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[Gamescom 2018] ‘Resident Evil 2’ Remake Director: A Remake of ‘REmake’ Would be “Interesting”
Okay, this might be taking things a little too far.
When Capcom said that they’d look into other franchises to remake based on the initial success of the Resident Evil 2 remake (even though it hasn’t even been released), readers mentioned franchises like Darkstalkers, Dino Crisis, Onimusha and others that they’d like to see Capcom give the remake treatment.
But remaking a remake?
In an interview at Gamescom, RE2 remake director Kazunori Kadoi was asked about old Capcom games that could be remade. The interviewer mentioned the Japan-only precursor to Resident Evil, Sweet Home, as a possibility, but also the 2002 remake of Resident Evil.
Kadoi’s response? “Certainly enough time has passed that it wouldn’t be laughable to remake the remake. I personally think that would be an interesting thing to do.”
Now obviously, this is not a confirmation by Capcom that they’re remaking the game. It’s just the musings of an employee of Capcom when they were asked a question.
In regards to Sweet Home, Capcom couldn’t do it, as they no longer hold the rights to the game, nor according to Kadoi does Capcom “want to feed just nostalgia”. Rather, they want to “reimagine [a game] in a way so that it bridges the generation gap between people who played it 20 years ago and newcomers.”
Which brings us back to REmake. Sure, the game was a great reimagining of the 1996 original, and certainly improved upon every aspect of the original. But does it need to be remade itself? It was (sort of) remade back in 2015 with the HD Remaster, but that was a fresh coat of paint on a (at the time) 13-year-old game.
What say you?
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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