When it comes to the “Resident Evil” game series, there’s a lot of love for the second (especially its remake), and the more recent seventh and eighth (‘Village’) titles. Even so, it’s the fourth game in the series that still seems to top many lists of the best titles in the franchise.
Thus it comes as little surprise that the makers of the upcoming “Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City” movie, which takes inspiration from the first two games, say that if they get to do a follow-up then the fourth game will likely serve as an inspiration for them. Director Johannes Roberts, speaking with SFX, says:
“I am obsessed with the fourth game. I could very much see that becoming part of the next installment. There’s a lot of interesting lore and tiny details that we have brought into this movie, but would be amazing to expand on.
There are characters that we didn’t use in this game that we would love to expand upon in the next movie. There’s also a different side of Resident Evil with Village and Resident Evil 7, where it’s a much darker, more horrific world. It would be great to look into that side of things as well.
There’s definitely been conversations. We’ve really created some iconic characters with Chris, Claire, Wesker, and Leon. Hopefully, it’s the beginning of a whole new chapter.”
“Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City” is including plenty of callbacks to the games including various characters from the more familiar (eg. Claire Redfield, Leon Kennedy) to others less well known like Resident Evil: Code Veronica’s Ashford twins.
Sony Pictures has also released a new trailer for the film, this one putting the focus on the monstrous experiments that the Umbrella Corporation has unleashed along with a more traditional horror approach to selling the film.
“Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City” opens exclusively in cinemas on November 24th.
