{"id":165,"date":"2020-10-07T17:33:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1321961"},"modified":"2020-10-07T17:33:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:33:44","slug":"wait-were-getting-yet-more-resident-evil-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=165","title":{"rendered":"Wait, we\u2019re getting yet more Resident Evil movies?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Resident Evil<\/em> is getting its hundredth film adaptation (or at least that\u2019s what it feels like) and this time they\u2019re adapting the game\u2019s story, for better or for worse. Specifically, they\u2019ll apparently be adapting the first two games, bringing some classic characters to the screen \u2014 properly this time.<\/p>\n

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Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen and Robbie Amell will star in #ResidentEvil<\/a>, the official origin story for the movie franchise based on the horror video games. https:\/\/t.co\/mQy42hUuJA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OeElu1XhtL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The new movie is set in 1998 in Raccoon City and the Arklay Mountains. Franchise producer Robert Kulzer said in a statement (via Deadline<\/a>), \u201cAfter a dozen games, six live-action movies and hundreds of pages of fan fiction, [Editors note: Fanfiction? That counts?]<\/em> we felt compelled to return to the year 1998, to explore the secrets hidden in the walls of the Spenser Mansion and Raccoon City.\u201d The films stars include Robbie Amell as Chris, Hannah John-Kamen as Jill, Tom Hopper as Wesker, Avan Jogia as Leon, Kaya Scodelario as Claire, and Neal McDonough as Birkin.<\/span><\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re too lazy to go look them up yourselves, I shall assure you they all look reasonably similar to their video game counterparts \u2014 and besides, with this series, all it takes is an iconic item of clothing or weaponry for each character to be instantly recognizable. Leon Kennedy\u2019s had more character models over the years than I care to count, and in each one you know it\u2019s him because he has that stupid, stupid 90s haircut. So yeah, just give Avan Jogia that floppy lock of dirty blonde in front of his face and boom, there\u2019s your Leon Kennedy. Heck, Tom Hopper\u2019s already a tall British man \u2014 just put some shades on him at night and that\u2019s Wesker.<\/p>\n

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Very excited to get (safely) back to work. Promise to bring you guys a kick ass, determined, zombie whooping Claire Redfield \u2013 with some heart too \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb https:\/\/t.co\/R07cIMCM8L<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaya Scodelario (@kScodders) October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m curious (and maybe a little concerned) about just how <\/em>faithful they\u2019ll be to the games. Loyalty is great and all, but some of the backstory (and hell, some of the front<\/em>story) in this series is incredibly silly and only really works within video games. Hell, the whole outbreak in Raccoon City originally started because one of the founders of a pharmaceutical company mutated himself into a seven-foot-tall pretty boy who controls virus-spreading leeches with an operatic countertenor. I\u2019ll eat my whole computer with hot sauce if they put that <\/em>into the movie.<\/p>\n

The original Resident Evil films, in case you haven\u2019t seen them, can best be described as one movie starring Milla Jovovich in a plot related to the games only with the names Umbrella and Raccoon City, and then about seven or eight movies attempting to retrofit the plot of the games to this only-vaguely-related original. I\u2019m on record saying that the first movie is the best precisely because it\u2019s related so little to the game\u2019s more gamey<\/em> elements, and I stand by that.<\/p>\n

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I grew up playing the Resident Evil games. This is a dream come true. \ud83e\udd73 https:\/\/t.co\/YP8CQEkLgU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Robbie Amell (@RobbieAmell) October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Still, writer-director Johannes Roberts described the story as a \u201cterrifying visceral experience\u201d that recalls the feeling the first two games gave him, \u201cwhilst at the same time telling a grounded human story about a small dying American town that feels both relatable and relevant to today\u2019s audiences.\u201d That last part is the one that sounds like it might have some legs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In case you aren\u2019t aware, this is one of several Resident Evil game-to-screen adaptations on the way. In addition to the live-action show<\/a> that\u2019ll allegedly star Wesker\u2019s two children, we\u2019re also getting a CGI movie called Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness<\/em>, which reunites Claire and Leon post-Raccoon City. I\u2019m not sure who\u2019s greenlit this whole Resident Evil <\/em>film\/show renaissance, but it\u2019s still kind of amazing to me that a 20+ year-old franchise is still purring along as a multimedia tour-de-force.<\/p>\n

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