For the series of films, see: Resident Evil films. Resident Evil (also originally known as: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccon City) is a film in development belonging to the genre of horror of American survival-German directed by Johannes Roberts and written by Roberts and Greg Russo. Serving as a reboot of the resident Evil movie series, which is based on the video game series of the same name, the film is starring Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Abell, Hannah John-Kamen, Avan Jogia, Tom Hopper, Lily Gao, Neal McDonough, and Donal Logue. According to Roberts, it will be a story of origin, set in 1998, and is based on elements of the first and second game. The development took place at the beginning of 2017, after the launch of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and producer James Wan expressed interest in the project. Later, the president of Constantin, Martin Moszkowicz, said a reboot of the series of films was being developed. In the same month, it was announced that WAN would produce the ...