{"id":6448,"date":"2021-11-18T23:22:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T04:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448"},"modified":"2021-11-18T23:35:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T04:35:40","slug":"resident-evil-welcome-to-raccoon-city-exclusive-video-interview-with-writer-director-johannes-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448","title":{"rendered":"RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY \/ Exclusive Video Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> : Returning to the origins of the massively popular RESIDENT EVIL franchise, fan and filmmaker Johannes Roberts brings the games to life for a whole new generation of fans. In RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY, once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company\u2019s exodus left the city a wasteland&#8230; with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, a group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kASvmNOsom8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts on &quot;RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY&quot;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kASvmNOsom8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Rating<\/strong>: R (Strong Violence and Gore|Language Throughout)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong>: Horror, Action<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong>: English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong>: Johannes Roberts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong>: Robert Kulzer, James Harris, Hartley Gorenstein<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writer<\/strong>: Johannes Roberts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong>: Nov 24, 2021 Wide<\/p>\n<p><strong> Runtime<\/strong>: 1h 47m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong>: Screen Gems Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1) View the collection: Resident Evil<\/p>\n<p>Cast : Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia, Donal Logue<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4q6UGCyHZCI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY - Official Trailer (HD)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4q6UGCyHZCI?start=25&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis : Returning to the origins of the massively popular RESIDENT EVIL franchise, fan and filmmaker Johannes Roberts brings the games to life for a whole new generation of fans. In RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY, once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5479,3745,5484,3746,3742,3734,3741,5481,5482,5483,3747,5478,3743,300,5480,3744],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY \/ Exclusive Video Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY \/ Exclusive Video Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts | Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Synopsis : Returning to the origins of the massively popular RESIDENT EVIL franchise, fan and filmmaker Johannes Roberts brings the games to life for a whole new generation of fans. In RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY, once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-19T04:22:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-19T04:35:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Resident-Evil-poster.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1090\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1346\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew Schuchman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/StacheReviews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew Schuchman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448\",\"name\":\"RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY \/ Exclusive Video Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts | Cinema Daily US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Resident-Evil-poster.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-19T04:22:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-19T04:35:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/889e1f9d51ae7adbbd6256704c780fdb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Resident-Evil-poster.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Resident-Evil-poster.png\",\"width\":1090,\"height\":1346},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY \/ Exclusive Video Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/\",\"name\":\"Cinema Daily US\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/889e1f9d51ae7adbbd6256704c780fdb\",\"name\":\"Matthew Schuchman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Matthew-Schuchman-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Matthew-Schuchman-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Matthew Schuchman\"},\"description\":\"In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don\u2019t Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn his fascination into his own review site in 2010; Movie Review from Gene Shalit\u2019s Moustache. From there, he provided his voice to such publications as Den of Geek, Coming Soon, and Verbicide magazine as a film reviewer and talent interviewer.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cinemadailyus.com\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shalitsstache\/?hl=en\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/StacheReviews\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY \/ Exclusive Video Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts | Cinema Daily US","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY \/ Exclusive Video Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts | Cinema Daily US","og_description":"Synopsis : Returning to the origins of the massively popular RESIDENT EVIL franchise, fan and filmmaker Johannes Roberts brings the games to life for a whole new generation of fans. In RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY, once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The...","og_url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448","og_site_name":"Cinema Daily US","article_published_time":"2021-11-19T04:22:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-19T04:35:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1090,"height":1346,"url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Resident-Evil-poster.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Matthew Schuchman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/StacheReviews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew Schuchman","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448","name":"RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY \/ Exclusive Video Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts | Cinema Daily US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Resident-Evil-poster.png","datePublished":"2021-11-19T04:22:12+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-19T04:35:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/889e1f9d51ae7adbbd6256704c780fdb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Resident-Evil-poster.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Resident-Evil-poster.png","width":1090,"height":1346},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=6448#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY \/ Exclusive Video Interview with Writer\/Director Johannes Roberts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/","name":"Cinema Daily US","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/889e1f9d51ae7adbbd6256704c780fdb","name":"Matthew Schuchman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Matthew-Schuchman-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Matthew-Schuchman-150x150.jpg","caption":"Matthew Schuchman"},"description":"In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don\u2019t Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn his fascination into his own review site in 2010; Movie Review from Gene Shalit\u2019s Moustache. From there, he provided his voice to such publications as Den of Geek, Coming Soon, and Verbicide magazine as a film reviewer and talent interviewer.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cinemadailyus.com","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shalitsstache\/?hl=en","https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/StacheReviews"],"url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?author=4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}