George A. Romero’s Resident Evil: documentary about unmade movie in the works

A convention called Creature Feature Weekend was held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania at the end of last month, and during that event it was announced that director Brandon Salisbury is teaming up with Jason Bareford, who worked as George A. Romero‘s personal assistant, to bring us George A. Romero’s Resident Evil, a documentary that will dig into the version of Resident Evil that was going to be written and directed by Romero. The folks at Dawn of the Discs were even able to get their hands on a couple teaser images from the documentary:

As the story goes, Romero had an assistant play through Resident Evil so he could watch while writing the screenplay – and Bareford was that assistant.

During an interview with the Resident Evil Podcast, Salisbury revealed that he doesn’t want George A. Romero’s Resident Evil to be your average “talking heads” documentary. So he had the idea to shoot interviews in an abandoned mansion that has been made up and lit to look like the mansion from the Resident Evil video game. He has also gotten permission from the game rights owners at Capcom and the film rights owners at Constantin Film to film some scenes from Romero’s script that were based on iconic scenes from the game… but as of right now he’s not sure if they will be able to shoot those.

Bareford says the mission with this documentary is to set the record straight on what really went on behind the scenes when George A. Romero’s version of Resident Evil was in the works. He was in the room when decisions were being made, and when Romero was informed that Constantin Film no longer intended to make the movie with him.

Salisbury is planning to get George A. Romero’s Resident Evil out into the world sometime in 2024. We’ll keep you updated on the project as it continues to move forward.

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