The upcoming movie based on the Monster Hunter video game series has found its director and leading lady. Those you who are familiar with Capcom's previous cinematic endeavors likely won't be surprised by the choices.

Variety is reporting that the production of Monster Hunter will be headed by Paul W. S. Anderson, who will be taking the director's chair on the project. He will be joined by Jeremy Bolt, who will act as producer.

In a move that no one is surprised by, the lead role in Monster Hunter will be played by Milla Jovovich, who is also the wife of Paul W. S. Anderson.

If this setup seems familiar to you, it's because it's the same people behind the Resident Evil movie franchise, also an adaptation of a Capcom video game series.

It makes sense that this production team would reunite for Monster Hunter, as the Resident Evil movie series is actually the highest-grossing series of films based on a video game property, with all six movies combined grossing over $1.2 billion dollars at the box office.

Monster Hunter is being produced by Constantin films, with Paul W. S. Anderson writing the screenplay for the film. Filming is set to take place in South Africa, with production expected to start in September.

It will be interesting to see how the producers will go about making a Monster Hunter movie, especially as the budget is only around $60 million dollars, which seems low for a project of this scope.

It's one thing to make a movie series based on the Resident Evil franchise, as the vast majority of the enemies in those games are zombies, which are about as cheap as they come to portray on the screen.

The creatures in the Monster Hunter series range from the size of cows to towering over skyscrapers. There are some creatures in the Monster Hunter series who are so large that they wrap themselves around the stage in which their battle takes place.

In order to be able to do a Monster Hunter movie, you will be looking at a lot of special effects, which means that we will likely be seeing Milla Jovovich in a skimpy suit of armor pretending to hit a green screen while being pulled around on wires for the bulk of the film.

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