You've gotta wonder what happens when you get bitten and are given the blood lust. Being a vampire must be hard, between the lack of sun, figuring out the new powers, and having to hunt for your food all the time since there's no all-night butchers or buy-by-the-pint blood banks. It's not all vixens and Anne Rice-like eroticism (before she got all churchy). Variety reports that Russell Mulcahy, the director of Resident Evil: Extinction, will head a feature adaptation of Steven-Elliot Altman's Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires.

The book focuses on a guy who is turned into a vampire when he and his lover are attacked in New York City. She dies, and he spends his new life as a vamp trying to ignore his blood instincts through Zen meditation. He becomes a part of "The Ministry," an underground group warring with the vampires -- who are also willing to kill him if he messes up. Basically, it's Angel on the big screen with some more Zen love and not as many years under the protagonist's belt.

The adaptation is being written by Altman himself, so fans can expect a film full of the writer's intention. And, since violent games are all the rage, a video game for the movie is also being created. But who will lead the feature once it slips into production? Will Brad Pitt revisit the troubled yearning for blood? Will David Boreanaz bring his inner vamp to the big screen?

Sony Pictures has launched the official site for Resident Evil: Extinction. This time around: Alice, our genetically enhanced heroine (Milla Jovovich) is lost in the wastelands of Nevada while fending off the evil plans of the Umbrella Corporation. Joining Jovovich as fellow plague survivors are Heroes' Ali Larter and R&B singer Ashanti. Also returning are Oded Fehr as Carlos Oliviera and Mike Epps as L.J. Last month we had gotten word of a new R trailer for the film and another gallery of photos released to the web. The arrival of a web site might not seem like such a big deal, especially in the current climate of viral fever, but there's plenty of cool content. There are wallpapers, screen savers, and loads of media gallerie, as well as a pretty decent online game -- but be warned; it's armed with one of those age-verification login pages.

Resident Evil: Extinction was directed by Russell Mulcahy; according to this piece over at Movies Online, Paul W.S. Anderson's script has reportedly taken elements from the RE: Code Veronica. Anderson has written his share of video game flicks, including all three of the Resident Evil flicks, and directing the first one back in 2002. There had been some debate over whether Extinction was going to be the last film in the series, but Sony refers to the film as "the third and final installment", so I guess it really is the end for Alice -- I can only hope she will go out in style. Extinction hits theaters September 21st.

[via ComingSoon.net]