IGN has debuted the first official promo stills for Sony Pictures, Screen Gems and Constantin Films' upcoming Resident Evil reboot, Welcome to Raccoon City, which has Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at Night) on board as writer and director.
The images feature some familiar faces from the first three Resident Evil Games: Claire Redfield (Kaya Scodelario), Leon S. Kennedy (Avan Jogia), Albert Wesker (Tom Hopper), Brad Vickers (Nathan Dales), Jill Valentine (Hannah John-Kamen), and Chris Redfield (Robbie Amell). We also see the monstrous Lisa Trevor (Marina Mazepa), who will reportedly play a pivotal role in the movie.
“I wanted to go back to the horror of it all. I wanted scares and atmosphere rather than full-on action,” Roberts explains. “I think fans of the game felt the same. They wanted to see the iconic characters and locations and feel that the movie was more in line with the Resident Evil game world so that’s really why we chose to go in that direction. We worked hand in hand with Capcom on this movie to the point that we actually got blueprints from them on the designs of the Spencer Mansion and Raccoon police station in order to recreate them as perfectly as we could. We even have the exact artwork up on the mansion walls. Capcom saw it for the first time the other day and was so happy and excited.”
Check out the stills at the link below.
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City also stars Neal McDonough (Yellowstone) as William Birkin, and Donal Logue (Silent Night, Gotham) as Chief Irons. The movie is set to hit theaters on November 24, 2021, in the US, December 3 in the UK.
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