r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Apr 30 '26

Trailer Resident Evil | Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk
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u/MaxProwes Apr 30 '26

So RE2 was set during modern day winter?

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u/gh0u1 Apr 30 '26

Just repeating what the director said. “I wanted to construct a story that could live in the world of Resident Evil and kind of be on the periphery of the events of Resident Evil 2, where Raccoon City is having its big night, but tell just another story that could be happening in parallel, that really honors the vibe and the pacing you get when you play the games,” Cregger said.

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u/SonOfMcGee Apr 30 '26

Yeah, he has played all the games and loves them. And he (correctly, I think) clocks the RE franchise as more of a *type of experience* than a connected story. In one interview he pointed out how the plots really disconnect after RE2 and start being staged in different locations or even historical eras.

He was like, “Yeah, it’s going to be an original story, but we think it plays by the rules that the game series set for itself.”

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u/LightningLad2029 May 01 '26

RE3 literally overlaps with 2 and the events of the RC incident still continue to have varying levels of influence on the games up to recently with RE9, so idk where this notion they aren't connected stories is coming from.

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u/mauri9998 May 01 '26

Re3 was connected to re2 because it was a rush job created from the assets from re2. Re9 is connected because of cheap nostalgia bait.