When the first trailer for the upcoming Resident Evil movie hit the internet earlier today , the reaction was about what you would expect for a film that seems devoid of any main franchise characters. Some people were excited. And some people were disappointed. But according to director and writer Zach Cregger ( Weapons , Barbarian ) he didn’t want to retell Leon’s story or the events of a past game because it would be “redundant” and likely “disappointing.” In a new interview with the Official PlayStation Blog , Cregger mentioned not once, but twice , that this movie isn’t an adaptation of a specific game or character story, but instead is a new tale set in the Resident Evil universe, roughly during the events of Resident Evil 2 . “I wanted to tell a story that could take place in the Resident Evil world, but wasn’t telling a story that the games had already told,” said Cregger. “To me, I would feel like there’s kind of no winning there if I were to tell Leon’s story, because the games do such a great job.…