RESIDENT EVIL Reboot Snags Its Jill Valentine?
Mike Sprague
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It looks like Screen Gems’ upcoming Resident Evil reboot may have snagged its Jill Valentine. That is if The Illuminerdi reports are to be believed. They say that Hannah John-Kamen (Black Mirror, Ant-Man and the Wasp) has been officially offered the role.
On top of that, they report that Kaya Scodelario (Crawl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) has been offered the role of Claire Redfield (negotiations have not been finalized) and Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) was up for Chris Redfield.
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Greg Russo pens the script for this James Wan-produced reboot which will be helmed by 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and The Strangers: Prey at Night director Johannes Roberts.
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Based on the video game, the 2002 version centered on a commando team who must break into “the hive,” a vast underground genetics laboratory operated by the powerful Umbrella Corporation. There, a deadly virus has been unleashed, killing the lab’s personnel and resurrecting them as the evil Un-dead. The team has just three hours to shut down the lab’s supercomputer and close the facility before the virus threatens to overrun the Earth.
Rated R for strong sci-fi/horror violence, language and sexuality/nudity, the film sports a 36% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: Like other video game adaptations, Resident Evil is loud, violent, formulaic, and cheesy.
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