The Mystery House is Homestead Plantation in Port Allen, built 1915 to replace the decaying 19th century home of the same name just down the road. It was refurbished sometime after 2014, thankfully ending any fear that it had been abandoned to 8 years of Hurricane Seasons. (2)
It has finally been confirmed that a Netflix adaptation of Resident Evil is in the works. Attached is a description taken from Netflix's Media Center. See also a WaybackMachine archive of the search result we took a few minutes ago:
We've recently been made aware that Paul Haddad, voice of Leon in the original Resident Evil 2, has died this week following a battle with stage-3 throat cancer. Thoughts are with family and friends.
The
#VenusFlyTrap
Resident Evil TV series has now officially begun its marketing campaign in the past hour, posting a Cerberus pic on their official Instagram page. Actresses Sienna Agudong and Paola Núñez posted video versions on their own pages.
Interesting Resident Evil 2 poster found in the V-Jump magazine guidebook, featuring Brad Renfro who played Leon in the George A. Romero trailer.
Kudos to the uploader at !
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Today is the anniversary of the death of Brad Renfro, who played Leon S. Kennedy in George A. Romero's Resident Evil 2 trailer. He was only 15 at the time of filming.
Remember that time IGN threw a launch party for Resident Evil 6 full of booze, pole-dancers and rappers theming their lyrics on Resident Evil? Boy was that weird in retrospect.
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This Louisiana mansion was visited by Capcom in 2014 as part of their research expedition for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. We can't seem to find any fan projects to identify the mansion in question, and there are over 200 old mansions to comb through. Got any tips?
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We're seeing some gaming tabloids saying there will be a two-hour
#ResidentEvilVillage
showcase. According to Capcom themselves, that's the entire Capcom event length including DMC5. RE8 itself will only be 30 mins (not 2hrs), followed by a guest spot.
Checking out our comic collection for ads - here's one for Resident Evil 5, taken from the back cover of the 2008 "Resident Evil Vol. 2
#1
" comic by WildStorm.
We've just learnt that a promotional Leon cologne was released in December 2004 ahead of RE4's release. A re-boxing of the existing J. Del Poza "Quasar" brand, it was scented of lavender, rosemary and cedarwood. Someone got this for Christmas.
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Not sure why we're seeing *so many* comments critical of Albert Wesker being a scientist. This was firmly established in the Prime universe, that he was trained in virology and genetics, and was recruited by Umbrella to work on the t-Virus Project. Maybe we should revise our bio.
Common misconception to address: Albert Wesker is *NOT* a Nazi or a Nordicist. He is a Mutant supremacist, and favours no one culture or ethnicity; to him all humans are to be exterminated and replaced with Mutants arising from anywhere in the world.
Today, actress Lily Gao published a still from a
#WelcomeToRaccoonCity
deleted scene on her Instagram. Ada has infiltrated the police station to provide give Wesker information on his mission (à la 'Trent'). In the theatrical version, Wesker instead receives all this by mobile.
GFR is claiming a Resident Evil 4 movie is in pre-production under Sony. We're aware Constantin is working on multiple projects (with or without ScreenGems), but not what they specifically are so can't confirm/debunk it. We'll keep our eyes out.
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Noticed in the trailer that one of the victims is Anthony Ishizuka, the father of the New York cop brutally torn apart by Zombies in Vendetta. Poor family can’t catch a break.
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Normally we'd avoid getting into this, but the amount of fake/angry-at-nothing outrage over the TV show is now too much to ignore. To stress: if you think a shot of two 14yo sisters holding hands for a second is "gay propaganda", you are the one with the problem, not the show.
We've noticed a recent interest in the 2004 film, Apocalypse. Here are some shots of the Jill screen test *after* the costume change. Apologies for the image quality; they weren't exactly large to begin with. (1)
This image has been sharing around for eight years, and is believed to be by a freelance artist who worked for Ubisoft. It is NOT proven as being linked to the cancelled RE7. It made its way to Twitter after it was snagged by a Discord lurker before it could be investigated.
Finished taking scans of our copy of "BIO HAZARD The True Story Behind BIO HAZARD", which contains the first published Resident Evil novella - a prequel to the first game from Chris Redfield's perspective.
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With limited time to completely re-imagine the enemy roster for Resident Evil 4, Mikami's team drew heavy elements from the popular manga series, Parasyte. However, the idea for a different style of parasite-controlled enemy had already existed the previous year.
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A famous hoax from April 2012 is a magazine article purported to be from May's edition of Game Informer, revealing that Chris and Jill were married. This led to a lot of chatter on Capcom-Unity, and was confirmed fake soon after.
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Hyper low-res shots of the 1996 PlayStation Expo, where Capcom decorated its booth with a Jill and Zombie mannequin and some props from the live-action opening cutscene. Hope to find better quality images later.
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A likely influence for Elza Walker's design is Saki Asamiya from Sukeban Deka, an '80s detective show where a teenage cop investigates crime rings operating out of high schools, armed with a yo-yo. SD was very popular at the time, and Noboru Sugimura was S1 showrunner.
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"All Rights Reserved. Virus supplied by the Umbrella Corporation".
Resident Evil Outbreak wasn't too well advertised by Capcom, but buyers of the Apocalypse DVD (in the UK at least) did get this leaflet in 2004.
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Just like to stress this: We did not sell the Wiki or any of its accounts to Netflix and we're posting TV show news because it's news relating to RE. So far this week we've been called Shills, bought-accounts, and even had posts reported for misinformation and any posts brigaded.
We're celebrating the 12th anniversary of the debut of BIOHAZARD Marhawa Desire. This was Capcom's first attempt at a long-running manga, and saw a BSAA effort to prevent a high school massacre.
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Yes I liked the new trailer. Yes I'll watch the series. And no, I'm not being paid by Netflix, Capcom, Constantin or the South African TV industry. I *wish* I was swimming in that Shill money, but you'll have to settle with me having my own tastes.
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We've found more content detailing the mysterious "Bloodbath" poster for Resident Evil in 1997. The rumour of it is confirmed; it was indeed pulled from magazines/stores when the ASA received complaints about the gore.
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One of the more bizarre of Resident Evil Lost Media is "Bioroid Year Zero"/バイオロイド零年. This was a 2000 musical stage production performed by the SET comedy troupe, and was set in a parody of Raccoon City ("BioCity") from the Zombies' perspective.
Good news everyone,
@BSAArklay
especially. Our search for the Resident Evil 7 Mystery House has ended. Several fruitless searches over the past 8 years are over thanks to the folks at r/architecture. (1)
This Louisiana mansion was visited by Capcom in 2014 as part of their research expedition for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. We can't seem to find any fan projects to identify the mansion in question, and there are over 200 old mansions to comb through. Got any tips?
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We’ve been in touch with Japanese speakers over a supposed RE9 leak originating from 4chan. It would appear the text is written in an unusual style indicative of machine translation.
We urge people not to trust unsubstantiated leak rumours as this causes confusion in the fandom.
With the news of Xbox 360's impending store shut down, spare a thought for Operation Raccoon City's Nemesis Mode. As a 360 exclusive, it is now doomed to be permanently retired.
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The fandom's made progress and determined the Reddit source to be a user called u/VILLAGECONNOISSEUR. All codes were GPS coordinates of cities across the United States which, when put in order, spell out the user's name. Now we know 'who' they are, we can wait for more posts.
Artist Daniel Carrasco recently uploaded this Neptune art. Most WtRC monster concept art is RE1 based, so this fits with the theory it was envisioned as a more expensive mansion-lab film prior to October 2019 (earliest script in collections).
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We've seen a lot of posts today about Resident Evil 9. Having looked at them, they appear to be recycled claims from a journalist of poor reliability. Only thing confirmed about RE9 so far is its working title and it being delayed from its FY2023 release date.
Resident Evil Netflix reviews should be coming out today, as early as 90 mins from now (assuming they’re timed for Midnight in LA). If you want to avoid heavy spoilers this is your warning to go dark.
Today is the 27th anniversary of the airing of BIO HAZARD The Tragedy of Markova Village, an RE1 prequel story exploring Jill's early encounter of Zombies in a Satanic mountain cult.
Flashback to 2003. It's the height of the Coronavirus epidemic in Toronto, and the Prince Edward Viaduct has been closed for filming an upcoming Sony Zombie action-horror film.
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With Netflix's upcoming Resident Evil /
#VenusFlytrap
series closing ever more to release, we'll start posting regular updates on the show's content known thus far. Any new information will be added to the list.
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Happy 9th birthday to Resident Evil: Revelations 2, which bridged the gap between the combat heavy tone of Resident Evil 6 and the more environmentally driven of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard!
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It would appear we're definitely getting a soundtrack release for Resident Evil Netflix. Didn't find it ourselves; seems there's other eagle-eyed fans covering the show too.
I guess that's something else coming out 14 July?
Saw the Brazilian fandom talking about a rumoured new Resident Evil TV series. Hollywood Reporter interviewed Constantin execs in October about their plans; they're also thinking of new movies being straight-to-VoD, and talk favourably of Amazon Prime.
In 2010 the Korean fanbase took notice of the accidental Umbrella logo at the Daejeon government complex. This would itself inspire Capcom to create the much taller "Quad Tower" complex featured at the end of the Leon and Ada stories in Resident Evil 6.
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After the Raccoon City incident, the US maintained a 200+ mile wide exclusion zone in the Midwest, reducing Kant City and Opossum City to Pripyat-style ghost towns. This zone was in effect as late as 2005 due to the prolonged Congressional investigation of the disaster.
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Looking back at Resident Evil 5, did you know that on 13 March 2009 Capcom hosted a blood-drive in Los Angeles? Their appeal was for fans heading out to buy the new game to drop-in for a donation on the way.
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We've now gone through 12 pages, and it looks pretty conclusive that "Venus Fly Trap" is the working title for "Resident Evil". We've identified a new supporting actor and apparently a director, as well as a bunch of production designers.
Here’s everything we know of Resident Evil game plans!
✅ Resident Evil 9 is in deep dev but delayed.
✅ Other games exist at unknown levels of completion.
✅Capcom still hoping for annual RE but won’t guarantee.
That’s it. Anything else is 4chan ops and best guesses.
We're finally introduced to young Billie Wesker (Siena Agudong) in the Resident Evil Netflix series' ad campaign. I guess we get young Jade tomorrow.
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Just looking through the old RE0 trial backgrounds. The blood-stained torture chamber might indicate Marcus was actively studying how badly the Zombie children could be injured before dying.
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We typically operate on a deny-until-conclusive methodology here due to most news coming from blog sites, and still won't be using those as sources. Scepticism is still well accepted as this still isn't "out of the horse's mouth."
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It wasn't just a poster - they rigged up a fake webstore selling products to ease your anxieties, only for a Zombie to jump out at you when you browse for too long.
Just been informed that French distributor Metropolitan Filmexport has updated its webpage on
#ResidentEvilWelcomeToRacoonCity
. The runtime of the film is 106 minutes. Much shorter than the 2+ hours some fans were theorising.
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Inspired by a poll about which live-action movie Claire actor is the best, we're doing a deep-dive into the lesser known Claire actors. Does anyone know the identities of the live-action trailer and pre-viz Claire performers for Revelations 2?
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We're cataloguing the various foreign language names for
#WelcomeToRaccoonCity
. If your country gives the film a unique title, please reply to help out; we've also listed some we were not able to translate.
Just to put it out there -- the only reason the games don't have a global t-Virus pandemic is because Capcom doesn't want to get future releases tied down in the world-building. They'd totally do it otherwise and have probably considered it now and then.
Concept art of "Veronica Zombie", an enemy that was cut out of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. Since its name was also "South American Zombie", we can assume it was to appear in Operation Javier.
(Source: INSIDE OF BIOHAZARD THE DARKSIDE CHRONICLES)
We've been seeing the same Destructoid screenshot shared around all yesterday implying RE9 will have a totally new storyline and cast. Checked out their IGN source; they speculated RE9 will have a 'new set of faces' in lieu of Ethan, but Capcom refused to comment. Very unspicy.
Remembering Noboru Sugimura, one of the architects of Resident Evil, on the anniversary of his death. Toei fans would know him from his work on Sukeban Deka, Metal Hero, Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.
In less than four hours, Resident Evil: Death Island will make its entry into theatres in the Philippines. Naturally, we'll avoid discussing the film's details as much as we can, though be wary of what articles you click on when reading the Wiki until you've seen it.
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Did you know Mia's attic fight was initially very different in storyboards? Rather than her surprise you with a chainsaw you were to find her in the corner trying to slice her own face off. You would defeat her by stabbing her in the chest with her own knife.
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It's been 2 weeks since
@pl_evil
notified us Operation Raccoon City has been retired from Steam altogether. Still yet to see any official announcements by
@CapcomUSA_
about this.
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While Joy is original to the TV series, Umbrella in the games did in fact explore medicinal uses of t-Virus with T-JCCC203, which was part of a 1993 clinical trial. The results were promising with the minor hiccough of either curing then killing the patient or zombifying them.