

I think that they should do a 4th movie and then be done with them, but I have to be honest, the movie (to me) seem like they are becoming more stupid every movie. I mean, the first was was totally amazing, and believable and true to the video game. And I think they were scary because it could actually "happen". And as they went on, they became less true to the game. The third one was the worst in my opinion but Paul is an amazing director and no one should do these movies but him. But at least get back to the routes of the video game and try to follow it but I think it's a little late for that. The third one got so out of hand that I think it kind of ruined the Resident Evil movies. Yeah it was entertaining but it wasn't "Resident Evil" if that makes sense. Don't get me wrong I love Resident Evil to death but I think they should have stuck with the original characters like Jill and Leon and Claire and Chris and the rest of them.

August 9, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTaylor

The Resident Evil movies bastardised the game franchise and should be distanced from them as much as possible as they are trash. If you want story, stick to the games that are in the canon (RE0, RE, RE2, RE:Nemesis, RE:Code Veronica, RE4 and the upcoming RE5).

As for him making another movie, sure - why the hell not. There's money to be made as long as you idiots keep watching them and he keeps taking you for a ride.

Cheers.

i say yes paul w.s aderson should make a fourth film and direct this film because the man is an awsome writer and and a brilliant director. hes made alot of good creatures in all those films. hes also great at finding the right celeberties to play these characters in all his films. And i mean he left the third one open and he has a story so far like for alice milla jovovich says u don't have to wait that long boys cause she comming for u and shes going to be bringing a few of her friends. And also clair redfeild and k mart are still alive and i beleive alice will bring her clones find albert wesker destroy the fucker and meet up with clair and k mart and also use alice's blood to cure or find people to cure them so they don't have to fight zombies all the time . Also one last thing when alice dose come by wesker i say she should destroy all the evidence of unbrella so none can create weriod shit again. Come on paul w.s anderson make a foruth u made so much money on the third film whats stoping u to make another brilliant movie that won't make more money then the third!!

August 14, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercreate another film

RE4 would be a project worth making, but before a greenlight is given the script, budget, director and casting would be hurtles to overcome because sometimes you don't always get the combination of excellence from each area, but then this comes back to budget. If RE4 is going to be done properly then it would cost between 85 - 100 million dollars and that would be a huge risk to invest in a horror film that grossed 149 in its last outing making it not worth the risk to produce. In order to have a decent profit the film should at least double its money and even I have doubts that RE4 could pull it off. The economy is in a recession and the film industry along with corporate america is suffering as well most studios did not make a profit this quarter even with some successes at the box office its still too early to say and if RE4 is released next year or the following year then the window of interest and opportunity wil subside. In the end its about the bottom line money.

August 14, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJack Jones

I say make it whatever the cost become that would be awsome to have a forth one because actors bearly even make two or three films and so it would be awsome if Milla Jovovoich make four films plus she's hot when she fights zombies

August 19, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterdominic bernard

i think that u guys should make as many resident evil movies as u possably can all 3 were amazing keep making more

August 24, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterclark kent

All the RE movies were great but you have to end it right. RE3 end like the others open to a sequel. WHEN, not if, you do the 4th you need to end it right and like nothing ever b4 seen and of course you need the two people who started it to finish it. It doesnt have to be just like the games for it to be great cuz if you followed the games it would take longer than 4 movies and depending how you play every ones story plays out differently. I think they did a damn good job on how they told the story and I hope the 4th and final RE should be epic and bring a REckoning for umbrella.

August 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEZ

I LOVED ALL THREE (R.E) MOVIES AS A FAN OF THE GAMES AS WELL AS FOR PAUL ANDERSON HELL YEA U NEED 2 COME BACK TO MAKE (R.E4) I KNOW A LOT OF PPL WOULD GO 2 SEE IT BUT U SHOULD REALLY ADD SOME OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS FROM THE GAMES LIKE LEON, CHRIS, JILL AND CLAIR JUST LIKE U HAD WESKER IN THE THIRD (R.E) MOVIE AND THE WAY IT ENDED U REALLY NEED 2 MAKE ANOTHER (R.E) MOVIE.

I THINK U SHOULD GO 4 IT AND MAKE THE NEXT RESIDENT EVIL MOVIE !!!!

August 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLV

i think a fourth resident evil would be good because of the clones what happens to all the alices and the third still kept me wondering about another but it also left me when the infection got to japan and i would look forward to see a resident evil in japan.

September 8, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermilla jovinich

I didn't like Resident Evil when I first start watching it. But until the second and third movie came out I LOVE IT!!! Also please make a fourth movie of Resident Evil because there need to be an ending to a storyline. I guess all the Alice clone got to Japan, lead by the original Alice and they destroy Umberalla and find a cure for the T-Virus.
"PLEASE MAKE THE FOURTH MOVIE".

November 16, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJ

Holy shit you people are retarded.
Paul Anderson is by far the most incompetent director I have ever seen. He took the Resident Evil license and raped it. He gave Nemesis FEELINGS. He sacrificed characters like Jill to prop up his 1 dimensional mary sue bitch Alice.
Srsly, he should never be allowed to direct another movie ever.
Reboot the movie series, follow the f****** games, and give someone else directing, like Christopher Nolan, or hell, I'll take Peter Jackson, the movie might be 5 hours long and consist mostly of walking, but it'd still be better than this dreck.

January 25, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterF

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