Production on the Resident Evil movie reboot is in full swing, with the upcoming film set to be an accurate adaptation of the video game source material. Various Resident Evil movie set photos have started appearing online, confirming that the upcoming Resident Evil movie reboot is going to great lengths to recreate the look of Raccoon City from the Resident Evil 2 game.
The new Resident Evil movie set photos show locations like Kendo's Gun Shop and Emmy's Diner, two iconic locations featured at the beginning of the Resident Evil 2 video game. In the Resident Evil 2 video game, Claire Redfield visits Emmy's Diner, and that's where she is first attacked by zombies. Luckily, she is saved by rookie cop Leon S. Kennedy, though it doesn't take long for the two to wind up separated in post-apocalyptic Racoon City.
Kendo's Gun Shop, meanwhile, is operated by Robert Kendo, a good friend of Resident Evil 1 character Barry Burton. Kendo's Gun Shop is featured in both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, and so it's a location that should be very familiar to longtime fans of Capcom's survival-horror franchise. In any case, the inclusion of both Kendo's Gun Shop and Emmy's Diner is a confirmation that fans can expect these beginning sequences of the Resident Evil 2 video game to be recreated in the upcoming movie reboot.
So far, the Resident Evil movie reboot seems to be focusing mainly on Resident Evil 2, though we know that Resident Evil 1 characters are also set to be included in the film. Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine have already been cast in the Resident Evil movie reboot, as has Albert Wesker, and so it will be interesting to see how they're incorporated into the story. Perhaps the film will feature Chris and Jill in the mansion while simultaneously showing Leon and Claire in Raccoon City. However, that's just speculation at this time, as more specific Resident Evil movie reboot plot details have yet to be revealed.
Another major Resident Evil 1 character is rumored to be part of the Resident Evil movie reboot in the form of Lisa Trevor. Lisa Trevor's story is closely linked to that of the mansion from the first Resident Evil game, so it would be a bold choice to have her featured in Raccoon City instead.
With the Resident Evil movie aiming for a 2021 release date, more concrete information on the plot should come to light sooner rather than later.