Resident Evil: Retribution

The Ultimate Battle Begins

Resident Evil: Retribution is an upcoming 2012 3D science-fiction action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the fifth installment in a series of film adaptations based loosely on Capcom's survival horror video game series Resident Evil and the third film to be directed by Anderson. Filming took place from October to December 2011 for a scheduled release date of September 14, 2012, following the box-office success of Resident Evil: Afterlife. The film has been given an R rating.

Plot
The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race's last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a "mind-blowing" revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

Cast
The official Resident Evil: Retribution Facebook page validated the Internet Movie Database's (IMDb) cast list for the film.

Development
At the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International, Anderson and Jeremy Bolt told ShockTilYouDrop.com that a fifth Resident Evil film would be possible, saying: "We always take it one movie at a time. We put so much effort into them and it is a family affair. It is all about making the best possible movie now and then promoting well and getting it out there. Making sure it is seen in the right way. When the dust settles then you think about something else. For us, it is not a business, it is a passion. You don't want to start talking about the next baby until you make sure this one is okay."

Anderson later told IGN that if the film was a success, he would do the fifth film and would like Leon Kennedy to make an appearance.

Jovovich told New York Magazine that Anderson had started work on a sequel. She explained, "We've been talking to a lot of fans on Twitter and stuff, so it's probably going to be one of the first movies where we really talk to fans to see what they want, and what characters they want to see. It's going to be a more interactive process."

During an interview, Jovovich, Boris Kodjoe, and Ali Larter all confirmed that if there was another film made, they would reprise their roles, with Boris stating "Without hesitation I would say yes", and Ali Larter stating after being asked if she was onboard said "Sure, I love working with Milla and Paul".

After the box-office success of Resident Evil: Afterlife, the fifth film in the franchise has been confirmed, and is scheduled for release on September 14, 2012.

Milla Jovovich talked about the possible title on her twitter page, saying it may be called "Resident Evil: Retribution," and that Paul has been working with professional video game players.

Resident Evil: Retribition began filming on October 10 to December 24, 2011. Paul W.S. Anderson has been confirmed as both writer and director of the film.

Although Albert Wesker returns, Jill Valentine has been announced to be the main antagonist in the film. Milla Jovovich tweeted that Paul had a big surprise about the origin of her character Alice.

According to Stock Till You Drop, Ada Wong and Barry Burton will appear in the film with Leon.

Milla Jovovich has been updating fans with little tidbits and other little things from the preparation of the film. She has also stated that Chris, Claire, and K-Mart will not be major characters in the film and will not appear, stating, "claire, chris, and k-mart have been abducted by the umbrella corporation. and we have try to save them!" The Las Plagas from the Resident Evil 4 will appear. She has also released other statements saying: "again so we don't waste time: JENSEN ACKLES IS SHOOTING A TV SHOW AND IS UNAVAILABLE!" and "yes! shawn roberts is back as wesker and more badass than ever! of course its not easy to kill him!" Although confirmed, Albert Wesker is only slated to make a cameo appearance. Jovovich also says that she will love to do a sixth film and have everyone back. Johann Urb will play Leon Scott Kennedy and will be the leader of the resistance who teams up with Alice. Kevin Durand will play Barry Burton.

Along with Colin Salmon, Michelle Rodriguez has also been confirmed to return in a flashback/cameo sequence. The film will take plot elements from Resident Evil 4 video game as the film will feature the Las Plagas parasite. Oded Fehr has also been confirmed by Milla, via twitter. Recently, Milla confirmed on her twitter that Johann Urb will take the role of Leon.

In a recent interview, Paul Anderson revealed that the Las Plagas will be in the parasite form in the films. He even went into further detail talking about a scene replicated from Resident Evil 5; the survivors are in a car chase driving a Rolls Royce rather than a Hummer from the game while Plaga infected individuals armed with machine guns on motorcycles are chasing them.

Recently, Milla confirmed on her twitter that Li Bingbing will take the role of Ada Wong.

Kevin Durand as Barry Burton confirmed by Milla on her twitter.

In August of 2012, Resident Evil Retribution got a rating of Rated R (for sequences of strong violence throughout).

Soundtrack


The album features the film’s original score composed by tomandandy (Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Mothman Prophecies, The Strangers), as well the movie’s end credits song Hexes produced by Bassnectar featuring Chino Moreno (of the Deftones) on vocals. The soundtrack will be released on September 11, 2012.

Here’s the album track list:

1. Hexes – Bassnectar (feat. Chino Moreno) 2. Flying through the Air 3. First Blood 4. Tokyo Revisited 5. Corridor 6. Planting 7. Axemen 8. Fall Back 9. Imprinted 10. Suburbia 11. Phantom Chase 12. End of the World 13. Drive Away 14. Ice Pack 15. Zombies Under Ice 16. It’s Help 17. Flying to the Air (T-Mass Remix) 18. Origin (Bonus Track) 19. The End (Bonus Track)

Further notes

 * The film features plot elements from Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5.
 * The characters Barry Burton and Leon Kennedy will feature their costumes from Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4.
 * Ada Wong will wear the same costume she wore in Resident Evil 4. She will also be working for Wesker, keeping him updated on certain events including her mission status like in the fourth game.
 * Jill Valentine is portrayed as a villain just as in Resident Evil 5. Instead of being solely a follower and enforcer however, she will be more in charge than her Video Game counterpart.
 * Lickers will make their first appearance since Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
 * Retribution is a direct sequel to the fourth film; the story does not jump ahead by months or years like the previous films. It starts right at the battle aboard the Arcadia.
 * In a tweet, Milla Jovovich hinted at a "gynormous creature" appearing in the movie. This has been confirmed through the teaser trailer as a giant 50 ft Licker.
 * Similar to the trailers for Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Resident Evil: Extinction, Retribution's teaser trailer is formatted similar to a commercial for another product. The teaser for Retribution begins as an advertisement for new communications technologies with a voice over (provided by Patrick Stewart similar to the trailer for Apocalypse serving as an advertisement for Regenerate and the one for Extinction starting off advertising Las Vegas).
 * The parasite Kipepeo from Resident Evil 5 will make its appearance in this film.
 * In an interview with Paul W.S Anderson, he stated that Leon and Ada's relationship seen in the game will be subtle in the film.
 * The little girl featured in the trailer is Becky, is a clone of Alice's daughter.
 * Milla Jovovich confirmed that in the movies, Leon's middle name will in fact be Scott, as it is in the games.
 * It was confimed through Twitter from Milla that Leon was a cop from Raccoon who survived the T-virus incident, however he was not the partner of Jill Valentine.
 * Alice is supposed to have a small but epic fight sequence with Chairman Wesker at some point in this film.
 * Unfinished promotional posters were leaked online ealier in summer 2012 which featured a poster of Barry, the words "Doomed" are seen above his picture. This has fans questioning Barry's fate in this installment, remembering that at SDCC 2012, Paul W. S. Anderson had said, "Really, no one is safe in this movie."
 * During the panel for Retribution at comic-con 2012, a clip was shown to the audience of about 2 minutes of the 9 minute fight sequence between Jill and Alice at the end of the film. While those two were engaed in combat, Leon and Luther were forced to fight the bad clone of Rain Ocampo, who had just injected herself with las plagas, which gave her super-human strength.
 * Alice will team up with Ada Wong in order to combat against not one but two Executioners (as seen in the Tv spot).
 * Milla tweets that the Red Queen will return if they decide to do RE6.
 * The music group tomandandy, who performed  Afterlife  score, returned to score Retribution.