Resident Evil Reboot Gets Official Title

The upcoming Resident Evil reboot film has an official title, as revealed at SXSW. According to IGN, director Johannes Roberts said during the film festival event (which went virtual this year) that the film is officially titled Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.

The film is set in 1998 and “will tell the events of the city under siege from infected zombies,” with IGN noting that the mansion from Resident Evil 1 and the city and police station as featured in Resident Evil 2 will be present in the film.

Roberts also told IGN that he was focusing on the film’s tone, noting, “The thing I loved about the games is they were just scary as hell and that is very much what I wanted. That atmosphere — it’s rain, it’s constantly dark, it’s creepy. Raccoon City is kind of this rotten character in the movie and that sort of atmosphere in the games I wanted to put in [the film].”

The film stars Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia, and Neal McDonough and is set to open on September 3rd.