Milla Jovovich Confrims Leon Kennedy For Resident Evil 5

Actress Milla Jovovich has been tweeting detailed and spoiler filled tweets. One of them confirms that Leon Kennedy, Barry Burton and Ada Wong will be new additions to Resident Evil: Retribution. Another confirms that K-Mart, Chris and Claire Redfield however won't be returning. Sienna Guillory will reprise the role of Jill Valentine.

"Leon Kennedy and Barry Burton will make their first appearances in the series along with Ada Wong, who was in the Resident Evil 2, 4, and The Darkside Chronicles video games. Shawn Roberts will also return to play the villainous Albert Wesker."

Resident Evil 5 Titled Resident Evil: Begins Coming September 2012

BloodyDisgusting is reporting that Screen Gems is moving forward with Resident Evil 5 which will be officially titled Resident Evil: Begins. The reboot/prequel will center on Jill Valentine played by Sienna Guillory as Raccoon City is slowly overrun with a T-Virus outbreak caused by Umbrella. Milla Jovovich will still be in the film but as a supporting character. It's possible the film will be horror focused and have more of serious/grounded tone than previous films. They've set the release date for September 14th 2012 but have yet to announce a director. It's expected that Paul W.S. Anderson will be involved either writing the film's script or just keeping the regular duties as producer.

Resident Evil 5 Coming 2012, Milla Jovovich Returning

Screen Gems has announced that Resident Evil 5 will be released on September 14th 2012. It looks like previous plans to reboot the franchise have been scrapped as Milla Jovovich is returning for the fifth installment. It's unknown at this point if Paul W.S. Anderson will be back in the director's chair but it's very likely.

It's expected that Ali Larter (Claire), Wentworth Miller (Chris) and Boris Kodjoe (Luther) will also be returning. Continuing the events of Afterlife which saw Alice, Claire and Chris on the ship with survivors as a fleet of Umbrella choppers swarms them. Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) is expected to be the film's main villain as she was seen in the chopper with the mind controlling scarab device in her chest. Milla recently tweeted a possible "big-boss" villain could be the Bandersnatch.

"The games have nearly always had a major mutant to battle against. In the coming Resident Evil 5 movie, I think the 'Bandersnatcher' should be the next boss battle. This creature looks like Swamp Thing on steroids and with one arm that can stretch to 6x it's length."