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New Resident Evil Live-Action Movie Reportedly in Development

There have been seven Resident Evil live-action films thus far, and it seems an eighth is now in development. While Sony has not made any official announcements, information on a new movie has seemingly come from the city of Sudbury, Ontario, where Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City was...

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There have been seven Resident Evil live-action films thus far, and it seems an eighth is now in development. While Sony has not made any official announcements, information on a new movie has seemingly come from the city of Sudbury, Ontario, where Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City was filmed. As noticed by Bloody Disgusting, the city's official website mentions that the production company Raccoon HG Film Productions is receiving $2 million in funds from the provincial government. The funds are for a movie called "The Umbrella Chronicles," and Raccoon HG Film Productions was the same production company on Welcome to Raccoon City.

 

[Fret Runner]

Well, the only way is up for live-action RE related things after this shitshow... hopefully

 

[lughnasadh123]

No matter how much they try to kill the dream it just keeps rising up from the grave.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[T4keD0wN]

Is that a threat? It reads like a threat.

 

[Saber]

I though the intro from the original Resident Evil 1 was already a good live-action movie.

Well, the only way is up for live-action RE related things after this shitshow... hopefully

Gods...this was cringe as fuck.

 

[Madflavor]

If at first you don't succeed, fail fail again. To fail again!

 

[jm89]

I'm still sitting here wondering what they did to leon in the last one.

 

[consoul]

Surely it can't be worse that what has come before it.

...and yet

 

[ssringo]

 

[kikkis]

I liked all of the original films with alice.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

This series must have the Sonic touch. No matter how bad the game is. We just keep selling ENOUGH.

 

[Forsythia]

I kinda liked Welcome to Raccoon City. Please don't shoot me.

 

[SJRB]

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Oh, no.

 

[Madflavor]

I kinda liked Welcome to Raccoon City. Please don't shoot me.

 

[Gudji]

Well, the only way is up for live-action RE related things after this shitshow... hopefully

Wtf

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I'd rather not.

 

[Badlucktroll]

I think they should produce George Romero’s final draft of Resident Evil, maybe after having a modern decent screenwriter give it a tuneup.

 

[Soodanim]

The default reaction is to assume 0/10 until proven otherwise.

 

[Js562]

I kinda liked Welcome to Raccoon City. Please don't shoot me.

Worse resident evil made right next to the Netflix series

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Well, the only way is up for live-action RE related things after this shitshow... hopefully

This shit was so bad that it made Lance Reddick drop fucking dead.

 

[March Climber]

This shit was so bad that it made Lance Reddick drop fucking dead.

...this joke probably sounded better in your mind.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

...this joke probably sounded better in your mind.

It'll make someone chuckle. Sorry it wasn't you.

 

[Danjin44]

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I'm hyped for Death Island because I know it'll be dumb shooty bang bang. But all the live action stuff makes Jesus weep.

 

[Danjin44]

I'm hyped for Death Island because I know it'll be dumb shooty bang bang. But all the live action stuff makes Jesus weep.

To me RE games always kind of goofy and fun story that only works for video game, its not type IP would work in live action.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

To me RE games always kind of goofy and fun story that only works for video game, its not type IP would work in live action.

Absolutely. The CG films can just barely get away with it because it's essentially just like sitting down to watch a MGS4 cutscene or something, but cinema hasn't nailed the vibe at all.

 

[KuraiShidosha]

I'm at the point now where the movies are so depressingly dead and void of life that I will happily go to watch this shit show for trainwreck popcorn munching time. Bring it on.

 

[Lux R7]

 

[Doom85]

I'm still sitting here wondering what they did to leon in the last one.

The last one? Still better than the Anderson films where they make him work for WESKER of all people (remember in the 4th game where Leon accuses Ada of working for Wesker with contempt in his voice? Guess Anderson doesn’t), oh and killing Barry off with no fanfare, who is also working for Wesker despite game Barry also never doing that willingly because Anderson doesn’t give a shit about these characters save for using them as cheerleaders for his wife Milla, err, I mean, Alice, the character who is totally not the most blatant Mary Sue ever.

 

[KyoZz]

Wtf

Ooooh it's even better with the full scene

 

[rabbity-thing]

This doesn't concern me in the slightest. Bad RE live-action adaptations are an important part of the Matrix's simulation. If the RE movies/shows were good, we'd all cease to believe the simulation and wake up from our slime pods.

 

[Arachnid]

They can say everything right just like the last entry and it will still be terrible. I have no faith in live action movies anymore. Even the CGI movies are losing me after Vendetta and the actionfest trailer for Death Island.

 

[Slicker than your average]

It can't be any worse than welcome to racoon city right?

 

[Elbereth]

Are they serious…? And yet….


















Day 1

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Remember when they did 2 trilogies of them that already looked like parodies and then retconned literally everything with the last movie?

They basically made all the previous movies useless with the last one and it still ended up being a terrible movie.

 

[Fake]

Well, the only way is up for live-action RE related things after this shitshow... hopefully

 

[Raonak]

I know i'm borderline insane, but I liked both the Alice RE Movies and even the Netflix RE show.

I honestly prefer them to the CG movies which are boring to watch.

 

[killatopak]

Time to adapt RE4