Resident Evil
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Paul W. S. Anderson’s six films run from 2002 to 2016 and tell one story about Alice. Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) started over from the games, and Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil (2026) is a second, separate reboot.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil (film series)”
Sony Pictures and Capcom first hired George A. Romero to write and direct the film. His script was rejected by Constantin producer Bernd Eichinger and Capcom producer Yoshiki Okamoto, and Paul W. S. Anderson took over.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil (film series)”
Principal photography began on 5 March 2001. Locations included U-Bahnhof Bundestag, a Berlin U-Bahn station that was still unfinished, as well as Kaserne Krampnitz and Schloss Lindstedt.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil (2002 film)”
For the destruction of Toronto City Hall in Apocalypse, the effects team spent four months on a 43-foot, 1/6-scale model with 1,600 panes of glass, each wired with an explosive.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil: Apocalypse”
Extinction was meant to be filmed in the Australian Outback. The shoot moved to Mexico, and principal photography began in Mexicali, Baja California, in May 2006. The Las Vegas Strip was built as a set.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil: Extinction”
Anderson was shown footage of James Cameron’s Avatar and decided to shoot Afterlife in digital 3D with Cameron’s Fusion Camera System. Shooting in 3D added 20% to the budget.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil: Afterlife”
On 23 November 2010 Afterlife became the most successful production in Canadian feature film history. It is also the highest-grossing film released by Screen Gems.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil: Afterlife”
Retribution filmed in Red Square for a day, but its Moscow subway station is Lower Bay, an abandoned station of the Toronto subway.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil: Retribution”
In The Final Chapter the Red Queen and the young Alicia Marcus are played by Ever Anderson, the daughter of Milla Jovovich and Paul W. S. Anderson.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter”
The Final Chapter earned over $312 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. Mainland China was its largest market outside the US, at $160 million.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter”
The Final Chapter was set to start shooting in South Africa in August 2014 and was delayed a year because of Jovovich’s pregnancy. Photography began on 18 September 2015.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter”
Zach Cregger said he had never seen any of the earlier Resident Evil films, and that his would follow the games more closely, particularly Resident Evil 2, 3 and 4.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil (film series)”
The 2026 film opened with $60 million in the US and Canada and $108.3 million worldwide, a record for the franchise that beat Retribution.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil (2026 film)”
Metacritic gives the 2026 film 79 out of 100, the best score in the franchise. CinemaScore audiences gave it a B+, the highest grade a Resident Evil film has received.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil (2026 film)”
The 2002 film is scored by Marco Beltrami and Marilyn Manson. Each later film has a different composer, except Afterlife and Retribution, both scored by tomandandy.
Fonte: English Wikipedia, “Resident Evil (film series)”