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Ali Larter & Ashanti cast in "Resident Evil 3"
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05/11/06 AT 11:00 A.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Ali Larter, Ashanti, and Chris Egan will join the cast of "Resident Evil 3," which is said to be titled "Resident Evil: Extinction." They join veterans Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr and Mike Epps in Screen Gems' videogame-based horror-thriller. Larter will play Claire, a new character to the film franchise who was introduced in the video game "Resident Evil 2." Claire leads a convoy across the Nevada desert. Alice (Jovovich) joins them in their fight for survival as they battle the evil Umbrella Corp. Ashanti will play Nurse Betty, while Egan will play Mikey. Fehr is back as Carlos, and Epps as L.J. Russell Mulcahy is directing from a screenplay by Paul W.S. Anderson, who also wrote the first two films ("Resident Evil" and "Resident Evil: Apocalypse") and directed the first one.