Milla Jovovich, in her role as wife of the director of lead publicist for the Resident Evil movie franchise, just confirmed that Leon Kennedy will make a live-action debut in the next RE film, where he will be played by Johann Urb.
You might remember Urb from films such as (adjusts glasses, reads from paper) “Eastwick, 2012, The Hottie and the Nottie, 1408, The Mountain, The Bank Job and Strictly Sexual.” That’s provided you remember those films.
At least the resemblance is there.
RE5′s Leon Kennedy Revealed [IGN via Game Informer]
Michael
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 10:44 AM“played by something called Johann Urb.”
‘Something’? You may not recognise the name but at least have the decency to recognise him as a human…
masha2932
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 10:56 AMI hope it was just a typo because Johann Urb is a human not a thing.
Logan Booker
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 11:34 AMBy popular demand, Johnny Urb is no longer a thing.
weresmurf
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 11:35 AMThe only resemblance is he’s a bottle blonde. That’s all. Well, it’s another character for Anderson to ruin. I cant wait for the RE series to be rebooted without Andersons involvement.
Grandmaster B-Funk
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 12:10 PMi thought that in one of the movies, there was a newspaper article that said that leon died…
eh, i don’t care, i hate these movies, they are just these super action movies now, not horror like the first games were…
Chazz
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 5:27 PMI look forward to the film. Resident Evil, for me, has always been a game series that has gotten far more credit than it’s worth. Clunky controls in each game, horrendous camera angles, shallow and clichéd stories with no real sense of continuity (kinda like Lost). Sure the games are fun but they were pretty bad as horror games. At least the movies are unabashedly cheesy and don’t try to be something they’re not.
weresmurf
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 6:50 PMFun? Interesting? Coherent? A good time?
Agreed, they’re most definitely not trying to be any of that.
Chazz
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 7:04 PM/sigh
A wild fanboy appears.
RE has always tried to be a well-made, clever, horror game and not once has it achieved that. It will always be the videogame equivalent of b-grade schlock horror.
Sure it is fun, and it can be at times interesting. But let’s try and NOT ignore the fact that as a horror game it’s about as clever and well made as a Dino Crisis title.
It will never match the scares and stories of the Silent Hills or the Alone in the Darks (let’s just pretend the 2008 title never happened though).
Now keep in mind, RE2 is one of my favourite titles of all time. I do thoroughly enjoy the RE games but the praise they get is definitely always aimed at the wrong aspects.
Monkey Butler
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 11:24 PMI feel like you’re missing the point Chazz. Whatever the failings of the games (I’m with you on them being more of a chore than anything), the films are just completely useless.
Chazz
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 5:03 PMI wouldn’t call them useless. At least they’re somewhat entertaining. Solid action, the acting isn’t actually that bad, the effects are pretty good. All in all they are solid popcorn flicks.
Remember, it can always be worse. It could be a Uwe Boll film or the michaelbayformers :P
gman
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 10:53 PMhmmm…I gave your argument a thought but then decided nah, I’d take a RE game over an RE movie anyday
Sean
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 3:21 AMGames may be cheesy but the films are extravagant hogwash!
bbtbill
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 10:31 AMBoooo…. Jenson Ackles should be taking this role :(
Neil Williams
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 6:06 PMWhile Jenson Ackles is a fantastic actor, he really doesn’t fit the role of Leon.
Joshy206
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 10:54 AMThe movies are awesome (well, except for the 4th one).
They don’t try to be like the games, and I think that’s a good thing. Resident Evil 3 (the movie) was pretty much Mad Max with telekinesis and zombies, and it was awesome.
gman
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 10:59 PMSeriously, don’t really care who from the game they try to introduce.
They’ll just reduce the personality and role of the character anyway. I had hope when Wesker was said to be in the latest movie, but he wasn’t nearly as awesome, and the climactic fight scene was pretty meh…
Neil Williams
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 6:05 PMParticularly when they borrowed it nearly shot by shot from the cutscene from Resident Evil 5 where Jill and Chris fight Wesker in the mansion.
AerintheADEQUATE
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 11:47 PMAlice will save his life at least three times.