A new Resident Evil movie, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, promises to tell the origin story of Capcom’s famous horror franchise later this year. And here’s your first look at stars Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield and Avan Jogia as Leon S Kennedy, courtesy of IGN. There are other images of Hannah John-Kamen’s Jill Valentine and Robbie Amell’s Chris Redfield through the link.
“This was all about returning to the games and creating a movie that was much more a horror movie than the sort of sci-fi action of the previous films,” writer and director Johannes Roberts said. “I was hugely influenced in particular by the remake of the second game and I really wanted to capture the atmosphere-drenched tone that it had.”
While that is an honourable ambition, these first images look more like cosplay than a big cinematic reboot to us. Of course, it would be unfair to judge the entire project on a trio of stills, and the talent this project has attracted is at least pretty good – Scodelario is clearly a decent actress, after all.
Roberts added: “It was hugely important with the whole casting process to find people who embodied the spirit and energy of the characters I wanted to portray. I think often in game adaptations one of the big flaws can be just casting someone to look visually like the characters – giving them the identical haircut and clothes but not really trying to give the audience the thing that a movie does better than a game – which is to create a three dimensional character that you can really connect with and believe in.”
The proof will be in the pudding, then. According to Roberts, every character in the movie is from one of the Resident Evil games, and Capcom has had input into the project. It’s due out on 24th November in US, with an international release in the UK planned from 3rd December. Presumably we won’t have to wait too much longer for a first trailer.
[source ign.com]
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Out of context this just looks like typical cosplayers posing for pics, but with no Jovovich and Anderson in sight, this could be an enjoyable film!
Could leon not dye his hair? Or have a shave lol
Leon's hair is really bad lol
This looks like cosplay for real!
"We have Resident Evil at home."
Well at least this will lead to more quality Phelous content I can live with that
I'd put alot of money on this being terrible. Haha
Tbh the cast is at least decent. This will probably be rubbish though.
This is giving me major C movie feels
Look how they massacred my boy
Well...you're right Sammy. This is a horrifying look.
Horrifying indeed. Looks like porn-quality costumes. 😳😔
This has budget written all over it, 85% chance to flop
@lolwhatno 100% haha, I am however incredibly poor. So the bet would be terrible too.
What are the chances that this will end up worse than the PWSA series? As awful as the majority of them are, at least they had their own "vision" and sort of ran with it, making it difficult to compare it directly to the games. This on the other hand will be heavily scrutinised by the RE fanbase.
To be fair, game Leon has an increadibly emberassing hair-do that would not translate well into live action, but overall it does look very cosplay like. On the other hand, these promo images usually lack the cinematic look.
Damn this is not Leon ... this is Luis Sera from RE 4
I love how some people are saying gamers are judgemental, but forget the fact that not once a respectable Hollywood director was involved in a project like this. The stills look horrible and I'm guessing this is going to be just a notch above the horrible Paul W.S. Anderson movies.
Just take a quick look at the history of video game movies and understand that gamers are not being entitled brats, just being logical.
Leon seems a bit older than in the game, and claire is too different compared to the model in the re2 remake.
@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L my bad, I thought you might be offended if I specifically tagged you but the result was even worse.
I understand your point of view, I'm just more negative because of the past. It's totally fair to give this a chance and hope for the best.
Well, it's not directed by Uwe Boll, so that's one obstacle out of the way.
@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L If you cant even show a main character in good way you failed. He looks nothing like Leon Kennedy.
@bimboliquido A moustache thats the one thing he would never have it looks stupid. If you cant even get that right yeah its stupid and he just looks like a bad lookalike. And Claire also does not really look the part.
For the Leon casting. I almost want to say it’s not even bad because you have to attempt something to be bad at it.
Who casted this and approved it? I don’t believe them when they say they respect the games. I don’t think they’ve even played any of them. The director says he has, but what he’s done says that’s a a lie. Or he did so without any real thought, still making him a liar.
Those aren’t even good cosplay pictures.
i agree with the comments , they gotta do better with accuracy . i never did like how ''off'' cosplayers looked. its like halloween costumes.
@crazykcarter don't jinx it, this just might be lol
This looks.......like a community film.
this is bad, but the question is can it be worse than the other RE films? man those were just trash.
finger crossed this turns out otherwise...PLEASE for the love of god stop!
Leon looks he used his trust fund to start an artisan candle business but it didn't really take off so now he's just between things because inspiration takes time.
@Zuljaras
That was exactly what I thought when I first saw the picture! I'd love it if there was some sort of reference to Luis in the show. Claire looks decently faithful at least though.
Maybe good if it is a comedy, but as a serious RE movie it will probably be a dud. Silly spoofs of video games may be more fun to watch than attempts at seriousness.
Ur caption kills me! Horrifying look of just 2 people standing there!🤦♂️
Movie still has me interested, hoping we get a real trailer soon...
@Broosh the whining and complaining began on here too
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