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Immersive ‘Resident Evil’ Experience Simulates a Zombie Attack!

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Milla Jovovich stars in Screen Gems' RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER.

Buyers in Hong Kong will be treated to some new technology that will put them right in the middle of a zombie apocalypse alongside Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich.

Variety writes about a new interactive experience, “Road To Raccoon City”, which features haptic technology from Sony combined with motion picture content from Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. It launches this week at the CineAsia exhibitors and distributors convention in Hong Kong (Dec. 6-8, 2016.)

Haptic technology generates tactile sensations in a user’s body through vibrations. In “Road to Raccoon City” users wear a specially equipped vest and shoot at zombies on a projected screen. As the zombies attack, the vest generates physical and audio responses to simulate the attack. Evil star, Milla Jovovich provides a voice-over.

Designed as a complement to the movie, which itself is derived from a Capcom game, the sensory experience is result of cooperation between Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), video production company Sony PCL, and parent company Sony Corp.

The experience is going on a tour, so it’s quite possible it will land in some U.S. citifies to support the film’s release in January. It sounds like laser tag meets virtual reality, only it’s missing one component: smell. Imagine the scent of rotting decay and napalm as you’re fighting off a zombie horde?!

The story picks up immediately after Resident Evil: Retribution and sees Alice (Jovovich) as the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. She must return to The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike.

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It’s Official: Ryan Gosling Playing ‘Ghost Rider’ in MCU Movie Being Directed by Shawn Levy

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Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary) has made no secret of the fact that he’d love to play Ghost Rider in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s now officially happening.

Announced by Marvel out of San Diego Comic-Con tonight, Ryan Gosling will play the iconic Marvel character in a Ghost Rider movie being directed by Shawn Levy!

Expect Ryan Gosling to play Ghost Rider on the big screen in 2028.

Johnny Blaze is of course the most iconic and well-known Ghost Rider, selling his soul to Satan and becoming a supernatural badass. Nicolas Cage brought Blaze to life on screen in both 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, while Gabriel Luna more recently played the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider in the series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

Luna was set to star in his own Ghost Rider spinoff series in the wake of that small screen appearance, but that Hulu project ended up being squashed before it ever had a chance.

Fans have been waiting for Ghost Rider to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for many years now, with Ryan Gosling making it clear that he’d love to bring the character back to life.

That Hollywood dream is coming true. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.

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