Zach Cregger, director of horror moviesBarbarian,Weapons, and the upcomingResident Eviladaptation, said this nextREflick is going to be “fresh and edgy and weird.” While I am excited, given his track record, I hope the new protagonist equals Mila Jovovich’s cool factor.
As per Insider Gaming(via The Hollywood Reporter), Zack Cregger, who is writing and directing the upcomingResident Evilmovie adaptation, commented on the flick’s original and separate nature, saying it’ll not follow the previous films’ story. “That’s an original screenplay, by the way. It’s a weird story,” he said, adding he believes it’ll turn out “fresh and edgy and weird” if all goes to plan.
Given that it’s an adaptation of a series out of Japan, a country known for its exceptionally strange approach to horror, you’d expect it will be weirdat least, if not outright mind-boggling.
However, there’s nothing official regarding theResident Evilmovie save for these little bits and pieces Cregger gives out sometimes, so any information is enough to build hype.What would build a lot of my hype is the return of Milla Jovovich, the actress portraying theprotagonist of those old quirky and cheesyResident Evilmovies, Alice.
At least, I’d like to see a protagonist as awesome as her. Leading the plot with a gun in hand, 2000s style, would genuinely bring a lot of nostalgia back for me, especially if Cregger and his crew picked only what “worked” in those old flicks, and we know a lotdidn’t, which is just a fact of life for early video game adaptations.
Female main characters are sort of my jam, particularly in theResident Evilfranchise, which has no shortage of heroic, kickass, awesome and cool women, much like Alice is in the OG movies. Guns, guts, zombies, and “the cool factor”—that is what I want to see in a newREmovie.
Yeah, and a more accurate adaptation of the story, since it’s pretty good as is and doesn’t really need a big Hollywood makeover.
