If you've been awaiting the arrival Paul W. S. Anderson's Monster Hunter movie with bated breath (and not necessarily because you're incredibly excited to see it), you may now begin the countdown toward exhalation: Sony Pictures has announced that Monster Hunter will be hitting cinemas, possibly with a faint squelching sound, on September 4th next year.
That release date (thanks Deadline) has been a long time coming; a Monster Hunter film was first rumoured to be in the works back in 2012 and was only made official by Capcom last year. As we now know, it's being helmed by Resident Evil and Event Horizon director Paul W. S. Anderson and stars Milla Jovovich, Diego Boneta, Ron Perlman, Meagan Good, and Tony Jaa.
If you're curious to know how Anderson and co. have chosen to adapt Capcom's beloved Monster Hunter series for the big screen, here's the official synopsis: