Original Sin: Prelude to Biohazard is a completely unofficial fan film. Crowdfunding began earlier this year, and the first teaser has finally been released!
The project will be a feature-length fan film, and it will be a prequel to the 1996 video game. As director Brandon Salisbury states in the project’s initial crowdfunding video, the game Resident Evil 0 was a prequel to the 2002 RE remake. Original Sin, however, will be a prequel to the 1996 game (the remake supplanted the original in the official game-universe canon).
Original Sin is inspired by the novella “Bio Hazard: The Beginning.” That novella was part of a promotional giveaway book from Capcom titled Bio Hazard: The True Story Behind Bio Hazard (yes, biohazard is spelled “bio hazard” on the book’s cover).
“Bio Hazard: The Beginning” was written by Hiroyuki Ariga, and it was translated into English as “Resident Evil: The Book.” The story is about Chris Redfield searching for his old friend Billy Rabbitson. Billy is employed by Umbrella as a researcher, and he calls Chris one night to say he has information about the mysterious murders that have been happening in the Arklay mountains in 1998. That call sends Chris and eventually Jill on an adventure that leads up to the beginning of the first game.
The cast teaser reveals that the release of Original Sin is planned for March of 2027. It will be on YouTube, so it’s free to watch, but you can also still back them on Indiegogo for rewards. Just search for “ORIGINAL SIN: Prelude to Biohazard.”
Brandon Salisbury, the director of Original Sin, previously wrote, directed, and produced the documentary George A. Romero’s Resident Evil.
The cast of Original Sin includes: Cody Nicholson (Chris Redfield), Annie Roig (Jill Valentine), Mike “Cosblade” (Albert Wesker), Mimi “MimiDoesCosplay” (Rebecca Chambers), Andre Baldwin (Kenneth Sullivan), Bradley Beard (Barry Burton), Shaun – radioreelin on Instagram (Forest Speyer), Austin Greene (Joseph Frost), and Joe Whyte (Brian Irons). I didn’t see the names for the other actors (they’re not listed in the video or on the Indiegogo that I saw), but the other characters introduced are Brad Vickers and Billy Rabbitson.
