A new poster for Sony’s upcoming Resident Evil movie has been shared online by star Chad Rook, and it’ll rekindle fond memories for franchise fans. The promotional image shows a red woodland with the film’s logo layered on top, but it’s clearly been created as an homage to the PlayStation 2 version of Resident Evil 4. See for yourself.
Interestingly, the poster includes the names of the characters set to feature in the film. Among them are Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Chris Redfield, and Ada Wong – so pretty much all the favourites. Chad Rook will play Richard Aiken, a member of the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team.
The movie’s due out on 3rd September, and will stick more rigidly to the story of Capcom’s games. “With this movie I really wanted to go back to the original first two 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 small dying American town that feels both relatable and relevant to today's audiences,” director Johnannes Roberts said.
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Good poster. Very minimalistic design. I dig it.
@RBMango Me too.
Where the hell is Barry's name on that poster? They'd better add it or the graphic designer is gonna be a Jill Sandwich!
Well I have to be honest... the other movies were BAAAD! RE is my all time favorite series and when I watched those movies I was not happy. Yes some elements were great, but I guess come on.... horrible.
I hope this reboot does a better job and I'm sure it will
@Jackpaza0508 HAHA classic Barry. Please make sure he has cheesy one liners to.
ESIDENT VIL
Every time I feel myself getting excited for this movie I remember that Robbie Amell plays Chris and that kind of deflates it for me. I’d love to be proven wrong!
This guy hasn't made any good films since Strangers.... I'm a little worried right now...
This gives me some bad vibes honestly. While it's a cool poster that's simple- knowing the characters that are going to be in kinda tells me this is gonna be a trash film. "Let's take all the most well known characters, and throw them into this plot!"
I mean- why not just remake the first game into a film and go from there? Make a movie franchise and introduce new characters throughout new movies like the games did? Sure add in new flavor texts and points to make it a bit different like Marvel does, but don't destroy the core plot. This movie won't be as bad as the other live action films, but damn I expect it to run that terrible curse.
@AllTheReddist oh yeah coz the source material is narrative gold isn’t it.
A Resident Evil movie that's trying to cram RE1 and RE2 into a single film, with a teaser poster inspired by RE4...
Yeah...this things going to be a disaster.
Video game movies usually suck because video game stories are generally dumb to begin with. Then when a game with an average story like TLOU comes along everyone loses their sh*t, when compared to a good movie or TV show it’s still average at best.
I am sure this movie will be a laugh, looking forward to it!
@kyleforrester87 Not at all, it can use quite a bit of improvement in it's story and plot holes. However trying to stuff two large games into a single movie is a mistake that we'll only see on screen.
But the RE story at it's core is fun and would be great to see used on the big screen correctly with someone who cares about the franchise. (The director described Silent Hill when he talked about 'loving' the game as a child)
@AllTheReddist if they keep the first film just like the game there is going to be a lot of time spent running around collecting crests and emblems. I’m sure the stories in the first 2 games can be reworked to make one film - I doubt it will suffer dramatically either way, it’s going to be pretty trashy anyway.
Late last year I bought the 4k Resi collection.
I know they' are total crap but it's my guilty pleasure.
In 4 K.
@Medic_Alert Damn right !
I think having the stories of RE1 and RE2 happening at the same time is an interesting take. As one group is in the mansion, the outbreak is occurring in Raccoon City.
Will Roberts's wife be the lead role?
@jmac1686 Thing is, RE3 starts before RE2 and ends after it. Given that Jill is a protagonist in RE3, she can't also be in the mansion at the same time the events in Raccoon City are playing out. So they've already messed up the basic events of the early games. I guess they could really overburden the runtime and have RE1-3 all in one film.
Ooof, maybe it's because I work in film marketing, but this poster ain't it chief. Bland bland bland; is that Trajan font I see? Literally used in almost every post 2000s horror film. Having the characters' names floating around make it look like a watermarked Getty image. I do get the reference to 4, but that had personality.
tl;dr - this looks unfinished/for internal use.
As one of my favorite authors has said, a movie doesn't change a single word in the book. The same is true for video games - a good or awful movie won't change the experience you had playing the game.
What's also true is that movies are not books, and movies are not video games. What works well in one format often doesn't work in another at all - so everybody who demands a movie closely follow its source material doesn't understand the differences inherent to the formats. While video games are closer to movies than books are to movies, the differences are still important.
All that's to say, don't judge the movie on how closely it follows the game (or rather, what you remember of the game) - judge it by how good a movie it is.
Homage aside, I can’t escape the fact that I just don’t like this poster. At all. I’m not even grumpy today.
@GeneJacket
More than likely will suck hardcore but I'm still going to watch just like I did all the previous live-action RE movies.
I love the different character names being faded into the visual
It's like even the poster wants to convince us it'll be more familiar to the game if it wasn't for the RE4 callback already
@kyleforrester87 I enjoyed the latest Tomb Raider movie... yes you have valid points, but it was pretty good imo
@rumple1980 sure, so were lots of video game movies but stack them up against Oscar winners and obviously they are going to get panned by the critics. If this gets over 50% on Metacritic I’ll be amazed - doesn’t mean it still won’t be a good watch for Resi fans, but it’s still going to be a “bad movie” comparatively.
@kyleforrester87 yup can't disagree with you on that one. I guess you take it for what it is right?
@rumple1980 of course! I’m not a fan of the current live action RE movies, although the first one is kinda cool. Hopefully this one is a better tribute to the games.
Barry: It’s a weapon. It’s really powerful, especially against living things.
If this film is more like the original and the script is as good I'm in!
man i really hope they dont trash this one
It's a video game movie, so it's gotta be good
Another franchise to be remaked. BOOORING. Looks cinematography is in corner. Lack of new ideas, absence of good story writers, horrible young actors. So they are forced to parasite on known titles. Btw... who remembers good remake? Or at least can say "it is almost as good as original"? Ok I liked Star Trek new trilogy and before that War of the Worlds, but thats 2. Just 2 succeed remakes I remember in last 20 years. One would say that "remake" should automatically be ranked B or C movie.
@AllTheReddist That's literally what they're doing. Retelling the first two games.
Poster looks great, but will remain skeptical until I see trailers at the very least.
@Orpheus79V I know, that would be one reason why I know that this film is going to be absolutely terrible.
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