The director of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City assured fans that his reboot will channel the spirit of the franchise's original PlayStation entries.

Speaking to IGN, Johannes Roberts discussed his thought process for adapting this film compared to Paul W.S. Anderson's movies and the role Capcom played in recreating Resident Evil's most iconic settings. "I wanted to go back to the horror of it all. I wanted scares and atmosphere rather than full-on action. I think fans of the game felt the same," he said. "They wanted to see the iconic characters and locations and feel that the movie was more in line with the Resident Evil game world so that's really why we chose to go in that direction. We worked hand in hand with Capcom on this movie to the point that we actually got blueprints from them on the designs of the Spencer Mansion and Raccoon police station in order to recreate them as perfectly as we could. We even have the exact artwork up on the mansion walls. Capcom saw it for the first time the other day and was so happy and excited."

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Roberts also confirmed that, while Welcome to Raccoon City will pull from early Resident Evil aesthetics, it won't just be a carbon copy of those stories. As he explained, "the trickiest part of adapting a piece of IP like this because I didn't just want to put the game on screen - it had to be its own thing with living breathing characters and creatures (and of course zombies!) that felt true to the world. There is some cool s**t in there. I mean some of the creature stuff looks f***ing incredible. It was a mixture of prosthetics, CGI, and creature performers. There's some wonderfully freaky stuff in there. You'll immediately recognize the creatures from the game but hopefully, we've gone beyond the game in terms of making these terrifying creations feel like they really could exist in real life."

Preview photos for Welcome to Raccoon City, whose official title was revealed in March, feature the protagonists of both 1996's Resident Evil and 1998's Resident Evil 2, including Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, Claire Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Brad Vickers and Albert Wesker. However, they also feature a live-action appearance from Spencer Mansion monster Lisa Trevor, indicating that the film will adapt 2002's acclaimed Nintendo GameCube remake of Resident Evil.

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Resident Evil was first adapted by Anderson in his 2002 film of the same name starring Milla Jovovich, which spawned five sequels. Other adaptations include three animated movies, the Netflix animated series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness and an upcoming live-action show. Capcom's latest gaming entries to the franchise include Resident Evil Village, a sequel to 2017's critically acclaimed Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, and remakes of both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis using Biohazard's RE Engine.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is set for release on Nov. 24.

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Source: IGN