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Austin Abrams in 'Resident Evil.' Courtesy of Sony Pictures The zombies and mutants are lurking in the first teaser for the new Resident Evil film adaptation from Weapons director Zach Cregger.
The new teaser offers a glimpse at the simple set-up Cregger has crafted for the film: Bryan, a young medical courier, played by Austin Abrams, wanders into an abandoned house, needing to use a phone. “Hey babe, look, um, I’m really sorry we got disconnected earlier,” he says nervously while leaving a message. “But some things have happened. I’m in like a seriously fucked up situation right now and it looks like there’s a chance that we might not get to talk to each other again.”
As Bryan speaks, the clip teases some of the mayhem to come: Breathless sprints, frantic searches for supplies, and some absolutely terrifying creatures wreaking havoc in Raccoon City. “I just wanted you to know, I love you,” Bryan says, these last words paired with footage of what look like bodies falling out of the sky and exploding on a snowy street.
In an interview with the Playstation blog, Cregger explained that his film isn’t a direct adaptation of one of the installments in the storied video game franchise. Rather, he said, he wanted to “tell a story that could take place in the Resident Evil world” and “celebrate everything I love about the games by telling a story that could exist on the sidelines of one of the games.”
