Film featuring characters from survival horror game series opens worldwide in 2017

Capcom announced on the official Japanese Biohazard / Resident Evil website on Thursday that a feature-length Biohazard CG anime film has been green-lit. The film is slated for a worldwide opening in 2017.

Takanori Tsujimoto ( The Next Generation -Patlabor- , Ultraman X ) will direct the film, with a script by Makoto Fukami ( Psycho-Pass , School-Live! ). Kenji Kawai ( Patlabor , Ghost in the Shell ) will compose the music. CG animation studio Marza Animation Planet will animate the film. Takashi Shimizu ( Ju-on , live-action Kiki's Delivery Service ) is credited as executive producer.

The film will have a completely original story, and will feature characters from multiple games in the series, including Chris Redfield, Rebecca Chambers, and Leon Kennedy. Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi ( Resident Evil 4 , Sengoku Basara ) is supervising the project.

[Via MoCa News]

Update: Marza Animaton Planet posted an image:

Thanks, Gwyn Campbell