The `Resident Evil` franchise is going back to the beginning, as Constantin Film announced Tuesday that it is in pre-production on an origin story and reboot of the video game and film franchise. The studio has already set Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen and Robbie Amell to star.

Johannes Roberts (`47 Meters Down`) is directing and writing the origin story, simply titled `Resident Evil,` that will travel to Raccoon City in 1998 where a zombie apocalypse first spread as a result of a deadly virus and bioweapon unleashed by the Umbrella Corporation. The director says that the new film will be based largely on the first two video games in the franchise.

`The Maze Runner` star Scodelario will play Claire Redfield in the new `Resident Evil,` John-Kamen will play Jill Valentine, and Amell will play Chris Redfield. Also attached to star are Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker, Avan Jogia as Leon S. Kennedy and Neal McDonough as William Birkin.

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`After a dozen games, six live action movies and hundreds of pages of fan fiction, we felt compelled to return to the year 1998, to explore the secrets hidden in the walls of the Spenser Mansion and Raccoon City,` Kulzer said.

The previous six `Resident Evil` movies earned over $1.2 billion at the global box office as led by Jovovich and primarily by director Paul W.S. Anderson, and the franchise wrapped up back in 2016.