Oh no! Looks like we’ll have to wait for the fourth installment longer than originally reported, as ShockTillYouDrop.com reports the U.S. release for Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil: Afterlife has been pushed back from the original August 2010 release date to January 14 2011. Milla Jovovich and co-stars Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller and Spencer Locke have been filming Afterlife in Toronto, Canada for the past month. According to the website, the delay is the result of the 3D format the new movie is being filmed in, resulting in post-production requiring additional time. From ShockTillYouDrop.com:
Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich have been working hard on the fourth installment of the “Resident Evil” franchise a.k.a. Resident Evil: Afterlife, planned as the first movie in the series filmed using 3D technology. It looks like it’s going to take a little more time to make that movie then they had planned, because ShockTillYouDrop.com has learned that Screen Gems has pushed the movie back until January 14, 2011.
Originally, the movie was to be released in on August 27, 2010, but everyone involved probably realized it would take a lot longer for the post-production 3D processing work, so they’ve given Anderson a few more months to finish the movie and have moved the comic book-based vampire thriller Priest, starring Paul Bettany, up to fill that late summer slot.
Update: Milla Jovovich says Afterlife has not (yet) been officially pushed back! From Milla’s Twitter account:
RE Afterlife IS NOT officially pushed.There have been talks of pushing it as they r not sure they can have it ready by july.
We r trying as hard as we can to still meet the summer deadline though, so for the moment its still on for Aug.
Update Dec 9: AceShowBiz refutes Milla Jovovich’s claims of Afterlife not being delayed with the following:
It seems that fans have to wait a little longer to see Milla Jovovich’s Alice returning to big screen. Despite the actress’ claim that Resident Evil: Afterlife was still scheduled for an August 27, 2010 release date, Screen Gems has provided several sites with a release schedule which mentions that the film is now slated to hit theaters on January 14, 2011. To fill the empty slot, the studio has moved up vampire thriller Priest starring Paul Bettany from its original release date on October 1, 2010.
Update Dec 9: Yup, looks like Afterlife has been pushed back after all. Oh well, what are you gonna do. From Milla’s Twitter account:
RE Afterlife will most likely b released jan ‘11!












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The Three Musketeers (2011)
Bringing Up Bobby (2011)
Faces in the Crowd (2011)
Dirty Girl (2011)
Vykrutasy (2010)
Stone (2010)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Blood Into Wine (2010)
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
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