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Resident Evil Ends With Three
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From time to time, my friends and I get into the old "why can't the world create a good video game movie?" discussion. This invariably leads to a general reminiscing of all the video game movies which exist, with a fair amount of chuckling and cringing. Eventually, someone will say "well, Resident Evil wasn't awful." We all nod and agree until someone else points out "yeah, but it wasn't good, either." It may not be particularly bad or good, but it certainly has been persistent, working on knocking out a full trilogy worth of films. There were even early reports of a fourth film underway pseudo-simultaneously with the third film, shooting prior to the cinematic release of the third. Turns out, though, the team is tired of Resident Evil (and really, who can blame them?), and is in fact calling it quits with a trilogy. We're now being told Extinction will be the final film -- who would have guessed, with a name like Extinction? Shame, that. If the video game series is any judge, the fourth would have been hands down the best in the line.
Quickhits: John Hurt Commits Oxford Murders, Ackles in Resident Evil 4 and Will Ferrell Talks Elf 2
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Casting », RumorMonger », Fandom », DIY/Filmmaking », Newsstand », Remakes and Sequels », Games and Game Movies »
Odds and ends from Tuesday:
- No, John Hurt didn't really commit a murder. The actor has signed on to play a leading role in Alex de la Iglesia's Oxford Murders, based on the award-winning novel by Guillermo Martinez. Iglesia and co-writer Jorge Guerricaechevarria (now, if that's not a long last name, I don't know what is) adapted the book which surrounds an Oxford University professor who finds himself wrapped up in a bunch of murders that appear to be linked by mathematical symbols.
- Though the third installment in the franchise is still in production, folks behind the Resident Evil films are wasting no time casting the fourth flick. According to reports, Jensen Ackles (Supernatural, Dark Angel, Smallville) is in talks to play Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil: Afterlife (the fourth pic's current working title). I've never played the games and have no clue who Kennedy is or whether Ackles would be a good choice (hey, I'm just being honest), so I'll need you fans to chime in on this one.
- In an interview with Moviehole, Will Ferrell answered questions about whether or not he would be down for an Elf 2 and an Old School 2. While a sequel to Elf is in the works, Ferrell admitted to rejecting the idea, saying "Elf 2 got killed. I killed Elf 2." (If you'd allow it, I'd like to pause here to give Ferrell a round of applause for that decision.) As far as Old School Dos goes, the ex-elf confirms it's being written and is anxiously awaiting a read-through.
Disney gets Myspace for fictional character
Filed under: Horror », Thrillers », Disney », Distribution », Movie Marketing »
In an attempt to utilize some alternate means of
advertising, Disney has employed Myspace to create some buzz for their upcoming horror flick, Stay Alive. Stay Alive tells the story of a group of
friends who discover a brutal video game which turns deadly - the gamers die as their characters in the game die. The
main character of the film is be a guy named Hutch, who now has his very own Myspace, in which he has been chronicling a few events leading up to
the story of the film. Hutch uses the About Me section of his site to explain that he's a horror genre fanatic; he
loves scary movies and games, listing Resident Evil 4 and Silent Hill 4 among his favorites. He goes
on to say that he's recently got his hands on a beta version of a new horror game called Stay Alive, which a friend had
been testing for the company that produced it. He says he's never seen anything like this game in terms of brutal
horror; "if there was a line, this game leaped over it and turned around to take a piss on it."It's becoming more and more common for studios to use the internet as a forum for advertising, which makes plenty of sense since today's younger generations practically live online. I've personally never gotten into the Myspace fad, but I know that it is quite the popular site, so it seems like an obvious choice for such a venture. Are such "alternate" means of advertising successful? It's probably far to early to find any concrete stats on that yet, but I'll say this: Hutch has good taste - RE4 was a fantastic game.
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