Constantin Sets September Shoot for Paul W.S. Anderson’s ‘Monster Hunter’(Exclusive)

Constantin Film’s “Monster Hunter,” the video game adaptation budgeted at around $60 million, will go into production starting in September, re-teaming Constantin with its “Resident Evil” star Milla Jovovich, director Paul W.

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Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt.Meanwhile, Constantin is still working on a “Resident Evil” reboot, the shingle’s topper Martin Moszkowicz said at Cannes.Like “Resident Evil: the Final Chapter,” which grossed $312 million worldwide, “Monster Hunter” will shoot in South Africa, in and around Cape Town.“The crews are great there and, at least for a European company, it’s easy to get there: Same time zone, overnight flights.

We are very much in a comfort zone of production,” said Moszkowicz.Foreign distributors should not get too excited, however.

Written by Anderson, who recently delivered a new screenplay draft, “Monster Hunter” will not come onto the open market, being the subject of a worldwide studio deal, according to Moszkowicz.

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