Constantin Film to Bring Capcom's Blockbuster Resident Evil Series to a Feature Film In: Resident Evil: Ground Zero.Business/Entertainment Editors & Technology Writers E3Expo 2001 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2001 Horror-Action Thriller Stars Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich (Serbian: Милица Јововић/Milica Jovović, Ukrainian: Мілла Йовович; Russian: and Michelle Rodriguez, Produced by Bernd Eichinger Samuel Hadida, Jeremy Bolt and Paul W.S. Anderson and Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson Capcom(R), a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games See video game console. , today announced details on Resident Evil: Ground Zero (working title) a full feature motion picture based on the blockbuster Resident Evil(R) series of products. Now marking its fifth anniversary, the entire Resident Evil series created by Capcom Executive Producer, Shinji Mikami, has sold more than 18 million units worldwide making the franchise worth more than $600 million. Backed by Constantin Film and Impact Pictures, Resident Evil: Ground Zero is scheduled for a North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. theatrical premiere in early 2002. Resident Evil: Ground Zero is written, produced and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Event Horizon, Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated as MK) is a popular series of fighting games created originally by the Midway Manufacturing Company. Mortal Kombat ). The horror-action thriller stars Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine. ), Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight), Eric Mabius (Cruel Intentions), James Purefoy James Brian Mark Purefoy[1] (born June 3 1964) is an English actor. Biography Early life & work Purefoy was born into a "upper-middle class family" in Taunton, Somerset. He was a boarder at Sherborne School which he left with only one O-level. (A Knight's Tale) and German actress, Heike Makatsch Heike Makatsch (born August 13 1971) is a German actress. Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of former German national ice hockey team goaltender Rainer Makatsch. . The movie is a Constantin Film production in cooperation with Davis Film, New Legacy and Impact Pictures, produced by Bernd Eichinger of Constantin Film, Samuel Hadida of Davis Film, and Jeremy Bolt and Paul W.S. Anderson of Impact Pictures Ltd. Intermedia Intermedia - A hypertext system developed by a research group at IRIS (Brown University). (the company behind Harrison Ford's K:19) handles international sales. Robert Kulzer, of Constantin Film, Victor Hadida of Davis Film and Daniel Kletzky, president of Entertainment Licensing Associates, serve as executive producers. In addition to the film, a line of complimentary fan and collector-based merchandise will be released throughout the world, as well as a soundtrack. Production began shooting on March 5, on location in and around Berlin and on stage at Studio Berlin. The movie is an all-new story inspired by the Resident Evil franchise. In Resident Evil: Ground Zero, Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Rain (Michelle Rodriguez) lead a crack team of commandos into "The Hive," a vast underground genetic research facility, where a deadly viral outbreak occurred just hours earlier. The virus wiped out the entire research staff and brought them back as ravenous undead un·dead adj. No longer living but supernaturally animated, as a zombie. . Alice has only three hours to trap the virus inside the complex or the undead are threatening to overrun the earth. To their horror the team realizes that the undead humans are not the only thing roaming the compound ...something even more insidious seems to be going on there. Constantin Film is the leading production and distribution house in Germany for more than 20 years. Helmed by producer Bernd Eichinger, the company's credits include international productions such as The Neverending Story, The Name of the Rose, The House of the Spirits, and Smilla's Sense of Snow. Impact Pictures is a leading UK production company. Founded by Jeremy Bolt and Paul Anderson in 1992, their films include Shopping (starring Jude Law), Mortal Kombat (which grossed $150 million worldwide), Event Horizon, and There's Only One Jimmy Grimble. The development of Resident Evil: Ground Zero is also supported by: Director of Photography, David Johnson David Johnson may refer to:
Capcom Co., Ltd. is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of coin-operated and video games. A leading force in the multi-billion dollar interactive entertainment industry, Capcom's legacy spans 22 years of entertaining video gamers. Capcom develops, markets, and distributes home video games for the PlayStation(R) game console, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 game machines, Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color The Game Boy Color (ゲームボーイカラー Systems, and coin-operated games. Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the company also has offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, and Sunnyvale, California. The company is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. code number 9697. Note to Editors: Capcom and Street Fighter are registered trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd. Mega Man, Breath of Fire and Resident Evil are trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. |
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