Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City release date and everything else we know so far

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon Urban center release date and everything else nosotros know so far

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The Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City movie is going to dig closer to the true origins of the franchise than any motion picture we've seen before. And while information technology's coming shortly, information technology's nog going to get in as early as originally expected, debuting after halloween 2021, and not before it.

And while there take been many Resident Evil movies, you don't need to know who the Umbrella Corporation is to understand what'south going on in Raccoon City. The motion picture is going to be an introduction to the situation that led to the first and second Resident Evil games.

That means that the movie will be set in 1998, so wait some flashbacks to what it was like when we just had a PlayStation and had no idea how hard information technology would exist to detect a PS5.

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While the specific plot points for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City are TBA, we exercise have some details. First off, information technology will exist divide between two locations: Raccoon City Police Station and the Spencer Mansion.

You tin can as well probably can become a pretty expert idea about the film by playing Resident Evil 2 Remake. Director Johannes Roberts called that game the template for this movie.

Latest Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City news (updated July 22)

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon Metropolis'south release date got pushed back to Thanksgiving week
We've got the official synopsis for the movie, check it out in the plot section below
We tin can expect some of the fixed-angle camera style from the games in the movie

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City release engagement

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City got bumped back to November 24, 2021. Its original release date was September iii, and no reason for the delay was given.

Information technology won't go on streaming on solar day 1, per the title and original date declaration tweet from Sony.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City cast and crew

The film's master cast is filled with Resident Evil's most familiar characters. Yes, both Chris and Claire Redfield (Robbie Amell and Kaya Scodelario, respectively) are here, as well equally Jill Valentine (Hannah John-Kamen) and Leon South. Kennedy (Avan Jogia).

Director Johannes Roberts is familiar with suspense-driven horror. Known for the 47 Meters Downwardly films, which are filled with sharks, Roberts cites John Carpenter'due south Set on on Precinct 13 and The Fog as his "filmic inspiration."

Roberts has explained that his other inspiration is from his own fandom of the original Resident Evil games. He told Deadline "I really wanted to go dorsum to the original showtime ii games and re-create the terrifying visceral experience I had when I first played them."

Roberts told Entertainment Weekly that "The big thing for me on this movie is tone. The thing that I loved with the games was they were but scary as hell, and that is very much what I wanted, that atmosphere. It's raining constantly, it's nighttime, it's creepy, Raccoon Metropolis is this rotten character, ... I wanted to put [that] in and mix it with the fun side, especially with the first game's around-the-corner manner of storytelling. Nosotros had a lot of fun, down to the stock-still-angle-playing that the beginning game had when we're in the Spencer Mansion."

Interestingly enough, Roberts has intent to brand the Raccoon City world a lot more than relatable, also. He also told Borderline that his aim is to tell "a grounded human story about a small dying American town that feels both relatable and relevant to today's audiences."

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon Urban center plot

Roberts is telling a different origin story than the previous Milla Jovovich RE movies told, which he confirmed to EW.

The official synopsis of the motion picture, via Rotten Tomatoes, reads as follows:

Once the booming home of pharmaceutical behemothic Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The visitor'south exodus left the city a wasteland...with dandy evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever...changed...and a small group of survivors must piece of work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night. Returning to the terrifying roots of the massively pop Resident Evil franchise, fan and filmmaker Johannes Roberts brings the games of the billion dollar franchise and the almost successful video game accommodation in history to life for a whole new generation of fans.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City trailer speculation

In that location is no Welcome to Raccoon City trailer notwithstanding, and we're not certain when one will arrive (though the September/October 2021 window seems likely).

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