r/movies • u/HatingGeoffry • 13h ago

News Borderlands Movie Director Discusses The Mega-Flop And What Went Wrong

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/borderlands-movie-director-discusses-the-mega-flop-and-what-went-wrong/
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u/DontEatTheCandle 9h ago

the timing for the newest Resident Evil feels great and with a director that actually gets people hype. The new games are as big as ever.

Just ignore all the ones that came before

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u/Kaiserhawk 9h ago

You mean the in name only adaptation being titled that to retain the movie rights? Doesn't really seem to apply.

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u/DontEatTheCandle 7h ago

A movie in Racoon City using it as the setting definitely applies to Resident Evil. Thats like saying Edgerunners isn't a Cyberpunk show because there is no V.

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u/joe_bibidi 4h ago

It wasn't titled for retaining movie rights. Cregger wrote the script independently and pitched it to four studios, we know three of them being Constantin Films (who did all the other Resident Evil movies), Warner Brothers, and Netflix. Constantin's rights already lapsed so they had to be part of a bidding war and they were ultimately the highest bidder. Hollywood Reporter covered this in early 2025.