Resident Evil Film Adds IMAX and Premium Large Format Screenings
A 90-minute real-time film built around format-specific presentation is a bet that theatrical spectacle, not franchise familiarity, is what sells a game adaptation now.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Cinema Today.
The new live-action Resident Evil film opens October 9 and will screen in eight formats across thirteen versions, including IMAX, Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, MX4D, 4DX, SCREENX, and ULTRA 4DX. It was shot with IMAX-certified digital cameras. Zack Cregger directs the adaptation of Capcom's game, following a deliveryman named Brian through one night in Raccoon City. Four limited visuals for IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, and SCREENX were also released.
The film runs about 90 minutes and stays with the protagonist's perspective in real time, so the format lineup is doing structural work rather than decorating a standard cut. Four limited visuals accompany the announcement, one each for IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, and SCREENX, showing Brian running through Raccoon City and hints of what waits in the dark.
Cregger, whose previous credits include Barbarian and WEAPONS, directs. The film opens October 9.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.