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96-516: ThunderCats is a media franchise , featuring a fictional group of cat -like humanoid aliens . The characters were created by Tobin Wolf and featured in an animated television series named ThunderCats , running from 1985 to 1989, which was animated by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation , and co-produced by Rankin/Bass Productions . Like its predecessor Masters of the Universe ,

192-577: A Juno sensibility and the soul of a Little Miss Sunshine ". Jovovich played the wife of a jailed arsonist in Stone , a psychological thriller co-starring Robert De Niro and Edward Norton . Filming began in May 2009 at the recently closed Southern Michigan Correctional Facility in Jackson, Michigan. The film was released in late 2010 to a mixed response. Nevertheless, The A.V. Club noted that Jovovich

288-405: A eponymous television series was published by Marvel UK consisting of 129 issues and was also published for three years. Beginning in 2002, ThunderCats titles were published by Wildstorm Productions , an imprint of DC Comics (Warner Bros. corporate sibling ), and included five non-canon miniseries and several one shots . In March 2012, Panini Comics began publishing a new series in

384-522: A "family film" in the United States. Deadline Hollywood reported that Summit responded: "She doesn't know what she's talking about and we don't know where she's coming from." She would next headline the little-seen psychological thriller Faces in the Crowd , which was written and directed by Julien Magnat; in it, she plays the survivor of a serial killer's attack that leaves her suffering from

480-586: A breakthrough with her role in the 1997 French science-fiction action film The Fifth Element , written and directed by Luc Besson . Jovovich and Besson married that year but soon divorced. She starred as Joan of Arc in Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). From 2002 to 2016, she portrayed Alice in the action horror film franchise Resident Evil , which became the highest-grossing film series to be based on video games . Jovovich released her debut album, The Divine Comedy , in 1994, and

576-643: A car accident on November 8, 2001. Jovovich met film writer and director Paul W. S. Anderson while working on the 2002 film Resident Evil , which Anderson wrote and directed, and in which Jovovich starred. Anderson proposed to Jovovich in 2003, and the two were "engaged on-and-off for four years" before becoming a couple again early in 2007. They married on August 22, 2009. On November 3, 2007, Jovovich gave birth to their first child, daughter Ever Anderson , at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Their second child, daughter Dashiel Edan,

672-436: A common spirit in synth pop , European folk and psychedelic dream rock ". Jovovich released the track "The Gentleman Who Fell (Before The Court)", with an accompanying music video , as the sole single from the album. The music video was originally directed by Lisa Bonet and featured Harry Dean Stanton , but Jovovich, unsatisfied with the results, decided to film another video. The second video for "The Gentleman Who Fell",

768-521: A condition called prosopagnosia , which renders her unable to recognize faces. Sight and Sound remarked that the film suffered from "a central performance not quite strong enough to win Jovovich recognition as a dramatic actress". Also in 2011, Jovovich appeared as a Ukrainian con artist in Famke Janssen 's directorial debut film Bringing Up Bobby , alongside Marcia Cross , and starred in

864-544: A follow-up, The People Tree Sessions , in 1998. She continues to release demos for other songs on her official website and frequently contributes to film soundtracks. In 2003, she co-created the clothing line Jovovich–Hawk —which ran until 2008—with model Carmen Hawk. Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich was born on December 17, 1975, in Kiev in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ,

960-485: A franchise can even be created, which ultimately leads to the creation of brand worlds. Since the creation of Disneyland in 1955, bringing fictional media franchises to life through the theme parks slowly became increasingly popular as the way to perfectly blend tourism and real-life involvement with media itself. Similar to transmedia, the concept of bringing fictional media into a non-fictional space where fans can immerse themselves in real-life versions of elements from

1056-462: A good balance". The following year, she was featured in Gore Vidal 's faux trailer remake of Caligula , as Drusilla . In 2006, Jovovich's film, the science fiction /action thriller Ultraviolet , was released on March 3. She played the title role of Violet Song jat Shariff, a role that also involved heavily choreographed fight sequences. It was not screened for critics, but when reviewed, it

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1152-670: A healthy lifestyle. Unaffiliated with any specific religion, she prays and considers herself a "spiritual person". Jovovich enjoys playing the guitar and writing poems and lyrics for songs. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine , which is part of the Russo-Ukrainian War , Jovovich expressed support for Ukraine on her Instagram page: "I am heartbroken and dumbstruck trying to process the events of this week in my birthplace of Ukraine. My country and people being bombed. Friends and family in hiding". In October 2023, Jovovich

1248-468: A homage to Maya Deren , was directed by Kate Garner and Paul Archard and was subsequently played on MTV . Jovovich toured the United States and Canada during most of 1994 to promote the album, opening for Toad the Wet Sprocket , The Philosopher Kings , and Crash Test Dummies , as well as playing smaller acoustic sets. Jovovich had opted to perform in smaller and more intimate settings, turning down

1344-424: A modeling agency, several television shows ( Playboy's Penthouse , in 1959), and even its own television channel . Twenty-five years later, Playboy released private clubs and restaurants, movie theaters, a radio show , direct to video films, music and book publishing (including original works in addition to its anthologies of cartoons, photographs, recipes, advice, articles or fiction that had originally appeared in

1440-680: A movie star." In 1985, Loginova enrolled Jovovich at the age of ten in acting classes, and when her acting jobs picked up, she started attending school for young actors rather than regular school. In 1988, Jovovich appeared in her debut professional film role as Samantha Delongpre in the romantic thriller Two Moon Junction . Later that year, she appeared in the made-for-television film as Lily McLeod in The Night Train to Kathmandu . She had several roles in television series, including Paradise (1988), Married... with Children (1989), and Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990). At age 15, she

1536-473: A musical appearance on Saturday Night Live . Jovovich has also been collaborating musically with longtime friend and musician Chris Brenner, who co-wrote with her on the Divine Comedy Album and who was the musical coordinator for the supporting tour. She and Brenner met in 1993 and have since worked together on several ventures. Following The Divine Comedy , she expressed interest in releasing

1632-419: A relationship with an Argentine woman, with whom he had a son. Due to her parents' divorce years before, Jovovich saw little of her half brother. In Los Angeles, her mother tried to get acting jobs but found little success because of language barriers, and eventually resorted to cleaning houses to earn money. Both of Jovovich's parents served as cooks and housekeepers for director Brian De Palma . Her father

1728-417: A second album, having had ten songs ready for a future recording that was intended for a mid-1996 release. In May 1999, Jovovich, along with Chris Brenner, formed an experimental band called "Plastic Has Memory", in which she wrote and composed the songs, sang, and played electric guitar. The band was "[m]uch heavier and darker than the vaguely Ukrainian folk-sounding elements of her first album", and it had

1824-712: A similar sound to a grunge and trip hop Portishead . "Plastic Has Memory" played about a dozen shows in Los Angeles and New York City for a potential Virgin Records album release, one of which Mick Jagger had attended. But though "Plastic Has Memory" was featured on Hollywood Goes Wild! , a benefit celebrity compilation album, the group never formally released any albums, and had disbanded as of 2021. Jovovich has contributed tracks to soundtracks of several of her own films, including The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) and Dummy (2002), and for others films such as Underworld (2003) produced by musician Danny Lohner, who

1920-556: A spinoff series focusing on Cheetara. A side-scrolling video game based on the series, ThunderCats: The Lost Eye of Thundera , was published in 1987. The ThunderCats have been added to the CMON Zombicide franchise in 2022 in the fantasy universe. Three special boxes allow to play the Thundercats as well as some Mutants as heroes, while Mumm-ra appears as a necromancer and an Abomination. Items of clothing featuring

2016-484: Is a thriller about a newlywed couple (Milla and Zahn) on their honeymoon in Hawaii. Reviews for the film were mostly positive; while The Hollywood Reporter felt that Jovovich gave a "fairly subtle performance", The Globe and Mail noted that she and "[...]Kiele Sanchez manage to bring some dramatic tension to the frightened-girlfriend moments". A Perfect Getaway garnered modest box office returns. Jovovich starred in

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2112-403: Is an American actress and former fashion model. Her starring roles in numerous science-fiction and action films led the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning queen of kick-butt" in 2006. In 2004, Forbes determined that she was the highest-paid model in the world. Born in Kiev and raised in Los Angeles, Jovovich began modeling when Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of

2208-482: Is similar to the original; the ThunderCats escape their dying homeworld Thundera, only to crash land on Third Earth, facing off against various villains and their evil overlord, Mumm-Ra . However, after airing for only one season, it received negative reception from viewers, and the show was cancelled. Media franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For

2304-484: Is the Japanese term for a transmedia franchise. The term media mix gained its circulation in late 1980s and is first used to describe adaptations of Sakyo Komatsu 's Japan Sinks , but the origins of the strategy can be traced back to the 1960s with the proliferation of anime , with its interconnection of media and commodity goods. Some of the earlier popular Japanese franchises such as Vampire Hunter D in

2400-644: The ThunderCats franchise simultaneously launched as a line of action figures produced by LJN and as a syndicated after-school weekday cartoon. The original ThunderCats show was animated in Japan while being produced, written and voice acted in the United States. The series was distributed by Rankin/Bass Productions' then parent company Telepictures , which would later merge with Lorimar Television in February 1986. In January 1989, Lorimar-Telepictures

2496-551: The ThunderCats logo were available in the mid 1980s, and DVD boxsets releases of the original series helped new clothing products enjoy a resurgence in the mid to end of the 2000s, as nostalgia for the former children's favorite grew. A film adaptation of the series was announced in June 2007; Aurelio Jaro was to produce a CGI animated feature film of ThunderCats , based on a script written by Paul Sopocy. Jerry O'Flaherty, veteran video game art director, had signed on to direct. The film

2592-491: The fantasy and science fiction genres. Similarly, fantasy, science fiction films and television shows are frequently adapted into animated television series , video games, or both. A media franchise does not have to include the same characters or theme, as the brand identity can be the franchise, like Square Enix 's Final Fantasy or the National Lampoon series , and can suffer from critical failures even if

2688-465: The "face" of a global advertising campaign for Balmain . In 2019, Jovovich joined more than one hundred models who signed a petition to help protect Victoria's Secret models against sexual misconduct. Jovovich and fellow model Carmen Hawk launched a line of clothing called Jovovich–Hawk in 2003. The pair opened a showroom in New York City's Greenwich Village on September 13, 2005. All of

2784-423: The 1980s and Pokémon in the late 1990s, acted as benchmarks in the country's transmedia dominance. The latter in particular began as a video game available on Nintendo 's Game Boy , and crossed through the media of television, film, news, and other non-media related realms, such trading cards, merchandise, and more. A number of Japanese media franchises have gained considerable global popularity, and are among

2880-629: The 1991 Young Artist Awards , and "Worst New Star" at the 1991 Golden Raspberry Awards . In 1992, Jovovich co-starred with Christian Slater in the comedy Kuffs . Later that year, she portrayed Mildred Harris in the Charlie Chaplin biographical film Chaplin . In 1993, she acted in Richard Linklater 's film Dazed and Confused . She played Michelle Burroughs, the on-screen girlfriend to Pickford (played by her then-boyfriend Shawn Andrews ). Strongly featured in promotions for

2976-666: The CFDA/ Vogue Fashion Fund Award. Jovovich-Hawk was nominated as a finalist, although Doo-Ri Chung took the top prize. In 2007, Jovovich and Hawk designed the costume for Jovovich's character Alice in Resident Evil: Extinction . Alice's shorts are a variation on the "Alice Star" Shorts from the Spring 2007 collection. Later, Jovovich-Hawk signed a deal to design a diffusion collection for Target's Go International campaign, following in

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3072-636: The Italian magazine Lei in 1987. Richard Avedon featured her in Revlon 's "Most Unforgettable Women in the World" advertisements. In 1988, she made her screen debut in the television film The Night Train to Kathmandu and appeared in her first feature film, Two Moon Junction . Jovovich gained attention for her role in the 1991 romance film Return to the Blue Lagoon . She was considered to have

3168-506: The Soviet Union . Jovovich has stated, "I was called a commie and a Russian spy. I was [never] accepted into the crowd." At age 12, she left seventh grade to focus on modeling, which she had started at age nine. According to Jovovich, she was rebellious during her early teens, engaging in drug use, shopping-mall vandalism, and credit-card fraud. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1994. Jovovich's mother had "raised her to be

3264-567: The United Kingdom to tie-in with the television series of 2011, titled ThunderCats Magazine . The first issue featured a strip called Safe Haven which was written by Ferg Handley and drawn by Cosmo White. Each issue also included additional features, such as character profiles, puzzles, a reader art page and a poster. In February 2024 Dynamite Entertainment announced plans to publish a new ThunderCats series written by Declan Shalvey and drawn by Drew Moss. In April 2024, Dynamite announced

3360-407: The actress' own life. In 2004, Jovovich reprised the role of Alice in the sequel to Resident Evil , Resident Evil: Apocalypse . The role required her to do fight training for three hours a day, in addition to the three months prior to filming in which she had "gun training, martial arts, everything". Apocalypse received even more negative reactions from the critics than the first film, but it

3456-528: The administrator of an island-bound reform school in the fantasy film Paradise Hills (2019), the directorial debut of Alice Waddington . She also played the evil Vivienne Nimue, the Blood Queen in the Hellboy reboot movie, released in 2019. Jovovich is the co-founder and owner of the production company Creature Entertainment. Jovovich had begun working on a music album as early as 1988, when she

3552-573: The box office, gaining $ 66 million worldwide. In 2000, Jovovich appeared as the troubled Eloise in The Million Dollar Hotel , a film based on a concept story by Bono of the band U2 and Nicholas Klein. Directed by Wim Wenders , Jovovich starred alongside Jeremy Davies and Mel Gibson ; she provided vocals on the film's soundtrack. That year she also played bar owner Lucia, in the British western film The Claim (2000). This

3648-456: The ceremony. They divorced in 1999. In 2000, she briefly dated then Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante saying she fell in love with him after hearing his album Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt six years earlier. Between 1998 and 2001, she befriended the young poet and musician Anno Birkin , as mutual inspiration behind many of their compositions. Jovovich became romantically involved with Birkin just before his death in

3744-796: The daughter of Galina ( née  Loginova ), a Russian actress, and Bogdan Jovović, a Serbian doctor. Her maternal ancestors were from Tula . She spent most of her early childhood in Moscow, her mother's native city. Jovovich has stated that she was born in Ukraine "pretty much by accident", while she has no memories of her early years there. However, Jovovich "remembers a lot" about her life in Russia. In 1980, she immigrated with her family to London and then Sacramento, California before settling in Los Angeles seven months later. Jovovich's parents divorced soon after their arrival. In 1988, her father had

3840-490: The day-in-the-life episodes of the many different Real Housewives series. Documentaries and docuseries are other highlights of the non-fiction branch of media franchises, such as the popular Planet Earth series, which serves as both a film and television transmedia franchise. Milla Jovovich Milica Bogdanovna Jovović ( / ˈ j oʊ v ə v ɪ tʃ / YOH -və-vitch ; born December 17, 1975), known professionally as Milla Jovovich ( MEE -lə ),

3936-452: The death of her allies and the catastrophe they have caused. Time Out in its review for the film noted: "While the franchise has slackened into dependably dumb post-apocalyptic thrills, star Milla Jovovich has only gotten better, seasoning her long-legged athleticism with a commanding stare". The Final Chapter was the highest-grossing film in the franchise, earning over US$ 312 million worldwide. In Shock and Awe (2017), Jovovich played

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4032-510: The dresses for Jovovich-Hawk line were designed by herself and her partner Carmen Hawk. The atelier is based in Los Angeles, but pieces were at Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Harvey Nichols , and over 50 stores around the world. Vogue praised the line for its "girl-about-town cult status most designers spend years trying to achieve". In November 2006, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and US Vogue nominated Jovovich-Hawk for

4128-725: The fictional worlds they love, adds to the overall narrative the franchise creates through its other media. Marvel's Avenger's Campus park is one of the many franchise-based theme parks created in recent times, following the creation of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure and Star Wars' Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney World . Media franchises tend to cross over from their original media to other forms. Literary franchises are often transported to film, such as Nancy Drew , Miss Marple , and other popular detectives , as well as popular comic book superheroes . Television and film franchises are often expanded upon in novels , particularly those in

4224-470: The film The Matrix Reloaded and the video game Enter the Matrix were produced at the same time, using the same actors on the same sets, and released on the same day. Transmedia franchises occasionally release content through certain media that is not canon to the main or greater story that the franchise is built around, meaning that the elements of said content do not truly exist in the main timeline of

4320-461: The film, Jovovich was upset to find her role much reduced in the released film. Discouraged, she took a hiatus from acting roles, moving to Europe. Jovovich returned to acting in 1997 with a lead role in the French science-fiction action film The Fifth Element , alongside Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman . This was written and directed by Luc Besson . She portrayed Leeloo, an alien who helps to save

4416-467: The financial logic of cost-recovery for expensive productions by identifying that a single medium launch is a lost opportunity, the timeliness of the production and release is more important than its integrity, the releases should raise brand awareness and the cross-ability of the work is critical for its success. American Idol was a transmedia franchise from its beginnings, with the first season winner Kelly Clarkson signing with RCA Records and having

4512-555: The focus on the content of the commodity to "overlapping the commodity image with the character image". The book Anime's Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan, by Marc Steinberg, details the evolution of the media mix in Japan. Long-running franchises were common in the early studio era, when Hollywood studios had actors and directors under long-term contract. In such cases, even lead actors are often replaced as they age, lose interest, or their characters are killed. Spin-offs and adaptations of popular pieces of media within

4608-528: The footsteps of Luella, Paul & Joe, and Proenza Schouler . In late 2008, Jovovich and Hawk mutually agreed to end the business due to increased demands on their time. Jovovich explained, "I'm an artist. I'm not someone who can deal with shipping rates and taxes". Jovovich has been noted for her careers as a model, singer, and actress. Music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt" for her roles in various sci-fi and action films and Rebecca Flint Marx of Allmovie said that despite

4704-433: The franchise's characters and settings. As one author explains, "For the studios, a home-run is a film from which a multimedia 'franchise' can be generated; the colossally expensive creation of cross-media conglomerates predicated on synergistic rewards provides an obvious imperative to develop such products." The trend later developed wherein franchises would be launched in multiple forms of media simultaneously; for instance,

4800-415: The franchise. Canon content often times breaks continuity, leading fans to speculate or seek to confirm which media are canon and which are not, which can get confusing if the franchise does not provide an answer themselves since entire media can be non-canon to the greater story, with a popular example occurring. On the other hand, specific episodes, volumes or parts of a series can be canon while others in

4896-541: The importance of education in her life, "...my mom raised me in the traditions of her country. For example, I never spent hours sitting before a TV and always read a lot. And I believe that education, intellect and intelligence are a huge part of the beauty of Russian women." Jovovich has advocated the legalization of cannabis and appeared in a spread and on the cover for High Times . In an article published in 1994, she said that her only vices were cigarettes and cannabis. She practices yoga and meditates often to live

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4992-400: The lyrics and composed the music of the songs when she was fifteen, except a cover of a Ukrainian folk song, "In a Glade". In April 1994, billed under her first name, she released The Divine Comedy , a title that was a reference to the epic poem by Dante Alighieri of the same name . Jovovich had chosen the title after seeing Russian artist Alexis Steele's proposed cover artwork sketch for

5088-473: The magazine), footwear, clothing of every kind, jewelry, housewares (lamps, clocks, bedding, glassware), guitars and gambling, playing cards, pinball machines and pet accessories, billiard balls, bedroom appurtenances, enhancements, plus countless other items of merchandise. Non-fiction media franchises also exist in the television and film media, with reality TV being one of the most well-known examples; ranging from competition shows like The Amazing Race to

5184-693: The manipulative gang wife Erin in No Good Deed (2002), Nadine in the romantic comedy You Stupid Man (2002), punk rocker Fangora ("Fanny") in Dummy (2003), and provided a guest voice on the television series King of the Hill . The role of Fangora in Dummy allowed Jovovich to act in film with Oscar -winning Adrien Brody , who was a friend prior to filming. Jovovich found it easy to identify with this role because she felt Fangora possessed similar qualities to

5280-400: The media fictional material is unrelated. Non-fiction literary franchises include the ...For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to... reference books . An enduring and comprehensive example of a media franchise is Playboy Enterprises , which began expanding well beyond its successful magazine, Playboy , within a few years after its first publication, into such enterprises as

5376-473: The mother of a promiscuous and troubled high school student in the independent coming-of-age dramedy Dirty Girl , which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, opposite Juno Temple , William H. Macy , Mary Steenburgen , and Tim McGraw . In its review for the latter film, The Hollywood Reporter found Jovovich to be "terrific" in what it described as a "sweet [and] sassy period comedy with

5472-475: The music video for the song " If You Can't Say No " by Lenny Kravitz . That year she returned to the action genre playing the title role in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc , under direction of Luc Besson. She cut her hair short and wore armour in several extensive battle scenes. Jovovich received generally good reviews for her performance. The historical drama did moderately well at

5568-523: The negative critical response for the Resident Evil films, the franchise has turned Jovovich into an "A-list action star". Her action roles have given her a geek following for which MTV said she was "Every Geek's Dream Girl". In 2004, Jovovich was ranked No.   69 on Maxim magazine's "Top 100 Hot List", ranked No. 82 in 2005 and ranked No. 21 in 2010. Maxim also named her No. 11 on their list of "Hottest Nerd Crushes". In 2008, she

5664-433: The overarching story and narrative of the franchise itself. A connection between the characters, settings, and other elements of the media franchise do still exist within the different media, regardless of the fact that they are being presented in sometimes completely different ways, such as the shared, interweaving storylines and elements of Spider-Man films, television shows, comics and video games. Espen Aarseth describes

5760-490: The owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom , which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchise-based fandoms have grown to be even more popular in recent years with

5856-399: The planet. Jovovich said she "worked like hell: no band practice, no clubs, no pot, nothing" to acquire the role and impress Besson. Jovovich co-created and mastered an alien fictional language of over 400 words for her role. She wore a costume that came to be known as the "ACE-bandage" costume; the body suit designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier was made of medical bandages. The Fifth Element

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5952-484: The popular Twilight book series that was adapted into the five films of The Twilight Saga . Other neologisms exist to describe various franchise types including metaseries , which can be used to describe works such as Isaac Asimov 's Foundation series . Multimedia franchises usually develop through a character or fictional world becoming popular in one medium, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements , with respect to intellectual property in

6048-415: The release of A Moment Like This becoming a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100. The success resulted in a nationwide concert tour, an American Idol book that made the bestseller list and the film From Justin to Kelly . A transmedia franchise however is often referred to by the simpler term "media franchise". The term media franchise is often used to describe the popular adaptation of a work into films, like

6144-409: The rise of social media platforms, as many fans seek to interact with one another for discussion, debate and even to create their own fan-made pieces of media revolving around the franchise, on websites like tumblr , Reddit and Fandom . In the case of successful transmedia franchises, each different medium should expand the target demographic and fandom, build the interest of the consumers and add to

6240-508: The role because she and her brother Marco had been fans of the video game franchise. Jovovich had trained in karate , kickboxing , and combat-training, and had performed all the stunts required in the film, except for a scene that would involve her jumping to a cement platform, which her management deemed too dangerous. The film was commercially successful, grossing US$ 17 million on its opening weekend; it eventually made US$ 40 million domestically and $ 102 million worldwide. Later, she portrayed

6336-547: The role of Russian culture in her life when she stated in 2005: "I have a Russian mother, she was a famous actress in the USSR ( Galina Loginova ). And the first books, which I read, were in Russian. I was raised in the atmosphere of the Russian classical theatre school. The art, built on the system of Stanislavsky – that's the most realistic art. And the modern cinema stands on the same principle. A Russian person wants to find

6432-712: The role of a Diplomatic Security Service / Foreign Service officer at the US Embassy in London. Both films received a video on demand release in North America, despite theatrical runs abroad. Jovovich made a cameo appearance reprising the role of villain Katinka in 2016's Zoolander 2 . Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016), the sixth and final film of the Resident Evil franchise, starred Jovovich as Alice as she continues her vengeance against Umbrella for

6528-423: The romantic comedy Lucky Trouble , which was her Russian-language film debut. Jovovich returned to her role as Alice in the fifth installment of Resident Evil for Resident Evil: Retribution (2012). She played an ambitious woman and the second wife of the leader of a motorcycle club in 2014's Cymbeline , a film version of the eponymous play by William Shakespeare , and in 2015's Survivor , she took on

6624-525: The same medium are not, such as the fact that only some of the Battlestar Galactica comics are canon, with a large amount of them breaking the continuity of the main story. In Japanese culture and entertainment, media mix ( wasei-eigo : メディアミックス , mediamikkusu ) is a strategy to disperse content across multiple representations: different broadcast media , gaming technologies, cell phones, toys, amusement parks , and other methods. It

6720-544: The science-fiction thriller The Fourth Kind , as a psychologist in Alaska who uses hypnosis to uncover memories from her patients of alien abduction. While the film was largely panned by critics, it made US$ 47.71 million in cinemas worldwide. In 2010, Jovovich returned as Alice in the fourth movie of the Resident Evil series , Afterlife , which was directed by her husband, Paul W. S. Anderson , and portrayed

6816-487: The then untitled album. Jovovich found that the sketch had "all the struggle that I'm singing about. It is the divine comedy." The Divine Comedy was well received by critics, and features pop-infused traditional Ukrainian folk songs that led to comparisons with Tori Amos and Kate Bush . John McAlley of Rolling Stone called the album "remarkable", "strikingly mature and rich in invention", and as featuring "angst-laced poetry with vivid melodies and arrangements that find

6912-615: The track "REV 22:20", which was featured on various film soundtracks in its original or a remixed form. In January 2009, she collaborated with Maynard and Danny Lohner on the Puscifer track called, "The Mission". She performed the song at the first live Puscifer performance on February 13, 2009, in Las Vegas , Nevada. Danny Lohner, and longtime music collaborator Chris Brenner record and perform with Jovovich, who has made several highly praised appearances. A new single called "Electric Sky"

7008-409: The truth. This is the base of the Russian culture. I never forget it, especially since I have Russian roots". When asked if she still feels Russian after having left Russia at a young age, Jovovich replied, "Definitely. I still speak Russian. I speak it with my daughter. I read her Russian stories and poems. My roots are very important—they make me who I am". Speaking about her early years, Milla noted

7104-614: The wife of an investigator working on the reasons behind the Bush Administration 's 2003 invasion of Iraq , starring opposite Woody Harrelson and Tommy Lee Jones . In Future World (2018), she obtained the role of a drug lord, alongside James Franco , who also directed the film. While reviewers felt Jovovich was "underused" in Shock and Awe , Future World holds a 0% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , based on 9 reviews. Jovovich starred as

7200-477: The world's highest-grossing media franchises . For example, Pokémon 's penetration into the American market of the franchise along with others of Japanese origin, such as Yu-Gi-Oh! , gave rise to the recognition of what is variously called transmedia storytelling , crossmedia, transmediation , media synergy, etc. Researchers argue that the 1963 Tetsuwan Atomu marked a shift in Japanese marketing from

7296-954: The young model contracts. Since then, she has been featured on more than 100 magazine covers, including Vogue , Cosmopolitan , Elle , Glamour , Marie Claire , Harper's Bazaar , and GQ . She has walked for Balmain , Versace , Fendi , Trussardi , Alessandro Dell'Acqua , Costume National , Iceberg , Anna Sui , Dries van Noten , Ann Demeulemeester , Marc Jacobs , Miu Miu , Salvatore Ferragamo , Missoni , Blumarine , Jil Sander , and Jean Paul Gautier . She has been part of campaigns for Banana Republic , Christian Dior , Jimmy Choo , Prada , Isabel Marant , Celine , Guess? , Chanel , Tommy Hilfiger , Tiffany & Co. , Roberto Cavalli , Damiani , Donna Karan , Gap , Versace , Calvin Klein , DKNY , Coach , Giorgio Armani , H&M , and Revlon . Since 1998, Jovovich has been an "international spokesmodel" for L'Oréal cosmetics. She

7392-541: Was "particularly good as a breathy femme fatale who seduces De Niro with a mere change in inflection". Jovovich starred in Paul W. S. Anderson 's romantic action adventure film The Three Musketeers , as Milady de Winter , in 2011, alongside Matthew Macfadyen , Logan Lerman , Ray Stevenson , Luke Evans , Orlando Bloom , and Christoph Waltz . After the lackluster response for Musketeers , Jovovich criticised Summit Entertainment for not "promoting [the film] properly" as

7488-438: Was 21 and Jovovich was 16; the marriage was annulled by her mother two months later. Shortly after the annulment, Jovovich moved to Europe with her friend and musician Chris Brenner where she met and lived with her new boyfriend, ex- Jamiroquai bassist Stuart Zender , in London from May 1994 to October 1995. She married The Fifth Element director Luc Besson in 1997 in Las Vegas where they went skydiving directly after

7584-534: Was also adapted into a television series from writer storyboard artist and created the Cartoon Network Studios digital series Get 'Em Tommy! . Halpern-Graser previously worked as a writer for various DC Nation Shorts , and was co-creator of the show on Disney XD , Right Now Kapow . ThunderCats Roar features an explicitly cartoonish art style with a more lighthearted, comedic tone than previous ThunderCats installments. The show's premise

7680-421: Was an even greater commercial success, ranking number one at the box office. Following the release of the film, Jovovich was unhappy with the critical results and director Alexander Witt 's effort. She noted during an interview that year that her large action films take care of the commercial part of her career, while she acts in "independent little films that never come out" to appease her artistic side, and "It's

7776-759: Was announced that Warner Bros. was once more actively developing a live-action ThunderCats film with Adam Wingard set to direct the film, with a screenplay by Wingard and Simon Barrett , and Roy Lee and Dan Lin serving as producers. A second television series of the same name premiered in 2011. It was initially planned to have a fifty-two episode-long first season, but it was shortened down to 26, and cancelled shortly after season one finished airing. It later had reruns on Adult Swim 's Toonami block, alongside Sym-Bionic Titan . A third ThunderCats cartoon, ThunderCats Roar , premiered on Cartoon Network in 2020. The show's developers are Victor Courtright and Marly Halpern-Graser. Courtright previously worked on which

7872-477: Was being produced by Spring Creek Productions. It was set for release in the summer of 2010, but the movie was never greenlit, and, as of 2024, has yet to be produced. Concept art for the film has also been leaked online. In 2011, test footage in CGI was leaked onto YouTube . In 2017, during the promotion of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter , Milla Jovovich expressed interest to portray Cheetara. In March 2021, it

7968-489: Was born on April 1, 2015, also at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center . In 2019, Jovovich revealed she was pregnant with her third daughter after miscarrying two years prior. She gave birth to their third daughter, Osian Lark Elliot, on February 2, 2020. Jovovich resides in Los Angeles and New York City . She speaks Russian , English , French , and Serbian . She was brought up in a Russian household and referred to

8064-518: Was cast as the lead in Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), opposite Brian Krause . Given her age and beauty, she was often compared to Brooke Shields , another child model -turned-actress, who had starred in The Blue Lagoon (1980). The role was controversial as, like Shields, Jovovich appeared nude in the film. Jovovich was nominated for "Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture" at

8160-487: Was convicted and imprisoned for participating in the largest health-insurance fraud ever investigated. He was given a 20-year sentence in 1994 but was released in 1999. Jovovich has stated, "Prison was good for him. He's become a much better person. It gave him a chance to stop and think." She attended public schools in Los Angeles, becoming fluent in English in three months. She was teased by classmates for coming from

8256-702: Was critically panned and failed at the box office , grossing US$ 31 million worldwide. Also in 2006, Jovovich starred in the independent thriller .45 , with Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen . In 2007, Jovovich reprised her role as Alice in Resident Evil: Extinction , the third of the Resident Evil series. The film grossed an estimated $ 24 million on its opening weekend, topping the box-office gross for that week. In 2009, Jovovich starred in David Twohy 's A Perfect Getaway with Kiele Sanchez , Timothy Olyphant , and Steve Zahn . The film

8352-535: Was followed by a supporting role as the evil Katinka in the comedy Zoolander (2001). In 2002, Jovovich starred in the horror-action film Resident Evil , released in the United States on March 15, 2002, and based on the Capcom video game series of the same name . She portrayed Alice , the film's heroine, who fights a legion of zombies created by the Umbrella Corporation . Jovovich had accepted

8448-717: Was nominated for "Favorite Female Newcomer" at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards and "Best Fight" at the MTV Movie Awards . The film inspired a video game and a planned Leeloo action figure, but the figure was never released due to licensing problems. In a 2003 interview, Jovovich said Leeloo was her favorite role. In 1998, Jovovich appeared in Spike Lee 's drama He Got Game , as abused prostitute Dakota Burns; she acted with Denzel Washington and Ray Allen . In 1999, she appeared in

8544-481: Was picked up by Mango , a Spanish clothing line, as their new spokesmodel and is featured in their advertising campaigns; she is in advertisements for Etro . She has said that "Modeling was never a priority" and that the money she earns enables her "to be selective about the creative decisions [she] make[s]". In 2012, Jovovich was hired as the new "face" of a global advertising campaign for wristwatch and jewelry retailer Jacob & Co . In 2018, Jovovich became

8640-509: Was purchased by and folded into Warner Bros. , whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distribution of the show; Warner Bros. has owned the rights to the series (and all Lorimar-Telepictures programming) from that point on. There were also several comic book series produced. A ThunderCats comic book series based on the animated series was published by Marvel Comics through its Star Comics imprint in 1985, lasting for three years and twenty-four issues. During this time in

8736-517: Was ranked No. 90 on Ask Men 's Top 99 Women of 2008 List. In 2011, Jovovich attended and sang at the birthday celebration of Mikhail Gorbachev . She gave a speech thanking Gorbachev, saying that when she and her family left the Soviet Union in 1980, they were sure that they would never see their relatives again but they have been reunited. Jovovich married on-screen boyfriend Shawn Andrews in 1992 while filming Dazed and Confused . Andrews

8832-497: Was referred to in a minor cameo in Bret Easton Ellis 's novel Glamorama , a satire of society's obsession with celebrities and beauty. Jovovich was said to be designer Miuccia Prada 's muse in 2002; a 2003 article claimed she was Gianni Versace 's "favourite supermodel". In 2004, Jovovich topped Forbes magazine's "Richest Supermodels of the World" list, earning a reported $ 10.5 million, and in 2006, Jovovich

8928-487: Was released on May 18, 2012, and presented at the Life Ball . In 2017, she collaborated in the single "Attention of Ernest Shalubin". Jovovich writes songs which she refers to as "demos", freely downloadable from her website with license to remix the tracks and reserved right to sell and issue them. Jovovich's early work with Herb Ritts , Richard Avedon , and Peter Lindbergh led to her success in advertising, bringing

9024-400: Was selected as the opening film for the 1997 Cannes Film Festival , and its worldwide box office gross was over $ 263 million, more than three times its budget of $ 80 million. The Fifth Element was often praised for its visual style; critic James Berardinelli wrote, "Jovovich makes an impression, although her effectiveness has little to do with acting and less to do with dialogue". Jovovich

9120-519: Was signed by SBK Records after the company heard a demo she recorded. In August 1990, she asserted in an interview that the then-forthcoming album would be "a mix between Kate Bush , Sinéad O'Connor , This Mortal Coil , and the Cocteau Twins ." After it was initially presented by SBK strictly as a pop album, Jovovich protested, insisting on using her personal poetry for lyrics and recording her own instrumental material. Jovovich had written

9216-789: Was the bass player in Nine Inch Nails for many years. Her song "The Gentlemen Who Fell" is on The Rules of Attraction soundtrack of 2002. In 2001, Jovovich joined many celebrities whose vocals were featured in a cover of "We are Family" to raise money for the American Red Cross . She has appeared as guest vocalist on the song "Former Lover" on Deepak Chopra 's album, A Gift of Love II: Oceans of Ecstasy (2002) and Legion of Boom (2004) by The Crystal Method . Beginning in 2003, Jovovich worked with musician Maynard James Keenan , of Tool and A Perfect Circle , on his Industrial side project Puscifer , contributing vocals to

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