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Resident Evil: The Movie

Ok, here's all the info i've seen so far about Resident Evil: The Movie. It was collected from various sources, which will be cited if I can. Enjoy!

(following info collected from Coming Attractions and The Internet Movie Database. Thanks to Vincent Vega for informing me of CA's Resident Evil page.)

Release date: Unknown. Possibly Late 1999, or Summer 2000... or Fall 1999.

*Romero wants to get it out around the release of Resident Evil 3 (which is believe to be later '99 or possibly in 2000.

Budget: $25 Million (not confirmed), said to be $60 million now.

(the following i read at Dark Horizons. Thanks to Vincent Vega for informing me!)

Resident Evil: 'Harun' has heard that cult director George A. Romero has in fact been brought onboard the project, though
only as PRODUCER - not director (who is believed to be George Sluizer). Anyway here's what he had to say:

Filming started last week in Oregon and California, it took 6 months to build a huge set, that's why all these delays are popping
up. Romero gave interview about this movie two weeks ago, he was disappointed because he won't direct it. Movie star, Bruce
Payne (Passenger 57) also talked, he will play villain character named Wesker. Other stars are not mentioned, but budget is 60
mil., that means there will be more famous people involved.

This isn't confirmed however, as George Romero was earlier said to have nothing at all to do with the movie. And 60 million seems rather high for a video-game adaptation, since most video game movies go the way of Mario Bros., except for the somewhat successful Mortal Kombat (which only got $45 million). The original budget report of $25 M seems a little more realistic, although this is one of the best selling game series ever for Capcom and the Playstation. Mr. Vega sent me this soon after his initial report:

MORE GOOD NEWS, ART!!!!!!!!!!!

my mom heard me spazzing out and she asked me what was up and i told her and
she said that on the news last week there was a blurb about a "UNNAMED BIG
BUDGET MOVIE BEING SHOT IN SOUTHERN OREGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

COULD IT BE TRUE!?!??!?!  right now i'm trying to hunt down bruce payne and
george romero and see if i can find if they're committed to anything

THIS IS COOL

So, with the help of Mr. Vega (of course), 'Re2: an unofficial site' will try to keep up-to-date as possible on the movie. If it does come to Southern Oregon, Vincent might just be able to get down there and check things out, and possibly score some info/pics... but of course, that's "if"...

UPDATE! on the above information:

The "mystery movie" being shot in Southern Oregon isn't Resident Evil. What it is, I don't know. Also, some big info on George Romero's involvement with RE:

(the following I read at Dark Horizons. Thanks to Vincent Vega for informing me!!)

The one and only George Romero who brought us the smash hit "Night of the Living Dead" made some big announcements this week at the Las Vegas VSDA show. Thanks to 'Trav THX', 'Lebowski', 'Kevin' & 'jay-dconl', and for full coverage of the show - check out the DVD Review site. Anyway the two major points revealed were:

* After months of negotiation, Romero has put pen to paper last week and signed a deal to write and direct the film version of the hit game "Resident Evil". Till now "Spawn" writer Alan B. McElroy was working on the film script with Romero producing, but it sounds as though McElroy's script has been ditched. While Romero hasn't begun writing the film yet, he did mention that foreign investors seemed 'hot on making it' and now it's just a matter of patience as we wait for him to churn out a script. This certainly ensures a Late 1999 release at the earliest, with the film more likely to be out in Summer 2000.

* Once RE is complete, Romero plans to jump right into the next installment in his "Night of the Living Dead" series. Financing details are currently being worked out on the film, but no plot or casting information was given away.

THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! A "news flash" at the House of Horrors stated that Romero had announced he was writing and directing Resident Evil and also in negotiations for Night of the Living Dead 4! Also the coverage at DVD Review talks of his involvement with RE as well. Here's the text:

After all this technical talk, we then had the chance to meet with George A. Romero. The horror meister who brought us horror cult classics like “Night Of The Living Dead”, “Dawn Of The Dead” and “Day Of The Dead”, among others. It was very exciting to hear him talking about his plans for the next installment of the “Dead” series. Yes folks, you read this right. George Romero is currently working out the financing details to finally realize the next part in his zombie installment. This is no rumor any more. He is now actively pursuing the project. “First I will do Resident Evil however”, he says and once again lightning struck. Only last week, he signed the contract to write and direct the infamous and highly anticipated “Resident Evil” movie after months of uncertainty and negotiations.

Interview with Romero!

UPDATE: 8/29/98

(Thanks to Vincent Vega for informing me, once again!)

-Originally posted at Dark Horizons-

Romero told us that Capcom is hoping to have the movie ready in time for the release of the third game in the series, which at this point has not been announced. As for the movie itself, Romero says that it will be a true horror film targeted at an older audience, those who are fans of the game. "I'm hoping that it can just be dark and chilling like the game--good zombies, good makeup, good effects. I've had the advantage, doing my zombie films, of not having to have them rated. I think for the U.S. release it's going to have to fall within an 'R' because it's going to be an expensive film and nobody's going to take the chance of letting it go unrated," he said. "Our plan is to shoot it balls out, so somewhere in the world there will be a harder version of the thing and maybe we can put it out on a Director's Cut or release it in certain countries where restrictions aren't as tight." The plot will be based on the events of the first Resident Evil game, including the STARS (Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, among others) and the mansion setting.

So it looks like the RE movie will definitely not disappoint!! Hopefully it is a pretty heavy R. I've heard recently that the third game is most likely to be released somewhere in late '99 / early 2000, so that's when we can probably expect the movie to hit theatres. That seems like a reasonable timeline to finish the film and the game.

(the following i read at Ain't It Cool News. Thanks to Vincent Vega for informing me of the article.)

This is an summary of a version of the script, no longer the actual script. There's a lot of spoilers, so don't read any further if you don't want to spoil the film. This was originally printed in PSM Magazine, i'll try to look at that to see if there's any difference. I got this from Ain't It Cool News, though.

REMEMBER: DON'T READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU WANT TO AVOID POSSIBLE SPOILERS!

"The story is written by Alan McElroy, the same guy who wrote the Spawn movie. While it's definitely not the greatest screenplay ever written, it does manage to capture the feel of the game quite well, and may turn out to be a pretty good movie--especially for action and horror buffs. WARNING: If you don't want us to spoil what happens, DO NOT read any further. But if you're big Resident Evil fans like us, you just have to know what the movie's going to be like!
It all starts off with a disturbance in the Raccoon Forest, where strange animals are mutilating campers and park rangers. A SWAT team is sent in and is quickly destroyed by the mysterious creatures in the forest. At this point, the government gets involved. It recruits Wesker (who is in an asylum for some reason that is never explained) to break into a lab in the forest, presumably, to rescue some scientists there. Wesker recruits his team members based on their specialties: Barry Burton is the all-around military expert who has retired and now runs a restautant, Chris Redfield is the expert at combat, Jill Valentine is a munitions expert, and Brad Vickers is the Medic. Unknown to the rest of the team, however, is that Brad is actually and imposter named Mike--he is trying to find his girlfriend Becky, who was on the original SWAT team sent into Raccoon Forest.
The team sets down in Raccoon forest and is almost immediately attacked by wild mutated dogs. They make a run for the lab/mansion in the middle of the forest and just barely make it there alive.They all get inside of the mansion, and that's where things really heat up. They confront more of the dogs, along with giant wasps, tarantulas, and of course, zombies. It's all-out tension and action as the group keeps losing members to each new threat, amd ammo runs lower and lower.
Eventually they find the scientist they are supposed to rescue, and it turns out that this whole situation was an insidious trap. They were to be infected wiht the T-virus and then allowed to escape, to spread the virus to the world. Jill and Chris (the only ones left) get ahold of the antidote and escape from the building just as it is exploding, only to be pursued by the Tyrant (who actually turns
out to be a mutated Wesker). They finally fight off the Tyrant, take the antidote, and walk off into the sunset.
The film's current form is ultra violent. It will be interesting to see whether it's toned down for a PG-13 rating, or if the director just goes all-out for an "R". It is also interesting to note that no mention is made of either the S.T.A.R.S. team or Umbrella Corp. But overall, the screenplay is a good basis for a potentially great movie, and we can't wait to see how it turns out."

Sidenote to the article:

"Memorable Scenes:"

• Team members sneak their way across a room filled with corpses that might be zombies
• A giant spider corners the team when they run out of ammo, with the zombies about to burst in
• Team members get trapped in a service elevator, where they are surrounded by mutated hornets
• And what Resident Evil movie would be complete without a Jill Valentine shower scene?

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