Documentary Charting George Romero's Unmade Resident Evil Gets A New Teaser

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A new teaser trailer has dropped for Brandon Salisbury's forthcoming documentary, George A. Romero's Resident Evil, charting the halted production of the late great filmmaker's film adaptation of the popular video game.

Romero, who became the father of the zombie horror genre with 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, was initially brought in on the ground floor of Constantin Pictures' eagerly awaited adaptation of the 1996 Resident Evil video game franchise. His script, which built on the lore and action of the game version, began development in 1998 but was scrapped the following year due to Romero's unwillingness to yield to Constantin's desire for a less gory and violent film. Romero's script was scrapped, and another film by Paul W.S. Anderson was adapted instead, with Anderson in the director’s chair of 2002’s Resident Evil, which starred Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez. Salisbury's documentary charts the evolution and ultimate failure of Romero's vision for the Resident Evil adaptation.

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The new George A. Romero's Resident Evil teaser reflects on Romero's fragmented and horrific storytelling with game scenes accompanying. It begins with a voiceover of Romero's words superimposed by shots of the game and scenes from his classic zombie movies. The comments chart a line of influence that begins in the late '60s with Night of the Living Dead that extends through the game itself in style, monsters, and tone. Ultimately Salisbury's documentary plans to dive deeper into the legacy of the filmmaker's influence on the game, and by extension, the film that was eventually released in 2002 without Romero's involvement.

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