RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER Eyes August Start Date

 

It's always a sad moment in Hollywood when a mega franchise comes to a close. In recent years such lucrative properties as Harry Potter, Taken, The Hobbit, and soon The Hunger Games have or are going to come to a close. 
Another one is about to be added to the ranks, as  Fifth Element and Ultraviolet star Milla Jovovich has confirmed that August will see the start date for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.  

Jovovich, always keeping in touch with her fans on social media, posted this to her Facebook earlier today:

“I’m really proud of myself for not gaining the same amount of weight that I did with our first child (75 lbs.) because I have to be ready to start filming ‘Resident Evil- The Final Chapter’ in August of this year and I will also be nursing an infant simultaneously.”

The climactic film was set to start shooting this past September; but Jovovich's surprise second pregnancy with husband (and franchise director) Paul W.S. Anderson delayed it for a then unknown amount of time. 
Several sites reporting the news have also mentioned that Wentworth Miller would be reprising his role of Chris Redfield for the film; but this has yet to be confirmed by an official source.

The sci-fi/horror/action series, based on the wildly popular Capcom video-game series, began in 2002 with Resident Evil and spawned 4 more sequels, and has amassed over $915 million world-wide, with the most recent installment, Resident Evil: Retribution collecting over $240 million in 2012.  

The Final Chapter is expected to bring everything "full circle" and see a return to the infamous HIVE that gave birth to the T-virus which started it all. 

Expect to see Alice and friends kick ass in September 2016.