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Milla Jovovich Open to Returning to Resident Evil Franchise

December 19, 2020 | Posted by Ashish
Milla Jovovich stars in Screen Gems' RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER.

With a new Resident Evil reboot film in the works, along with both a live-action and animated series, Milla Jovovich (who played Alice in the Resident Evil films) says she would love to be involved with one of the upcoming projects.

“Resident Evil is such a huge part of my life, on so many different levels,” Jovovich said to ComicBook.com. “I was such a big fan of the game. That’s what made me want to be in the movie to begin with. So, I would always love to go back to the Resident Evil universe. I think it’s such a fun place to be in, and it’s such a great reality. And, listen, I spent half of my career in that world. I would love to be a part of it again. I know whoever is doing it is going to have an amazing time on it, because it’s a really fun world to be a part of.”

Meanwhile, Paul W.S. Anderson, who directed Jovovich in the Resident Evil films, is not interested in returning to the franchise.

“I made Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and everybody said, ‘Oh yeah, right. It’s the final chapter. He’s a bloody liar,'” Anderson told ComicBook.com. “And we made it, we called it the ‘Final Chapter,’ we made a story that brought everything to a resolution, which is what I’d always intended. And we made it the biggest and most successful of the franchise. And, for me, that was the time to walk away from it. I did what I said I was going to do and I’m immensely proud of it. And I think we did it, we achieved what we wanted to. And for me, the last few years have been wholeheartedly putting myself into Monster Hunter because that’s the next world that I would like to immerse myself in.”

Jovovich and Anderson are now teaming up for another video game adaptation, Monster Hunter, which opened in theaters this weekend.