71-889: The title Gun Survivor ( ガンサバイバー , Gan Sabaibā ) refers to the Japanese names of the following video games produced by Capcom : Resident Evil Survivor , known as Gun Survivor: Biohazard in Japan Resident Evil Survivor 2 – Code: Veronica , known as Gun Survivor 2: Biohazard - Code: Veronica in Japan Dino Stalker , known as Gun Survivor 3: Dino Crisis in Japan Resident Evil: Dead Aim , known as Gun Survivor 4: Biohazard: Heroes Never Die in Japan [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
142-678: A patent infringement lawsuit against Koei Tecmo Games at the Osaka District Court for 980 million yen in damage. Capcom claimed Koei Tecmo infringed a patent it obtained in 2002 regarding a play feature in video games. In 2015, the PlayStation 4 version of Ultra Street Fighter IV was pulled from the Capcom Pro Tour due to numerous technical issues and bugs. In 2016, Capcom released Street Fighter V with very limited single player content. At launch, there were stability issues with
213-512: A 2-disc package containing Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Apocalypse , on September 4, 2007. On January 1, 2008, a Blu-ray of the Resident Evil trilogy was released. The film was also released on Ultra HD Blu-ray along with the five sequels on November 17, 2020. In the United Kingdom, it was watched by 2.8 million viewers on television during the first half of 2005, making it
284-421: A brief stint in the late 1980s as a video game publisher for Commodore 64 and IBM PC DOS computers, although development of these arcade ports was handled by other companies. Capcom created home video game franchises, including Resident Evil in 1996, while their highest-grossing title is the fighting game Street Fighter II (1991), driven largely by its success in arcades. In the late 1980s, Capcom
355-627: A cop in Raccoon P.D. Alice and Matt are ordered to go down to the Hive with the group, where they find another amnesiac, Spence, hidden in their train. The commandos explain that everyone in the group except Matt is an employee of the Umbrella Corporation, and Alice and her partner Spence were assigned to guard the Hive's secret entrance beneath the mansion under the pretense of being married. A laser defense system kills Shade and three more commandos outside
426-401: A film of the same name . While commercially successful, it was critically panned. A 2002 adaptation of its Resident Evil series faced similar criticism but was also successful in theaters. The company sees films as a way to build sales for its video games. Capcom debunked rumors that it was leaving the arcade business in 2001. While it did remain in the business in Japan, it gradually left
497-469: A good celluloid representation". In early 2001, Michelle Rodriguez , James Purefoy and Milla Jovovich were the first of the cast to be signed on the project. David Boreanaz was intended to portray the male cop lead of Matt Addison, but he turned down the role to continue work on the WB series Angel . Boreanaz suggested that he was in negotiations to have a smaller role in the film, but he later declined
568-669: A name change to Sanbi Co., Ltd. in September 1981. On June 11, 1983, Tsujimoto established Capcom Co., Ltd. for the purpose of taking over the internal sales department. In January 1989, Capcom Co., Ltd. merged with Sanbi Co., Ltd., resulting in the current Japan branch. The name Capcom is a clipped compound of " Cap sule Com puters", a term coined by the company for the arcade machines it solely manufactured in its early years, designed to set themselves apart from personal computers that were becoming widespread. "Capsule" alludes to how Capcom likened its game software to "a capsule packed to
639-474: A production budget of $ 33 million. It was followed by five sequels establishing their own continuity : Apocalypse (2004), Extinction (2007), Afterlife (2010), Retribution (2012), and The Final Chapter (2016). Underneath Raccoon City , a genetic research facility called the Hive is owned by the Umbrella Corporation . A thief steals the genetically engineered T-virus and contaminates
710-453: A reanimated J.D. bites Rain before she shoots him dead. They reach safety except Kaplan, who is bitten and separated from the group. Alice remembers that an anti-virus is in the lab, but they find it missing. Spence’s memory returns, revealing he was the thief who stole and purposefully released the T-virus in the beginning; he hid both the T-virus and anti-virus on the train. Spence turns against
781-498: A redirect to the film's production company Constantin Film. The website was fully opened in July 2001, and composed of images, plot info, character biographies and downloads. In January 2002, the film was officially announced to have an R rating , although Anderson decided not to make it as gory as the games. Originally it received an NC-17 rating and Anderson had to make cuts; the uncut version
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#1732844685734852-488: A resource. Romero's screenplay was based on the first Resident Evil game and included characters from the video games. Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine were the lead characters, involved in a romantic relationship. Barry Burton , Rebecca Chambers , Ada Wong , and Albert Wesker were to also appear. The ending to the film would have been similar to the first Resident Evil game. Romero also hired artist Bernie Wrightson to design some concept artwork of creatures for
923-404: A steady output of titles. However, following poor sales of Dark Void and Bionic Commando , its management has decided to limit outsourcing to sequels and newer versions of installments in existing franchises, reserving the development of original titles for its in-house teams. The production of games, budgets, and platform support are decided on in development approval meetings, attended by
994-409: A television commercial for the video game Resident Evil 2 . The original game's director, Shinji Mikami , is a fan of Romero and had been influenced by his films . The commercial was only shown in Japan, but impressed Sony enough for them to ask him to write and direct Resident Evil . Romero stated that he had his secretary play the entire game through and record the gameplay so he could study it as
1065-600: A variety of consoles. Capcom compiles a "Platinum Titles" list, updated quarterly, of its games that have sold over one million copies. It contains over 100 video games. This table shows the top ten titles, by sold copies, as of June 30, 2024. Resident Evil (film) Resident Evil is a 2002 action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson . The film stars Milla Jovovich , Michelle Rodriguez , Eric Mabius , James Purefoy , Martin Crewes , and Colin Salmon . It
1136-521: A viral outbreak occurring in the city. There are several references to characters and organizations such as the Umbrella Corporation , the Nemesis program, the underground train bearing the moniker "Alexi-5000" (a double callback to a similar train in Resident Evil 2 and Code: Veronica ' s villain Alexia Ashford ), and a police cruiser, from which Alice takes out a shotgun , with a "STARS" logo on
1207-463: Is a reference to the games, where the bodies of enemies disappear. When the survivors make their escape from the Hive with a countdown as they fight the Licker, this is a reference to the Resident Evil game which ends with a five-minute countdown, during which the boss must be defeated. Anderson has stated that the film's camera angles and several shots allude to the video game's camera angles, such as
1278-845: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Capcom Capcom Co., Ltd. ( Japanese : 株式会社カプコン , Hepburn : Kabushiki-gaisha Kapukon ) (stylized as CAPCOM ) is a Japanese video game company . It has created a number of critically acclaimed and multi-million-selling game franchises , with its most commercially successful being Resident Evil , Monster Hunter , Street Fighter , Mega Man , Devil May Cry , Sengoku Basara , Dead Rising , Dragon's Dogma , Ace Attorney , and Marvel vs. Capcom . Established in 1979, it has become an international enterprise with subsidiaries in East Asia ( Hong Kong ), Europe ( London , England ), and North America ( San Francisco , California ). Capcom's predecessor, I.R.M. Corporation,
1349-464: Is in the same style as the photos in the first version of the Resident Evil game: black-and-white with the foreground image noticeably spliced into the background. In the newspaper at the end of the film, the words "Horror in Raccoon City! More Victims Dead!" are shown in the upper right corner. This is a reference to the same newspaper in the censored opening of the first Resident Evil game and
1420-572: Is loud, violent, formulaic, and cheesy." On Metacritic , the film has an average score of 35 out of 100 based on 24 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Robert K. Elder from the Chicago Tribune thought the film "updates the zombie genre with an anti-corporate message while still scaring its audience and providing heart-pounding action". Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly noted:
1491-498: Is the first installment in the Resident Evil film series , which is loosely based on the video game series of the same name . Borrowing elements from the video games Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 , the film follows amnesiac heroine Alice and a band of Umbrella Corporation commandos as they attempt to contain the outbreak of the T-virus at a secret underground facility. German studio Constantin Film bought
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#17328446857341562-566: Is traditionally used for new game and business announcements. Capcom started its Street Fighter franchise in 1987. The series of fighting games are among the most popular in their genre. Having sold over 50 million copies, it is one of Capcom's flagship franchises. The company also introduced its Mega Man series in 1987, which has sold over 40 million copies. The company released the first entry in its Resident Evil survival horror series in 1996, which become its most successful game series, selling over 150 million copies. After releasing
1633-651: The Nemesis Program , and the Hive is to be re-opened for an investigation into the incident. Sometime later, Alice awakens at the Raccoon City Hospital strapped to an examination table. She escapes outside, only to find Raccoon City in ruins. She retrieves a shotgun from an abandoned police car for defense. German production company Constantin Film bought the live-action film rights for Resident Evil in January 1997, and hired screenwriter Alan B. McElroy to write
1704-544: The Super Nintendo Entertainment System as its platform of choice caused them to lag behind other leading publishers in developing 3D-capable arcade boards. Also, the 2D animated cartoon-style graphics seen in games such as Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors and X-Men: Children of the Atom proved popular, leading Capcom to adopt them as a signature style and use them in more games. In 1990, Capcom entered
1775-499: The Umbrella Corporation or STARS. Instead, the plot followed a special forces team sent by the government to rescue scientists from the mansion laboratory after the SWAT team sent in earlier was killed, during which they realize the mission was a trap and that they are specimens in a medical experiment. The script included all major characters and monsters from the game. McElroy's script was rejected. In 1998, George A. Romero directed
1846-460: The bowling industry with Bowlingo . It was a coin-operated , electro-mechanical , fully automated mini ten-pin bowling installation. It was smaller than a standard bowling alley , designed to be smaller and cheaper for amusement arcades . Bowlingo drew significant earnings in North America upon release in 1990. In 1994, Capcom adapted its Street Fighter series of fighting games into
1917-415: The "George A. Romero Archival Collection", which included material involving his work on Resident Evil . These include several more copies of Romero's Resident Evil script, and a first draft of McElroy's script, dated May 29, 1997, all of which are available to read at the university. A documentary based on this adaptation will be released on digital on January 7, 2025. In 2000, director Jamie Blanks
1988-854: The American market in 2003 and closed its arcade subsidiary in March 2004. Capcom partnered with Nyu Media in 2011 to publish and distribute the Japanese independent ( dōjin soft ) games that Nyu localized into the English language. The company works with the Polish localization company QLOC to port Capcom's games to other platforms; notably, examples are DmC: Devil May Cry ' s PC version and its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One remasters, Dragon's Dogma ' s PC version, and Dead Rising ' s version on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. In 2012, Capcom came under criticism for controversial sales tactics, such as
2059-471: The Hive with it. In response, the facility's artificial intelligence , the Red Queen , seals the Hive and kills everyone inside to prevent the virus from leaking into the outside world. Alice awakens in the bathroom of a deserted mansion, suffering amnesia . An unknown person tackles her as a group of commandos led by James Shade breaks in. Alice's attacker claims to be Matt Addison, who just transferred as
2130-631: The Red Queen's chamber. Despite the Red Queen's pleas for the group to leave, Kaplan disables it, causing the power to fail and all of the doors in the Hive to open. This releases the zombified staff and containment units holding Lickers , creatures created through experimentation with the T-virus. The horde attacks the group, and J.D. dies while the rest are separated. Alice starts regaining her memories while Matt finds his sister Lisa zombified. Alice saves him, and Matt explains that he and Lisa were environmental activists . Lisa infiltrated Umbrella to smuggle out
2201-507: The book's companion CD-ROM . The court filings noted one image file of a metal surface, named ME0009 in Capcom's files, to have the same exact name on the book's CD-ROM. Juracek was seeking over $ 12 million in damages and $ 2,500 to $ 25,000 in false copyright management for each photograph Capcom used. Before a court date could be made, the matter was settled "amicably" in February 2022. It comes on
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2272-509: The brim with gaming fun", and to the company's desire to protect its intellectual property with a hard outer shell, preventing illegal copies and inferior imitations. Capcom's first product was the medal game Little League (1983). It released its first arcade video game , Vulgus (May 1984). Starting with the arcade hit 1942 (1984), they began designing games with international markets in mind. The successful 1985 arcade games Commando and Ghosts 'n Goblins have been credited as
2343-693: The company management and the marketing, sales and quality control departments. Although the company often relies on existing franchises, it has also published and developed several titles for the Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 , and Wii based on original intellectual property: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition , Dead Rising , Dragon's Dogma , Asura's Wrath , and Zack and Wiki . During this period, Capcom also helped publish several original titles from up-and-coming Western developers, including Remember Me , Dark Void , and Spyborgs , titles other publishers were not willing to gamble on. Other games of note are
2414-639: The development process was reformed to better share technologies and expertise, and the individual studios were gradually restructured into bigger departments responsible for different tasks. While there are self-contained departments for the creation of arcade, pachinko and pachislot, online, and mobile games, the Consumer Games R&;D Division is an amalgamation of subsections in charge of game development stages. Capcom has two internal Consumer Games Development divisions: In addition to these teams, Capcom commissions outside development studios to ensure
2485-478: The eighth most-watched UK film on television during that period. The film opened in 2,528 theaters and grossed $ 17,707,106 on its opening weekend (March 15–17, 2002), ranking in second place behind Ice Age . The film grossed $ 40,119,709 domestically and $ 103,787,401 worldwide. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 36% based on reviews from 132 critics and an average rating of 4.6/10. The consensus reads, "Like other video game adaptations, Resident Evil
2556-466: The evidence of illegal experiments and shut Umbrella down. Alice remembers that she was Lisa's contact in the Hive but does not tell Matt. The survivors reunite at the Red Queen's chamber, where the commandos explain they have one hour before the Hive traps them inside automatically. Alice and Kaplan activate the Red Queen to find an exit; they rig a remote shutdown to force her cooperation. As they escape through maintenance tunnels, zombies ambush them, and
2627-414: The fight between Alice and the security guard. These include a scene near the beginning where there is a close up of Alice's eye, a direct reference to the title screen of the first game. In another scene, Alice awakes and hears a creepy sound, which is a reference to the plot of the first game. In March 2001, the official website was set up, which revealed the film's original October 26, 2001 release and
2698-570: The film is as "impersonal in its relentlessness as the video-game series that inspired it". Resident Evil and its sequel appeared on Roger Ebert 's most hated films list, published in 2005. In his review, Ebert described it as a zombie movie set in the 21st century, where "large metallic objects make crashing noises just by being looked at", and criticized the dialogue for being a series of commands and explanations with no "small talk". In 2014, filmmaker James Cameron named Resident Evil his biggest guilty pleasure. After commercial success at
2769-626: The film producers including Jeremy Bolt agreed to make appearances. The film's stunt coordinator also made an appearance as the dog trainer while Bolt's girlfriend and sister both appeared as zombies. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Marco Beltrami and Marilyn Manson during mid-2001. Manson described the score and soundtrack as being more " electronic " than his previous work. Elements are borrowed from Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis , including Alice's character awakening in Raccoon City Hospital with
2840-605: The film's score composition, costume design, set design, zombie make up tests, and the music video for a remixed version of " My Plague " by Slipknot . A Deluxe Edition was released on September 7, 2004, which included new special features such as an alternate ending with director Anderson's video introduction, a clip compilation for Apocalypse , From Game to Screen featurette, a storyboarding Resident Evil featurette, and 6 other exclusive featurettes: The Creature, The Elevator, The Train, The Laser, Zombie Dogs and Zombies. Screen Gems released Resident Evil: Resurrected Edition ,
2911-549: The film, and Wrightson did several designs of Tyrant, based on its look in the original game and its description in Romero's script. In a 2002 interview in Fangoria , Romero said that he wrote a total of five or six different drafts, but that they were rejected. Robert Kulzer, head of the production, said that, although he felt Romero's script was good, the film would have received an NC-17 rating if it had been approved. He also said that
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2982-471: The game's network that booted players mid-game even when they were not playing in an online mode. Street Fighter V failed to meet its sales target of 2 million in March 2016. On January 28, 2019, Capcom announced that Sega would take over technical services for its arcade games starting in April. On November 2, 2020, the company reported that its servers were affected by ransomware , scrambling its data, and
3053-425: The game. Bernd Eichinger, head of Constantin Film, was enthusiastic, so Anderson developed it into the script for Resident Evil . In late 2000, Anderson was announced as director and writer, and Resident Evil re-entered pre-production stages. Anderson stated the film would not include any tie-ins with the video game series as "under-performing movie tie-ins are too common and Resident Evil , of all games, deserved
3124-467: The group. Capcom affirmed that no credit-card or other sensitive financial information was obtained in the hack. In 2021, Capcom removed appearances of the Rising Sun Flag from their rerelease of Street Fighter II . Although Capcom did not provide an official explanation for the flag's removal, due to the flag-related controversy, it is speculated that it was done so to avoid offending segments of
3195-868: The heels of Capcom being accused by Dutch movie director Richard Raaphorst of copying the monster design of his movie Frankenstein's Army into their game Resident Evil Village . In February 2022, it was reported by Bloomberg that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund had purchased a 5% stake in Capcom, for an approximate value of US$ 332 million. In July 2023, Capcom acquired Tokyo-based computer graphics studio Swordcanes Studio. In July 2024, Capcom acquired Taiwan-based computer graphics studio Minimum Studios. In its beginning few years, Capcom's Japan branch had three development groups referred to as "Planning Rooms", led by Tokuro Fujiwara , Takashi Nishiyama and Yoshiki Okamoto . Later, games developed internally were created by several numbered "Production Studios", each assigned to different games. Starting in 2002,
3266-455: The hood. Jason Isaacs appears uncredited in the film as an unnamed masked doctor, a reference to William Birkin . The character of Dr. Isaacs (played by Iain Glen ) in the later films is named after him. Other references include Alice examining the mansion outside, where crows are visible; crows are minor enemies throughout the games. Alice finds a picture of her wedding day with Spence, which
3337-647: The implementation of disc-locked content, which requires players to pay for additional content that is already available within the game's files, most notably in Street Fighter X Tekken . The company defended the practice. It has also been criticized for other business decisions, such as not releasing certain games outside of Japan (most notably the Sengoku Basara series), abruptly cancelling anticipated projects (most notably Mega Man Legends 3 ), and shutting down Clover Studio . On August 27, 2014, Capcom filed
3408-505: The international gaming community. Artist and author Judy A. Juracek filed a lawsuit in June 2021 against Capcom for copyright infringement . In the court filings, she asserted Capcom had used images from her 1996 book Surfaces in their cover art and other assets for Resident Evil 4 , Devil May Cry and other games. This was discovered due to the 2020 Capcom data breach, with several files and images matching those that were included within
3479-470: The leaders of a commando team sent in to prevent a viral outbreak from spreading to the rest of the world. The character of the Red Queen was added into the film's story as an homage to Lewis Carroll 's Alice in Wonderland . During production, professional dancers were hired to star as zombies as they had better control of their body movements. While computer effects were used on some zombies, much of
3550-420: The others but is bitten by a zombie before trapping the survivors in the lab. Spence retrieves the anti-virus but is killed by a Licker. The Red Queen offers to spare Alice and Matt if they kill Rain, who has been infected. A power outage occurs. Kaplan appears, having shut down the Red Queen to open the lab doors. The group heads to the train, where Alice retrieves the anti-virus and kills a reanimated Spence. On
3621-494: The producers thought that McElroy did well with his script, but that they rejected it because, by the time it was finished, the second game would have been released and they felt a film based on the first game would appear dated. Romero said a number of people from Capcom and Constantin supported his script, but Constantin head Bernd Eichinger ultimately rejected it. In 2019, the University of Pittsburgh 's Library System acquired
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#17328446857343692-563: The products "that shot [Capcom] to 8-bit silicon stardom" in the mid-1980s. Starting with Commando (late 1985), Capcom began licensing their arcade games for release on home computers , notably to British software houses Elite Systems and U.S. Gold in the late 1980s. Beginning with a Nintendo Entertainment System port of 1942 (published in Dec. 1985), the company ventured into the market of home console video games, which would eventually become its main business. The Capcom USA division had
3763-547: The prologue chapter for the Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy novel. Near the beginning of the film, Alice examines a statue after the wind blows its cover off. This statue is similar in design to one in the mansion of the first game. While returning to the Red Queen's chamber, Kaplan points out that the four bodies of the group's dead crew from the Glass Hallway Trap sequence are gone. This
3834-449: The rights to adapt the series in live-action in January 1997. Several writers and filmmakers, such as Alan B. McElroy , George A. Romero and Jamie Blanks , were initially hired to direct and write the film, but their scripts were rejected. In 2000, Anderson was announced as writer and director. Developed as a prequel set in the same continuity as the video game series, the film was initially titled Resident Evil: Ground Zero , but
3905-525: The role. The role of Matt Addison then went to Eric Mabius who was cast in March 2001, along with Heike Makatsch , who was cast as Matt Addison's sister Lisa Addison, an employee working for Umbrella's Hive facility. In early March 2001, half of the film was to be shot in Adlershof Studios in Berlin and its surroundings. Principal photography began on March 5, 2001, at numerous locations including
3976-3365: The same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. v t e Resident Evil Media Video games Main Resident Evil 2 3: Nemesis Code: Veronica Zero 4 5 6 7: Biohazard Village Remakes Resident Evil 2 3 4 Revelations Revelations Revelations 2 Outbreak Outbreak File #2 Gun Survivor Survivor Survivor 2 – Code: Veronica Dead Aim Chronicles The Umbrella Chronicles The Darkside Chronicles Other games Resident Evil 1.5 Gaiden The Mercenaries 3D Operation Raccoon City Umbrella Corps Resistance Mobile games Live-action films Resident Evil Apocalypse Extinction Afterlife Retribution The Final Chapter Welcome to Raccoon City Animated films Biohazard 4D-Executer (short film) Degeneration Damnation Vendetta Death Island Television Infinite Darkness Resident Evil Universe Characters & monsters Chris Redfield Jill Valentine Barry Burton Rebecca Chambers Albert Wesker Claire Redfield Leon S. Kennedy Ada Wong Mr. X Nemesis Ashley Graham Merchant Sheva Alomar Ethan Winters Baker family Lady Dimitrescu Zombies Locations Raccoon Police Station Spencer Mansion People Tokuro Fujiwara Shinji Mikami Hideki Kamiya Hiroyuki Kobayashi Noboru Sugimura Jun Takeuchi Development Capcom Five RE Engine Related Sweet Home Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Namco × Capcom Project X Zone Project X Zone 2 Resident Evil 4 HD Project Dead by Daylight Puzzle Fighter Teppen George A. Romero's Resident Evil Save Room [REDACTED] Category v t e Dino Crisis Games Dino Crisis Dino Crisis 2 Dino Stalker Dino Crisis 3 People Shinji Mikami Shu Takumi Hiroyuki Kobayashi Noboru Sugimura Related Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Namco × Capcom Puzzle Fighter Teppen [REDACTED] Category Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gun_Survivor&oldid=1254567811 " Categories : Set index articles Light gun games Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with short description Short description
4047-409: The script. At the time, McElroy was also writing the film adaptation for another video game, Doom , which ultimately wasn't used. The May 1998 issue of PlayStation Magazine published an article about McElroy's Resident Evil script. Described as action- and horror-packed and very violent, the script was similar to the original game. Some changes were made; for example, there was no mention of
4118-497: The second entry in the Resident Evil series, Capcom began a Resident Evil game for PlayStation 2 . As it was significantly different from the existing series' games, Capcom decided to spin it into its own series, Devil May Cry . The first three entries were exclusively for PlayStation 2; further entries were released for non- Sony consoles. The entire series has sold over 30 million copies. Capcom began its Monster Hunter series in 2004, which has sold over 100 million copies on
4189-518: The then-unfinished station U-Bahnhof Bundestag of the Berlin U-Bahn , Landsberger Allee, Kaserne Krampnitz and the Schloss Lindstedt. The film was originally subtitled as Resident Evil: Ground Zero when it was considered a prequel to the games, but the subtitle was removed due to 9-11 . The film's synopsis as of March 16, 2001 revealed that Jovovich's Alice and Rodriguez's Rain were
4260-472: The threat actors, the Ragnar Locker hacker group, had allegedly stolen 1TB of sensitive corporate data and were blackmailing Capcom to pay them to remove the ransomware. By mid-November, the group began putting information from the hack online, which included contact information for up to 350,000 of the company's employees and partners, as well as plans for upcoming games, indicating that Capcom opted to not pay
4331-1322: The titles Ōkami , Ōkamiden , and Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective . Capcom Co., Ltd.'s head office building and R&D building are in Chūō-ku , Osaka . The parent company also has a branch office in the Shinjuku Mitsui Building in Nishi-Shinjuku , Shinjuku , Tokyo ; and the Ueno Facility, a branch office in Iga , Mie Prefecture . The international Capcom Group encompasses 12 subsidiaries in Japan, rest of East Asia, North America, and Europe. In addition to home, online, mobile, arcade, pachinko , and pachislot games, Capcom publishes strategy guides ; maintains its own Plaza Capcom arcade centers in Japan; and licenses its franchise and character properties for tie-in products, movies, television series, and stage performances. Suleputer , an in-house marketing and music label established in cooperation with Sony Music Entertainment Intermedia in 1998, publishes CDs, DVDs, and other media based on Capcom's games. Captivate (renamed from Gamers Day in 2008), an annual private media summit,
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#17328446857344402-412: The train, they inject Rain and Kaplan with the anti-virus. The Licker attacks them, clawing Matt and killing Kaplan. Alice subdues the Licker before a zombified Rain attacks Matt, the anti-virus having failed to cure her. He shoots Rain dead. At the mansion, Matt's wound begins mutating. Before Alice can give him the anti-virus, a group of Umbrella scientists seizes them. They reveal Matt is to be put into
4473-401: The undead appearances were accomplished through make-up while their movements were a more laissez-faire approach, as Anderson told the actors to move however they thought a zombie would, given their conditions. Whilst filming, there was a shortage of manpower where the available dancers were not enough to represent the required numbers of undead, but some of Capcom 's executives and several of
4544-422: Was attached to a new adaptation that was said to borrow more elements from the Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis games. In 1995, Paul W. S. Anderson 's low budget film Mortal Kombat became one of the first commercially successful video game adaptations. After playing Resident Evil , Anderson saw its cinematic potential and wrote a script titled Undead , which he described as "a ripoff" of
4615-439: Was founded on May 30, 1979 by Kenzo Tsujimoto , who was still president of Irem Corporation when he founded I.R.M. He worked at both companies at the same time until leaving Irem in 1983. The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japan branch were I.R.M. and its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computers Co., Ltd., both of which were devoted to the manufacture and distribution of electronic game machines. The two companies underwent
4686-611: Was later confirmed by Sony in August 2001. The film was set for release on April 5, 2002, before being pushed forward to a March 15 release. In December 2001, it was announced that Pathé and FilmFour had acquired the British theatrical distribution rights to the movie as part of a partnership between the two companies. They would both share acquisition and distribution costs and divide profits equally, while Pathé's UK distribution arm would handle distribution. Resident Evil : Special Edition
4757-415: Was on the verge of bankruptcy when the development of a strip Mahjong game called Mahjong Gakuen started. It outsold Ghouls 'n Ghosts , the eighth highest-grossing arcade game of 1989 in Japan, and is credited with saving the company from financial crisis. Capcom has been noted as the last major publisher to be committed to 2D games, though it was not entirely by choice. The company's commitment to
4828-515: Was released on VHS and DVD by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment on July 30, 2002, in the United States, April 14, 2003 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the United Kingdom and October 2002 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in Australia. It was a special edition release, with a number of documentaries including five featurettes, one of which explained the making of Resident Evil ,
4899-458: Was released on March 15, 2002, in the US. On June 29, 2004, over two years after the film's release, a novelization by Keith R. A. DeCandido was published. In May 2001, it was announced that Sony Pictures Releasing would distribute the film in North America through their Screen Gems label. It was suggested by Capcom executives that the film would not be released in 2001, but rather in 2002, which
4970-572: Was retitled after the September 11 attacks . Cast was announced in early 2001 and principal photography commenced in March 2001 in Berlin . Resident Evil was theatrically released in Germany on March 12, 2002, by Constantin Film Verleih, and in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2002, by Pathé Distribution . The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $ 103 million worldwide against
5041-487: Was teased but never released. In December 2001, Sony gave fans a chance to design the film's poster with a prize of an undisclosed amount of cash and free screening of the film, with the final design being the film's poster. On February 16, 2002, Nick Des Barres, a 23-year-old aspiring actor and ex-video game magazine designer, was announced as the winner of the competition. The film's trailer and clips were released in late January and early February 2002. Resident Evil
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