According to director Johannes Roberts, the upcoming 2021 Resident Evil film will be titled: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. The setting of Raccoon City portrays a vital role. The film will be a reformation of the first two Resident Evil games and provide an origin story. Additionally, the film will follow the original Resident Evil characters: Claire and Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, and Leon S. Kennedy.

Clearly Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will not have anything to do with the previous film franchise. It has a separate origin storyline formed in the depths of the classic games and the biosphere of terror. Furthermore, set in the year 1998, the film will follow the events that took place in the city under blockade from infected zombies. We can also expect to see the mansion from and the police station from the first two games in the film.

The studio has also announced the main cast. Kaya Scodelario, The Maze Runner (2014), will play Claire Redfield, Hannah John-Kamen, Ready Player One (2018) will play Jill Valentine, Robbie Amell The Tomorrow People (2013) will play Chris Redfield, Tom Hopper, The Umbrella Academy (2019) will play Albert Wesker, and Avan Jogia, Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) will play Leon S. Kennedy.