First official photos of Resident Evil movie reboot of ‘Welcome to Raccoon City’ and new details revealed

Not only do we get our first look at the official Resident Evil movie reboot photos for Welcome to Raccoon City, but we also have new details about the next movie.

Courtesy of IGN, we get our first look at Avan Jogia as Leon S. Kennedy and Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield. For even more photos, including Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker, Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine, and Nathan Dales as Brad Vickers, you can view the full photo gallery to the right. here.

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Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield

Also included with the reveal of the new set is an interview with director Johannes Roberts, where he reaffirmed that the movie reboot is based on the first two Resident Evil games and how Raccoon City became a focal point for chaos to unfold. Unleash on the world with the T-Virus. . He also mentioned how this movie will be a completely different experience than the movies starring Milla Jovovich, saying:

“This movie really has nothing to do with the previous franchise. It was about going back to games and creating a movie that was much more of a horror movie than the kind of sci-fi action from previous movies. In particular, I was hugely influenced by the remake of the second game and really wanted to capture the atmosphere-soaked tone it had. It was so cinematic. The previous movies were very bright and shiny, while this movie was dark and dirty, shot entirely at night. It rains constantly and the city is shrouded in fog. … I was greatly influenced by movies like The Exorcist (and The Exorcist 3!), Don’t Look Now, and The Shining. You can really feel the texture in this movie. Nothing in this city feels high-tech. It feels dilapidated. I wanted Raccoon City to feel a bit like Deer Hunter City; a ghost town forgotten by the rest of the world. And the whole structure of the movie was definitely heavily influenced by Assault on Precinct 13. “

“With this movie, I really wanted to go back to the first two original games and recreate the terrifying visceral experience I had when I first played them, while at the same time telling a grounded human story about a dying small American town that feels so relatable. as relevant to today’s audiences, “Johannes said earlier this year.

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Marina Mazepa as Lisa Trevor

In the wake of this new movie, the director mentioned that he wanted the Resident Evil cinematic verse to go back to the roots of the franchise: Horror. “I wanted to go back to the horror of it all. I wanted scares and atmosphere instead of full action, ”Roberts told the site. “I think the fans of the game felt the same. They wanted to see the iconic characters and locations and feel like the movie was more in line with the Resident Evil game world, so we really decided to go in that direction. We worked hand-in-hand with Capcom on this movie to the point where we actually got blueprints of the Spencer Mansion and Raccoon police station designs to recreate them in the most perfect way possible. We even have the exact artwork on the walls of the mansion. Capcom saw it for the first time the other day and was very happy and excited. “

The next resident Evil The reboot of the film will take place in a new universe inspired by the iconic Capcom franchise, including the main characters we’ve fallen in love with over the years. He also has an all-star team behind the film, which includes Robert Kulzer as producer (Paul WS Anderson resident Evil movies), James Harris (I’m not a serial killer), Hartley Gorenstein (Boys), and Martin Moszkowicz as executive producer. Alex Zhang (Greyhound) and Victor Hadida are scheduled as co-executive producers, with Colin Scully and Alex Westmore overseeing the entire reboot.

For more information, see the full interview. here.

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