Exclusive: Lord of the Rings star Morfydd Clark and Under the Banner of Heaven’s Billy Howle will star in new versions of John Osborn’s Look Back In Anger and Arnold Wesker’s Roots, which will run in rep at London’s Almeida in what has been dubbed the Angry and Young season. Ahead of the season, Romola Garai will appear in Eline Arbo’s adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s exceptional Noble Prize-winning novel The Years.
Roots, with Clark in the central role of Beatie Bryant who returns to her family in Norfolk after living a highly charged political life in London, will run at the Almeida in Islington, North London, from September 10 through November 23, directed by Diyan Zora.
Howle will take a small part in Roots but in Look Back In Anger, which will run from September 20 through November 23, he’ll play Jimmy Porter, the theater’s original angry young man.
Roots, with Clark in the central role of Beatie Bryant who returns to her family in Norfolk after living a highly charged political life in London, will run at the Almeida in Islington, North London, from September 10 through November 23, directed by Diyan Zora.
Howle will take a small part in Roots but in Look Back In Anger, which will run from September 20 through November 23, he’ll play Jimmy Porter, the theater’s original angry young man.
- 5/20/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
“La Cocina,” the Rooney Mara-starring drama that recently bowed in competition at the Berlinale, has been acquired for most international territories.
HanWay Films has closed sales for France (Originals Factory), Australia and New Zealand (Vendetta), Spain (Avalon), Italy (Teodora Film), Benelux (Cherry Pickers), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Scandinavia (Mis. Label), Poland (Monolith), Romania (Bad Unicorn), Baltics (Acme), Czech Republic (Film Europe), South Korea (The Coup Inc.), Japan (Sundae), Taiwan (Filmware International), China (HiShow), Greece (Tfg), the Middle East (Front Row), Israel (Forum Film), Singapore (Shaw), Ukraine (Arthouse Traffic), Indonesia (Falcon Pictures) and Ships and Airlines (Cinesky). Before the Berlin Film Festival began, a key deal with Germany and Austria was closed with Square One Entertainment.
Variety understands that a U.K. and Ireland deal is very close to being finalized, while Fifth Season — which co-financed the film — is co-representing the North American sale with WME.
The fourth feature from one of...
HanWay Films has closed sales for France (Originals Factory), Australia and New Zealand (Vendetta), Spain (Avalon), Italy (Teodora Film), Benelux (Cherry Pickers), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Scandinavia (Mis. Label), Poland (Monolith), Romania (Bad Unicorn), Baltics (Acme), Czech Republic (Film Europe), South Korea (The Coup Inc.), Japan (Sundae), Taiwan (Filmware International), China (HiShow), Greece (Tfg), the Middle East (Front Row), Israel (Forum Film), Singapore (Shaw), Ukraine (Arthouse Traffic), Indonesia (Falcon Pictures) and Ships and Airlines (Cinesky). Before the Berlin Film Festival began, a key deal with Germany and Austria was closed with Square One Entertainment.
Variety understands that a U.K. and Ireland deal is very close to being finalized, while Fifth Season — which co-financed the film — is co-representing the North American sale with WME.
The fourth feature from one of...
- 2/26/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
It was when Alonso Ruizpalacios was in London working as a dishwasher at the (now-extinct) Rainforest Cafe that he came up with the idea for La Cocina.
“I was a drama student and I’d just read the [1957] play The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker and to make the work — which is tough, monotonous and very, very hard — bearable, I’d look at it through the creative lens of the play. If you see how a kitchen works, you realize it is much like the world, like [how] society works. Wesker says for Shakespeare all the world is a stage, whereas for him all the world is a kitchen.”
It was decades later, after success with Mexican films like Museo and A Cop Movie, that Ruizpalacios came back to the idea, taking The Kitchen as the jumping-off point for his English-language debut, transferring the action from late-’50s London to modern-day New York.
“I was a drama student and I’d just read the [1957] play The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker and to make the work — which is tough, monotonous and very, very hard — bearable, I’d look at it through the creative lens of the play. If you see how a kitchen works, you realize it is much like the world, like [how] society works. Wesker says for Shakespeare all the world is a stage, whereas for him all the world is a kitchen.”
It was decades later, after success with Mexican films like Museo and A Cop Movie, that Ruizpalacios came back to the idea, taking The Kitchen as the jumping-off point for his English-language debut, transferring the action from late-’50s London to modern-day New York.
- 2/18/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Before demonstrating himself to be one of Mexico’s most original and exciting new filmmaking talents, Alonso Ruizpalacios washed dishes in a bustling big-city kitchen. That experience informs every second of the “Museo” director’s fourth feature, “La Cocina,” a thrilling in-spirit adaptation of Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play “The Kitchen,” transposed from midcentury London to modern-day New York.
A chaotic symphony of nearly two dozen characters, this black-and-white indie confection (garnished with sparing touches of color) mixes biting social critique with stylistic bravura. The setting is in the guts of a high-volume midtown Manhattan restaurant called The Grill — a hectic pressure cooker where personal and professional concerns come to a boil.
The food looks edible at best, and a lot less enticing after we’ve witnessed the commotion that goes into preparing it. In Ruizpalacios’ version, practically the entire staff — not Rooney Mara’s pregnant waitress, but the ones touching the food,...
A chaotic symphony of nearly two dozen characters, this black-and-white indie confection (garnished with sparing touches of color) mixes biting social critique with stylistic bravura. The setting is in the guts of a high-volume midtown Manhattan restaurant called The Grill — a hectic pressure cooker where personal and professional concerns come to a boil.
The food looks edible at best, and a lot less enticing after we’ve witnessed the commotion that goes into preparing it. In Ruizpalacios’ version, practically the entire staff — not Rooney Mara’s pregnant waitress, but the ones touching the food,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for the "Resident Evil" film franchise.
Umbrella Corporation. The name will forever be associated with unsavory, downright evil acts within the "Resident Evil" universe, catalyzing the events that define the franchise. Although Capcom's "Resident Evil" games have their own set of canonical events concerning Umbrella Corp., the film adaptations that branched into their own universe also paint this multinational conglomerate in a rather infamous light. In every iteration, Umbrella is never up to any good: be it the manufacture and mass production of biological weaponry, or ushering a new race of virus-enhance monstrosities. At the end of the day, the "Resident Evil" films also fit the survival-horror mold, with a woman named Alice (Milla Jovovich) at the center of the horrors crafted by none other than Umbrella.
With six frenetic, action-packed entries and a promising franchise reboot in its arsenal, the "Resident Evil" film franchise...
Umbrella Corporation. The name will forever be associated with unsavory, downright evil acts within the "Resident Evil" universe, catalyzing the events that define the franchise. Although Capcom's "Resident Evil" games have their own set of canonical events concerning Umbrella Corp., the film adaptations that branched into their own universe also paint this multinational conglomerate in a rather infamous light. In every iteration, Umbrella is never up to any good: be it the manufacture and mass production of biological weaponry, or ushering a new race of virus-enhance monstrosities. At the end of the day, the "Resident Evil" films also fit the survival-horror mold, with a woman named Alice (Milla Jovovich) at the center of the horrors crafted by none other than Umbrella.
With six frenetic, action-packed entries and a promising franchise reboot in its arsenal, the "Resident Evil" film franchise...
- 2/4/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Almost two months after the successful crowdfunding campaign, director Andrew Saullo announced via X that filming has completed on his fan film The Keeper’s Diary: A Biohazard Story. The team reportedly crammed in 20-hour days over the past two weeks in Michigan to build sets, assemble the actors and shoot the film, which will now head to the editing room.
The eventual release of the fan film (for free on the Residence of Evil YouTube Channel) is aiming for Q4 2023 – Q1 2024. There’s still no word yet on if The Keeper’s Diary will see a live screening for fans, though that has been discussed by Saullo and his team.
Inspired by the original Resident Evil and its 2002 remake, The Keeper’s Diary: A Biohazard Story is an adaptation of the diary entry of the same name found in the Spencer Mansion. It summarizes a researcher succumbing to a...
The eventual release of the fan film (for free on the Residence of Evil YouTube Channel) is aiming for Q4 2023 – Q1 2024. There’s still no word yet on if The Keeper’s Diary will see a live screening for fans, though that has been discussed by Saullo and his team.
Inspired by the original Resident Evil and its 2002 remake, The Keeper’s Diary: A Biohazard Story is an adaptation of the diary entry of the same name found in the Spencer Mansion. It summarizes a researcher succumbing to a...
- 10/30/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
This article contains spoilers
It may seem hard to believe, but at one stage Resident Evil was not only the highest-grossing film series based on a video game, but also the highest-grossing horror film series period. Consisting of six movies and a reboot, the Resident Evil movies just kept making money even while they were being bashed by critics. Most of those critics arguably had valid points, but the arrival of a new Resident Evil movie simply became oddly comforting somewhere along the way.
Thanks to the creative voices of Event Horizon director Paul W.S. Anderson and his Fifth Element actress wife Milla Jovovich, six of the seven Resident Evil movies feature the character of Alice (Jovovich firing on all cylinders), a former security specialist and covert operative who initially has amnesia but eventually remembers she’s out to take down the insidious Umbrella Corporation, a global company responsible for Earth’s weirdest zombie apocalypse.
It may seem hard to believe, but at one stage Resident Evil was not only the highest-grossing film series based on a video game, but also the highest-grossing horror film series period. Consisting of six movies and a reboot, the Resident Evil movies just kept making money even while they were being bashed by critics. Most of those critics arguably had valid points, but the arrival of a new Resident Evil movie simply became oddly comforting somewhere along the way.
Thanks to the creative voices of Event Horizon director Paul W.S. Anderson and his Fifth Element actress wife Milla Jovovich, six of the seven Resident Evil movies feature the character of Alice (Jovovich firing on all cylinders), a former security specialist and covert operative who initially has amnesia but eventually remembers she’s out to take down the insidious Umbrella Corporation, a global company responsible for Earth’s weirdest zombie apocalypse.
- 9/30/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
A year after releasing the first episode, filmmaker Shaun Meyer has announced that Episode 2 of Carrier: A Raccoon City Story will be premiering this Friday. Entitled “Right Place, Wrong Time”, the episode will stream on September 29th over at Biohazard Declassified at 5pm Est/10pm GMT, and will be available on YouTube at 6pm Est on the same date.
Episode 2 picks up after the events of the first episode, with Detective Sam Othic and new characters dealing with the fallout of a deadly explosion that occurred at an Umbrella-owned research facility in downtown Raccoon City during the late night hours. The who and why are a mystery and Sam is hellbent on figuring out why.
Episode 2 introduces more characters, with original Resident Evil cutscene actor Charlie Kraslavsky portraying Raccoon City Mayor Michael Warren, and Pablo Kuntz, the original voice actor for Albert Wesker in the 1996 game, reprising his role for...
Episode 2 picks up after the events of the first episode, with Detective Sam Othic and new characters dealing with the fallout of a deadly explosion that occurred at an Umbrella-owned research facility in downtown Raccoon City during the late night hours. The who and why are a mystery and Sam is hellbent on figuring out why.
Episode 2 introduces more characters, with original Resident Evil cutscene actor Charlie Kraslavsky portraying Raccoon City Mayor Michael Warren, and Pablo Kuntz, the original voice actor for Albert Wesker in the 1996 game, reprising his role for...
- 9/25/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Andrew Saullo‘s Resident Evil fan film The Keeper’s Diary: A Biohazard Story is a go. The Indiegogo campaign that launched last month reached the targeted $40,000 Usd and ended the campaign with $55,277, guaranteeing the project’s funding.
Inspired by the original Resident Evil and its 2002 remake, The Keeper’s Diary is an adaptation of the diary entry of the same name found in the Spencer Mansion. It summarizes a researcher succumbing to a viral outbreak in an underground research facility. The film will also feature the talents of Ward E. Sexton, who did the iconic “Resident Evil” voiceover when you started a new game.
In addition to Kraslavsky and Sexton, another Resident Evil alumni, Pablo Kuntz, has joined the project’s cast as a voice actor. Kuntz was the voice actor for the original Resident Evil‘s Albert Wesker.
Production is slated to start in October/early November in Michigan,...
Inspired by the original Resident Evil and its 2002 remake, The Keeper’s Diary is an adaptation of the diary entry of the same name found in the Spencer Mansion. It summarizes a researcher succumbing to a viral outbreak in an underground research facility. The film will also feature the talents of Ward E. Sexton, who did the iconic “Resident Evil” voiceover when you started a new game.
In addition to Kraslavsky and Sexton, another Resident Evil alumni, Pablo Kuntz, has joined the project’s cast as a voice actor. Kuntz was the voice actor for the original Resident Evil‘s Albert Wesker.
Production is slated to start in October/early November in Michigan,...
- 9/4/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Resident Evil is a video-game franchise with no foreseeable end in sight. And as Capcom’s zombie shooter approaches the big 3-0, it unleashes another entry in the often overlooked animated series of films. Taking place between games 6 and 7, and following 2017’s Vendetta, the story of Resident Evil: Death Island is subject to the same formula as its predecessors. A big threat brews somewhere, and the characters rush in to stop it. However, the new animated film does manage to set itself apart by featuring an all-star cast and complementing the over-the-top action sequences with organic emotional moments.
While the previous animated films — Degeneration, Damnation, and Vendetta — tend to star only a few major characters from the game franchise, Death Island includes four heavy-hitters. Leon S. Kennedy, Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, and Claire Redfield are all active during this mission.
Death Island opens with a flashback from the Raccoon City...
While the previous animated films — Degeneration, Damnation, and Vendetta — tend to star only a few major characters from the game franchise, Death Island includes four heavy-hitters. Leon S. Kennedy, Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, and Claire Redfield are all active during this mission.
Death Island opens with a flashback from the Raccoon City...
- 7/26/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
As the highest-grossing and most popular horror franchise across all forms of media, Resident Evil manages to stay in business around the year, bringing out animated projects, live-action series, or game announcements, never letting fans starve for brand-new grotesque content. Through two and a half decades, the franchise has revolutionized the zombie-horror genre to the point where the name itself has become synonymous with the concept. The recently released Resident Evil: Dead Island is the fifth entry to the CG animated Resident Evil movie universe, which also acts as filler content for the main game series, and for the first time, we get to see all the mainstay characters banding together to take down another T-virus-induced global catastrophe.
By now, the lore of Resident Evil has established a pretty straightforward narrative structure with all its tropes and distinctive characteristics. Edward Ashford, Oswell Spencer, and James Marcus founded the pharmaceutical company...
By now, the lore of Resident Evil has established a pretty straightforward narrative structure with all its tropes and distinctive characteristics. Edward Ashford, Oswell Spencer, and James Marcus founded the pharmaceutical company...
- 7/25/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
Capcom's perennially popular survival horror video game franchise "Resident Evil" has been adapted for both film and television over the years, in live-action and animation. The franchise's cinematic debut began in 2002, loosely following the original game's plot of specialists investigating the nefarious pharmaceutical company the Umbrella Corporation. This leads to Umbrella unleashing the T-Virus, a genetically engineered virus that transforms those infected into ravenous, undead zombies.
While the live-action films have handled the video game source material with varying amounts of fidelity and controversy, there has also been a line of CG animated movies set in the same continuity as the games. Successful worldwide, the "Resident Evil" movies have earned their fair share of fans, including devotees of the games and those new to the franchise. With plenty of films to choose from across the original movie series, 2021 reboot, and animated features, here are the best "Resident Evil" films ranked from worst to best.
While the live-action films have handled the video game source material with varying amounts of fidelity and controversy, there has also been a line of CG animated movies set in the same continuity as the games. Successful worldwide, the "Resident Evil" movies have earned their fair share of fans, including devotees of the games and those new to the franchise. With plenty of films to choose from across the original movie series, 2021 reboot, and animated features, here are the best "Resident Evil" films ranked from worst to best.
- 5/14/2023
- by Samuel Stone
- Slash Film
The "Resident Evil" video game franchise is vast and complicated and has more entries than even its most hardcore fans might be aware of. As a compliment to the games' expansive pop culture presence, they have also been adapted into seven live-action feature films, four animated feature films, and two TV shows. The most recent "Resident Evil" adaptation was the high-budget, high-profile Netflix TV series that was released on July 14, 2022. Viewership was middling, reviews were warm, and the series was swiftly canceled after only eight episodes. While the series was wild and weird -- like the games -- it didn't find a good focal point, spreading its story over two timelines that didn't always organically intersect.
Half of "Resident Evil" took place in 2036, years after a viral infection leaked out into the world, creating zombie hoards, giant mutant animals, and the collapse of society; only 300 million humans remain alive on the planet.
Half of "Resident Evil" took place in 2036, years after a viral infection leaked out into the world, creating zombie hoards, giant mutant animals, and the collapse of society; only 300 million humans remain alive on the planet.
- 3/20/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Sometimes you read a headline that feels so impossibly off-balance with the world, you can't help but wonder if you're living in a simulation or the world's worst season of "The Truman Show." Today was one of those days, as we tragically lost Lance Reddick, one of the most remarkable figures in film and television. Reddick was best known for playing Cedric Daniels on the hit HBO series "The Wire," which led to a fruitful career playing other authority figures because no one on the planet can pull off a uniform quite like he could.
But Lance Reddick was so much more than a cool bald guy in a freshly-pressed suit with optional wire-rim glasses. The man was also a formidable presence in genre projects, both big and small. He was one of those performers who could elevate any story simply by being on screen, exuding an immeasurable amount of...
But Lance Reddick was so much more than a cool bald guy in a freshly-pressed suit with optional wire-rim glasses. The man was also a formidable presence in genre projects, both big and small. He was one of those performers who could elevate any story simply by being on screen, exuding an immeasurable amount of...
- 3/17/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Lance Reddick, a prolific actor who played Charon in all four John Wick films and was a series regular on The Wire, Fringe and Bosch among dozens of other roles spanning a quarter-century, died today. He was 60.
His rep at Portrait PR confirmed the news, saying he died of natural causes but not providing other details.
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The actor had been doing interviews for the upcoming John Wick: Chapter Four starring Keanu Reeves just this week. He also was set to appear in the franchise-spinoff pic Ballerina.
Reddick began his screen career in the mid-1990s, guesting on such series as The Nanny and New York Undercover.
His rep at Portrait PR confirmed the news, saying he died of natural causes but not providing other details.
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The actor had been doing interviews for the upcoming John Wick: Chapter Four starring Keanu Reeves just this week. He also was set to appear in the franchise-spinoff pic Ballerina.
Reddick began his screen career in the mid-1990s, guesting on such series as The Nanny and New York Undercover.
- 3/17/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s that time of year again, and of course Behaviour Interactive’s Dead by Daylight is getting in on the fun once more. In addition to the “Haunted by Daylight” event starting in a few weeks, Dead by Daylight will unveil a new Tome featuring Ghost Face, new skins for Albert Wesker and The Oni and more, along with another free weekend for those who still haven’t made the leap into The Fog.
Kicking off today and lasting until November 3rd, the festivities begin for Dead by Daylight with the release of new store Collections. Alongside the new Hallowed Blight Collection are the limited-time Tricks and Treats Collection, which are available from October 11th to November 3rd. The Midnight Grove Collection will also make a comeback during this time, as well with two new Very Rare Outfits for Mikaela Reid and The Doctor. The Hallowed Blight Collection has two Very Rare Outfits,...
Kicking off today and lasting until November 3rd, the festivities begin for Dead by Daylight with the release of new store Collections. Alongside the new Hallowed Blight Collection are the limited-time Tricks and Treats Collection, which are available from October 11th to November 3rd. The Midnight Grove Collection will also make a comeback during this time, as well with two new Very Rare Outfits for Mikaela Reid and The Doctor. The Hallowed Blight Collection has two Very Rare Outfits,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
The wait is finally over. Project W, the newest Resident Evil crossover with Behaviour Interactive’s Dead by Daylight, arrives today for PC and consoles. Starting today, players can step into the Fog as Albert Wesker, Ada Wong and Rebecca Chambers, complete with a rework of the Raccoon City Police Department Map, and new outfits.
Players with the Killer mindset can choose to play as Albert Wesker, known in game as The Mastermind. Wesker uses the power of the Uroboros virus to take down survivors. Wesker’s Power, Virulent Bound, allows him to rush forward at an incredible speed, grabbing anyone that stands in his path and infect them with Uroboros. Players afflicted with the virus experience a penalty to their mobility, and are easier to pick up.
For the Survivors, players can choose from either Ada Wong or Rebecca Chambers. Ada’s survival skills make her a valuable ally in the fight…...
Players with the Killer mindset can choose to play as Albert Wesker, known in game as The Mastermind. Wesker uses the power of the Uroboros virus to take down survivors. Wesker’s Power, Virulent Bound, allows him to rush forward at an incredible speed, grabbing anyone that stands in his path and infect them with Uroboros. Players afflicted with the virus experience a penalty to their mobility, and are easier to pick up.
For the Survivors, players can choose from either Ada Wong or Rebecca Chambers. Ada’s survival skills make her a valuable ally in the fight…...
- 8/30/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
If you were wondering just when Project W would be hitting Dead by Daylight, you’re not the only one. Behaviour Interactive has been mum on that front, instead sprinkling lore for Survivors Rebecca Chambers and Ada Wong, and new Killer Albert Wesker (known in-game as The Mastermind) for the upcoming crossover. That was until this morning, when the official Dead by Daylight Twitter account posted this:
https://twitter.com/DeadByBHVR/status/1563164364026396672
While Behaviour doesn’t outright say it, according to several leaker sites such as Leaks by Daylight, August 30th is the release date for the Resident Evil crossover with Dead by Daylight. Barring any surprise postponing, Project W will release for PC and consoles next week, and cost 11.99.
Details on the new Chapter are still elusive, but per various leaks (such as the DBDLeaks Twitter), Project W will include a reworked Raccoon City Police Department map, which will...
https://twitter.com/DeadByBHVR/status/1563164364026396672
While Behaviour doesn’t outright say it, according to several leaker sites such as Leaks by Daylight, August 30th is the release date for the Resident Evil crossover with Dead by Daylight. Barring any surprise postponing, Project W will release for PC and consoles next week, and cost 11.99.
Details on the new Chapter are still elusive, but per various leaks (such as the DBDLeaks Twitter), Project W will include a reworked Raccoon City Police Department map, which will...
- 8/26/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Netflix’s “Resident Evil” series sets an original story within the sprawling world of video games. That means no shortage of familiar monsters throughout the eight-episode season, but it also meant surprising revelations for some characters. At the forefront is Lance Reddick’s Albert Wesker, who seems nothing like his video game counterpart at first glance. This Wesker is […]
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- 7/19/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stranger Thing 4 took the world by storm when it finally hit Netflix on May 27, almost three years after the release of season 3. It was a long wait for fans of the show, but their patience was rewarded with one of the biggest and darkest seasons of Stranger Things ever.
At the center of season 4 is a deep dive into Eleven’s past as well as her life post-Hawkins; Hopper’s quest to escape his Soviet captors; Max trying to cope with Billy’s death in season 3; a new string of teen murders perpetrated by the show’s most horrific villain yet, the gruesome Vecna; and the heavy metal-loving dungeon master Eddie Munson, a new character played by Joseph Quinn, trying to prove he didn’t commit the aforementioned killings. In other words, Stranger Things 4 has a lot to cover.
While all of these storylines play out to varying degrees of...
At the center of season 4 is a deep dive into Eleven’s past as well as her life post-Hawkins; Hopper’s quest to escape his Soviet captors; Max trying to cope with Billy’s death in season 3; a new string of teen murders perpetrated by the show’s most horrific villain yet, the gruesome Vecna; and the heavy metal-loving dungeon master Eddie Munson, a new character played by Joseph Quinn, trying to prove he didn’t commit the aforementioned killings. In other words, Stranger Things 4 has a lot to cover.
While all of these storylines play out to varying degrees of...
- 7/17/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
This Resident Evil article contains spoilers.
The big question for longtime Resident Evil fans with regards to Netflix’s new take on the franchise is whether or not it exists within the same canon as the games. Does this show continue or enhance the timeline of the video games in some way?
The definitive answer is revealed in episode 7, “Parasite,” in which we learn that the show’s Albert Wesker (Lance Reddick), father to Jade (Ella Balinska/Tamara Smart) and Billie (Adeline Rudolph/Siena Agudong), is one of several clones the Wesker from the games made of himself. We even see Reddick don the signature leather trench coat and shades for a short flashback scene in which the original Wesker physically and verbally abuses every soul in his vicinity, as only he can.
“I think Wesker from the games kind of gets pigeonholed into being this villain with a Superman complex,...
The big question for longtime Resident Evil fans with regards to Netflix’s new take on the franchise is whether or not it exists within the same canon as the games. Does this show continue or enhance the timeline of the video games in some way?
The definitive answer is revealed in episode 7, “Parasite,” in which we learn that the show’s Albert Wesker (Lance Reddick), father to Jade (Ella Balinska/Tamara Smart) and Billie (Adeline Rudolph/Siena Agudong), is one of several clones the Wesker from the games made of himself. We even see Reddick don the signature leather trench coat and shades for a short flashback scene in which the original Wesker physically and verbally abuses every soul in his vicinity, as only he can.
“I think Wesker from the games kind of gets pigeonholed into being this villain with a Superman complex,...
- 7/16/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
This Resident Evil article contains spoilers.
Netflix’s new Resident Evil series points the franchise in a very unexpected direction, completely changing what we think we know about the villainous Albert Wesker. Played by Lance Reddick (Fringe) in the new streaming show, the Wesker of this series is much more than just a mad scientist hellbent on world domination — he’s also a family man with two daughters with their own teen drama to sort out. Jade (Ella Balinska/Tamara Smart) and Billie (Adeline Rudolph/Siena Agudong) give us an inside look into what it’s like growing up a Wesker, and by the end of the first season, we’ve learned just what it means to be tied to such a dark legacy.
Now that the t-Virus has escaped an Umbrella lab, and the sisters have stepped out of the their father’s shadow, the question now is whether...
Netflix’s new Resident Evil series points the franchise in a very unexpected direction, completely changing what we think we know about the villainous Albert Wesker. Played by Lance Reddick (Fringe) in the new streaming show, the Wesker of this series is much more than just a mad scientist hellbent on world domination — he’s also a family man with two daughters with their own teen drama to sort out. Jade (Ella Balinska/Tamara Smart) and Billie (Adeline Rudolph/Siena Agudong) give us an inside look into what it’s like growing up a Wesker, and by the end of the first season, we’ve learned just what it means to be tied to such a dark legacy.
Now that the t-Virus has escaped an Umbrella lab, and the sisters have stepped out of the their father’s shadow, the question now is whether...
- 7/15/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
In the first season of Netflix’s Resident Evil, a diverse cast of screen veterans and young stars bring the sci-fi terror of Capcom’s long-running game series to life in a way fans have never seen before.
Before diving into the new Netflix series, here’s a guide to the main cast, their characters, and how they’re connected to the original games, as well as what the actors told Den of Geek about bringing Resident Evil to life…
Lance Reddick as Albert Wesker
This Albert Wesker isn’t the villainous, super-powered, leather-obsessed maniac we know from the games. Or is he? Fringe, John Wick, and Horizon Forbidden West star Lance Reddick takes the character in a new direction, with the once-big-bad, now-boring-dad moving his twin daughters Jade and Billie into the Umbrella-funded utopia New Raccoon City, where he’s a lead scientist for the Corporation. Albert seems to be a loving,...
Before diving into the new Netflix series, here’s a guide to the main cast, their characters, and how they’re connected to the original games, as well as what the actors told Den of Geek about bringing Resident Evil to life…
Lance Reddick as Albert Wesker
This Albert Wesker isn’t the villainous, super-powered, leather-obsessed maniac we know from the games. Or is he? Fringe, John Wick, and Horizon Forbidden West star Lance Reddick takes the character in a new direction, with the once-big-bad, now-boring-dad moving his twin daughters Jade and Billie into the Umbrella-funded utopia New Raccoon City, where he’s a lead scientist for the Corporation. Albert seems to be a loving,...
- 7/15/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Netflix’s Resident Evil is kicking off a new era for the franchise on the small screen. After years of movie adaptations starring Milla Jovovich and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, the franchise is shifting gears to tell a story unlike any we’ve ever seen on the big screen or in the games. This new Resident Evil series ditches Chris and Claire Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, and Jill Valentine to tell a modern-day story about Albert Wesker and his family.
Starring the great Lance Reddick as the classic Resident Evil villain, the series not only gives us a complete reimagining of the character as a family man but also introduces us to his two teen daughters, Jade (Ella Balinska/Tamara Smart) and Billie (Adeline Rudolph/Siena Agudong), who have their own issues to deal with, like having to upend their whole lives to move with their father to...
Starring the great Lance Reddick as the classic Resident Evil villain, the series not only gives us a complete reimagining of the character as a family man but also introduces us to his two teen daughters, Jade (Ella Balinska/Tamara Smart) and Billie (Adeline Rudolph/Siena Agudong), who have their own issues to deal with, like having to upend their whole lives to move with their father to...
- 7/15/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
When you think of iconic video game villains, Albert Wesker from the "Resident Evil" franchise is likely one of the first characters that comes to mind. Of course, this isn't without good reason -- Wesker is a great villain and is still compelling to this day. Although he's arguably the embodiment of pure evil, you can't help but at least let him finish his villainous monologues about the sanctity of science.
It's for this reason and many more that Wesker continues to crop up in the "Resident Evil" franchise. In "Resident Evil 7: Biohazard," it's revealed that his research into the T-virus culminated in the creation of...
The post Every Live-Action Albert Wesker From Resident Evil Ranked appeared first on /Film.
It's for this reason and many more that Wesker continues to crop up in the "Resident Evil" franchise. In "Resident Evil 7: Biohazard," it's revealed that his research into the T-virus culminated in the creation of...
The post Every Live-Action Albert Wesker From Resident Evil Ranked appeared first on /Film.
- 7/15/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Warning: The following contains spoilers from all eight episodes of Netflix’s Resident Evil.
Netflix’s Resident Evil series, which dropped all eight episodes on Thursday, centers on Dr. Albert Wesker’s creation of the pharmaceutical drug containing the T-virus and the apocalyptic aftermath it creates 14 years later. There’s just one problem: Wesker died in 2009 after a fight that ended with him falling into a volcano and being hit with an explosion on top of that.
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Netflix’s Resident Evil series, which dropped all eight episodes on Thursday, centers on Dr. Albert Wesker’s creation of the pharmaceutical drug containing the T-virus and the apocalyptic aftermath it creates 14 years later. There’s just one problem: Wesker died in 2009 after a fight that ended with him falling into a volcano and being hit with an explosion on top of that.
More from TVLineResident Evil Boss Addresses Supernatural Comparisons, Teases Show's Connection to the Video GamesStranger Things' Noah Schnapp Finally Confirms Will's Sexuality --...
- 7/15/2022
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Ever since AMC’s “The Walking Dead” sank its teeth into pop culture, zombie shows have been reanimating on TV at an apocalyptic rate. Netflix alone has a horde of shows and movies, like Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead,” the Korean high school drama “All of Us Are Dead,” the period horror “Kingdom” and even the dark comedy “Santa Clarita Diet.” To stand out from the rest of the pack, all of these post-“Walking Dead” shows had to reimagine the classic zombie story by experimenting with genre or setting. Netflix’s “Resident Evil” series is no different, infusing its take on the undead with multiple timelines, teen drama and a sci-fi pharmaceutical company bent on world domination.
The “Resident Evil” franchise has been around for more than 25 years, launching as a horror game in the mid ’90s that terrified players with its grotesque monsters and haunting world.
The “Resident Evil” franchise has been around for more than 25 years, launching as a horror game in the mid ’90s that terrified players with its grotesque monsters and haunting world.
- 7/14/2022
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
This Resident Evil article contains spoilers.
Netflix’s take on Resident Evil is unlike any other adaptation of the long-running game series. Not just in its change of format but in its approach to blending the franchise’s zombie-ridden world with a semi real-world setting in which everyday conversations run the gamut from Covid-19 to Dua Lipa. It’s a strange cocktail of a show that can be patchy and imbalanced at times, and yet oddly fun, irreverent, and surprising as well. This show is all over the place, which makes it quite similar to the game series it’s based on, perhaps unintentionally so.
Before going any further, the most important thing to note is this: If you’re a fan of the games, the show gets better as it goes. The most intriguing aspect of the story is that it builds on the lore of the games quite deliberately,...
Netflix’s take on Resident Evil is unlike any other adaptation of the long-running game series. Not just in its change of format but in its approach to blending the franchise’s zombie-ridden world with a semi real-world setting in which everyday conversations run the gamut from Covid-19 to Dua Lipa. It’s a strange cocktail of a show that can be patchy and imbalanced at times, and yet oddly fun, irreverent, and surprising as well. This show is all over the place, which makes it quite similar to the game series it’s based on, perhaps unintentionally so.
Before going any further, the most important thing to note is this: If you’re a fan of the games, the show gets better as it goes. The most intriguing aspect of the story is that it builds on the lore of the games quite deliberately,...
- 7/14/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Netflix’s “Resident Evil” television series will debut globally on July 14, 2022, the very first live-action series for the popular video game franchise. While you wait, Netflix has debuted the first official clip from the new series today, introducing Lance Reddick (John Wick) as video game character Albert Wesker. In the clip, Wesker is covering his tracks… And […]
The post “Resident Evil” – Clip from Netflix Series Covers Lance Reddick in Zombie Dog Blood appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
The post “Resident Evil” – Clip from Netflix Series Covers Lance Reddick in Zombie Dog Blood appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 7/11/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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