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Video game adaptation king Paul W.S. Anderson is at it again with a monster-themed action flick starring Milla Jovovich and Tony Jaa.
More an expensive VFX demo reel than a story, the latest Paul W.S. Anderson film hopes to take yet another video game, Capcom s
Monster Hunter, and turn it into a money-minting movie franchise. Teaming again with wife Milla Jovovich, star of his hugely successful
Resident Evil series (also based on a Capcom franchise), the writer-director tacitly acknowledges his lack of interest in dialogue by introducing a co-star, Tony Jaa, whose character speaks no English. A few flashes of amused chemistry between the two actors represent all the human interest in this unimaginative sci-fi actioner, but that doesn t mean the pic s relentless focus on giant-monster battles won t please the director s fans.
Mimic TV Series Still in Development, Hopes to Shoot Next Year
Resident Evil and
Mimic, which was based on a short story by Donald A. Wollheim of the same name. In the more than four months since that announcement was made, there haven t been any updates on the project, but Anderson recently confirmed that, despite the coronavirus pandemic, the project is still in the development stage and that progress is still being made on the series, as meetings can still be held virtually. He also noted that he hopes to start shooting the series next year. There s definitely progress on
Milla Jovovich Would Always Love to Return to the Resident Evil Franchise
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, hit theaters in 2016, seemingly bringing the journey of Milla Jovovich s Alice to an end, but the concept is far from dead, as a new reboot film is being developed, in addition to both a live-action and animated series in the works. With Jovovich tackling a new video game adaptation with
Monster Hunter, one can t help but wonder if this means
Resident Evil is entirely in her past, but she recently confirmed that, were any upcoming project to reach out to her about an opportunity, she d love to be involved in some capacity.
If you think about video game movies, there s a good chance Paul W.S. Anderson s work quickly comes to mind. As the director and/or producer on all six Resident Evil movies, he s not only made the most successful video game movies of all time, he s also made a name for himself doing so. He s not done with Capcom games, though. Up next, Anderson is taking on Monster Hunter, and went to the ends of the Earth, quite literally, to make his next epic. We caught up with the director to learn about how he got Capcom on board, the harsh environments of shooting in Namibia, and the sunburnt eyeballs along the way.
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