Resident Evil (film series)
Resident Evil is an action horror film series based on the Japanese video game franchise by Capcom.
Resident Evil
- Paul W. S. Anderson (1, 4–6)
- Alexander Witt (2)
- Russell Mulcahy (3)
- Johannes Roberts (7)
- Paul W. S. Anderson (1–6)
- Johannes Roberts (7)
- Marco Beltrami (1)
- Marilyn Manson (1)
- Jeff Danna (2)
- Charlie Clouser (3)
- Tomandandy (4–5)
- Paul Haslinger (6)
- Mark Korven (7)
English
$313 million
$1.280 billion
The German studio Constantin Film bought the rights to adapt the series to live-action in January 1997. In 2000, Paul W. S. Anderson was announced as writer and director for Resident Evil (2002). Anderson continued as writer and producer for Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), and returned as the director for Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016). These first six films follow Alice (Milla Jovovich), a character created specifically for the films. Alice is a former security specialist and covert operative who battles the Umbrella Corporation, whose bioweapons have triggered a zombie apocalypse. Characters from the games appear, including Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine, Ada Wong, Carlos Oliveira, Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Barry Burton and the antagonists Albert Wesker and James Marcus. In 2021, a reboot film, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, was released.
Though the films have received generally negative reviews from critics, the Resident Evil series has grossed over $1.2 billion. It was once the highest-grossing film series based on a video game and the highest-grossing horror film series, and is the highest-grossing zombie film series.[1][2][3][4] The series retains the record for the most live-action film adaptations of a video game.[3]
Cancelled projects[edit]
Underworld crossover[edit]
In 2016, producer David Kern revealed that a crossover film with the Underworld film series had been considered.[42]
Spin-off TV series[edit]
In January 2019, Netflix was in development of a series based upon the Resident Evil franchise.[43] At the time, Deadline Hollywood reported that the series was to be set in the universe of the films, but when the series was ordered in 2020, Andrew Dabb was hired and confirmed that it would not.[44] Resident Evil premiered on July 14, 2022,[45] to mixed reviews from critics and negative reviews from audiences. In August 2022, the series was canceled after one season.[46]
Other media[edit]
Novelizations[edit]
The novelizations for the first three Resident Evil films were written by Keith R. A. DeCandido. The novelization for the fifth film was written by John Shirley, and the sixth by Tim Waggoner. The fourth film did not receive a novelization.
The novel for the first film, titled Resident Evil: Genesis, was published over two years after that film's release, while the Extinction novel was released in late July 2007, two months before the film's release. There was also a Japanese novelization of the first film, unrelated to DeCandido's version, written by Osamu Makino. Makino also wrote two novels based on the game Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.