Stranded traveler gets more than he bargained for in Resident Evil teaser
Fresh off the Oscar-winning Weapons, director Zach Cregger has his own vision for the gaming franchise.
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The Resident Evil film franchise has grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide since the first film debuted in 2002, but an attempt to reboot it a few years ago floundered. Sony Pictures is trying again, this time tapping Zach Cregger—who wrote, produced, and directed last year's Oscar-winning horror hit Weapons—for the project. The studio showed the first teaser for Cregger's Resident Evil during CinemaCon and just released it to the public. When the first Resident Evil game debuted in 1996, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, spawning several sequel games, comics, novels, and a very lucrative film franchise directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich. But those films were only loosely based on the games, keeping a few primary characters and the basic concept, but little else. Reviews were mixed, despite the films' massive box office success. Work on the first reboot started in 2017, eventually producing 2021's Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. Director Roberts Johannes wanted to bring a very different tone to his film. He wanted to stay closer to the Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 games—even employing the same fixed angles of Spencer Mansion in the first game. Alas, Welcome to Raccoon City was critically panned and had a disappointing box office showing, grossing just $42 million globally against its $25 million budget. The studio nixed its plans for a direct sequel, and a 2022 Netflix series was also cancelled after a less-than-stellar first season. Read full article Comments
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