Northern Ontario Heritage Fund

I guess the production company is Canadian.

They got a $2 million grant from Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation... to make another Resident Evil film and thought they were going to do a sequel to Raccoon City.

And then Zack Kreiger got involved and decided he wanted to tell an original story set in the universe that didn't feature any of the characters from the game.

He said, people want Leon's story, but that story is in the games.

Like it was, uh, the

NOHFC or the innovation.

Yes,

yes, yes.

The NOHFC.

Like I've done those and like those help like get you started.

Um, but no, I've never gone to the bank and been like, this is my idea.

And Moskowitz was skeptical of films being released for theaters if not projected to be successful.

In April 2023, Raccoon HG Film Production, which financed Welcome to Raccoon City, received a grant of CA$2 million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation for the production of a film titled Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles.

Greater Sunbury was picked as the principal film location.

According to Jeff Snyder, the studio was looking at Zack Kreger to direct the new film, which brings us to our reboot.