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'Resident Evil: Retribution' Trailer Teases A Look Into Alice's Past

Posted 1/19/12 1:34 pm EST by in Trailers


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Umbrella Corporation is at it again. The first trailer for "Resident Evil: Retribution," the fifth installment in the "Resident Evil" film series, has hit the web, and it looks like the zombie-killing is back and better than ever.

The movie follows leading lady Alice, played by Milla Jovovich, as she awakens in the heart of Umbrella's operations facility. The survivor continues to hunt down those responsible for the T-virus outbreak, a search that takes her across the world. The synopsis for the movie reveals that the flick eventually culminates in a "mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything she once thought to be true." Sounds like retribution is indeed in order.

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Milla Jovovich Teases 'Resident Evil 5': Why Is Michelle Rodriguez Alive Again?

Posted 10/4/11 4:01 pm EST by in News, Video


"Resident Evil" took no prisoners, save for leading lady Milla Jovovich. Her many co-stars, including Michelle Rodriguez as Rain and Colin Salmon as One, weren't lucky enough to survive the zombie apocalypse. Indeed, the pile of corpses only grows taller and taller as each "Resident Evil" movie trucks along -- but when the fifth film, "Retribution," hits theaters, a few of those corpses will be leaving the pile.

Both Rodriguez and Salmon are signed on for the newest "Resident Evil," though exactly how they'll be involved remains completely unclear. When we caught up with Jovovich and director Paul W.S. Anderson at the "Three Musketeers" junket over the weekend, we asked them point blank: how on earth are Rodriguez and Salmon back in action?

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'Dark Knight Rises' Set Suffers A Catwoman Crash

Posted 8/10/11 5:12 pm EST by in Dailies


Catwoman's suit in "The Dark Knight Rises" might not look like much on the surface, but apparently it has a violent streak.

The images of Anne Hathaway that hit the web last week showed her riding an all-terrain bike down a set of stairs, and according to reports things went a bit awry during the stunt. When Hathaway's stunt double was performing that scene, the bike ended up running into one of the production's IMAX cameras. Apparently neither the camera nor the cameraman were injured in the crash, but we're hoping that wasn't the extra 90 percent Hathaway was talking about in her recent MTV interview:

Check out the rest of today's film news after the jump!

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Saoirse Ronan Abducted By 'Twilight' Author Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host' In Today's Dailies

Posted 5/3/11 4:19 pm EST by in Dailies


Saoirse RonanIf one person's going to represent the dwindling human race in the face of an alien invasion, we could do far worse than "Hanna."

Our friends at Hollywood Crush report that Saoirse Ronan, who took on the title role in this year's awesome action flick "Hanna," is set to star in "The Host," based on a novel from "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer. Ronan would play Melanie Ryder, one of the last survivors of the invading Souls, an alien species that can possess human bodies. Melanie comes under the possession of Wanderer, but the strong-willed teenager refuses to surrender her consciousness and the two form a bond in the process.

There's plenty more news out there today beyond Ronan's latest role. After the jump, we've got an update on "Kill Bin Laden" and a follow-up to our report on Christoph Waltz's status in Quentin Tarantino's new movie.

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Buck Rogers' Director Paul WS Anderson Sees His Lead As A 'Big Movie Star Role'

Posted 4/21/10 3:39 pm EST by in Hot Stuff, News


"Resident Evil: Afterlife" director Paul WS Anderson is taking a break from his latest feature-length treatment of the Umbrella Corporation's legacy to address crowds as a keynote speaker at the first annual 3D Gaming Summit. Anderson has a great background in both games and film.

"I've been involved in both [mediums] for a long time and I definitely feel the future for me is to become in some way a kind of hybrid game and feature filmmaker," he told MTV in a recent interview. The growing popularity of the 3-D format also contributes to this interconnectedness, and Anderson is completely on board. "I'm a 3-D convert," he said, confirming that he has no intention of not working with the format moving forward. "All 3-D, every day of the week. I'm not taking my glasses off."

These ideas -- 3-D, bridging the gap between games and film -- segue nicely into "Buck Rogers," Anderson's primary focus after "Resident Evil" wraps and the first project for which he'll wholly embrace this new way of thinking. Read More...

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Buck Rogers' Director Paul WS Anderson Promises 'A Very Different Take On The Character'

Posted 4/1/10 1:18 pm EST by in 3-D Week, News


The big news last week was that "Resident Evil" director Paul WS Anderson signed on to helm an adaptation of the long-running sci-fi franchise "Buck Rogers." In 3-D. YES. Anderson shared some of his plans for the flick in an exclusive interview with MTV's Larry Carroll as part of our ongoing 3-D Week coverage.

"That's something I've been working on for a little while, and we are just going to start sending it to people [for casting]," he said, adding, "It's a very different take on the character. I loved that [1979-1981] TV show. It's not going to be that, but it is the same theme as Buck Rogers has always been since the 1920s. It's a relatable man of today who is flung into the far future."

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Paul W.S. Anderson For 'Buck Rogers': The Pros & Cons

Posted 3/25/10 11:45 am EST by in Commentary


"Buck Rogers." Remember him? The basic premise is pretty simple: a fighter pilot who is surveying an abandoned mine when a strange gas causes him to pass out. He wakes up 500 years later, in the year 2429, and becomes a swashbuckling action hero. Rogers is one of the early space action heroes, finding his contemporaries in characters created by Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Most people nowadays know the character best from the late-70s TV series, but his roots actually lie much further back: Buck Rogers originated in a pair of short stories published in 1928 and 1929.

Variety reported yesterday that Paul W.S. Anderson will be stepping up to helm a big screen adaptation, working off of a script from "Iron Man" writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. The job once belonged to Frank Miller, but Anderson now has the gig. He's someone that film fans have a lot of opinions about. In both directions. So I'm here to consider some of the pros and some of the cons in Anderson taking the reins on "Rogers." Read More...

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A 3-D 'The Three Musketeers' Brings Together 'Resident Evil' And 'Bridget Jones's Diary' Filmmakers

Posted 9/2/09 12:00 pm EST by in News


Paul WS AndersonI wish I could say “Slumdog Millionaire” had a little something to do with this (remember what the kids called themselves), but Paul W. S. Anderson’s decision to adapt “The Three Musketeers” yet again for the big screen seems to be solely based on the fact that the title lends itself easily to the 3-D format. Expect it to be called “The 3-D Musketeers.”

It’s hard to see the appeal, even with the gimmick. I’m not sure many moviegoers are still interested in the swashbuckling trio and their pal d'Artagnan. It’s been a long time since Hollywood’s last take on the Alexandre Dumas classic. That version, starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland and Chris O’Donnell, and featuring a popular song by Sting, Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, was anything but a blockbuster hit. Read More...

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Paul W.S. Anderson Promises Vampire Whips and Horror Movie Traps In 'Castlevania'

Posted 8/18/09 12:00 pm EST by in News


CastlevaniaPaul W.S. Anderson had serious ambitions when it came to his big screen adaptation of the ‘80s Nintendo game, “Castlevania.” It was going to span hundreds of years, from fifteenth century Transylvania to the European trenches of World War II, yet also would somehow still be an origin story focusing on the genesis of the feud between Dracula and the Belmonts, the family tasked with battling the vampire and his clan.

That was several years ago, before the writers’ strike and then the sale of Rogue Pictures interrupted Anderson’s plan to bring “Castlevania” to theaters. Now, with the script getting the rewrite treatment and a new director set to helm the flick, Anderson is considerably (and understandably) more tight-lipped when it comes to dishing out details, as MTV News discovered during a recent conversation. Read More...

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Spielberg On 'Halo' Debunked And Molly Ringwald Remembers John Hughes In Today's Dailies -- 8/12/09

Posted 8/12/09 6:30 pm EST by in Dailies


Halo-- Wait... you mean an IESB rumor has been debunked?! I don't believe it. A weekend rumor that Steven Spielberg is interested in at the very least producing an adaptation of the hit video game "Halo" has been officially put to rest. Microsoft commented on the "news," stating that any "Halo" motion picture projects are officially on hold while the publisher concentrates on making games. I can't imagine why. Maybe it's the $60 price tag vs. the $10 movie ticket. (Kotaku)

-- Molly Ringwald wrote out a lengthy, heartfelt remembrance of her tragically fallen "Breakfast Club" and "Sixteen Candles" director, John Hughes. A lot has been said of Hughes in the past week, but Ringwald's reminiscence eclipses them all. (The New York Times) Read More...

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