20 Wild Theories For Upcoming Movies
6. It's A Secret Leon Kennedy Origin Story - Resident Evil
Zach Cregger has been upfront about the fact that his new Resident Evil adaptation won't feature any existing characters from the video game franchise, instead operating as a more-or-less standalone story set within the Resident Evil universe.
To that end, it's also been announced that lead actor Austin Abrams will be playing a brand new character called Bryan, but of course, that hasn't stopped many fans believing that there's more to this than meets the eye.
Some fans are convinced that Cregger is being a little sly here and Abrams is actually going to be secretly playing a young, rookie version of the series' de facto protagonist, Leon Kennedy.
After all, it's easy to see how Abrams could be made up to resemble Leon, and considering the character's absurd popularity among the Resident Evil fandom, why the heck not?
But we're leaning towards Cregger being totally honest here, especially if apparent recent script leaks can be believed, which suggest Abrams' protagonist is an in-over-his-head organ courier and absolutely not a police officer of any kind.