Resident Evil Reboot: R.P.D populated with Zombies set photo released

 

Looks like things in the Resident Evil Reboot set are shaping up to be pretty close to the games their based on this time around, as a new photo that's circulating online shows us the front of the Raccoon Police Department in the midst of a zombie apocalypse! Those familiar with the original Resident Evil 2 and its Remake will be pretty excited by this set photo - and hopefully an indication that Constantin Films is indeed pursuing a reboot that's faithful to the source material!

We'll just have to wait and see what other updates may come on the horizon. Big thanks to Biohazard Declassified for sharing this over at their Facebook page! The RE Reboot is slated for release sometime in 2021!

Happy Halloween! Looks like the upcoming Resident Evil Reboot is looking straight from the source!

 

It's All Hallows Eve, and a lot of us are celebrating Trick or Treat and all things horror and spooky indoors this year thanks to the ongoing global pandemic restricting activities and gatherings. That however hasn't stopped work and production for some upcoming film projects (albeit with safety measures enforced of course), and one of these is the upcoming Resident Evil Reboot film, with Johannes Roberts set to direct and the likes of Robbie Amell and Hannah John-Kamen to star as Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, respectively!

Thanks to Biohazard Declassified in Facebook, we get a look at some set photos that have made their way to the interwebz that suggest that the filmmakers who are starting over with the RE film franchise are going to be faithful this time around with the source material - including building the Raccoon Police Department gate just like it was featured in the games! Plus, Kendo Gun Shop is also looking like it's straight from Resident Evil 2!

The Resident Evil Reboot is currently filming and will be released (hopefully) sometime in 2021.

Resident Evil Movie Reboot Announces Cast, Will Adapt the 1998 Video Games Storyline

 

Survival Horror fans and Resident Evil/ Biohazard mainstays like myself are seeing a flicker of hope with the latest news that just hit for the Resident Evil Movie Reboot project, as Deadline has a new report up announcing the cast and story details for the new do over film. 

Once again handled by Constantin Film and now helmed by "47 Meters Down" director Johannes Roberts, the movie WILL ADAPT the 1998 Video Games storyline, with the report saying Constantin and Roberts "have conceived an official origin story adaptation with faithful ties to Capcom’s classic survival horror games". That means they are going to adapt the infamous "Mansion Incident" - which tell the events of the first Resident Evil/ Biohazard game and its Remake, as well as the "Raccoon City Outbreak" which was depicted in Resident Evil 2 and its remakes! This will definitely get fans excited and happy that this is FINALLY HAPPENING.

As shown in Deadline, cast in the roles are the following Kaya Scodelario (Maze Runner) as Claire Redfield, Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp) as Jill Valentine, Robbie Amell (Upload) as Chris Redfield, Tom Hopper (The Umbrella Academy) as Albert Wesker, Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap) as Leon S. Kennedy, and Neal McDonough (Yellowstone) as William Birkin. It's definitely a powerful looking cast, and if they play the script and execution right - we may have a pretty good adaptation coming up. Franchise producer Robert Kulzer, who produced the Milla Jovovich Resident Evil films, had some pretty big exciting things to say that finally makes an RE fan's dreams come true.

“After a dozen games, six live-action movies and hundreds of pages of fan fiction, we felt compelled to return to the year 1998, to explore the secrets hidden in the walls of the Spenser Mansion and Raccoon City."

No release date has been given yet for the Resident Evil Reboot, but we can probably expect more news soon as the franchise celebrates its 25th Anniversary next year!