{"id":103130,"date":"2020-10-24T14:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/resident-evil-movie-series-order\/"},"modified":"2020-10-24T14:38:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T14:38:53","slug":"making-sense-of-all-the-resident-evil-adaptations-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/10\/24\/making-sense-of-all-the-resident-evil-adaptations-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Sense of All the Resident Evil Adaptations | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201c1996\u2026 I\u2019ll never forget it.\u201d<\/span><\/i> It was the year video game publisher Capcom released Resident Evil<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (or Biohazard<\/em> in Japan) on the original PlayStation, setting the stage for a burgeoning genre named as soon as its opening cutscene concluded: \u201cEnter the Survival Horror.\u201d Like a lot of games in its generation, Resident Evil<\/em> based much of its production values on the film medium – specifically ground-zero zombie filmmaker George A. Romero’s work – and in the 24 years since, the franchise has kept its cinematic influence near and dear. Hollywood, naturally, has taken notice, and Resident Evil<\/em> has received more game-to-screen adaptations than any other video game franchise (outside of Pok\u00e9mon<\/em>), with three animated films and a saga of six live-action movies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though it was the face of its genre for over a decade, Resident Evil<\/em> spent the majority of the 2010s struggling with misdirection and mismanagement, and its multimedia consequently bled out and died as general interest waned. But the one-two punch of 2017\u2019s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard<\/em> and 2019\u2019s long-awaited remake of Resident Evil 2<\/em> has rocketed the S.T.A.R.S.-studded series to gaming glory once again. Resident Evil<\/em> is <\/span>back, and its resurgence has appropriately resurrected cinematic interest in the property like a hapless victim of Raccoon City\u2019s tap water.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Three separate adaptations based on the Resident Evil<\/em> franchise have been announced over the last two months, each with its own story, cast, and place on the series\u2019 ever-twirling timeline. This article aims to distinguish them and address their connective canonicity with the core series.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A glance at the Resident Evil<\/em> library demonstrates the franchise\u2019s fascination with chronological meandering. Even though the mainline games progress naturally, RE mostly deals in prequels, remakes, or reinterpretations of stories already told. Netflix and Supernatural<\/em> writer Andrew Dabb are challenging series conventions by leaping forward in time<\/a>, literally\u00a0turning a spotlight on the next generation of Evil<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Announced in August, the generally-titled Resident Evil<\/em> stars the never-before-known daughters of fan-favorite series villain Albert Wesker<\/a>. The \u201cWesker kids,\u201d Billie and Jade, arrive in \u201cNew Raccoon City,\u201d a corporatized rebuilt metropolis of Nemesis and Mr. X\u2019s old stomping grounds. But that\u2019s only half the tale – the series will spend just as much time sixteen years later, as Jade reaches her thirties and the world\u2019s war on the zombifying T-virus reaches a bitter end. With humanity outnumbered by the billions, Jade must unravel – and likely grapple with – her father\u2019s genocidal legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s an ambitious premise, forgoing series precedent in favor of an underappreciated structural approach to episodic storytelling, alternating between two separate points in time. It also defies long-established understandings of the Umbrella corporation\u2019s superhuman founder<\/a>. Although the idea of Albert Wesker fathering children has been explored in the series – specifically\u00a0Resident Evil 6<\/em> – the show appears to be taking it a step further, past purely genetic adoption and onto full-on parenthood. Since Wesker\u2019s son has already been identified in the main games, this series will likely spin its own canon, branching into territories never explored (though not without the occasional cameo from the franchise\u2019s finest).<\/span><\/p>\n

Netflix’s Resident Evil<\/em>\u00a0is currently in development.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Capcom\u2019s \u201cRE Engine,\u201d the tech designed to power the latest Resident Evil<\/em>\u00a0titles, is arguably one of the most impressive and powerful in its industry, allowing artists and animators to build Raccoon City and the Baker house with beautifully moody lighting and outstanding character designs. The recent games\u2019 production values are so excellent they seemingly negate any computer-generated RE media that doesn\u2019t require a controller. Even so, Resident Evil<\/em> is getting its first animated series, subtitled Infinite Darkness.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Like most Umbrella conspiracies, Infinite Darkness\u2019<\/em> existence was leaked. A trailer featuring Claire Redfield and Leon Kennedy, the protagonists of Resident Evil 2<\/em>, surfaced on Netflix Portugal\u2019s Twitter account before its official reveal at Tokyo Game Show 2020<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n