Stranded traveler gets more than he bargained for in Resident Evil teaser
Stranded traveler gets more than he bargained for in Resident Evil teaser
滞留旅客在《生化危机》预告片中遭遇意外惊魂
The Resident Evil film franchise has grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide since the first film debuted in 2002, but an attempt to reboot it a few years ago floundered. Sony Pictures is trying again, this time tapping Zach Cregger—who wrote, produced, and directed last year’s Oscar-winning horror hit Weapons—for the project. The studio showed the first teaser for Cregger’s Resident Evil during CinemaCon and just released it to the wider public.
自2002年首部电影上映以来，《生化危机》系列电影在全球已斩获超过12亿美元的票房，但几年前的一次重启尝试却以失败告终。索尼影业决定再次尝试，此次邀请了曾编剧、制片并执导去年奥斯卡获奖恐怖片《武器》（Weapons）的扎克·克雷格（Zach Cregger）操刀该项目。制片方在CinemaCon期间展示了克雷格版《生化危机》的首支预告片，并刚刚将其向公众发布。
When the first Resident Evil game debuted in 1996, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, spawning several sequel games, comics, novels, and a very lucrative film franchise directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich. But those films were only loosely based on the games, keeping a few primary characters and the basic concept, but little else. Reviews were mixed, despite the films’ massive box office success.
1996年首款《生化危机》游戏问世时，便在商业和口碑上取得了巨大成功，随后衍生出多部续作游戏、漫画、小说，以及由保罗·W·S·安德森执导、米拉·乔沃维奇主演的极具商业价值的电影系列。然而，这些电影仅是松散地基于游戏改编，保留了少数主要角色和基本概念，其余内容则大相径庭。尽管这些电影在票房上大获成功，但评价却褒贬不一。
Work on the first reboot started in 2017, eventually producing 2021’s Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. Director Johannes Roberts wanted to bring a very different tone to his film. He wanted to stay closer to the Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 games—even employing the same fixed angles of Spencer Mansion in the first game. Alas, Welcome to Raccoon City was critically panned and had a disappointing box office showing, grossing just $42 million globally against its $25 million budget. The studio nixed its plans for a direct sequel, and a 2022 Netflix series was also canceled after a less-than-stellar first season.
首次重启工作始于2017年，最终产出了2021年的《生化危机：欢迎来到浣熊市》。导演约翰内斯·罗伯茨（Johannes Roberts）希望为电影带来截然不同的基调。他试图更贴近《生化危机》和《生化危机2》游戏，甚至在电影中采用了与初代游戏斯宾塞洋馆相同的固定视角。遗憾的是，《欢迎来到浣熊市》口碑惨淡，票房表现也令人失望，全球票房仅为4200万美元，而其预算为2500万美元。制片方随后取消了直接续集的计划，而2022年推出的Netflix剧集也在表现平平的第一季后被砍。
But now it’s Cregger’s turn. According to Cregger, this new film is not a direct game adaptation, but an original story with original characters set in the same fictional universe. He told the audience at CinemaCon that his film will have “no narrative acrobatics, time jumps or disorienting chapter things,” preferring his audience to be “locked in with a protagonist on a foot journey through a world hell-bent on destroying them.” Nor will it be like Weapons; Cregger’s Resident Evil vision, he said, is closer to Evil Dead II. But it would, he said, be “true to the spirit of the games.”
现在轮到克雷格了。据克雷格透露，这部新片并非直接的游戏改编，而是一个设定在同一虚构宇宙中的原创故事，拥有原创角色。他在CinemaCon上告诉观众，他的电影将“没有叙事杂技、时间跳跃或令人困惑的章节安排”，他更希望观众能“与主角一起，在那个一心想要毁灭他们的世界中进行一场徒步之旅”。这也不会像《武器》那样；克雷格表示，他心目中的《生化危机》更接近《鬼玩人2》（Evil Dead II）。但他强调，这部电影将“忠于游戏的精神”。
Per the official logline: “Resident Evil follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in a nonstop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.” Joining Abrams (who also appeared in Weapons) in the main cast are Paul Walter Hauser as Carl; Zach Cherry as Dave; Kali Reis as Pauline; and Johnno Wilson as Max. The new Resident Evil hits theaters on September 18, 2026.
根据官方剧情简介：“《生化危机》讲述了医疗快递员布莱恩（奥斯汀·艾布拉姆斯饰）的故事，他在一个注定恐怖的夜晚，无意中陷入了一场混乱，被迫展开了一场永不停歇的生存竞赛。”除了艾布拉姆斯（他也曾出演《武器》）外，主要演员还包括饰演卡尔的保罗·沃尔特·豪泽、饰演戴夫的扎克·切里、饰演宝琳的卡莉·瑞斯以及饰演马克斯的约翰诺·威尔逊。新版《生化危机》将于2026年9月18日上映。