Resident Evil (film series)

The Resident Evil film series consists of science fiction actionhorror films loosely based on the Capcom video games of the same name. Constantin Film bought the rights to the first film in January 1997 with Alan B. McElroy and George A. Romero as potential writers. In 2001, Sony Entertainment acquired distribution rights and hired Paul W. S. Anderson as writer and director for the first film 2002. Anderson continued on as writer and producer for the sequels, Resident Evil Apocalypse 2004 and Resident Evil Extinction 2007, and returned as the director for Resident Evil Afterlife 2010 and Resident Evil Retribution 2012.

In January 1997, Constantin Film acquired the rights to the Resident Evil franchise with Alan B. McElroy writing the script. By 2001, Columbia TriStar was in final negotiations to acquire North American distribution rights to Resident Evil and budgeted the movie atmillion. George A. Romero was hired by Sony and Capcom to direct and write Resident Evil. His script was later rejected and he was ultimately dropped. Capcom producer Yoshiki Okamoto stated that Romeros script wasnt good, so Romero was fired. Paul W. S. Anderson was then hired by Sony to write a screenplay and in late 2000, Anderson was announced as director and writer. Anderson stated the film would not include any tieins with the video game series as underperforming movie tieins are too common and Resident Evil, of all games, deserved a good celluloid representation. In 2001, Milla Jovovich was cast as Alice, the protagonist of the film.In the film, the Umbrella Corporation operates a topsecret genetic research facility named The Hive. Located deep beneath Raccoon City, The Hive has been sealed by The Red Queen the AI that controls the Hive due to the release of the TVirus into the facility. The Red Queen kills every living thing in the facility to ensure that the TVirus doesnt reach the surface, but the TVirus reanimates them, transforming the humans into ravenous zombies and the animals into highly aggressive mutants. Alice Milla Jovovich was once a security operative working for the Corporation until her memory was wiped by the Red Queens nerve gas. As the team attempts to escape The Hive, an Umbrella test subject, a huge monster called the Licker, escapes and pursues the team. When they reach the train that leads them to the exit, the Licker attacks and scratches Matt before Alice can kill it. When they reach the surface, Matt is taken away by Umbrella workers and he eventually transforms into Nemesis. Alice wakes from a coma to a ravaged Raccoon City after a TVirus outbr

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