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The latest Resident Evil animated film features series regulars Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy fighting zombies on an island.
The first teaser trailer for Resident Evil: Death Island, the latest animated film in Capcom's famous survival horror franchise, has been released.
The teaser trailer for the CG-animated Resident Evil film, shared by IGN on YouTube, shows series protagonists Leon S. Kennedy and Chris Redfield up to their usual zombie-shooting habits, this time on Alcatraz island. Jill Valentine, a fan-favorite Resident Evil character who has been largely absent from most of the franchise's recent entries with the exception of the 2020 remake of Resident Evil 3, also makes an unexpected appearance at the end of the trailer.
The upcoming animated film will follow Leon S. Kennedy, who is "on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit." Meanwhile, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance agent Chris Redfield is in San Francisco "investigating a zombie outbreak" whose "cause of infection cannot be determined." According to the official Resident Evil: Death Island synopsis, "The only thing the victims have in common is that they have all recently visited Alcatraz Island. Following that lead, Chris and his team travel to the island, where they encounter a new horror."
Death Island will be the fourth series in Capcom's Resident Evil film series, following Resident Evil: Degeneration, Resident Evil: Damnation, and Resident Evil: Vendetta. The fourth installment is directed by Eiichiro Hasumi, who previously directed the Netflix miniseries Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness in 2021, from a screenplay written by Psycho-Pass novelist Makoto Fukami. Resident Evil: Death Island is a direct sequel to Resident Evil: Vendetta, which saw Leon and Chris dealing with a biohazard outbreak in New York City and shooting their mutated adversaries with gun-fu flair.
The Resident Evil franchise has previously featured an island setting in both games and other media. Resident Evil 4's large island setting pitted Leon against mobs of militaristic enemies and Krauser, an old mercenary from his past. This section of the game is expected to be included in the upcoming remake of Resident Evil 4, which is set to be released in March.
Resident Evil: Heavenly Island, a 2015 manga series written by Naoki Serizawa, also took place on a sunny Caribbean island where a film crew was filming Idol Survival, a popular TV show starring scantily clad models. Claire Redfield of Resident Evil 2 fame was dispatched to the island to investigate a deadly biohazard outbreak.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Resident Evil: Death Island in all territories except Japan in the summer of 2023.
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