Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Release : January 27, 2017
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution,
humanity is on its last legs in Washington D.C. As the only survivor of
what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead hordes,
Alice must return to where the nightmare began - Raccoon City, where the
Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against
the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse. In a race against time
Alice will join forces with old friends, and an unlikely ally. in an action packed battle with undead hordes and new mutant monsters.
Between losing her superhuman abilities and Umbrella's impending attack,
this will be Alice's most difficult adventure as she fights to save
humanity, which is on the brink of oblivion
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Ruby Rose, Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Iain Glen
Initial release: December 23, 2016 (Japan)
Filming
Principal photography on the film began on September 18, 2015 in Cape Town / Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa. During filming, Jovovich's stunt double Olivia Jackson was severely
injured when her motorcycle collided with a camera crane, leaving her in
a medically-induced coma for two weeks. Among Jackson's injuries were
cerebral trauma, a crushed face, a severed artery in her neck, a
paralyzed arm, several broken ribs, a shattered scapula, a broken
clavicle, torn fingers with a thumb that needed to be amputated, and
five nerves torn out of her spinal cord.Jackson announced in December 2015 that her paralyzed left arm will need to be amputated.
A second accident occurred during filming on December 3 when crew
member Ricardo Cornelius was crushed to death by one of the film's
props, a U.S. Army issue Hummer, while on set. Filming ended on December 9, 2015