Another newResident Evilmovie is coming out, but this one doesn’t starMilla Jovovich. Yes, 2017 will see the release of another live-actionResident Evilmovie but there is also a new CG movie set in that universe calledResident Evil: Vendetta. Now the first trailer has landed online.
Resident Evil: Vendettais set to be released in Japan next year and the first trailer has been uploaded toYouTube, giving us our first look at the third CGResident Evilmovie. The first,Resident Evil: Degenerationcame out in 2008, followed byResident Evil: Damnationin 2012. This new movie will be taking place in the video game universe after the events ofResident Evil 6and before the events of the upcomingResident Evil 7: Biohazard.
This new CGResident Evilmovie will feature characters from the video game series including Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield, and Rebecca Chambers. The trailer looks like something straight out of the video games and features the Spencer Mansion, as made famous by the originalResident Evil game. It probably doesn’t hurt that Capcom, who is responsible for the games, is directly involved in this new movie.
In one form or another, theResident Evilfranchise has been insanely popular and very persistent. The original video game came out two decades ago in 1996 and has spawned a ton of sequels as well as the CG movies based on the video games. The live-actionResident Evilmovies have been very successful and have easily been the most successful video game movie franchise of all-time. To date, theResident Evil movieshave made nearly $1 billion at the worldwide box office, and the upcomingResident Evil: The Final Chapterwill easily push it over that mark. Most critics and many fans aren’t overly fond of the live-action franchise and though the CG movies haven’t done much at the box office, they have been generally more well received by die-hard fans.
Resident Evil: Vendettawas written byMakoto Fukamiand directed byTakanori Tsujimoto.Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who is a producer on theResident Evil video game seriesas well as an associate producer on the movies is also serving as supervising producer.Takashi Shimizu, creator ofThe Grudge, is executive producing the movie. As of right now, the movie is set to debut in Japan in the spring, but there is no word on an international release. Be sure to check out the trailer forResident Evil: Vendettafor yourself below.
