The “Resident Evil” franchise is going back to the beginning, as Constantin Film announced Tuesday that it is in pre-production on an origin story of the video game and film franchise, and the studio has already set Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen and Robbie Amell to star.Johannes Roberts (“47 Meters Down”) is directing and writing the origin story that will travel to Raccoon City in 1998 where a zombie apocalypse first spread as a result of a deadly virus bioweapon by the Umbrella Corporation.“The Maze Runner” star Scodelario will play Claire Redfield in the new film, John-Kamen will play Jill Valentine, and Amell will play Chris Redfield.Also attached to star are Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker, Avan Jogia as Leon S.
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