Resident Evil: Death Island Is a New CG-Animated Film Releasing This Summer

Resident Evil: Death Island is a brand-new CG-animated film set to be released in Summer 2023, and IGN has the exclusive teaser trailer for the sequel to Resident Evil: Vendetta that stars Leon S. Kennedy, Chris Redfield, and more.

While we don’t have an exact release date, the first details of Resident Evil: Death Island reveal a story that will take our heroes to San Francisco to deal with a zombie outbreak, and Alcatraz appears to be the key to solving this disaster.

Here’s the official description:

D.S.O. agent Leon S. Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers, when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit. Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. agent Chris Redfield is investigating a zombie outbreak in San Francisco, where the cause of the infection cannot be identified. The only thing the victims have in common is that they all visited Alcatraz Island recently. Following that clue, Chris and his team head to the island, where a new horror awaits them.

Resident Evil: Death Island is directed by Assassination Classroom’s Eiichiro Hasumi and the screenplay is from Psycho-Pass’ Makoto Fukami.

Resident Evil: Death Island will serve as the fourth installment in the CG animated film series based on the beloved gaming franchise. The first two films in the series were 2008’s Resident Evil: Degeneration and 2012’s Resident Evil: Damnation.

In our review of Resident Evil: Vendetta, we said that it “falls far short of the heights that the game series has achieved. It may be closer in tone to the games than the live-action films are, but the lack of interaction, the weak story, and the barely defined personalities of its heroes and villains make this film feel like an empty shell.”

For more in the world of the horror franchise, check out our hands-on preview of the Resident Evil 4 remake and our reviews of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, and Netflix’s live-action Resident Evil series.

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