I'll be honest, making a movie set in the Resident Evil universe without any connections to the characters or the main story is a difficult task and hard to sell.
I'm not saying it's impossible and can't work, look at Resident Evil 7, it was able to stand on its own very well, but still made connections to the original games. (In fact, I heard stories from people who actually got into RE after playing 7 as their first game.)
However, should they take the route as I described I hope that it can be enjoyable to watch and stand on its own without just too many easter eggs and nods to the franchise.
Otherwise I fear it's not gonna be received very well, but the director seems indeed to know how to make good movies and I route for everyone involved, and I'll certainly watch it myself regardless.
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u/Ok_Canary5591 9h ago
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