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Resident Evil skipped Leon for Bryan, a courier who'd never survive Raccoon City. Co-writer Shay Hatten explains why, and how he and Zach Cregger wrote it over FaceTime.
Anthony Orlando sits down with Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapter 3 and Chapter 4) to talk about co-writing Resident Evil with Zach Cregger, Austin Abrams' performance as Bryan, the Sam Raimi influence behind the film's mix of scary and funny, the third-act hospital sequence, and whether there's room for a sequel. Plus, what's next: The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil with James Wan.
Read more: https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/resident-evil-film-review-screenwriter-interview/
0:00 Intro
0:24 Co-writing with Zach Cregger
1:13 Answering the fan backlash
3:34 Writing Bryan and casting Austin Abrams
5:31 Writing the script over FaceTime
6:57 Will there be a sequel?
7:49 The third-act hospital sequence
8:56 The fatherhood theme
9:56 What's next for Shay Hatten
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