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Ali Larter to Headline Resident Evil 4?

By Nix | September 21, 2007 (12:03 pm) | More: Horror Movie News, Movie News, Resident Evil 3 (2007) Movie, Resident Evil 4 (2009) Movie

Well if this turns out to be true, it’ll certainly be pretty good news. I have nothing against Milla Jovovich, except for the fact that she has a one-note personality in just about every movie she’s been in, especially when given a sword or gun or a baton to swing around. That’s not her fault, it’s just who she is. The girl is limited in range, what can you say. But Ali Larter? If you’ve seen her on Heroes, you know she can stretch those good looks into actual acting skills, and I wouldn’t mind it one bit if the powers that be decide to kill off Alice (Jovovich’s character in the “Resident Evil” movies) and hand the franchise over to Larter, who plays Claire Redfield in the upcoming “Resident Evil: Extinction” movie.

The rumors of Larter taking over for Jovovich originated from here:

Actress Ali Larter says she has “heard whispers” of a fourth “Resident Evil” film. The next chapter may spin off from the Alice arc and instead focus on Claire Redfield. “We’ll see come Monday, right?” Larter said at today’s press day in Las Vegas referring, of course, to the box office results for Resident Evil: Extinction which opens tonight at midnight.

Again, I have nothing against Jovovich, but she just never brought all that much to the party, as it were. The ass kicking chick thing that she does is getting stale.

“Resident Evil: Extinction” opens today.

Ali Larter to Headline Resident Evil 4?

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chris on October 1, 2007

ok resident evil is all about alice her words at the end of RE:3 are “im coming for you” to the head director of umbrella yea ali larter should come back into RE:4 but why get rid of milla Im in love with Milla and Ali when i saw them both in RE:3 i yelled now they made a good movie they both rock! and besides the fourth is gonna hafta have alice seeing as she has 100s maybe even 1,000s of clones at the end of RE:3 im gonna be a director when im done with college and im gonna put milla and ali in some of my movies

 
nathan on October 26, 2007

i think that there should be a number 4 resident evil because number 1,2 and 3 were great but milla / alice should be the same i love acting i want to be an acter when im older and this film makes me want to be one more than any other flm because it has so much acttion and i think it would be great in milla stayed beacause she is ACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!at the job she might not have the looks but she has the moves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
sean on October 30, 2007

this better come out or ill kill sum 1

 
gregory on November 7, 2007

I Hope a resident evil 4 will come out and not 2 or more years after!
I just saw resident evil part 3 and can’t wait to see how that sequel is gonna end.
RESIDENT EVIL 4 PLEASE!

 
Ola on November 18, 2007

They should keep the Alice caracter, because that’s what the RE movies is about, but it would be cool if
Jill Valentine could be reassigned, why was’nt she in the RE3? what happend to her? and with the last coment from Alice i RE3 there has to be a lot of Alice’s in RE4.

RESIDENT EVIL 4 IS REQUIRED!

 
abdulla awis on November 25, 2007

hi iam abdulla iwant to say that i have great idea about the new film (reident evil4) it will attractive all the people in the world when you answer me i will tell you the idea about this film

 
abdulla awis on November 25, 2007

hi i hope you listen to my idea and decide

 
ókku on December 1, 2007

Milla should be in the fourth Resident Evil. If Alice is replaced, I won’t even watch the upcoming Resident Evils. Hail to Milla (Alice)! \o/

 
Yaser Ohman on December 1, 2007

OK,
I thnik its time for a little twist to the movie, don’t you?
Maybe they should have a nude scene with Ali and Milla? Anybody agree? Something along the lines of that infection that Milla has turns her into a horny lesbian with an unbarable urge to rip her clothing off.

 
subzero on December 1, 2007

is re4 cooming soon and is it in tokyo

 
Loc on December 2, 2007

Oh my god about the comment about turning into a “horny” lesbian…*shudders* sheesh, what’s up wit dat? Anywho, Yesh, have yet to see Res_Evil Extinction…but looking forward to it on DVD hopefully whenever that comes out…I like the whole Deserted Island type feel to the Sandy Arena where all the action is taking place in Post-Apocalyptic Vegas? haha…classic…and love the visual nods to the Ending of The Planet of the Apes…haha with The Faux Statue of Liberty…hehe…DO SEQUEL NOW! hah…We’ll go see it! Or pay for the DVD! On Blu-Ray or High-DEF! hah…

PuhEaST OuT!
{LOC}

 
Dan on December 9, 2007

I was devastated when i got really into the 3rd movie and right when it got really good they ended the film. there has got to be a 4th dont leave us fans hanging on again…. what big monster do u reckon they are going to put in the 4th

 
Pix on December 18, 2007

k abdulla ill bite. whats your idea? you know it would be simpler and better by far if you just told us instead of playing around and wimpering for attention. your idea may be good but few are gana hear it if you ask them like this.. ya got to present your idea and have courage

 
Nadia.from.Holland on December 18, 2007

NOOOOOOOOOO, Milla Jovovich is so cool in RE I just love it. Ali plays also a nice part but I cant imagine a RE movie without Alice. And I cant wait to see the fourth movie.

 
Jack.From.Scotland on December 18, 2007

I can’t wait for RE 4 the film as well and i also agree with Nadia.from.Holland.

 
Zach on December 19, 2007

OK, i dont care a bit about ali larter and her so called ”whispers”….the movie is about Alice (Milla Jovovich) not some random chic that did a good job at staying alive and keeping about 9/50 people alive…. replacing the arc and moving to Ali Larter would be like taking Harry Potter and for the next film, going on an arc about Ron…you just dont do it… if Milla is not in the 4th, the movie will be worthless…yeah her acting may not be top of the line…but she makes the movie…no other female actor could fit this role….case closed

Milla CAN'T BE REPLACED on July 4, 2008

I totally agree with you. There is no way that Ali Larter should take over the lead role. The whole point of Resident Evil is what Alice has to offer. She’s the supreme fighting woman with “scionic” powers etc. how can you go from that to a mediocer main lady with no powers and no history with the Umbrella Corp. What just change RE into the same overdone movie about regular humans surviving virus infected zombies? RE is definetly Milla’s series; now Final Destination, Heroes that’s Ali Larters territory.

 
 
cihan on December 26, 2007

i have seen a trailer on you tube with Nicolas Cage and Ali Carter and no Milla! is it fake?
N

 
Marty on December 29, 2007

I like all the resident evil movies, and when a fourth move shows, if it dont have Milla Jovovich. Then I want watch it, plan and simple.

 
Manuel on January 2, 2008

I really Jenson Ankles is going to be in Resident Evil 4

 
Manuel on January 2, 2008

I really hope Jensen Ankles is going to be in Resident Evil 4 he’s one of my favorite acters

 
abby on January 3, 2008

Yaser Ohman your idea sucks!!dumbest idea ive ever known..what’s the essence of alice being a horny lesbian??resident evil is not about sex..have you seen a zombie movie with characters being nude or homosexuals?!duh what an idea..if u want nudity then you should watch porno movies not resident evil!!!!hahaha..”unbarable urge to rip her clothing off”-what the hell!!anybody agree with this man??im sure no one agrees with you..it would not become box office if you would be the director..hail to resident evil 4!!with alice as the main character!!and yeah mila jovovich is really cool and pretty..i also like the tandem of jill valentine and alice, hope to see her too..many thanks!!!!!!!

 
abby on January 3, 2008

Zach..ur right!!alice (mila jovovich) is the main character here..from resident evil 1 up to 3 the story is all about her..she has the guts and looks to play the role of alice..she rocks and kick asses..don’t replace her or else resident evil 4 would not be as good as resident evil 1,2,3..ayt!!!

 
Xevert on January 3, 2008

Hey Guys,

Quick question….does anyone know when will the 4th movie come out? i hope its anytime soon this yr? or anyone got a date for me?

thx in advance

~ X

PS: The movie would stink if they change the hero now, if it started with Ali, than i wouldnt have minded but now i think its a bit late…hehe

 
brandon soyka on January 5, 2008

i am one of the biggest fans there is when it comes to RE . but that idea of YASER OHMAN sucks zombie balls and so does he!!!!!!!! he should be shot for even thinking of it. that would just destroy the whole RE concept!! this is not a f***in zombie porno, it is on of the best video game gone movie ever even thought of peroid !! and about RE4 you movie guys gotta make it !! without it RE fans everywhere would be devastated!
you have to make it or the RE saga won’t be complete!!!!! so please do it for the fans!!!!!!

 
megan on January 7, 2008

I think that if another flim comes out then they sud not take out Milla (the main charter) and replace her coz they cnt end the thrid one with the ending with alice and her clones etc and then take her out, you cnt do it coz it wrong the person who directs the next movie thats if they is another one, has got sum think wrong with they head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Terin on January 12, 2008

Okay, Ali and Mila making a porn, not a bad idea. Ali and Mila making a RE porn bad idea. I really think they need to keep Mila. I hear lots of you say that she has a bland personality but if everyone you knew before and after the t-virus was dead, a zombe or you had to leave them, how would you act? I also think it would be sweet if Ali and the other woman from RE:2 met up in Alaska.

 
Stephanie on January 12, 2008

And if anyone here followed the games, they’d know just why a forth movie is wrong. You know, aside from the fact that Alice is two-dimensional. She has *no* character development what so ever. And Sienna, the woman that played Jill, didn’t take up on the third movie. She was originally supposed to be in it, but refused.

Why? The game fans complained about how the movies butchered Jill.

… Which they did. Just like with Carlos. They took the character from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, but couldn’t even spell his name right on his jacket in the movie, for crying out loud. It’s Oliveira, not Olivera.

 
NIk on January 13, 2008

Hey ppl i’m in tokyo when is the shooting going to start?
Sides, movie is great, but, since i finished the actual first game, i kinda wish that albert wesker is gonna be the main badass

 
Andrew on January 21, 2008

Milla has to be part of the 4th movie. given the ending of RE 3 there also has to be a 4th. there needs to be a conclusion and alice needs to finish what has been started. Ali Larter is amazing. i think she added another kickass lead female role to RE 3 and would love to see what ended up happing to her. however, as far as her replacing alice goes, not gonna work. RE 3 ended with many alices, how do u get rid of them without completely ruining the whole story? answer, you cant!

 
Mike on January 22, 2008

is this guy stupid they cant base it around ali larter because the trilogy has been based around alice and building up to her big defeat of umbrella they cant just switch it now. P.S.    I love Milla Jovovich’s acting in all her movies especially the resident evil one’s, so suck it.

 
anthony on January 28, 2008

resident evil 4 is goin to be maybe in tokyo or alaska where clair is but it suks that clairs story is just a surviror an not some girl lookin for her bro an where is jill i mean carlos dies in the game so he dies in movie but jill dosent shes in the most RE games with chris so some one with more info on RE4 message me on myspace at reaper2@aol.com

 
hunter dupre on January 31, 2008

You know how everyone says number one is the best?Well I like number 3 the best.It’s so asome.I can’t wait wait untill 2009 for resident evil 4.What sucks is why in all the resident evil games theres only a dude you plays as.so not cool.all I could think about in class was oh how asome resident evil 4 is going to be.Well if you want to know my better go to myspace.My email adr. is luckyman1991@yahoo.com,my password is warhawks77.seeyah in 2009.

 
hunter dupre on January 31, 2008

yo nathan whats up were you live man because i have a step brother that has the same name and would say the same thing,if this is nathan its hunter

 
rachy on February 12, 2008

well for all the people that think RE movies are bad get a life…i loved them but i didnt really like the game. the movies are excellent. Milla Jovovich is brilliant at playing Alice..i agree with what one guy said about if all the people u knew died and turned into zombie’s would u be all happy and jumping for joy????
maybe u should watch number 3 more closely and u would see she show’s emotion….plus gives emotion towards other’s like the character Oded Fehr plays in both 2 and 3 movies. cant the movies be different than the game…i wouldnt want to know everything that was going to happen in the movie cause of playing the game. dont replace Milla she is to good and i wont watch the movie if she isnt in it. bring on RE:4 i cant wait

 
rachy on February 12, 2008

but yeah the other 2 female character’s should be in it to help and kick ass…plus the young girl (k-mart) should be in there 2.
i really cant wait till it comes out…they really do rock. roll on 2009…… or sooner hopefully…cant wait that long lol.

 
Poesia on February 24, 2008

It would be great to bring all three women back to fight the biggest fight of human kind, Alice, Jill and Ali. it surly would be a sight to see!!! I believe they took alot away from the video game and should add some things from the video game, Like using the evil twins! Please make a RE4!!!

 
Hunter07 on February 26, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

They should NOT make a RE4!!! Why?! Because it has nothing to do with Resident Evil. You could change the name of the movie and you couldn’t tell if it was even based off the game or if it was Resident Evil! Where the hell is Chris Redfield, and Leon Kennedy?!!!!!!! Where is horror feel to the movie? RE is not action game, it’s a survival-horror game!! And they took all that away from the movie and brought in a bunch of crap!! WTF did they do to the Nemisis???!!!!!!!! He was much more darker and sinister in the game than he was in the movie. They make him turn good in the movie!!! WTF!!!! He tracks down the S.T.A.R.S members not Alice!!!!! I don’t even want to talk about this movie anymore!! They need to redo it and make it the way RESIDENT EVIL SHOULD BE!!!!

 
dotSilver on March 1, 2008

According to “The Movie Insider”, Resident Evil 4 will have Milla Jovovich, quote from the site:

“Milla Jovovich will reprise her signature role as Alice in this fourth installment of the videogame franchise, which takes off where “Resident Evil: Afterlife” ended in Japan.”

Of course, Resident Evil: Afterlife was the working title for Extinction.

 
dotSilver on March 1, 2008

oh yea, sorry for the double post but I also heard from another movie site (Can’t remember which one) that RE4 is estimated to come out in 2009, but there is still no confirmed date.

 
saelaert christophe on March 1, 2008

hey is resident evil 4 the movie coming ore not ???

 
Jonathan on March 7, 2008

¿Habrá una cuarta peli de Resident Evil?, xq cuando vi esta última la cual se llama Extiction, casi al final queda en q Alice va a despertar a todos sus clones, quiero que termine esa saga.
Gracias.

 
dodo on March 8, 2008

I WANT RESIDENT EVIL 4…

 
Dillon on March 8, 2008

hey there better be a RE4 if u did all the others and they turned out great and u made a lot of money then make some others youll get more ratings and more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ so to the people who read this then u should agree with me that RESIDENT EVIL ROXSSSS and the games are just as great . WE AS PEOPLE OF THE NATION DEMANED RESIDENT EVIL AND THE DIRECTORS SHOULD KNOW THIS OR THEY DONT LOVE THIS MOVIE. O YEAH TO THE IDEA PEOPLE WHO MAKE RESIDENT EVIL HERES AN IDEA PUT ALL THE CARRECTERS FROM THE GAMES AND PUT THEM IN THE MOVIE AND MAKE THAT MOVIE INTO A GAME THEN A BOOK THEN A TV SEIRES JUST THINK HOW MUCH MONEY YALL WOULD MAKE.AND TO ALL WHO HATE RESIDENT EVIL THEN F*#K YOU CAUSE YALL DESERVE IT

 
Dillon on March 8, 2008

HEY ME AGAIN SOORY IF YALLS FEELINGS R HURT BUT ITS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS STILL WE NEED RE4. TO ALL THAT LOVE RESIDENT EVIL THEN SEND ME A E-MAIL AT refan345@yahoo.com ANYTHING RESIDENT EVIL IZ AWSOME YALL O YEAH JILL FROM RE3 NEMIESE IS HOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
alison on March 10, 2008

they can’t get rid of her at the end of the movie there was lyk a million alices how in the hell is that gonna happen?? and why get rid of a good character?

 
ehsas on March 14, 2008

goooooood
RE4?????
2009? or 2008?

 
Mark R on May 10, 2008

They should so do another movie because they not only left the ending unfinishes (we don’t know what if the group reached Alaska) and alice could so organise an army of alices to fight and rid the world of zombies. I’ve got to say the first movie sucked me in because of the suspense of a zombie jumping at any random moment and I’ve been hooked since. I reckon they should make a 4rth movie cause from the comments of people and fans and from previous movie sales figures that should be enough to motivate movie directors to make another film. I’m sure they won’t have trouble making a story line and there are ideas floating around the web! I guess you got to depend on movie directors and actors to get motivated to do a movie! What can you do though bit would be disappointing if a new movie doen’t come out!

 
Gene on May 13, 2008

Okay everybody expressed how they felt now can someone with a reliable resourse (including me) please find out if there is even going to be a 4′th movie.

 
Gina on May 19, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

i love resident evil i really cant wait for the next installment . but to be honest the movie was really slacking on the characters . in some movies some of the character shown on the game weren’t shown at all and that bugged my wire >> since some of them played an important role. now their doing some spin off from were we left off which to me is quite all right but at least show some parts of where we left off from the last movie .

 
hyrogen on May 19, 2008

hey GINA!!!!!!!!!!!!i know wat you did last summer

 
Kainoa on May 19, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

i’m sorry, but i strongly disagree, i think Mila is a hell of alot more kick-ass than Ali, ali is kinda cool as a side dish, but nobody has the part better than Mila, also, she said SHE was coming for all the big Umbrella people, so Ali cant!

 
omair on May 22, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

i thinkl the fourth part should be based on re4 the game

 
javier on May 22, 2008

i heard leon kennedy was suppose to come out in the forth movie….. hopefully this is true!! =)

 
zide on May 25, 2008

I agree, part 4 should be based on re4 game.

 
yee on May 25, 2008

4th mov needs a new hot chick , Milla is getting too old

 
Rock on June 5, 2008

I loved each Resident Evil Movie. Milla is the best! I am in love with her. There is no way in hell she ca ever get replaced! Her personality in each movie is amazing and spectacular. Ali was O.K in Extintion but Milla was great as always. The fourth should have Alice goig after the remaining Umbrella members in Japan with her clones and Ali should happen to be captured and cloned with the T-Virus in her and should become sorta lke Alice except not as perfect and the two should battle it out. And Alice should win of course and the finish off Umbrella corp. Mila is the best and will always be the best she rocks!!

 
bemmer3c on June 16, 2008

They can not replace her because at the end of 3 she saw a large amount of clones of her self and said she was coming to japan to shutdown the umbrella company there. I also know that they will push the movie to part 8 or 9. because there are other parts of the world they want to shoot the movie.

 
OMAIR on June 17, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

I WANT LEON AS A HERO

 
Dejan on June 29, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

Yeah Milla is the resident evil movies mother they just cant replace her ppl it will be a massive failure for them..and they just cant replace her in my opinion but if this happening then the movie wont be very successful.

Cheers

 
Caitlin on July 1, 2008

okay well i think that there is going to definetly be a RE4 because on the back of the movie case for RE3 there was a “sneak peak” at RE4: Degeneration but it was animated!!! it was really retarded but i still think that they will have one with Milla because obviously if it starts with her its gotta end with her too…and i do hope both Claire and Jill are back in this one too…i also think that this movie may take a little longer because they have to do alot of green screening if they want all of the alices to be in it….

 
Sara on July 5, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

WOAH WOAH WOAH One note? my ass if anything ali later is a one note everyone movie ive seen her in she plays some one who is abused or some sad lonely person god seriously? and good looks? im sorry but ali later is not good looking. Milla Jovovich is so much prettier than ali, if they kill off Milla and replace her with Ali many fans will stop watching and you guys will kill residentl evil forever. WORST IDEA IN RESIDENTL EVIL HISTORY if her husband though this up WHAT WERE YOU THINKING. This article sounds like it was written by ali herself its very selfish “good looks into acting”? not even close I will have to kill my self if Milla is replace or actually ill come to your office and audition for the part becuase anything would be better then having ali later her co star who had a bland career before this movie taking over for milla, such a bad idea seriously i cant stop talking about it its so bad. let me just say. sales will go down and the movie will tank if i see it and this happens i will tell everyone resident evil fan how much it sucked and try to make them not watch to insure that you will know just how much it sucked. So for your sake and ours KEEP MILLA its in your own interest of sales for your movies unless you want to be like those other people who make a great movie great movies great movie and then suck, kind of like 10,000 bc i imgine it will come in periods of suck in the movie or like the happening a big let down PLEASE DONT DO IT PLEASE

 
Sara on July 5, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

more like worst idea in the history of cinema

 
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